Johnny Jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager Bert Rudge singing in a coffee house. Read More »
Tag Archives: Sylvia Syms
Victim (1961) Basil Dearden
A plea for reform of England’s anti-sodomy statutes, this film pits Melville Farr, a married lawyer Read More »
The Punch and Judy Man (1963) Jeremy Summers
Dark comedy about a seaside Punch and Judy man driven to distraction by his social climbing Read More »
Asylum (1972) Roy Ward Baker, Barbara Parkins, Richard Todd, Sylvia Syms
A young psychiatrist interviews four inmates in a mental asylum to satisfy a requirement for employment. Read More »
Run Wild, Run Free (1969) Richard C. Sarafian, John Mills, Gordon Jackson, Sylvia Syms
Philip Ransome, a northern English boy about 10 years old, has been mute since age 3 and spends his days roaming the moors alone. Read More »
Flame in the Streets (1961) Roy Ward Baker, John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Brenda de Banzie
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. Read More »
East of Sudan (1964) Nathan Juran, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms, Derek Fowlds
During the Mahdist insurrection in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, veteran colonial Private Baker teams Read More »
No Trees in the Street (1959) J. Lee Thompson, Sylvia Syms, Herbert Lom, Ronald Howard
Surrounded by new 1950s East End high-rise flats, a London detective thinks back to how different things were in the late 1930s. Read More »
Ice Cold in Alex (1958) J. Lee Thompson, John Mills, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms
A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. Read More »
No Time for Tears (1957) Cyril Frankel, Anna Neagle, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms
Anna Neagle steps down from her expensive musical extravaganzas to play a recognizable human being in No Time for Tears. Read More »