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David Tomlinson
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David Tomlinson - what members say
review by A customer from
Lansbury and Tomlinson shine. 16 June 2011
review by SolarvanMan from North Yorkshire
Merryweather Mk1 12 March 2005
review by HD from Birmingham
A good British comedy... 24 March 2005
David Tomlinson - filmography
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The Water Babies
(1978)
Starring: Bernard Cribbins, Joan Greenwood, David Tomlinson
Director: Lionel Jeffries
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Tom is an amiable lad apprenticed to the dishonest Master Chimney Sweep Grimes (James Mason). When the young boy is falsely accused of stealing, he escapes his pursuers by jumping into Dead Man's Pool, whereupon he becomes involved in the adventures of the Water Babies who live there. Lionel ..read more »
 
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from 1,002 member
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Wombling Free
(1977)
Starring: David Tomlinson, The Wombles, Frances De La Tour
Director: Lionel Jeffries
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This children's fantasy is about the Wombles, borrowed from a British TV series, who are furry creatures (actors in suits), normally invisible to anyone but themselves, and whose mission in life is to clean up after humans -- their first chore was to pick up the forgotten apple core in the Garden ..read more »
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from 698 members
Not available for rental
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Tessie O'Shea, David Tomlinson
Director: Robert Stevenson
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In 1940 three English children are evacuated from London, only to discover the lady they're staying with (Angela Lansbury) is a witch - but a good one. With the aid of her spells and a magic bed, the children visit an undersea kingdom, witness a football match played by teams of wild cartoon ..read more »
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from 10,846 members
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The Love Bug
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Benson Fong, Joe Flynn, Buddy Hackett
Director: Robert Stevenson
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The first film featuring Herbie the Volkswagen, the little car with a mind of its own. Slapstick fun as Herbie gets involved with a race car driver (Dean Jones), after a stuffy rival (David Tomlinson) takes a haughty attitude towards the car.
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from 3,716 members
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Mary Poppins
on DVD
(1964)
Starring: Reginald Owen, Elsa Lanchester, Glynis Johns
Director: Robert Stevenson
Certificate:
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Long resistant to film adaptations of her Mary Poppins books, P.L. Travers finally succumbed to the entreaties of Walt Disney, and the result is often considered the finest of Disney's personally supervised films. The Travers stories are bundled together to tell the story of the Edwardian-era ..read more »
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from 19,643 members
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Tom Jones
(1963)
Starring: Joan Greenwood, Diane Cilento, David Tomlinson
Director: Tony Richardson
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Tony Richardson's adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic novel was one of the most critically acclaimed and popular comedies of its time, winning four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The film follows Tom Jones (Albert Finney), a country boy who becomes one of the wildest playboys in 18th ..read more »
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from 1,659 member
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Further Up The Creek
(1958)
Starring: David Tomlinson, George Herbert, Shirley Eaton
Director: Val Guest
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The sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather. This time he is skipper of the ship Aristotle and, together with his second-in-command (Frankie Howerd), Fairweather wreaks havoc when he is ordered to deliver the Aristotle to its new ..read more »
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from 291 members
Currently unavailable
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Up The Creek
(1958)
Starring: Suraiya Hyder, Peter Sellers, David Tomlinson
Director: Val Guest
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Screwball comedy starring David Tomlinson and Peter Sellers. Bumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS Berkeley, an old World War II destroyer, to keep him out of harm's way. But together with Chief Petty Officer Doherty (Sellers), Fairweather gets into ..read more »
64%
from 414 members
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Three Men in a Boat
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: Jimmy Edwards, Laurence Harvey, David Tomlinson
Director: Ken Annakin
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Laurence Harvey, David Tomlinson and Jimmy Edwards star in Ken Annakin's adaptation of the Jerome K. Jerome novel. Three Englishmen decide it would be fun to go on a boating holiday along the Thames for a fortnight. However, these gents' boating skills are notable only for their absence, which ..read more »
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from 376 members
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All For Mary
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: Nigel Patrick, Kathleen Harrison, David Tomlinson
Director: Wendy Toye
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Shortly after the War an army officer and upper-class Humpy Miller both set their sights on Mary, the landlord's daughter in their Swiss Alpine resort. When the two men fall ill with chicken pox they are put in the care of fellow guest Miss Cartwright, who turns out to be Humpy's old and greatly ..read more »
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from 4 members
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The Wooden Horse
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: David Tomlinson, Leo Green
Director: Jack Lee
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Adapted from the classic novel 'The Tunnel Escape' by Eric Williams, this is the story of British POWs trying to escape from a Nazi camp through a tunnel underneath their exercise horse. As their huts are too far from the boundary, one of the officers decides to start a daily gymnastics session, ..read more »
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from 396 members
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Landfall
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Denis O'Dea, Laurence Harvey, Maurice Denham
Director: Ken Annakin
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Ken Annakin directs this World War Two drama based on a novel by Nevil Shute. Michael Denison stars as Rick, a young RAF pilot patrolling the English Channel for U-Boats. When he sinks what he believes to be a German submarine, it later turns out to be British and he is charged with neglect. In ..read more »
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from 85 members
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Helter Skelter
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Carol Marsh, Jimmy Edwards, David Tomlinson
Director: Ralph Thomas
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British comedy from the late 1940s starring David Tomlinson and Carol Marsh. The film follows wealthy socialite Susan Graham (Marsh) as she enlists the help of various zany characters in her eternal quest to cure herself of a never-ending bout of the hiccups.
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from 22 members
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Sleeping Car to Trieste
(1948)
Starring: Jean Kent, Albert Lieven, Derrick De Marney
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
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On board the Orient Express as it pulls out of the Gare De Lyon is a man named Poole, who has stolen an important political diary and is being pursued by two people who want it back. Valya wants the diary to avenge her father's political assassination, while Zurta is the thief who acquired it for ..read more »
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My Brother's Keeper
on DVD
(1948)
Starring: Jack Warner, Jane Hylton, David Tomlinson
Director: Alfred Roome
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George Martin (Jack Warner) and Willie Stannard (George Cole) are handcuffed together and on their way to a West Country jail when they escape and go on the run. Martin is a hardened, dangerous criminal, but Stannard is a simple-minded youth who claims he is innocent of the crime for which he is ..read more »
62%
from 42 members
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The Master Of Bankdam
on DVD
(1947)
Starring: Linden Travers, Patrick Holt, David Tomlinson
Director: Walter Forde
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An epic film drama on the lives of three generations of Yorkshire mill-owners during Britain's turbulent Industrial Revolution. Simeon Crowther (Tom Walls) decides to hand over the family textile mill of Bankdam to his two sons, Joshua (Dennis Price) and Zebediah (Stephen Murray). But Zebediah's ..read more »
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from 56 members
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Journey Together
on DVD
(1943)
Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Jack Watling, David Tomlinson
Director: John Boulting
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Playwright Terence Rattigan and director John Boulting contributed to the war effort with this docu-drama chronicling the training of RAF pilots during WWII. Richard Attenborough and David Tomlinson are amongst the Brits hoping to do battle for King and country, whilst Hollywood star Edward G. ..read more »
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...Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson shine in this warm-hearted fantasy. Also contains possibly the best animated football match of all time. A joy....
