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Lord Peter Wimsey - The Nine Tailors review by A customer from Manchester,UK

A PLEASANT SUPRISE 6 July 2005
...Coming to the Ian Carmichael series of Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries after being a fan of the Edward Petherbridge set, was a pleasant suprise. Having seen Ian Carmichael in va... Read customer review

Lord Peter Wimsey - Five Red Herrings review by A customer from Manchester,UK

ENTERTAINMENT AT ITS BEST 6 July 2005
...This further episode of the Ian Carmichael series of Lord Peter Wimsey stories is a delight. Out on location in Westmorland and Scotland, you have great scenery and vintage ... Read customer review

Lord Peter Wimsey - Clouds Of Witness review by from Plymouth, England

No better Wimsey... 9 March 2005
...Ian Carmichael simply IS Lord Peter for me - he is fantastic in the role, just perfect. Having said that, this isn't one of the better stories and the filming is rather date... Read customer review

Ian Carmichael - filmography

Wives And Daughters (2 discs) on DVD (1999)
Starring: Francesca Annis, Francesca Annis, Ian Carmichael
Director: Nicholas Renton
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The BBC presents Elizabeth Gaskell's timeless tale of romance in 19th-century England. WIVES AND DAUGHTERS is the humorous and often heart-wrenching story of two single women, one sweet and one sexy, searching for love and finding nothing but trouble when the man destined for one falls for her ..read more »

75% from 4,294 members

Wind In The Willows - The Movie on DVD (1983)
Starring: David Jason, Michael Hordern, Ian Carmichael
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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.

65% from 760 members

The Lady Vanishes (1979)
Starring: Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury
Director: Anthony Page
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A remake of Hitchcock's suspense classic about a woman who disappears while on a train trip between Germany and the Swiss border. When a British nanny attempts to organise a search for the missing woman, she finds the other passengers oddly reluctant to help.

54% from 646 members
Currently unavailable

Lord Peter Wimsey - Five Red Herrings (2 discs) on DVD (1975)
Starring: Ian Carmichael, Glyn Houston, David Rintoul
Director: Robert Tronson
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The classic BBC adaptation of Dorothy L. Sayers's detective novels sees Lord Peter Wimsey's fishing holiday in Scotland interrupted when a local artist is found murdered. Wimsey (Ian Carmichael) must employ his master sleuth skills to divine the killer from a list of six likely suspects.

70% from 381 members

Lord Peter Wimsey - The Nine Tailors (2 discs) on DVD (1974)
Starring: Ian Carmichael, Glyn Houston, Donald Eccles
Director: Raymond Menmuir
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In THE NINE TAILORS, Ian Carmichael plays the role of Dorothy L. Sayers's aristocratic detective, Lord Peter Wimsey. After spending a snowy New Year's Eve in a small town in eastern England, the upper-class investigator is called back to investigate a mysterious murder there. Soon, pieces of an ..read more »

72% from 407 members

Lord Wimsey - The Unpleasantness At The ... (2 discs) on DVD (1973)
Starring: Ian Carmichael, Derek Newark, Phyllida Law
Director: Hugh David
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In this WIMSEY outing, a certain 'unpleasantness' requires the refined sleuthing of the blue-blood detective Lord Peter Wimsey (Ian Carmichael). Both a wealthy general and his older sister expire on the same day, and the distribution of their legacy amongst the surviving heirs depends on whom died ..read more »

70% from 460 members

Lord Peter Wimsey - Murder Must Advertise (2 discs) on DVD (1973)
Starring: Ian Carmichael
Director: Rodney Bennett
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The BBC's television adaptations of Dorothy L. Sayer's legendary mystery stories, the LORD PETER WIMSEY series follows the titular aristocratic sleuth (Ian Carmichael) as he cracks yet another perplexing murder mystery with charm, wit, and style. MURDER MUST ADVERTISE finds Sayer drawing on ..read more »

69% from 387 members

Lord Peter Wimsey - Clouds Of Witness (2 discs) on DVD (1972)
Starring: Ian Carmichael
Director: Hugh David
Certificate:
This BBC drama is an adaptation of Dorothy Sayers's detective novel. Lord Peter Wimsey (Ian Carmichael), a high class detective, joins the investigation in the death of his future brother-in-law. Wimsey's own brother, Gerald, has been charged with the crime, and the sleuth is intent on proving his ..read more »

73% from 249 members

Heavens Above! on DVD (1963)
Starring: Cecil Parker, Peter Sellers, Ian Carmichael
Director: John Boulting
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A Northern vicar is sent to a snooty village where he encourages the locals to volunteer for charity work.

68% from 411 members

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

Double Bunk on DVD (1961)
Starring: Sid James, Ian Carmichael, Janette Scott
Director: Pennington Richards
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Classic British comedy about a house boat trip that sees the crew, which includes comic stalwarts Sid James and Ian Carmichael, end up in France instead of Folkestone.

68% from 426 members

School for Scoundrels on DVD (1960)
Starring: Terry-Thomas, Irene Handl, John Le Mesurier
Director: John Boulting, Robert Asher, Mari
Certificate:
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The school for scoundrels is a college that teaches oneupmanship. Palfrey is the hapless new student who's unlucky in everything. Raymond Delauney is the already one-up cad who Palfrey must beat for affections of April.

76% from 1,420 member

I'm All Right Jack on DVD (1959)
Starring: Ian Carmichael, Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough
Director: John Boulting
Certificate:
Though it may be distinguished by its virtuosic comedic performances from Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers, I'M ALL RIGHT, JACK, John Boulting's sly satire of class struggle, is a comic gem in its own right. The film stars Ian Carmichael as Stanley Windrush, a recent Oxford graduate and old money ..read more »

69% from 3,619 members

Happy Is The Bride (1958)
Starring: Ian Carmichael, Janette Scott, Cecil Parker
Director: Roy Boulting
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A classic comedy from the Boulting Brothers where a young couple, soon to marry, find that their wedding arrangements are the business of everyone but themselves. Cue much hilarity!

30% from 9 members
Currently unavailable

Lucky Jim (1957)
Starring: Ian Carmichael, Hugh Griffith, Sharon Acker
Director: John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Certificate:
Amusing adaptation of the book by Kingsley Amis directed by John Boulting (I'M ALRIGHT JACK) and starring the classic comedy coupling of Ian Carmichael and Terry-Thomas. LUCKY JIM is about an accident-prone junior lecturer at a small university who spends one hell of a weekend at the home of his ..read more »

59% from 384 members
Not currently released

Brothers In Law on DVD (1957)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Ian Carmichael, Alastair Sim
Director: Roy Boulting, Robert Hamer, John Boulting
Certificate:
Newly qualified barrister Roger Thurnsby finds his first few appearances in court land him in all kinds of trouble...

71% from 286 members

Private's Progress on DVD (1956)
Starring: Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Alastair Sim
Director: John Boulting, Robert Hamer, Robert Asher
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Director John Boulting made this war comedy in reaction to the staid military dramas that had been coming out of England since the end of WWII, and its desire to explode the conventions of the war film are evident in the film's infectious giddiness. Ian Carmichael stars as Stanley Windrush, a young ..read more »

66% from 632 members

The Colditz Story on DVD (1954)
Starring: John Mills, Eric Portman, Lionel Jeffries
Director: Guy Hamilton
Certificate:
This collection features four of the greatest British war films of all time. THE DAM BUSTERS, starring Michael Redgrave and Richard Todd, is a World War II adventure which centers around the British efforts to destroy two enormous dams in Germany. In THE COLDITZ STORY, starring John Mills, a group ..read more »

70% from 1,924 member

Simon And Laura
Starring: Peter Finch, Kay Kendall, Muriel Pavlow
Director: Muriel Box
Certificate:
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A television producer decides to base a drama series on a happily married couple of actors. However, their marriage isn't as happy as it seems...

72% from 26 members
Not available for rental

Ian Carmichael facts

5 most recent films

Wives And Daughters - 4.0 stars
Wind In The Willows - The Movie - 3.5 stars
The Lady Vanishes - 2.5 stars
Lord Peter Wimsey - Five Red Herrings - 3.5 stars
Lord Peter Wimsey - The Nine Tailors - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

School for Scoundrels - 4.0 stars
Wives And Daughters - 4.0 stars
Lord Peter Wimsey - Clouds Of Witness - 3.5 stars
Lord Peter Wimsey - The Nine Tailors - 3.5 stars
Brothers In Law - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Happy Is The Bride - 1.5 stars
Heaven's Above - 3.0 stars
Simon And Laura - 3.5 stars
The Lady Vanishes - 2.5 stars
Lucky Jim - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Francesca Annis - 6 times - show films
Terry-Thomas - 6 times - show films
Irene Handl - 6 times - show films
John Le Mesurier - 5 times - show films
John Le Mesurier - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Boulting - 7 times - show films
Hugh David - 4 times - show films
Robert Hamer - 4 times - show films
Rodney Bennett - 3 times - show films
Robert Asher - 3 times - show films

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