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Cecil Parker
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Cecil Parker - what members say
review by FrArguile from Wells next the Sea,
Five wicked men and a good lady 3 December 2009
review by A customer from Sussex
Very Disappointing 17 June 2010
review by CashOnTheNail from Manchester
Excellent; Dont Be Put-Out By B/W 13 March 2008
Cecil Parker - filmography
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The Magnificent Two
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Margit Saad
Director: Cliff Owen
Certificate: 
THE MAGNIFICENT TWO is a comedy of mistaken identity featuring the legendary British double act Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. The pair play travelling salesmen in South America, where Eric is forced to pose as a rebel leader's doppelganger. When he has to make a televised speech the rebels are in ..read more »
 
62%
from 400 members
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Lady L
(1965)
Starring: Sophia Loren, Paul Newman, David Niven
Director: Peter Ustinov
Certificate: 
Today Lady Louise Lendale is 80 years old and she tells her long time admirer, British poet Sir Percy, all about her eventful life. In the beginning, she was a young laundress working in "Le Mouton Bleu", a renowned Paris whorehouse. There, she met Armand, both a charming man and a bomb-throwing ..read more »
52%
from 4 members
Currently unavailable
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Heaven's Above
(1963)
Starring: Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker, Isabel Jeans
Director: John Boulting
Certificate:
Socialist parson Peter Sellers has been appointed to the parish of an upper-class village by mistake. When he converts the aristocrats to ridiculous charity work, the whole country is in an uproar. The bishop must act before the reputation of the church becomes an even bigger laughing stock. But is ..read more »
62%
from 30 members
Currently unavailable
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Carry on Jack
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Kenneth Williams, Bernard Cribbins, Juliet Mills
Director: Gerald Thomas
Certificate:
This time around, the Carry On crew embark on a pirate adventure. Buckles are swashed, and poop decks are scrubbed in this wacky outing. The film features Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, and other Carry On regulars.
63%
from 1,316 member
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Swiss Family Robinson
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur
Director: Ken Annakin
Certificate: 
None of the many cinemadaptations of Johan Wyss' The Swiss Family Robinson are as relentlessly enjoyable as this 1960 Disney feature. The film wastes no time getting down to business, with the shipwreck of the Robinson family occurring as the credits flash across the screen. Fashioning a raft, the ..read more »
64%
from 1,907 member
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A Tale Of Two Cities
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Dorothy Tutin, Paul Guers
Director: Ralph Thomas
Certificate:
An unusually faithful cinematic adaptation of Dickens' timeless classic. This sensitive film succeeds in portraying not only vast social upheaval, but also the personal and individual consequences of such change.
66%
from 610 members
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Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: George Cole, Cecil Parker, Frankie Howard
Director: Frank Launder
Certificate:
The fourth form monsters latest trick is their best ever - they've burned down St. Trinian's! As the school stands trials, the police breathe a sigh of relief. But miraculously the judges infatuation with Rosalie, the beautiful blonde of the sixth form, means the school is freed. And with them go ..read more »
69%
from 1,574 member
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It's Great to Be Young
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: John Mills, Cecil Parker, John Salew
Director: Cyril Frankel
Certificate: 
Mr. Dingle is the popular music teacher in an English school, but when the headmaster threatens to close down the school band the pupils and Mr. Dingle must unite and use their musical skills to save the school band.
70%
from 74 members
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Constant Husband
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Rex Harrison, Margaret Leighton, Kay Kendall
Director: Sidney Gilliat
Certificate:
A man wakes up in Wales with no recollection of how he got there. He eventually traces his life back to his wife in London and everything seems rosy... until further investigation reveals a string of other wives.
61%
from 58 members
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The Ladykillers
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Certificate:
Alexander Mackendrick's last Ealing comedy and certainly one of the best, William Rose received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Alec Guinness stars in one of his most vivid disguises, in this killingly funny black comedy gem. The villains plot to kill the old lady who discovers ..read more »
73%
from 10,310 members
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Father Brown
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Gerard Oury, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker
Director: Robert Hamer
Certificate:
Alec Guinness stars as G.K. Chesterton's legendary detective Father Brown in this splendid comedy thriller directed by Robert Hamer (Kind Hearts and Coronets).
When Father Brown hears that Flambeau (Peter Finch), an international art thief, is planning to steal a priceless cross once owned by ..read more »
68%
from 259 members
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Quartet
(1948)
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, George Cole, Hermione Baddeley
Director: Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French
Certificate:
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As the title suggests, this is in fact four stories by W. Somerset Maugham, each from a different director. The first, The Facts Of Life, charts the rise and fall of a young man gambling in Monte Carlo. The second, The Alien Corn, stars Dirk Bogarde as the son of disapproving parents. When he ..read more »
70%
from 36 members
Not available for rental
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The Saint's Vacation
on DVD
(1941)
Starring: Sally Gray, Hugh Sinclair, Cecil Parker
Director: Leslie Fenton
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Simon Templar (Hugh Sinclair), aka The Saint, and trusty sidekick Monty Hayward (Arthur Macrae) go to Switzerland on vacation - pursued by wily reporter Mary Langdon (Sally Gray). What was planned as a quite holiday becomes a web of intrigue when Templar spies criminal mastermind Rudolph Hauser, ..read more »
56%
from 9 members
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Dangerous Moonlight
on DVD
(1941)
Starring: Sally Gray, Kenneth Kent, Derrick De Marney
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
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Anton Walbrook plays a famed Polish composer who refuses to leave his homeland when the Nazis march in. His friends literally have to hoodwink him into leaving so that he will avoid extermination. Still anxious to avenge his countrymen, Walbrook joins a Polish air squadron headquartered in England. ..read more »
64%
from 73 members
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The Stars Look Down
on DVD
(1939)
Starring: Linden Travers, Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave
Director: Carol Reed
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This powerful depiction of life in a depression-era Welsh mining town features Michael Redgrave as Davey Fenwick, the idealistic son of a collier, who aspires to improve the lives of the local miners by fighting for reform in their treacherous workplace. But his efforts are hampered by the ..read more »
63%
from 254 members
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Man Who Changed His Mind
(1936)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Anna Lee, John Loder
Director: Robert Stevenson
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Dr. Laurence, a once-respectable scientist, begins to research the origin of the mind and the soul. The science community rejects him, and he risks losing everything for which he has worked. He begins to use his discoveries to save his research and further his own causes, thereby becoming... a Mad ..read more »
40%
from 4 members
Due for release on 11th June 2012
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...better than usual as the gang leader; an early Peter Sellers shows his promise; Cecil Parker plays his usual self very well; Danny Green the dumb boxer and Herbert Lom as t...
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