Tag Archives: Sylvia Syms

A top salesman with a U.K. toy firm foolishly brings an expensive watch back from a German trip for his wife’s birthday.

A union leader in a large company tries to win equal rights for the handful of West Indian workers at the company, but finds it is an uphill battle.

German scholar Wolf Hauser arrives for a year at Cambridge. Apart from his studies he tries to muck in with the very English non-academic goings-on while romancing pretty Girton-girl Ann.

Dark comedy about a seaside Punch and Judy man driven to distraction by his social climbing wife and his hatred for the snobbery of local government.

A plea for reform of England’s anti-sodomy statutes, this film pits Melville Farr, a married lawyer

Amy and Jim Preston have been married for twenty years but, in her husband’s eyes, she has become sloppy both about the house and herself.

Johnny Jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager Bert Rudge singing in a coffee house.

Robert Lomax, tired of working in an office, wants to be an artist. So he moves to Hong Kong to try his hand at painting. Finding a cheap hotel, he checks in, only to find it’s used by prostitutes and their “dates” they meet in the bar downstairs. Since he never picks up any of the ladies, they all want to know more about him. Eventually, he does hire one to model for him… and soon falls in love. However, since he’s on a limited budget, he can’t afford her exclusively, but doesn’t want to “share” her with anyone else.

Anna Neagle, Sylvia Syms. Poor Anna just can’t seem to ‘straighten out’ her delinquent daughter. Her path eventually leads to crime, rebellion, death, and redemption. Her sleazy boryfriend leads her down a path of moral ineptitude. Good performance by Syms.