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Rita Tushingham - what members say

A Taste Of Honey review by from London, England

Outstanding Dramedy 7 June 2004
... for the time that it was made which was 1961. Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens and Rita Tushingham are excellent in their protrayal of the three leads. This is one of the first ... Read customer review

The Knack And How To Get It review by from London

Male chauvinist fantasy? 18 January 2006
...ntasy it is the shy schoolteacher (Michael Crawford) and innocent country girl (Rita Tushingham)who ultimately deflate his ego. The comic sub-plot of a (non-existant) rape may... Read customer review

The Trap review by A customer from Liverpool England

The Trap 13 August 2005
...lm is as good as a holiday brochure, oh by the way , the film is brilliant with Rita Tushingham taking the part of a 'mute' who has been purchased by a french trapper (Reed) ... Read customer review

Rita Tushingham - filmography

The Calling on DVD (2009)
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Susannah York, Rita Tushingham
Director: Jan Dunn
Certificate:
Joanna - a university student - leaves her course to become a nun.

56% from 212 members

Puffball on DVD (2008)
Starring: Kelly Reilly, Miranda Richardson, Rita Tushingham
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Certificate:
A young ambitious architect buys a ruined cottage to transform. But, the building, in an isolated Irish valley, has a history. And, when she finds herself unexpectedly pregnant the neighboring farmers turn against her and her unborn child and try to change the course of nature. A drama with ..read more »

39% from 1,248 member

Broken Lines on DVD (2008)
Starring: Paul Bettany, Olivia Williams, Dan Fredenburgh
Director: Sallie Aprahamian
Certificate:
Paul Bettany (The Young Victoria, Master & Commander) and Olivia Williams (Hanna, The Ghost Writer) front a stellar British cast in a powerful and emotional journey of love, obligation, and conflict, set against the backdrop of London’s multi-cultural suburbia. After the sudden death of his father, ..read more »

48% from 77 members

The Helen West Case Book (2 discs) on DVD (2002)
Starring: Amanda Burton, Conor Mullen, Nicholas Woodeson
Director: Justin Chadwick, Coky Giedroyc, Myles Connell
Certificate:
Award-winning actress Amanda Burton (Silent Witness, The Commander) stars as solicitor and crown prosecutor Helen West in three sophisticated, psychologically gripping feature-length dramas based on the acclaimed suspense novels by Frances Fyfield. A workaholic with a messy personal life, Helen ..read more »

61% from 56 members

Under The Skin on DVD (1997)
Starring: Samantha Morton, Rita Tushingham, Claire Rushbrook
Director: Carine Adler
Certificate:
When things start to go badly for Iris, she ends up giving up her job, flat and boyfriend and walks the streets looking for love - in all the wrong places...

53% from 981 members

Resurrected on DVD (1989)
Starring: Tom Bell, Rita Tushingham, David Thewlis
Director: Paul Greengrass
Certificate:
Kevin Deakin went missing at the height of the Falklands War and was reported as missing, presumed dead. Forty-nine days later Kevin returns apparantly suffering from amnesia. Already commemorated as a war hero he becomes an embarrassment to the country who honoured him....did he desert or did he ..read more »

61% from 27 members

Dream To Believe on DVD (1985)
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Rita Tushingham, Olivia D'Abo
Director: Paul Lynch
Certificate:
MTV-generation feel good story about a teenage gymnast aiming for the championship despite an abusive stepfather, an ailing mother, and injury. Reeves is notable as the supportive boyfriend.

44% from 56 members

The Lady Killers - Series 1 - Complete (1980)
Starring: Rita Tushingham, June Barry, Joan Sims
Director: Nicholas Ferguson, Joan Kemp-Welch, Valerie Hanson
Certificate:
This disturbing and compelling anthology series, further helps lay to rest the long-cherished idea that women are the gentler sex. Lady Killers presents dramatic reconstructions of seven infamous murder trials where in each case the defendant was female; if convicted, every woman faced the gallows...read more »

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The Human Factor on DVD (1975)
Starring: George Kennedy, John Mills, Raf Vallone
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Certificate:
George Kennedy stars in this 1970s revenge film as John Kinsdale, a military employee stationed in Naples who uses state-of-the-art (for the time) computer technology to track down the terrorists who killed his family. Local police inspector Dr. Lupo (Raf Vallone) and Kinsdale’s commander (Arthur ..read more »

54% from 40 members

Straight On Till Morning on DVD (1972)
Starring: Rita Tushingham, Annie Ross, Shane Briant
Director: Peter Collinson
Certificate:
Rita Tushingham stars in this Hammer thriller as Brenda, a young Liverpool lass who goes to London in search of the perfect man and a better life. Unfortunately, the seamy underside of London grabs hold of her when she falls for a handsome but psychotic young man named Peter (Briant). Becoming ..read more »

61% from 124 members

The Bed Sitting Room on DVD (1969)
Starring: Rita Tushingham, Ralph Richardson, Peter Cook
Director: Richard Lester
Certificate:
Set in post-nuclear-holocaust England, where a handful of bizarre characters transmute into items of household furniture

60% from 506 members

The Bed Sitting Room - Blu-ray (1969)
Starring: Ralph Richardson, Peter Cook, Harry Secombe
Director: Richard Lester
Certificate:
Set in post-nuclear-holocaust England, where a handful of bizarre characters transmute into items of household furniture

51% from 91 members

Smashing Time (1967)
Starring: Rita Tushingham, Lynn Redgrave, Michael York
Director: Desmond Davis
Certificate:
Two young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money and fame in the process.

66% from 16 members
Currently unavailable

The Trap (1966)
Starring: Rita Tushingham, Oliver Reed
Director: Sidney Hayers
Certificate:
A tough fur trapper acquires a mute orphan girl for his wife. They face up to their difficult life together in the harsh environment of the frozen wastes of Northern Canada.

70% from 32 members
Not available for rental

The Knack And How To Get It on DVD (1965)
Starring: Rita Tushingham, Ray Brooks, Michael Crawford
Director: Richard Lester
Certificate:
Tolen (Ray Brooks) has it. Colin (Michael Crawford) doesn't. "It" is the knack for getting women into bed. After obtaining lessons from the master, Colin buys a bed big enough for his conquests. This leads Colin and his friend Tom (Donal Donnelly) to Nancy (Rita Tushingham), an attractive innocent ..read more »

55% from 573 members

The Leather Boys on DVD (1963)
Starring: Rita Tushingham, Colin Campbell, Dudley Sutton
Director: Sidney J Furie
Certificate:
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THE WILD ONE had been banned in the UK eleven years earlier for fear of being a bad influence on the young, but THE LEATHER BOYS presents a similar portrait of juvenile delinquency, this time with more female participation. Sidney J. Furie (THE IPCRESS FILE) directs Rita Tushingham (A TASTE OF ..read more »

67% from 208 members

A Place To Go on DVD (1963)
Starring: William Marlowe, Barbara Ferris, Michael Sarne
Director: Basil Dearden
Certificate:
First ever DVD release of this classic crime film which Bernard Lee, Rita Tushingham, Michael Sarne and Doris Hare. Ricky Flint (Mike Sarne) finds his world stifling. The East End that he grew up in is being demolished to make way for high rise blocks of flats and there seems just one possible ..read more »

61% from 94 members

A Taste Of Honey (1961)
Starring: Rita Tushingham, Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens
Director: Tony Richardson
Certificate:
Tony Richardson continued in the vein of kitchen-sink realism with this adaptation of Shelagh Delaney's novel of working-class life. Set in England in the early 1960s, A TASTE OF HONEY stars Rita Tushingham as the waifish Jo, a plain 17-year-old girl who is dragged from one shabby bed-sitter to ..read more »

70% from 3,276 members
Not currently released

Human Jungle - Complete Series
Starring: Sally Smith, Margaret Lockwood, Rita Tushingham
Director: Sidney Hayers, Don Sharp, Charles Crichton
Certificate:
Herbert Lom is Dr. Roger Corder in this classic series. A widower in his mid-forties, Corder spends his life analysing others and finds himself being a sort of detective helping those who approach him with their problems. Includes every episode from the series.

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Rita Tushingham facts

5 most recent films

The Calling - 3.0 stars
Puffball - 2.0 stars
Broken Lines - 2.5 stars
The Helen West Case Book - 3.0 stars
Under The Skin - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

A Taste Of Honey - 3.5 stars
The Leather Boys - 3.5 stars
The Helen West Case Book - 3.0 stars
A Place To Go - 3.0 stars
Straight On Till Morning - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Human Jungle - Complete Series - 3 stars
The Lady Killers - Series 1 - Complete - 3 stars
The Human Factor - 2.5 stars
Resurrected - 3.0 stars
Smashing Time - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Nicholas Woodeson - 3 times - show films
Anthony Howell - 3 times - show films
Dermot Crowley - 3 times - show films
Martin Freeman - 3 times - show films
Amanda Burton - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Richard Lester - 3 times - show films
Justin Chadwick - 3 times - show films
Coky Giedroyc - 3 times - show films
Myles Connell - 3 times - show films
Sidney J Furie - 2 times - show films