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Thelma Ritter
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Thelma Ritter - what members say
review by from Leicester
This is great.... 18 April 2005
review by from Kent
Pick Up on South Street 15 October 2004
review by johnk from London
Love, money, Thelma 4 March 2010
Thelma Ritter - filmography
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Boeing Boeing
(1965)
Starring: Tony Curtis, Tony Curtis, Jerry Lewis
Director: John Rich
Certificate: 
Handsome bachelor Bernard Lawrence is juggling three sexy stewardesses. He accomplishes this by wining and dining them according to their airline schedules, which also keeps them from finding out about one another. But unfortunately, two things are threatening to end Bernard's merry-go-round of ..read more »
 
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from 14 members
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For Love Or Money
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Dick Sargent, Mitzi Gaynor, Kirk Douglas
Director: Michael Gordon
Certificate: 
Romantic comedy starring Kirk Douglas. Attorney Deke Gentry (Douglas) is given an unusual assignment by a regular client, wealthy widow Chloe Brasher (Thelma Ritter). She requests that he pick out suitable husbands for her three daughters, Kate (Mitzi Gaynor), Bonnie (Julie Newmar) and Jan (Leslie ..read more »
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from 31 members
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A New Kind Of Love
(1963)
Starring: Thelma Ritter, Maurice Chevalier, Paul Newman
Director: Melville Shavelson
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A man falls for an exotic bad girl, unaware he's already met the nice girl lurking beneath the surface, in this romantic comedy. Samantha Blake (Joanne Woodward) works for a large department store in New York City as a sort of industrial spy; while ostensively a buyer, Blake's greatest ..read more »
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from 8 members
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Move Over Darling
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Doris Day, James Garner, Polly Bergen
Director: Michael Gordon
Certificate: 
Five years to the day after his wife Ellen disappeared in the sea after a plane crash, lawyer husband Nicholas has her declared legally dead, remarries and sets off to Monterey with new wife Bianca. The same morning, Ellen arrives home after being rescued by the Navy from a desert island and, upon ..read more »
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from 323 members
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Birdman of Alcatraz
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Thelma Ritter, Hugh Marlowe, Burt Lancaster
Director: John Frankenheimer
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In this film based on a true story, Burt Lancaster plays Robert Stroud, a withdrawn prison inmate who cures a sick bird that flies into his cell and eventually becomes a world-renowned ornithologist -- all while serving a life sentence. An overbearing warden (Karl Malden) eventually transfers ..read more »
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from 1,323 member
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The Misfits
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: Kevin McCarthy, Estelle Winwood, Thelma Ritter
Director: John Huston
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The final film of stars Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe is an elegy for the death of the Old West from writer Arthur Miller and director John Huston. Gable stars as Gay Langland, an aging hand traveling the byways and working at rodeos with his two comrades, Guido (Eli Wallach) and young Perce ..read more »
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from 1,639 member
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A Hole In The Head
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Eddie Hodges, Carolyn Jones, Eleanor Parker
Director: Frank Capra
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Feel-good slice of 50s entertainment directed by Frank Capra. Widower Tony Manetta (Frank Sinatra) leads a glamorous lifestyle that he can't afford. His love of women and the high life is tempered by only one thing: his 12-year-old son Ally (Eddie Hodges). When he approaches his wealthy, ..read more »
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from 153 members
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Pillow Talk
(1959)
Starring: Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall
Director: Michael Gordon
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The uninhibited story of a carefree bachelor and a carefree career girl and the hilarious things that happen when they tangle. Rock Hudson is Brad Allen a songwriter and notorious playboy. Doris Day is Jan Morrow, a "pert" interior decorator. Together they share a party line over which they develop ..read more »
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from 2,029 members
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Pillow Talk - Blu-ray
(1959)
Starring: Thelma Ritter, Nick Adams, Rock Hudson
Director: Michael Gordon
Certificate:
Jan Morrow (Doris Day) is a level-headed interior designer who shares a phone line with resident swinging bachelor Brad Allen (Rock Hudson). He annoys her by hogging the line with calls to his numerous girlfriends, whilst she irritates him by her refusal to accept his sweet-talking charms. Brad ..read more »
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from 18 members
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Daddy Longlegs
(1955)
Starring: Terry Moore, Thelma Ritter, Fred Clark
Director: Jean Negulesco
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A young orphaned French girl is brought to America to go to a finishing school. She falls in love with her mysterious benefactor, who only identifies himself at her school summer ball. Musical remake of a 1931 film.
64%
from 267 members
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Rear Window
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Thelma Ritter, James Stewart, Georgine Darcy
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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Alfred Hitchcock playfully explores the role of the voyeur in one of his best-loved suspense thrillers. After breaking his leg during a shoot, photo-journalist L.B. 'Jeff' Jeffries (James Stewart) is forced to spend a humid summer recuperating in his Greenwich Village apartment. The wheelchair-..read more »
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from 27,677 members
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Rear Window - Blu-ray
(1954)
Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Certificate: 
James Stewart and Grace Kelly star in Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller which explores the role of the voyeur. After breaking his leg during a shoot, photo-journalist L.B. 'Jeff' Jeffries (Stewart) is forced to spend a humid summer recuperating in his Greenwich Village apartment. The wheelchair-..read more »
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Pickup on South Street
on DVD
(1953)
Starring: Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye, Jean Peters
Director: Samuel Fuller
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Samuel Fuller directs this classic film noir thriller starring Richard Widmark as Skip McCoy, a solitary pickpocket who has just been released from prison. On the subway he steals a handbag belonging to Candy (Jean Peters), a beautiful young woman who is unwittingly carrying US government secrets ..read more »
71%
from 872 members
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Titanic
on DVD
(1953)
Starring: Thelma Ritter, Robert Wagner, Barbara Stanwyck
Director: Jean Negulesco
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The telling of the fateful maiden voyage of the 'unsinkable' liner, the Titanic. Based on the actual events but using fictional characters to create high drama, excitement and pathos.
62%
from 192 members
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All About Eve - Blu-ray
(1950)
Starring: Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz writes and directs this classic award-winning drama starring Bette Davis and Anne Baxter. Eve Harrington (Baxter) is famous actress Margo Channing (Davis)'s biggest fan. When, by chance, she gets to meet the great lady, she quickly ingratiates herself into her life. Before long,..read more »
87%
from 17 members
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All About Eve
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz writes and directs this classic award-winning drama starring Bette Davis and Anne Baxter. Eve Harrington (Baxter) is famous actress Margo Channing (Davis)'s biggest fan. When, by chance, she gets to meet the great lady, she quickly ingratiates herself into her life. Before long,..read more »
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from 10,530 members
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Thelma Ritter facts
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...is wonderful as the breathless darling of the New York fashion world. However, Thelma Ritter truly steals the show aided by some fantastic lines. I really enjoyed this as ...
