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Esma Cannon - what members say

Sailor Beware! review by Mountfalcon from

My memory didn't let me down 25 December 2011
...the splendid Barbara Hicks, and we get the expected sparkle from Thora Hird and Esma Cannon (an especial favourite of mine). For lovers of British comedy, this is a joy.... Read customer review

The Rag Trade - Series 2 (2 discs) on DVD (1962)
Starring: Reg Varney, Barbara Windsor, Miriam Karlin
Director: The Rag Trade, Stuart Allen
Certificate:
Life in the Fenner Fashions workshop is constantly disrupted by wildcat industrial action as firebrand shop steward Paddy (Miriam Karlin) takes on penny-pinching proprietor Harold Fenner (Peter Jones) over anything and everything! It seems like every day Paddy's blowing her whistle and yelling '..read more »

68% from 93 members

Carry On Cruising on DVD (1962)
Starring: Kenneth Connor, Liz Fraser, Esma Cannon
Director: Gerald Thomas
Certificate:
The captain (Sidney James) of a large cruise ship, the S.S. Happy Wanderer, discovers that his able crew has been replaced by totally inexperienced men--the Carry On bunch. High seas hijinks ensue...

65% from 1,672 member

Sailor Beware! on DVD (1956)
Starring: Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton, Ronald Lewis
Director: Gordon Parry
Certificate:
Peggy Mount stars as the world's most terrifying mother in law in this British Comedy favourite based on the hugely successful stage farce!

72% from 103 members

Out of the Clouds on DVD (1954)
Starring: Anthony Steel, Robert Beatty, David Knight
Director: Basil Dearden
Certificate:
A busy day at London Airport. Follow the lives and loves of the crew and passengers.

55% from 64 members

The Years Between on DVD (1946)
Starring: Valerie Hobson, Michael Redgrave, Flora Robson
Director: Compton Bennett
Certificate:
Michael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson, Flora Robson and Felix Aylmer star in this moving and sophisticated story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the Second World War and based on the play by Daphne Du Maurier. After hearing news that her officer husband has been killed in battle, Diana ..read more »

61% from 88 members

The Rag Trade - Series 2 - 3.5 stars
Carry On Cruising - 3.5 stars
Sailor Beware! - 3.5 stars
Out of the Clouds - 3.0 stars
The Years Between - 3.0 stars

Sailor Beware! - 3.5 stars
The Rag Trade - Series 2 - 3.5 stars
Carry On Cruising - 3.5 stars
The Years Between - 3.0 stars
Out of the Clouds - 3.0 stars

Out of the Clouds - 3.0 stars
The Years Between - 3.0 stars
Carry On Cruising - 3.5 stars
The Rag Trade - Series 2 - 3.5 stars
Sailor Beware! - 3.5 stars

Sheila Hancock - 3 times - show films
Peter Jones - 3 times - show films
Miriam Karlin - 3 times - show films
Barbara Windsor - 3 times - show films
Reg Varney - 3 times - show films

The Rag Trade - 3 times - show films
Compton Bennett - 1 times - show films
Gerald Thomas - 1 times - show films
Basil Dearden - 1 times - show films
Stuart Allen - 1 times - show films