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Ralph Thomas
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Ralph Thomas - what members say
review by Martinbuckley from London, England
Above average war story, but wavery direction 19 January 2007
review by from Southampton
Dr Simon Sparrow's Third Outing 25 March 2005
Ralph Thomas - filmography
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A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Richard Jordan, David Niven
Director: Ralph Thomas
Certificate: 
Late 1970s crime comedy starring Richard Jordan and David Niven. Former con artist Pinky (Jordan) decides to live an honest life upon his release from jail. It is not long, however, before he is tempted back into his old habits by Ivan the Terrible (Niven), a local mobster who wants to enlist Pnky'..read more »
 
52%
from 39 members
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Percy
(1971)
Starring: Elke Sommer, Hywel Bennett, Denholm Elliott
Director: Ralph Thomas
Certificate: 
Low-brow comedy farce starring Hywel Bennett as Edwin Anthony, the first man to undergo a successful penis transplant. He christens his new appendage Percy, and becomes so fond of it that he decides to track down its former owner, a virile young philanderer with a multitude of beautiful young lovers...
50%
from 168 members
Currently unavailable
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Quest For Love
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Tom Bell, Denholm Elliot, Joan Collins
Director: Peter Rogers, Ralph Thomas
Certificate:
1970s British fantasy drama starring Joan Collins as a woman who becomes the object of a scientist's desire in two different realities. Scientist Colin Trafford (Tom Bell) is caught up in an experiment that goes wrong and transported to an alternative reality in which World War II and the Moon ..read more »
47%
from 20 members
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Doctor In Trouble
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: Joan Sims, Irene Handl, Harry Secombe
Director: Ralph Thomas
Certificate:
Last in the 'Doctor' series. Troubles befall Dr Burke (Leslie Phillips) when he stows away on an ocean liner and poses as a female photographer. Once more the young doctor runs into the authorative figure of a Spratt, but this time it is Sir Lancelot's brother Captain Spratt (Robert Morley).
62%
from 386 members
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Some Girls Do
(1969)
Starring: Beba Loncar, Daliah Lavi, Richard Johnson
Director: Jim Goddard, Ralph Thomas
Certificate: 
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Double-bill of classic espionage action, starring Richard Johnson as British adventurer Bulldog Drummond. In 'Deadlier Than the Male' (1966), when a group of seductively beautiful women start committing a series of political assassinations, Bulldog Drummond is called in to investigate. Before long ..read more »
48%
from 99 members
Not available for rental
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Doctor In Clover
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Terry Scott, Joan Sims, Arthur Haynes
Director: Ralph Thomas
Certificate:
Another entry in the long line of Doctor comedies, this time focusing on the character of Gaston Grimsdyke (Leslie Phillips). A chance meeting with Sir Lancelot Spratt leads the young doctor to a position in a new hospital, which eventually leads to chaos.
62%
from 422 members
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Deadlier Than The Male
(1966)
Starring: Elke Sommer, Richard Johnson, Nigel Green
Director: Ralph Thomas
Certificate:
Spy drama starring Richard Johnson as British adventurer Bulldog Drummond. When a group of seductively beautiful women start committing a series of political assassinations, Bulldog Drummond is called in to investigate. Before long Drummond has determined that his old rival Carl Petersen (Nigel ..read more »
50%
from 89 members
Not available for rental
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The High Bright Sun
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: George Pastell, Denholm Elliott, Gregoire Aslan
Director: Ralph Thomas
Certificate:
Set in Cyprus in 1957, against the background of Cyprus' determined struggle for independence from British rule, Dirk Bogarde stars as a British Intelligence Officer whose sense of duty imperils the life of the woman he loves. Betty Box produces and Ralph Thomas directs in their ninth collaboration ..read more »
53%
from 23 members
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Hot Enough For June
(1964)
Starring: Roger Delgado, Robert Morley, Sylva Koscina
Director: Jim Goddard, Ralph Thomas
Certificate:
Espionage spoof starring Dirk Bogarde as poverty-stricken writer Nicholas Whistler, who is sent to Prague on an industrial visit owing to his ability to speak Czech fluently. However, he soon discovers that he is in fact in the employ of the British government, and that his true assignment is far ..read more »
57%
from 12 members
Not available for rental
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Doctor In Distress
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Barbara Murray, James Robertson Justice, Leop McKern
Director: Ralph Thomas
Certificate:
Hospital comedy, one of a series of films based on the novels of Richard Gordon. Dirk Bogarde returns as the young doctor Simon Sparrow, and finds himself trying to manage Sir Lancelot Sprat's love life. However, this puts pressure on Sparrow's own relationship with a young pysiotherapist (Samantha ..read more »
63%
from 413 members
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No Love For Johnnie
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: Paul Rogers, Peter Barkworth, Billie Whitelaw
Director: Ralph Thomas
Certificate:
1960s drama starring Peter Finch as a parliamentary MP whose thirst for greater power leads him into political intrigue. Johnnie Byrne (Finch) is a Labour MP who aspires to the big-time. His hopes are raised when his party triumphs in a general election, but Johnnie is overlooked for a role on the ..read more »
67%
from 53 members
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Doctor In Love
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Irene Handl, Joan Sims, Michael Craig
Director: Ralph Thomas
Certificate:
Hospital-romance comedy, part of a series of films, with Michael Craig starring as Dr Richard Hare (taking over from Dirk Bogarde's lead role of Simon Sparrow). Hare finds himself a patient at his own hospital and falls for the charms of Nurse Nightingale (Moira Redmond)... and then Dr Barrington (..read more »
62%
from 375 members
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Conspiracy of Hearts
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Megs Jenkins, Peter Arne, George Coulouris
Director: Ralph Thomas
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1960s British drama following the attempts of a convent of nuns to rescue Jewish children from an interment camp in WWII Italy. The nuns and their priest, Father Desmaines (Michael Goodliffe), see it as their Christian duty to do what they can to save the children from the horror of the camp. ..read more »
65%
from 30 members
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The Thirty Nine Steps
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Kenneth More, Kenneth More, Faith Brook
Director: Ralph Thomas
Certificate: 
The second version of John Buchan's classic thriller sees Kenneth More as the innocent man caught up in international intrigue. Richard Hannay (More) meets a young nanny and takes her back to his flat. He soon learns she is not all that she seems to be and when she is murdered he becomes the prime ..read more »
68%
from 732 members
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A Tale Of Two Cities
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: Ian Bannen, Dorothy Tutin, Marie Versini
Director: Ralph Thomas
Certificate:
Sydney Carton (Dirk Bogarde) is a frivolous London barrister, hopelessly in love with Lucie (Dorothy Tutin), even after she marries Charles Darnay (Paul Guers), who is descended from an unpleasant French aristocrat. Darnay is lured back to France as the Revolution gets into swing where he is ..read more »
67%
from 675 members
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Doctor At Large
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Derek Farr, Michael Medwin, Shirley Eaton
Director: Ralph Thomas
Certificate:
Third in the Doctor series, with Dirk Bogarde returning as the young doctor Simon Sparrow. This time he is a qualified doctor and working in Casualty. However, when he is rather rude to a very important patient he is fired. Sparrow soon gets another job but finds that, despite the perks of constant ..read more »
63%
from 464 members
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Campbell's Kingdom
(1957)
Starring: Barbara Murray, Stanley Baker, Michael Craig
Director: Jim Goddard, Ralph Thomas
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British-made action film set in Canada and starring Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, James Robertson Justice and Sid James. Adapted from the bestselling adventure novel by Hammond Innes, the film tells the story of terminally-ill Scottish oil prospector Bruce Campbell (Bogarde), who strikes more than ..read more »
61%
from 20 members
Not available for rental
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Checkpoint
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Stanley Baker, Anthony Steel, Odile Versois
Director: Ralph Thomas
Certificate:
Thriller starring Stanley Baker as a man prepared to do almost anything to win a motor race. O'Donovan (Baker) is hired by the owner of a racing team, Warren Ingram (James Robertson Justice), to steal the car design plans of one of his rival teams ahead of an important race. O'Donovan duly breaks ..read more »
57%
from 14 members
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Doctor At Sea
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Joan Sims, Brigitte Bardot, Jill Adams
Director: Ralph Thomas
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Second in the long-running series of 'Doctor' films. This time Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) becomes a ship's doctor on a sea-going freighter, runs into trouble with the Captain and performs an impromptu appendix operation. Brigitte Bardot appears, in her first British film role, as the love interest.
62%
from 454 members
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Doctor In The House
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Kenneth More, Kenneth More, Muriel Pavlov
Director: Ralph Thomas
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Junior doctor Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) gains a position at St Swithin's Hospital in London and ends up sharing 'digs' with a bunch of slightly older young medics, all of whom have failed the previous year on account of their inability to keep to the curriculum. Sparrow tries to find a balance ..read more »
61%
from 947 members
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A Day To Remember
on DVD
(1953)
Starring: Bill Owen, Stanley Holloway, Odile Versois
Director: Ralph Thomas
Certificate: 
Arts history programme following the sculptor Paul Day as he creates the Battle of Brtain Monument sited on London's Victoria Embankment. As well as exploring Day's career and his thoughts on his commission, the programme also focuses on the Battle of Britain itself and includes interviews with ..read more »
22%
from 5 members
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A Day To Remember
on DVD
(1953)
Starring: Bill Owen, Stanley Holloway, Donald Sinden
Director: Ralph Thomas
Certificate:
1950s British drama following a group of London pub darts players on a day trip to France. The members of the group have various interests to pursue in France. While some are going just for the darts, one man plans to buy cheap watches and smuggle them back to Britain for a profit. Jim Carver (..read more »
61%
from 37 members
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Appointment with Venus
(1951)
Starring: David Niven, Kenneth More, Kenneth More
Director: Ralph Thomas
Certificate: 
Delightful World War II farce based on the novel by Jerrard Tickell. At the outbreak of WWII, the Ministry of Agriculture and the War Office join forces to launch a daring mission to rescue a highly lucrative pedigree cow, Venus, from the German-occupied Channel Island of Armorel. English Army ..read more »
40%
from 7 members
Currently unavailable
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The Clouded Yellow
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: Maxwell Reed, Trevor Howard, Barry Jones
Director: Ralph Thomas
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Early 1950s British thriller starring Trevor Howard as David Somers, an ex Secret Service agent who takes on a quiet job at a country estate cataloguing butterflies. However, he is unable to keep a low profile for long: his employer's beautiful niece Sophie (Jean Simmons) is framed for a murder she ..read more »
66%
from 296 members
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Helter Skelter
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Carol Marsh, Jimmy Edwards, David Tomlinson
Director: Ralph Thomas
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British comedy from the late 1940s starring David Tomlinson and Carol Marsh. The film follows wealthy socialite Susan Graham (Marsh) as she enlists the help of various zany characters in her eternal quest to cure herself of a never-ending bout of the hiccups.
44%
from 22 members
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Ralph Thomas facts
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... The clumsy, uncinematic nature of much of this film make you think director Ralph Thomas half-slept his way through the job (but he made a lot of very dodgy films, in f...
