Kathleen Byron

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The Small Back Room review by Leni from London

The backroom boys 1 November 2009
...in support roles. The leads were the relatively unknown (now) David Farrar and Kathleen Byron, who had worked together in Black Narcissus. Although there is a very tense upp... Read customer review

Black Narcissus review by ChrisTiffer from London

The Blu Ray is.... 24 April 2009
... appreciation of any given film, then this is an excellent example. The shot of Kathleen Byron's mad eyes is horrific even now, and with this Blu Ray it feels like she's star... Read customer review

Black Narcissus - Blu-ray review by A customer from West Yorkshire

Worth Watching 19 September 2008
...y view is very good. All the actors put in an excellent performance, especially Kathleen Byron. The film takes place in India, but was filmed entirely in studios in England e... Read customer review

Midsomer Murders - Stranglers Wood on DVD (1998)
Starring: John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Jane Wymark
Director: Jeremy Silberston
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This acclaimed television series follows police detecives Tom Barnaby (John Nettles) and Gavin Troy (Daniel Casey) as they investigate various murders along the English countyside. In "Strangler's Wood," Barnaby and Troy look into the death of a young Brazilian woman.

73% from 695 members

Hedda Gabler (1981)
Starring: Diana Rigg, Alan Dobie, Philip Bond
Director: David Cunliffe
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BAFTA-winning actress Diana Rigg stars as the beautiful but manipulative Hedda Gabler in John Osborne's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's classic play. With strong support by heavyweight actors Alan Dobie, Philip Bond, Denis Lill and Kathleen Byron, Emmy-nominated David Cunliffe's play remains, for some,..read more »

15% from 4 members
Not available for rental

The Moonstone (2 discs) on DVD (1972)
Starring: Kathleen Byron, Robin Ellis, Vivien Heilbron
Director: Paddy Russell
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Based on the best-selling novel by Wilkie Collins, this BBC adaptation was first broadcast in 1972.

48% from 224 members

Twins Of Evil on DVD (1971)
Starring: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Mary Collinson
Director: John Hough
Certificate:
Classic Hammer Studios vampire tale. Starring stunning identical twins Mary and Madeleine Collinson as the "Twins of Evil". Both look exactly alike - which one was the twin of evil? Victims of a vampire curse lead to a witch-hunt headed by Peter Cushing, a fanatical Puritan leader of a bizarre ..read more »

64% from 602 members

Young Bess (1953)
Starring: Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Charles Laughton
Director: George Sidney, george sidney (2)
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The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch - the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Jean Simmons portrays young Bess in this rich tapestry of a film that traces the tumultuous, danger-fraught years from Elizabeth's birth to her ..read more »

70% from 2 members
Currently unavailable

The Small Back Room on DVD (1949)
Starring: David Farrar, Kathleen Byron, Jack Hawkins
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
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From the legendary filmmaking duo Powell and Pressburger [A Matter of Life and Death, The Red Shoes], The Small Back Room is the story of the troubled love affair between a tormented back room scientist and a beautiful secretary, told against a background of ministerial intrigue and empire building...read more »

68% from 599 members

Black Narcissus - Blu-ray (1946)
Starring: Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Flora Robson
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Certificate:
Anglo-Catholic nuns on an isolated missionary assignment in the Himalayas face an assortment of worldly challenges including sexual temptations and other intriguing ups and downs. Based on the novel by Rumer Godden.

74% from 325 members

Black Narcissus (1946)
Starring: Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Flora Robson
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Certificate:
Anglo-Catholic nuns on an isolated missionary assignment in the Himalayas face an assortment of worldly challenges including sexual temptations and other intriguing ups and downs. Based on the novel by Rumer Godden.

73% from 2,381 members
Not available for rental

A Matter Of Life And Death on DVD (1946)
Starring: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Marius Goring
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Certificate:
Also known as Stairway to Heaven, A Matter of Life and Death is the remarkable British fantasy film that became the surprise hit of 1946. David Niven stars as Peter Carter, a World War II RAF pilot who is forced to bail out of his crippled plane without a parachute. He wakes up to find he has ..read more »

70% from 10,415 members

Silver Fleet on DVD (1943)
Starring: Ralph Richardson, Esmond Knight, Kathleen Byron
Director: Vernon Sewell, Gordon Wellesley
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In this war drama set during WW II, an engineer in a Dutch shipyard assists the Nazis with the construction of two new kinds of submarines and finds himself a social pariah. Even his wife turns against her apparently traitorous husband. During the maiden voyage of one of the subs, the engineer ..read more »

71% from 39 members

Hell Is Sold Out on DVD
Starring: Mai Zetterling, Herbert Lom, Richard Attenborough
Director: Michael Anderson
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The renowned French author Dominic Danges (Herbert Lom) returns from a prisoner of war camp with his old friend Pierre Bonnet (Richard Attenborough). Danges was missing, presumed dead, but when he turns up unannounced at his old house, he finds that not only has he unknowingly written a best-..read more »

58% from 92 members

Midsomer Murders - Stranglers Wood - 3.5 stars
Hedda Gabler - 1.0 stars
The Moonstone - 2.5 stars
Twins Of Evil - 3.5 stars
Young Bess - 3.5 stars

Hedda Gabler - 1.0 stars
Young Bess - 3.5 stars
Silver Fleet - 3.5 stars
The Moonstone - 2.5 stars
Hell Is Sold Out - 3.0 stars

Jean Simmons - 3 times - show films
Deborah Kerr - 3 times - show films
Esmond Knight - 3 times - show films
David Farrar - 3 times - show films
Richard Attenborough - 2 times - show films

Michael Powell - 4 times - show films
Emeric Pressburger - 4 times - show films
John Hough - 1 times - show films
george sidney (2) - 1 times - show films
Jeremy Silberston - 1 times - show films