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In Which We Serve review by from Ceredigion

Moderate action. 26 January 2004
...character acting by all concerned, starting with Noel Coward as the captain and Celia Johnson as his wife. The action seems rather tame after something like The Matrix, b... Read customer review

Brief Encounter review by ludlayes from Suffolk

An absolute classic 1 September 2006
... and immediately decided to buy it, which we have, to watch again and again. Celia Johnson especially is beautiful. She has this lovely expressive face and a unique way ... Read customer review

Staying On review by A customer from Cheshire England

Not What I Expected 20 March 2007
...n some respect and loyalty but also met with some resentment. Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson were really wonderful as the husband and wife who 'stayed on'and the scenery wa... Read customer review

Celia Johnson - filmography

All's Well That Ends Well on DVD (1981)
Starring: Ian Charleson, Angela Down, Celia Johnson
Director: Elijah Moshinsky
Certificate:
All's Well That End's Well won both BAFTA and RTS awardsand was considered one of the best of the bbc shakespeare series.

63% from 215 members

Staying On on DVD (1979)
Starring: Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson, Saeed Jaffrey
Director: Silvio Narizzano
Certificate:
This television adaptation of Paul Scott's sequel to 'The Jewel in the Crown' reunites Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson for the first time since their pairing in the classic 'Brief Encounter'. Colonel Tusker (Howard) and his wife Lucy (Johnson) decide to stay on in India after it is granted its ..read more »

65% from 238 members

Les Miserables (1978)
Starring: Christopher Guard, Celia Johnson, Ian Holm
Director: Glenn Jordan
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Richard Jordan and Anthony Perkins star in this made-for-TV adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel. Jean Valjean (Jordan) is imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread for his sister's starving family. Soon afterwards he escapes and is presumed dead by all except police inspector Javert (Perkins), ..read more »

64% from 308 members
Currently unavailable

Captain's Paradise on DVD (1953)
Starring: Kay Walsh, Celia Johnson, Beatrice Campbell
Director: Anthony Kimmins, Henry Cass, Robert Hamer
Certificate:
British comedy starring Alec Guinness as Mediterranean ferryboat Captain Henry St. James, who believes in the notion of 'a girl in every port'. For Henry has a wife on both sides of the water. There is Maude (Celia Johnson) in Gibraltar and Nita (Yvonne DeCarlo) in Tangiers. Everything is perfect ..read more »

70% from 399 members

The Holly And The Ivy on DVD (1952)
Starring: Maureen Delany, Celia Johnson, Hugh Williams
Director: George More O'Ferrall
Certificate:
Classic post-war drama starring Ralph Richardson as Martin Gregory, a clergyman whose commitment to his religious duties leads him to neglect his family. Things come to a head at the family's Christmas gathering. The film also stars Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton and Denholm Elliott.

68% from 217 members

The Astonished Heart on DVD (1950)
Starring: Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton, Noel Coward
Director: Terence Fisher, Antony Darnborough
Certificate:
Noel Coward writes and stars in this adaptation of his 1935 stage play, originally written as part of the ten-part cycle 'Tonight at 8:30'. Middle-aged psychiatrist Dr Christian Faber (Coward) is happily married to Barbara (Celia Johnson), but when he is introduced to her childhood friend Leonora (..read more »

67% from 24 members

Madeleine on DVD (1949)
Starring: Charles Laughton, Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard
Director: David Lean
Certificate:
David Lean directs this film based on the true story of a Glasgow woman accused of murdering her lover in 1857. Madeleine (Ann Todd) is the eldest daughter in a respectable Victorian Glasgow family. She begins an affair with Frenchman Piere Emile L'Anglier (Ivan Desny) without her father's ..read more »

67% from 197 members

Brief Encounter on DVD (1945)
Starring: Marjorie Mars, Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson
Director: David Lean
Certificate:
A respectable, happily married doctor (Trevor Howard) comes to the aid of an equally upstanding housewife (Celia Johnson) when a passing train blows cinder into her eye. Thus begins a tentative romance, conducted in the tearooms and railway cafe of a small English town. David Lean's classic study ..read more »

74% from 13,234 members

Brief Encounter - Blu-ray (1945)
Starring: Marjorie Mars, Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson
Director: David Lean
Certificate:
Classic drama starring Celia Johnson as a married woman whose life is thrown into turmoil when she unexpectedly falls in love with a stranger. Laura Jesson (Johnson) appears to be the very embodiment of a respectable, happily-married British housewife and mother. Equally, the man who comes to her ..read more »

78% from 457 members

This Happy Breed - Blu-ray (1944)
Starring: Kay Walsh, Celia Johnson, John Mills
Director: David Lean
Certificate:
An episodic tale of an average working class family in the interwar years. Narrated by Laurence Olivier and directed by David Lean, the story traces the melodrama caused by illicit affairs, family bereavement, the first ripples of women's liberation and political instability in the country during ..read more »

67% from 4 members
Not available for rental

This Happy Breed (1944)
Starring: Kay Walsh, Celia Johnson, John Mills
Director: David Lean
Certificate:
An episodic tale of an average working class family in the interwar years. Narrated by Laurence Olivier and directed by David Lean, the story traces the melodrama caused by illicit affairs, family bereavement, the first ripples of women's liberation and political instability in the country during ..read more »

71% from 513 members
Not available for rental

In Which We Serve on DVD (1942)
Starring: Celia Johnson, Bernard Miles, John Mills
Director: Noel Coward, David Lean
Certificate:
Noel Coward co-directed, wrote and starred in this patriotic World War II drama about a destroyer, told through flashbacks and the reminiscences of the surviving crew after their beloved ship is torpedoed. Coward was awarded a Special Oscar for 'outstanding production achievement'.

69% from 2,108 members

Celia Johnson facts

5 most recent films

All's Well That Ends Well - 3.0 stars
Staying On - 3.5 stars
Les Miserables - 3.0 stars
Captain's Paradise - 3.5 stars
The Holly And The Ivy - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Brief Encounter - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Brief Encounter - 3.5 stars
This Happy Breed - 3.5 stars
Captain's Paradise - 3.5 stars
In Which We Serve - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

This Happy Breed - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Astonished Heart - 3.5 stars
All's Well That Ends Well - 3.0 stars
Les Miserables - 3.0 stars
Staying On - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Stanley Holloway - 6 times - show films
Trevor Howard - 5 times - show films
John Mills - 5 times - show films
Kay Walsh - 4 times - show films
Joyce Carey - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

David Lean - 8 times - show films
Glenn Jordan - 2 times - show films
Alex - 1 times - show films
Noel Coward - 1 times - show films
Anthony Kimmins - 1 times - show films

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