Movies: Thora Hird
- 1972
The Nightcomers (1972)
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Prequel to the Henry James classic "Turn of the Screw" about the events leading up to the deaths of Peter Quint and Ms. Jessel, and the slow corruption of the children in their care....
- 1955
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
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The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then roars back to Earth and crashes in a farmer's field, and is found to contain only one of the three men who took off in it; and he is unable to talk but appea...
- 1942
Went the Day Well? (1942)
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The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, ...
- 1952
The Magic Box (1952)
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Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was...
- 1988
Talking Heads (1988)
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Six monologues tell the stories of six different repressed souls: a man dominated by his mother, a vicar's wife, an inveterate letter writer, a hopeful actress, a recently widowed woman, and an elderly shut-in....
- 1992
Memento Mori (1992)
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Several elderly friends and acquaintances in 1950s London are disturbed to receive mysterious telephone calls predicting their impending deaths......
- 1956
Home and Away (1956)
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When George discovers that he has won the pools, there is huge excitement in the household. But it turns out that it's his son who has won, in partnership with the son of a woman against whom George has some ill feelings....
- 1960
The Entertainer (1960)
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Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business....
- 1952
Emergency Call (1952)
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A 5-year-old child is diagnosed with leukaemia and has only days to live. Her only hope is a blood transfusion, but her blood type is extremely rare, so the race is on to find the donors....
- 1949
Conspirator (1949)
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A newlywed suspects her husband of being a Communist spy....
- 1999
Lost for Words (1999)
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Deric Longden and his wife, Aileen, come to terms with the fact that his mother, Annie, is getting too old to live on her own. Annie suffers her first stroke and a nursing home is the obvious solution, but which one and where?...
- 1944
The Lodger (1944)
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In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper....
- 1988
Consuming Passions (1988)
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Adapted from a play written by two Monty Python vets, this toothy satire launches with a tragic accident at Chumley's chocolate factory when hapless manager Ian Littleton (Tyler Butterworth) accidentally knocks several employees into a huge chocolate...
- 1954
For Better, for Worse (1954)
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In postwar London a young graduate and his girlfriend decide to marry. Her well-to-do parents are not convinced, but they agree once he has got a £5.10.0 job and a 30/- a week single-room flat. The newly-weds find money fearfully tight, the flat cram...
- 1964
Rattle of a Simple Man (1964)
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Percy Winthram is a naive young man who still lives at home with his mum. In London for the Cup Final with his friends, he finds himself in a Soho strip club, where he meets blonde hostess Cyrenne. Accepting a bet from friend Ginger, he accompanies C...
- 1949
Once a Jolly Swagman (1949)
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A factory worke quits his job to become a motorcycle racer....
- 1953
Background (1953)
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Two years of deterioration sees John and Barbara Lomax's marriage reduced to bitter sniping and "keeping up appearances" for the sake of the children. When John's old friend Bill professes his love for Barbara, the marriage finally breaks up – causin...
- 1956
Women Without Men (1956)
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In love with a man who wants to marry her after he returns from a trip to sea, chorus girl Angela Booth tries to quit her seamy job and become a model citizen. When her employer refuses to dissolve her contract, though, they quarrel and she accident...
- 1982
Intensive Care (1982)
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When Denis Midgley's father is rushed to hospital, Midgley drops everything to be by his side. They've never really got on, so Midgley wants to be sure he's there if his father ever regains consciousness. As he hates his job as a schoolteacher, and h...
- 1953
The Great Game (1953)
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The wealthy chairman of First Division Football Club, Burnville United, makes an unethical approach to a star player of another club, and the ensuing scandal costs him his job....