The impoverished Clitterburn family live on a grand English estate but times are hard and the head of the household, Sir Henry Read More »
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Sailor of the King (1953) Roy Boulting, Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Wendy Hiller
The HMS Aylesbury is sunk by the the German raider Essen. Only two men survive and are rescued by the damaged German ship. Read More »
I Know Where I’m Going! (1945) Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, George Carney
Joan Webster is an ambitious and stubborn middle-class English woman determined Read More »
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987) Jack Clayton, Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins, Wendy Hiller
A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. Read More »
All Passion Spent (1986) Martyn Friend, Wendy Hiller, Harry Andrews, Maurice Denham
After a lifetime in the spotlight.Lady Slane, the 85 year old wife of a recently Read More »
Something of Value (1957) Richard Brooks, Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Wendy Hiller
Even though Peter and Kimani grow up together, Kimani soon finds that different races are treated differently. Read More »
A Man for All Seasons (1966) Fred Zinnemann, Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Robert Shaw, Biography, Drama, History
The story takes place in 16th century England. But men like Sir Thomas More, who love life yet have the moral fiber to lay down their lives for their principles, are found in every century. Read More »
Pygmalion (1938) Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson, Comedy, Drama, Romance
The snobbish & intellectual Professor of languages, Henry Higgins makes a bet with his friend that he can take a London flower seller Read More »
Major Barbara (1941) Gabriel Pascal, Harold French, Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison, Robert Morley, Comedy
A young and idealistic woman, who has adopted the Salvation Army and whose father is an armament industrialist, will save more souls directing her father’s business.
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Sons and Lovers (1960) Jack Cardiff, Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller
Jack Cardiff received a 1960 Oscar Nomination as Best Director for this lush, engaging film starring Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell and Donald Pleasence, which was adapted from D.H. Lawrence’s classic novel. A young man with artistic talent who lives in a close-knit, English coal-mining town during the early 20th Century finds himself inhibited by his emotionally manipulative, domineering mother.
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