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Margaret Rutherford

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Margaret Rutherford - what members say

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 20 members
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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 »

68% from 118 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.

47% from 20 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 674 members

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

74% from 649 members

Stitch In Time, A on DVD (1963)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Jerry Desmonde
Director: Robert Asher, John Paddy Carstairs
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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.

71% from 860 members

Miss Marple - Murder, She Said on DVD (1961)
Starring: Margaret Rutherford, Charles Tingwell, Muriel Pavlow
Director: George Pollock
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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 742 members

I'm All Right Jack on DVD (1959)
Starring: Ian Carmichael, Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough
Director: John Boulting
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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 3,670 members

Just My Luck on DVD (1957)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Margaret Rutherford, Jill Dixon
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
Certificate:
Norman loves a girl from across the road but before he can declare his affections he must obtain some money. His problems start when he is given advice on placing a lucrative horse-racing bet.

66% from 749 members

The Smallest Show On Earth (1957)
Starring: Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna, Leslie Phillips
Director: Basil Dearden
Certificate:
The Smallest Show on Earth is a gentle, frequently uproarious takeoff of Britain's neighbourhood-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. ..read more »

69% from 684 members
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Up In The World on DVD (1956)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Margaret Rutherford, Moira Lister
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
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Norman's up and away on the ladder of success when he takes on a new job as a window cleaner to wealthy Lady Banderville. The only problem is that the pranks of Sir Reggie, her son are always landing him in ho water. Undeterred by this, Norman makes a determined effort to polish up his act. When it ..read more »

69% from 574 members

The Runaway Bus on DVD (1954)
Starring: Frankie Howerd, Margaret Rutherford, Petula Clark
Director: Val Guest
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Bus driver Percy Lamb (Frankie Howerd) finds himself in a difficult situation when ordered to take a group of passengers from the foggy London Airport to another airport not knowing that he is in fact carrying stolen gold bullion that is about to be muggled. Frankie Howerd's first starring role.

61% from 379 members

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

67% from 44 members

Trouble In Store on DVD (1953)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Margaret Rutherford, Moira Lister
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
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Norman Wisdom's immense popularity stems from his hilarious portrayal of the little guy who always seems to win out in the end. The cloth-capped bumbler is one of the great creations of British comedy. Norman has an aim in life - to become a window dresser in the magnificent department store where ..read more »

70% from 732 members

Trouble In Store / Up In The World (2 discs) on DVD (1953)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Margaret Rutherford, Moira Lister
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
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A cracking pair of comic capers:TROUBLE IN STORE (1953): This is the first film in Norman Wisdom's incredibly successful slapstick series. He works in the stock room of a department store but has an ambitious dream to dress the windows but there are endless obstacles in his way. His performance won ..read more »

89% from 10 members

The Importance Of Being Earnest on DVD (1952)
Starring: Margaret Rutherford, Edith Evans, Dorothy Tutin
Director: Anthony Asquith
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Anthony Asquith, having directed a wonderful film of George Bernard Shaw's PYGMALION, turned in 1952 to another classic, one of the greatest theatrical comedies, Oscar Wilde's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. Set at the height of the Victorian era, popularly imagined to be a cold and repressive ..read more »

71% from 844 members

Miss Robin Hood on DVD (1952)
Starring: Margaret Rutherford, Reg Varney, Sid James
Director: John Guillermin
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A newspaper columnist conspires with an elderly fan to steal a secret whiskey formula from a wealthy distiller. However, it's not long before Scotland Yard is on the case!

63% from 414 members

Her Favourite Husband on DVD (1950)
Starring: Jean Kent, Robert Beatty, Margaret Rutherford
Director: Mario Soldati
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Robert Beatty plays an Italian Bank clerk, bullied by his wife (Jean Kent) and mother in law (Margaret Rutherford). When a gang of robbers discover that he is a perfect double for their leader, they kidnap him and the two men switch places. The result is a wild confusion of mistaken identities. ..read more »

52% from 20 members

The Happiest Days Of Your Life on DVD (1950)
Starring: Margaret Rutherford, Joyce Grenfell, Alastair Sim
Director: Frank Launder
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A mix-up by the Ministry sees boys joining the girls at Nurbourne College. With Joyce Grenfell as the Gym Mistress the scene is set for laughs.

71% from 617 members

Blithe Spirit on DVD (1945)
Starring: Rex Harrison, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford
Director: David Lean
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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 1,499 member

Dusty Ermine on DVD (1936)
Starring: Anthony Bushell, Margaret Rutherford, Jane Baxter
Director: Bernard Vorhaus
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A released forger goes to the Swiss Alps, pursuing his crooked nephew and pursued by Scotland Yard.

52% from 15 members

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

77% from 849 members

Donald Sinden Icon Collection (11 discs) on DVD
Starring: Donald Sinden, Stanley Holloway, Michael Hordern
Director: Ralph Thomas, Ken Annakin, Muriel Box
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Features the Donald Sinden films A DAY TO REMEMBER, YOU KNOW WHAT SAILORS ARE, THE BEACHCOMBER, MAD ABOUT MEN, ABOVE US THE WAVES, AN ALLIGATOR NAMED DAISY, TIGER IN THE SMOKE, EYEWITNESS, THE BLACK TENT, ROCKETS GALORE, and MIX ME A PERSON.

64% from 75 members

Margaret Rutherford facts

5 most recent films

Chimes at Midnight - 4.0 stars
Falstaff - Chimes At Midnight - 3.5 stars
The Mouse on the Moon - 2.5 stars
Miss Marple - Murder At The Gallop - 4.0 stars
Miss Marple - Murder Ahoy - 3.5 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

Her Favourite Husband - 2.5 stars
The Mouse on the Moon - 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
Leslie Phillips - 4 times - show films
James Robertson Justice - 4 times - show films
Moira Lister - 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
Orson Welles - 2 times - show films
David Lean - 2 times - show films