The mother died under the executioner’s axe; the daughter rose to become England’s greatest monarch Read More »
Tag Archives: Jean Simmons
Androcles and the Lion (1952) Chester Erskine, Nicholas Ray, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Alan Young
Androcles is a Christian who follows that religion’s teachings even as they apply to the treatment of animals. Read More »
The Dawning (1988) Robert Knights, Anthony Hopkins, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jean Simmons
An I.R.A. gunman (Sir Anthony Hopkins) on the run from the government. Read More »
Say Hello to Yesterday (1971) Alvin Rakoff, Jean Simmons, Leonard Whiting, Evelyn Laye
An affluent, middle-aged housewife in a failing marriage is romantically pursued by a young man while running errands in London. Read More »
Affair with a Stranger (1953) Roy Rowland, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Linda Douglas
When a TV gossip columnist wrongly announces that the marriage between now successful Read More »
Yellow Pages AKA Going Undercover (1985) James Kenelm Clarke, Chris Lemmon, Jean Simmons, Lea Thompson
Forever bungling private investigator Henry Brilliant has been hired by Maxine de la Hunt Read More »
This Could Be the Night (1957) Robert Wise, Jean Simmons, Paul Douglas, Anthony Franciosa
Straitlaced teacher Anne (Jean Simmons) needs extra work Read More »
All the Way Home (1963) Alex Segal, Jean Simmons, Robert Preston, Pat Hingle
In early-1900s Tennessee, a loving family undergoes the shock of the father’s sudden accidental death. Read More »
Guys and Dolls (1955) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra
All the hot gamblers are in town, and they’re all depending on Nathan Detroit Read More »
The Blue Lagoon (1949) Frank Launder, Jean Simmons, Donald Houston, Susan Stranks
In the Victorian period, two children are shipwrecked on a tropical island Read More »
The Woman in the Hall (1947) Jack Lee, Ursula Jeans, Jean Simmons, Cecil Parker
A poor widow with two daughters augments her income by using her children to extort money. Read More »
The Egyptian (1954) Michael Curtiz, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Gene Tierney
In eighteenth dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe (Edmund Purdom), a poor orphan Read More »
Life at the Top (1965) Ted Kotcheff, Laurence Harvey, Jean Simmons, Honor Blackman
Joe Lampton thought he had really made it by marrying the boss’s daughter in his northern mill town. Read More »
The Actress (1953) George Cukor, Spencer Tracy, Jean Simmons, Teresa Wright
Former seaman Clinton Jones now works at a lowly job. His daughter Ruth wants to become an actress. Read More »
The Happy Ending (1969) Richard Brooks, Jean Simmons, John Forsythe, Shirley Jones
The triumphs and failures of middle age as seen through the eyes of runaway American housewife Mary Wilson (Jean Simmons) Read More »