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The Importance Of Being Earnest review by from ARMAGH

27 April 2004
...ing aside, this is a nice filmed version of the play. I'll watch anything with Margaret Rutherford in it anyway.... Read customer review

The Smallest Show On Earth review by from Reading England

A great little show!! 10 December 2004
...em being put out of business by the larger more modern cinemas of the circuit. Margaret Rutherford, Peter Sellars and Bernard Miles give splendid performances as 'The Bijou's' st... Read customer review

Blithe Spirit review by A customer from Liverpool, England

A delightfully nostalgic film 5 April 2005
...re into good old-fashioned, wholesome & witty sillyness, then this is for you. Margaret Rutherford is as wonderful in this as she is as Jane Marple in the Agatha Christie films. ... Read customer review

Margaret Rutherford - filmography

Chimes at Midnight (1966)
Starring: Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford
Director: Orson Welles
Certificate:
The career of Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff as roistering companion to young Prince Hal, circa 1400-1413.

75% from 21 members
Currently unavailable

Falstaff - Chimes At Midnight on DVD (1965)
Starring: Orson Welles, John Gielgud, Margaret Rutherford
Director: Orson Welles
Certificate:
This film is an amalgam of Henry IV parts 1 & 2, and also Richard II, Henry V and the Merry Wives of Windsor. It's based on Welles' play Five Kings, an adaptation of four Shakespeare plays which he produced in 1939 and again in 1960. The film's narration, spoken by Ralph Richardson, is taken from ..read more »

69% from 160 members

Miss Marple - Murder Ahoy (1963)
Starring: Margaret Rutherford, Lionel Jeffries, Ron Moody
Director: George Pollock
Certificate:
In 'Murder Ahoy' Miss Marple investigates murder on a naval cadet training ship

74% from 688 members
Currently unavailable

Stitch In Time, A on DVD (1963)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Jerry Desmonde
Director: Robert Asher, John Paddy Carstairs
Certificate:
An accident in the butcher's shop leads Norman and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal ammount of chaos, Norman finds Lindy, a little girl who hasn't spoken or smiled since her parents were killed in an aeroplane accident. Norman decides to help.

70% from 889 members

The Mouse on the Moon (1963)
Starring: Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Bernard Cribbins
Director: Richard Lester
Certificate:
A tiny country persuades the Americans and Soviets that they're starting a space program, when they really just want some money for new plumbing.

48% from 24 members
Currently unavailable

Miss Marple - Murder At The Gallop on DVD (1963)
Starring: Margaret Rutherford, Lionel Jeffries, Ron Moody
Director: George Pollock
Certificate:
'Murder At The Gallop' finds Miss Marple beginning an investigation after Mr Enderby, a rich old recluse is found dead. Our intuative heroine doesn't believe his death was natural and senses foul play...

75% from 713 members

Miss Marple - Murder, She Said on DVD (1961)
Starring: Margaret Rutherford, Charles Tingwell, Muriel Pavlow
Director: George Pollock
Certificate:
When Miss Marple (Margaret Rutherford) witnesses a murder on a passing train carriage the lack of a body means the police won't take her story seriously. Of course, she begins her own investigation. The killing took place while the train was passing Ackenthorpe Hall, so Miss Marple poses as a ..read more »

78% from 782 members

I'm All Right Jack on DVD (1959)
Starring: Terry-Thomas, Irene Handl, Peter Sellers
Director: John Boulting
Certificate:
This sequel to 'Private's Progress' takes a satirical look at trade unions and labour relations. Upon leaving the army, upper class twit Windrush (Ian Carmichael) takes a job in industry. Before long he has inadvertently started a national strike, which is subsequently mishandled by everyone involved.

70% from 3,826 members

The Smallest Show On Earth (1957)
Starring: Peter Sellers, Virginia McKenna, Bernard Miles
Director: Basil Dearden
Certificate:
The Smallest Show on Earth is a gentle, frequently uproarious takeoff of Britain's neighborhood-cinema industry. Real-life husband and wife Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna star as Matt and Jean Spencer, a middle-class couple who inherit a decrepit movie house in a tiny railroad whistle stop. They ..read more »

69% from 703 members
Currently unavailable

Just My Luck on DVD (1957)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Margaret Rutherford, Jill Dixon
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
Certificate:
Determined to win the heart of his beautiful neighbour, Norman (Norman Wisdom) decides he wants to buy her a diamond necklace - but how can he possibly afford it? A solution offers itself when he goes to a bookmaker's, learns the intricacies of the accumulator bet, and sets out on a major winning ..read more »

66% from 771 members

Up In The World on DVD (1956)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Margaret Rutherford, Moira Lister
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
Certificate:
Norman's on the ladder to success when he accepts a new job as a window cleaner to wealthy Lady Banderville. But he's about to take many knocks on the way up.

69% from 596 members

The Runaway Bus (1954)
Starring: Belinda Lee, Margaret Rutherford, Petula Clark
Director: Val Guest
Certificate:

61% from 392 members
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Donald Sinden Icon Collection - Mad Abou... on DVD (1954)
Starring: Donald Sinden, Glynis Johns, Anne Crawford
Director: Ralph Thomas
Certificate:
This time Miranda swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on holiday. All is well until she falls in love with a human.

66% from 49 members

Trouble In Store / Up In The World (2 discs) on DVD (1953)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Margaret Rutherford, Moira Lister
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
Certificate:
Norman Wisdom double bill. In 'Trouble in Store' Wisdom is taken on as a shop assistant in a department store. His ambition is to become a window dresser, and he falls in love at first sight with his dream-girl, Sally. After a disastrous start (chasing a bus on roller skates, entering a shop girl's ..read more »

83% from 16 members

Trouble In Store on DVD (1953)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Margaret Rutherford, Moira Lister
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
Certificate:
Norman desires to be a window dresser for a large department store. When he eventually gets the job he succeeds in foiling a robbery.

70% from 758 members

The Importance Of Being Earnest on DVD (1952)
Starring: Michael Redgrave, Joan Greenwood, Michael Denison
Director: Anthony Asquith
Certificate:
Anthony Asquith directs the first screen adaptation of Oscar Wilde's classic comedy. Algernon Moncrieff (Michael Denison) has discovered that he has a secret in common with his friend Jack Worthing (Michael Redgrave) - they both use alter-egos when in a tight spot. However, when Algernon decides to ..read more »

71% from 869 members

Miss Robin Hood on DVD (1952)
Starring: Sid James, Reg Varney, Margaret Rutherford
Director: John Guillermin
Certificate:

63% from 453 members

Her Favourite Husband on DVD (1950)
Starring: Rona Anderson, Margaret Rutherford, Gordon Harker
Director: Mario Soldati
Certificate:
Crime comedy starring Robert Beatty as gangster Leo. Leo successfully robs a bank and makes it look like one of the bank's employees, Antonio (also played by Beatty), who is identical to Leo in appearance, has carried out the crime. He ensures there are a multitude of witnesses who will identify ..read more »

53% from 33 members

The Happiest Days Of Your Life on DVD (1950)
Starring: Joyce Grenfell, Alastair Sim, Guy Middleton
Director: Frank Launder
Certificate:
Classic British comedy from 1950 starring Alastair Sim and Margaret Rutherford. Nutborne is an all-boys school and content to stay that way, but after an evacuation of local private all-girls school, St. Swithins, the two educational establishments must find a way to co-exist as a battle of the ..read more »

72% from 671 members

Blithe Spirit on DVD (1945)
Starring: Margaret Rutherford, Hugh Wakefield, Kay Hammond
Director: David Lean
Certificate:
The Noel Coward/David Lean combination which turned out such dramas as Brief Encounter and This Happy Breed sets its sights on the viewer's funny bone with Blithe Spirit. Rex Harrison plays a novelist, newly married to straight-laced Constance Cummings. Via a seance, Harrison accidentally summons ..read more »

71% from 1,600 member

Dusty Ermine on DVD (1936)
Starring: Ronald Squire, Margaret Rutherford, Jane Baxter
Director: Bernard Vorhaus
Certificate:
1930s British crime drama in which forger Jim Kent (Ronald Squire) attempts to save his nephew from a crooked life. When master criminal Jim discovers that his nephew, Gilbert (Arthur Macrae), has become involved in counterfeiting he takes the blame for the offence in the hopes that Gilbert will go ..read more »

54% from 23 members

Miss Marple - Murder Most Foul on DVD
Starring: Margaret Rutherford, Lionel Jeffries, Ron Moody
Director: George Pollock
Certificate:
'Murder Most Foul' finds Miss Marple looking into a theatre murder after hearing all the evidence as a juror at the trial.

77% from 899 members

Donald Sinden Icon Collection (11 discs) on DVD
Starring: Michael Hordern, Anthony Booth, Ronnie Corbett
Director: Muriel Box, Ken Annakin, Ralph Thomas
Certificate:
A stalwart of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Donald Sinden first acted at the Brighton Little Theatre in 1941 and broke into professional acting after appearing in revues for the armed forces during the Second World War. He subsequently appeared in many British movies of the 1950s, some of which ..read more »

65% from 88 members

Margaret Rutherford facts

5 most recent films

Chimes at Midnight - 4.0 stars
Falstaff - Chimes At Midnight - 3.5 stars
Miss Marple - Murder Ahoy - 3.5 stars
Stitch In Time, A - 3.5 stars
The Mouse on the Moon - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Miss Marple - Murder, She Said - 4.0 stars
Miss Marple - Murder Most Foul - 4.0 stars
Miss Marple - Murder At The Gallop - 4.0 stars
Miss Marple - Murder Ahoy - 3.5 stars
The Happiest Days Of Your Life - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Mouse on the Moon - 2.5 stars
Her Favourite Husband - 2.5 stars
Dusty Ermine - 2.5 stars
Donald Sinden Icon Collection - Mad About Men - 3.5 stars
Chimes at Midnight - 4.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Norman Wisdom - 7 times - show films
Jerry Desmonde - 5 times - show films
Moira Lister - 4 times - show films
Ron Moody - 4 times - show films
Leslie Phillips - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Paddy Carstairs - 7 times - show films
George Pollock - 4 times - show films
Anthony Asquith - 2 times - show films
David Lean - 2 times - show films
Orson Welles - 2 times - show films

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