Mrs. Dubedat loves and idolizes her artist husband, Louis, but he is dying of tuberculosis. Read More »
Tag Archives: Alastair Sim
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939) Walter Forde, Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim, Linden Travers
It comes as no surprise when Inspector Hornleigh and his assistant, Sergeant Bingham Read More »
Green for Danger (1946) Sidney Gilliat, Alastair Sim, Sally Gray, Trevor Howard
In a rural English hospital during WWII, a postman dies on the operating table. Read More »
The Millionairess (1960) Anthony Asquith, Sophia Loren, Peter Sellers, Alastair Sim
London-based Millionairess Epifania (Sophia Loren) is attracted to Dr. Kabir Read More »
This Man Is News (1938) David MacDonald, Barry K. Barnes, Valerie Hobson, Alastair Sim
David Kier, one of the thieves in a sensational jewel robbery and subsequent trial Read More »
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It (1941) Walter Forde, Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim, Phyllis Calvert
The plot pits Hornleigh and Bingham against a clever gang of Nazi espionage agents. Read More »
Cottage to Let (1941) Anthony Asquith, Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim, Jeanne De Casalis
A wartime cottage on a Scottish estate becomes a focus of attention Read More »
The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) Frank Launder, Alastair Sim, Margaret Rutherford, John Turnbull
Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted with due to wartime restrictions. Read More »
Hue and Cry (1947) Charles Crichton, Alastair Sim, Frederick Piper, Harry Fowler
A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip’s wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. Read More »
An Inspector Calls (1954) Guy Hamilton, Alastair Sim, Arthur Young, Olga Lindo
Based on a famous stage play and set in the year 1912, an upper crust English family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector Read More »
School for Scoundrels (1960) Robert Hamer, Hal E. Chester, Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Alastair Sim, Comedy
Endlessly finding himself on the wrong end of a situation, businessman Henry Palfrey seeks help at the College of Lifemanship run by the cunning Mr. Potter. Read More »
Folly to Be Wise (1952) Frank Launder, Alastair Sim, Elizabeth Allan, Roland Culver, Comedy
A newly-arrived army padre is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on a Brains Trust with local notables. Read More »
The Ruling Class (1972) Peter Medak, Peter O’Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, Comedy, Drama, Musical
A member of the House of Lords dies in a shockingly silly way, leaving his estate to his son. Read More »
The Green Man (1956) Robert Day, Basil Dearden, Alastair Sim, George Cole, Terry-Thomas, Comedy
Work has been going with a bang for freelance assassin Hawkins but a job in England just after the war is a different matter. Read More »
Inspector Hornleigh (1939) Eugene Forde, Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim, Miki Hood, Comedy, Mystery, Crime
When a landlady finds one of her tenants murdered, Inspector Hornleigh is sent to investigate. Read More »