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  • The Killing Of Sister George
  • The Killing Of Sister George review by from Bury, Lancashire.
    Rated - 3.0 stars If you like Susannah York you'll like this 29 June 2004
    ...y late 40s. She has a serenely beautiful face. It could be said that a little Beryl Reid goes a long long way which is possibly the biggest downside to this film. The ...   Read customer review
  • Entertaining Mr Sloane
  • Entertaining Mr Sloane review by Minopater from Wallington
    Rated - 3.0 stars Pretty Entertaining 5 March 2009
    ...taunton and wanted to compare. The role of the sex starved landlady is taken by Beryl Reid .At the time the film was made she would have been the most appropriate actress...   Read customer review
  • The Beast in the Cellar
  • The Beast in the Cellar review by from Edinburgh, Scotland
    Rated - 4.0 stars Horror.... ?? 8 July 2005
    ...rid title) - more of a psychological tale of the sadness of wasted lives.... Beryl Reid and Flora Robson excell as slightly dotty, slightly sinister spinsters who conc...   Read customer review

Beryl Reid - filmography


  • Cracker - To Say I Love You on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Robbie Coltrane,  Barbara Flynn,  Beryl Reid
    Director: Andy Wilson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A young man is released from the police station against Fritz's advice and he and his partner subsequently commit murder. Fritz makes details of the couple freely available causing them to panic and there follows a further increase in the violence.
    4 stars out of 5 74% from 2,047 members
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  • Wind In The Willows - The Movie on DVD (1983)
    Starring: David Jason,  Michael Hordern,  Ian Carmichael
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In this unique stop-motion animation film, Kenneth Grahame's classic characters--Badger, Mole, Rat, and Toad--embark on adventures along the beautiful Edwardian countryside. The Cosgrove Hall production features the vocal talents of David Jason, Michael Hordern, and other notable actors.
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 778 members
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  • Joseph Andrews on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Michael Hordern,  Ann-Margret,  Jim Dale
    Director: Tony Richardson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Henry Fielding's rollicking, bawdy tale is brought to lusty life on screen by Tony Richardson. Employed as a servant in the household of Sir Thomas Booby (Peter Bull), the pure-hearted Joseph (Peter Firth) is in love with Fanny Goodwill (Natalie Ogle), one of the housemaids. But Joseph is plagued ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 38 members
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  • Armchair Theatre - Vol.1 (1970)
    Starring: Colin Welland,  Peter Barkworth,  Billie Whitelaw
    Director: none
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Armchair Theatre was ITV’s flagship drama anthology series. Initially screened between 1956 and 1973, it was hugely popular, with viewing figures occasionally reaching twenty million, and became a byword for quality in televised drama.
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 7 members
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  • Entertaining Mr Sloane (1969)
    Starring: Beryl Reid,  Harry Andrews,  Peter McEnery
    Director: Douglas Hickox
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An attractive young charmer by the name of Mr. Sloane weasels his way into the lives of a middle-aged brother and sister, while trying to disguise the truth about his unpleasant past. This black comedy is based on a work by Joe Orton, the taboo-tweaking British playwright who delighted in loading ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 508 members
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  • The Assassination Bureau (1969)
    Starring: Oliver Reed,  Diana Rigg,  Telly Savalas
    Director: Basil Dearden
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
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    Based the Jack London novel, Assassination Bureau is hugely entertaining 60s adventure romp. The Assassination Bureau has existed for decades (perhaps centuries) until Diana Rigg begins to investigate it. The high moral standing of the Bureau (only killing those who deserve it) is called into ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 103 members
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  • The Killing Of Sister George on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Beryl Reid,  Susannah York,  Ronald Fraser
    Director: Robert Aldrich
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When June Buckridge (Beryl Reid) arrives at her London flat and announces "They're going to murder me", her long-time lover and doll-cuddling flatmate Alice 'Childie' McNaught (Susannah York) realises that things are going to change. For June is referring to her character Sister George, a lovable ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 1,273 member
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  • Inspector Clouseau on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Alan Arkin,  Frank Finlay,  Patrick Cargill
    Director: Bud Yorkin
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Part of the Pink Panther collection in which Alan Arkin plays the part of the bumbling Inspector Clouseau who is sent to London to try to investigate the aftermath of the Great Train Robbery.
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 153 members
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  • Trial and Error on DVD (1962)
    Starring: Peter Sellers,  Richard Attenborough,  Beryl Reid
    Director: James Hill
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Peter Sellers and Richard Attenborough play multiple characters in this satirical comedy, based on John Mortimer's play. Fowle (Attenborough) has murdered his wife Doris because her constant laughing finally drove him to distraction. He is put on trial and defended by over-the-hill attorney ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 260 members
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  • Two Way Stretch (1960)
    Starring: Peter Sellers,  Wilfrid Hyde White,  Lionel Jeffries
    Director: Robert Day
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Even though the prison conditions in which Sellers and his pals live are more similar to those of a luxury hotel than a jail, they find that they must leave a day before their scheduled parole in order to pull off a jewel heist.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 1,189 member
    Due for release on 18th June 2012
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  • Belles of St. Trinian's on DVD (1954)
    Starring: Beryl Reid,  George Cole,  Alastair Sim
    Director: Frank Launder
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The Headmistress of St. Trinian's, the renowned establishment for the education of young ladies, faces a few problems with her students. The unruly schoolgirls are more interested in men and mischief than homework and hockey. But greater trouble than ever beckons when the arrival at the school of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 3,192 members
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  • Helen Mirren At The BBC (6 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Helen Mirren,  Stanley Baker,  Brian Cox
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set Comprises: 1. The Changling (1974) 2. The Apple Cart (1975) 3. Caesar & Claretta (1975) 4. The Philanthropist (1975) 5. The Little Minister (1975) 6. The Country Wife (1977) 7. Blue Remembered Hill (1979) 8. Mrd Reinhardt (1981) 9. A Midsummer Nights Dream (1981) 10. Cymbeline (1983) 11. The ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 119 members
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  • Sunday Night at the London Palladium - ...
    Starring: Bruce Forsyth,  Beryl Reid,  Bobby Darin
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Making its debut on ITV's opening weekend in 1955, Sunday Night at the London Palladium swiftly established itself as one of the weekly televisual highlights for the British viewing public. Gaining average viewing figures of 14 million viewers and Top Ten placings almost every week, it is ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 5 members
    Not available for rental

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