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Agatha Christie's Murder On The Orient Express review by GraftheGreatest from London, England

Superb rendition of Christie's locomotive thriller! 19 May 2004
...ible & the star-studded A-list cast relish their screen time. Suspects include: Wendy Hiller, Sean Connery, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Dennis Quilley, Vanessa Redgrave, Jacqueline... Read customer review

I Know Where I'm Going review by from London

Undervalued gem from Powell and Pressburger 21 May 2004
...ands as a charming and beautifully understated romantic comedy. Joan Webster(Wendy Hiller) is the headstrong woman who is making her way to a Scottish island to marry a ... Read customer review

Pygmalion review by PUDDING from Trefechan, Aberystwyth

Pure Joy. 26 September 2008
...same (e.g. the market worker that first alerts Doolittle to Higgins’ presence). Wendy Hiller is fine as Doolittle but I do prefer Hepburn's version, Hiller sits aloof the c... Read customer review

Wendy Hiller - filmography

The Lonely Passion Of Judith Hearne on DVD (1988)
Starring: Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins, Wendy Hiller
Director: Jack Clayton
Certificate:
Lonely Judith Hearne falls for her landlady's brother, Madden, who exudes a certain glamour, having lived in America for thirty years. She seeks romance and he seeks an investor for a business venture. Each is mistaken about the other's feelings and their relationship proceeds in a downward spiral......

66% from 195 members

All Passion Spent (1986)
Starring: Wendy Hiller, Phyllis Calvert, David Waller
Director: Martyn Friend
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The adaptation of Vita Sackville-West's novel stars Wendy Hiller as Lady Slane, an elderly woman whose husband dies. Her children orchestrate how the rest of her life will be lived, but she takes control of her own future much to their consternation. She develops new friends, and considers the ..read more »

80% from 1 member
Currently unavailable

Miss Morison's Ghosts (1981)
Starring: Wendy Hiller, Hannah Gordon, Bosco Hogan
Director: John Bruce
Certificate:
Two British women claim to have been thrown into a time warp where they saw Marie Antoinette.

10% from 5 members
Currently unavailable

The Curse of King Tutankhamen's Tomb (1980)
Starring: Raymond Burr, Robin Ellis, Tom Baker
Director: Philip Leacock
Certificate:
In November 1922, Howard Carter and his backer, Lord Carnarvon, make an extraordinary discovery in the Valley of the Kings, the sacred burial ground of the pharaohs, near Luxor: the tomb of the frail young king, Tutankhamen. But the rumour of an ancient curse, of impending grief and disaster, ..read more »

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The Elephant Man on DVD (1980)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft
Director: David Lynch
Certificate:
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David Lynch brings his own dreamlike style to the heartbreaking yet somehow uplifting story of John Merrick (John Hurt), a hideously deformed individual dubbed the Elephant Man during his years in a circus freak show in Victorian England. After suffering for years at the hands of his circus "master,..read more »

75% from 12,674 members

The Elephant Man - Blu-ray (1980)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft
Director: David Lynch
Certificate:
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David Lynch brings his own dreamlike style to the heartbreaking yet somehow uplifting story of John Merrick (John Hurt), a hideously deformed individual dubbed the Elephant Man during his years in a circus freak show in Victorian England. After suffering for years at the hands of his circus "master,..read more »

82% from 641 members

The Elephant Man - HD (1980)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft
Director: David Lynch
Certificate:
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David Lynch brings his own dreamlike style to the heartbreaking yet somehow uplifting story of John Merrick (John Hurt), a hideously deformed individual dubbed the Elephant Man during his years in a circus freak show in Victorian England. After suffering for years at the hands of his circus "master,..read more »

79% from 325 members
Not currently released

The Cat And The Canary on DVD (1979)
Starring: Honor Blackman, Michael Callan, Edward Fox
Director: Radley Metzger
Certificate:
An all-star remake of a horror classic. A grumpy old man declares that his last will and testament not be read until twenty years after of his death, in the vain hope of losing a few of his "unsuitable" heirs along the way. At the long awaited reading, in order to collect their inheritance, the ..read more »

48% from 233 members

Agatha Christie's Murder On The Orient E... on DVD (1974)
Starring: Jean-Pierre Cassel, Sean Connery, Rachel Roberts
Director: Sidney Lumet
Certificate:
Like many of Agatha Christie's mysteries, Murder on the Orient Express is predicated on an actual event, in this case the Lindbergh kidnapping. In the movie, everyone on board the Orient Express seems to have concluded that hateful financier Ratchett (Richard Widmark) was behind the abduction and ..read more »

63% from 1,347 member

A Man For All Seasons on DVD (1966)
Starring: Robert Shaw, Paul Scofield, Orson Welles
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Certificate:
Adapted by Robert Bolt and Constance Willis from Bolt's hit stage play, A Man for All Seasons stars Paul Scofield, triumphantly repeating his stage role as Sir Thomas More. The crux of the film is the staunchly Catholic More's refusal to acknowledge King Henry VIII (Robert Shaw)'s break from the ..read more »

73% from 4,927 members

Sons And Lovers (1960)
Starring: Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller
Director: Jack Cardiff
Certificate:
The first experiences of a young man in the mysteries of woman

59% from 106 members
Currently unavailable

Separate Tables on DVD (1958)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Rita Hayworth, David Niven
Director: Delbert Mann
Certificate:
Life in an English bed and breakfast where the eccentric guests all have one common trait – loneliness. There's Major Pollack who hides a dark secret behind a polished military veneer; Sibyl Railton-Bell, a shy, neurotic old maid who lacks the courage to break away from her domineering mother. John ..read more »

69% from 537 members

Sailor Of The King - Blu-ray (1953)
Starring: Michael Rennie, Jeffrey Hunter, Wendy Hiller
Director: Roy Boulting
Certificate:
Naval Signalman Brown is captured when his cruiser is sunk by the Nazis. He escapes with a stolen rifle and embarks on a one-man campaign to avenge his lost colleagues.

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Due for release on 16th July 2012

Sailor Of The King (1953)
Starring: Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Wendy Hiller
Director: Roy Boulting
Certificate:
Naval Signalman Brown is captured when his cruiser is sunk by the Nazis. He escapes with a stolen rifle and embarks on a one-man campaign to avenge his lost colleagues.

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Outcast Of The Islands on DVD (1951)
Starring: Ralph Richardson, Trevor Howard, Robert Morley
Director: Carol Reed
Certificate:
Adapted from The Joseph Conrad novel of the same name, 1952’s inimitable Outcast Of The Islands, directed by Oscar® winning director Carol Reed (The Third Man, Oliver!), feature Trevor Howard (Brief Encounter, The Third Man) as Willems and Ralph Richardson (Peer Gynt, Falstaff) as Lingard. Peter ..read more »

50% from 8 members

I Know Where I'm Going on DVD (1945)
Starring: Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, Pamela Brown
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Certificate:
Joan has known what she wants since early childhood. Now she's about to marry a millionaire, but a storm strands her on a Hebridean island and the forces of nature conspire to change her mind.

70% from 1,649 member

Major Barbara on DVD (1941)
Starring: Wendy Hiller, Deborah Kerr, Rex Harrison
Director: Gabriel Pascal
Certificate:
An idealistic crusader finds herself at odds with her capitalist father in this social comedy written by George Bernard Shaw.

69% from 141 members

Pygmalion on DVD (1938)
Starring: Wendy Hiller, Leslie Howard, Winifred Lawson
Director: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard
Certificate:
Shaw's play in which a Victorian dialect expert bets that he can teach a lower-class girl to speak proper English and thus be taken for a lady.

75% from 361 members

Wendy Hiller facts

5 most recent films

The Lonely Passion Of Judith Hearne - 3.5 stars
All Passion Spent - 4.0 stars
Miss Morison's Ghosts - 0.5 stars
The Curse of King Tutankhamen's Tomb - 3 stars
The Elephant Man - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Elephant Man - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Elephant Man - HD - 4.0 stars
The Elephant Man - 4.0 stars
Pygmalion - 4.0 stars
A Man For All Seasons - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Sailor Of The King - Blu-ray - 3 stars
The Curse of King Tutankhamen's Tomb - 3 stars
Sailor Of The King - 3 stars
Miss Morison's Ghosts - 0.5 stars
Outcast Of The Islands - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Hurt - 5 times - show films
John Gielgud - 5 times - show films
Hannah Gordon - 5 times - show films
Anne Bancroft - 4 times - show films
Anthony Hopkins - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

David Lynch - 4 times - show films
Michael Powell - 2 times - show films
Roy Boulting - 2 times - show films
Emeric Pressburger - 2 times - show films
Delbert Mann - 1 times - show films