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  • Our Town
  • Our Town review by RJNeb2 from London
    Rated - 3.0 stars Small town, big ideas 15 May 2010
    ...ny - but once you get into the rhythm of its artifice, it has its appeal. While Martha Scott and William Holden are not at all convincing as 17 year olds, she goes on to gi...   Read customer review

Martha Scott - filmography


  • The Turning Point on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Anne Bancroft,  Shirley MacLaine,  Leslie Browne
    Director: Herbert Ross
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft star in this musical drama and touching portrait of the world of dance in New York City. A ballet star (Anne Bancroft) is reunited with her best friend and rival (Shirley MacLaine) after years apart. Against the engrossing background of the world of ballet, their ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 231 members
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  • Ben-Hur - Blu-ray (1959)
    Starring: Charlton Heston,  Jack Hawkins,  Stephen Boyd
    Director: William Wyler
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Anno Domini: the seventh year of Augustus Caesar's reign. In the Roman province of Judea, Jews return to the city of their birth for the census. A bright star in the night over Bethlehem marks the birth of Jesus Christ. Years later, Roman commander Messala (Stephen Boyd), who was brought up in ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 208 members
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  • Ben Hur on DVD (1959)
    Starring: Charlton Heston,  Jack Hawkins,  Stephen Boyd
    Director: William Wyler
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This 1959 version of Lew Wallace's best-selling novel, which had already seen screen versions in 1907 and 1926, went on to win 11 Academy Awards. Adapted by Karl Tunberg and a raft of uncredited writers including Gore Vidal and Maxwell Anderson, the film once more recounts the tale of Jewish prince ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 8,275 members
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  • Sayonara (1957)
    Starring: Marlon Brando,  Patricia Owens,  Kent Smith
    Director: Joshua Logan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Marlon Brando is an American serviceman on leave in Japan during the Korean War who discovers that his long-distance relationship with his fiancee has faltered. He soon finds that he has fallen in love with a Japanese entertainer (Miko Taka), despite the policies and standards set by the American ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 190 members
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  • The Desperate Hours (1956)
    Starring: Humphrey Bogart,  Fredric March,  Martha Scott
    Director: William Wyler
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Director William Wyler's suspense classic marks the only time cinema giants Humphrey Bogart and Frederic March worked together. And the result is everything you'd expect: taut, terrifying and terrific. Bogart plays an escaped con who has nothing to lose. March is a suburban Everyman who has ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 495 members
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  • The Ten Commandments on DVD (1956)
    Starring: Anne Baxter,  Edward G. Robinson,  Yul Brynner
    Director: Cecil B. DeMille
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Based on the Holy Scriptures, with additional dialogue by several other hands, The Ten Commandments was the last film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The story relates the life of Moses, from the time he was discovered in the bullrushes as an infant by the pharoah's daughter, to his long, hard ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 2,348 members
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  • Cheers For Miss Bishop on DVD (1941)
    Starring: Martha Scott,  William Gargan,  Edmund Gwenn
    Director: Tay Garnett
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
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    Ella Bishop is an ambitious teacher, whose career causes her to miss out in discovering true love. As she looks back on her life, she realises that she may have sacrificed true fulfilment...
    2 stars out of 5 33% from 14 members
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  • Our Town on DVD (1940)
    Starring: William Holden,  Martha Scott,  Fay Bainter
    Director: Sam Wood
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Touching film version of Thornton Wilders Pulitzer Prize winning play that explores the love, humour and pain in the lives of two families in the woodsy New Hampshire town, Grovers Corners. William Holden and Martha Scott succumb to adolescent affections before maturing, marrying and bearing a ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 46 members
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  • The Howards Of Virginia on DVD (1940)
    Starring: Cary Grant,  Martha Scott,  Richard Carlson
    Director: Frank Lloyd
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Director Frank Lloyd carries forward THE HOWARDS OF VIRGINIA, a grand historical epic about a Virginia couple from differing backgrounds during the Revolutionary War. Like Lloyd's other historical pieces, CAVALCADE and MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY, the film rings with an authenticity that will enchant ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 120 members
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Martha Scott facts

5 most recent films

The Turning Point - 3.0 stars
Cimarron Strip - E09 - The Search - 3 stars
Ben-Hur - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Ben Hur - 3.5 stars
Sayonara - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Ben-Hur - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Ben Hur - 3.5 stars
The Ten Commandments - 3.5 stars
The Desperate Hours - 3.5 stars
The Turning Point - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Cheers For Miss Bishop - 2.0 stars
Our Town - 2.5 stars
In Old Oklahoma - 3.0 stars
The Howards Of Virginia - 2.5 stars
Sayonara - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Charlton Heston - 4 times - show films
William Holden - 3 times - show films
Faye Bainter - 3 times - show films
Beulah Bondi - 3 times - show films
Fay Bainter - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

William Wyler - 7 times - show films
Sam Wood - 3 times - show films
Tay Garnett - 2 times - show films
Bernard McEveety - 2 times - show films
Cecil B. DeMille - 2 times - show films