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  • The Hound Of The Baskervilles
  • The Hound Of The Baskervilles review by A customer from Cardiff, Wales
    Rated - 2 stars Mixed reactions 22 August 2005
    ...ic Mr Stapleton, devoted to his incontinent chihuahua dogs, while the brilliant Joan Greenwood is Beryl Stapleton, ageing beauty-cum-Gothic horror seductress, who goes comple...  
  • Mysterious Island
  • Mysterious Island review by A customer from Cardiff, Wales
    Rated - 4 stars Classic special effects and good family fun 13 March 2005
    ...island. They are joined by two shipwrecked English ladies: Lady Mary (played by Joan Greenwood) and her niece. After adventures with a giant crab, a giant bird (a moa?) and g...  
  • Kind Hearts and Coronets
  • Kind Hearts and Coronets review by from Reading, England
    Rated - 5 stars Great comedic murders? 1 November 2004
    ...ith all it's etiquette, voluminous lady's fashions and hats to delight the eye. Joan Greenwood and Valerie Hobson (pre Profumo scandal days)are at their elegant best as the t...  

Joan Greenwood - filmography


  • The Water Babies on DVD (1978)
    Starring: James Mason,  Billie Whitelaw,  Bernard Cribbins
    Director: Lionel Jeffries
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Charles Kingsley's classic magical children's tale of Tom, a twelve year-old boy who is apprenticed to the unkind Master Chimney Sweep, Grimes. Life is tough for Tom - while he sweeps, Grimes and his unpleasant sidekick, Masterman, busy themselves thieving. Live action and animation.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 796 members
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  • The Hound Of The Baskervilles on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Dudley Moore,  Peter Cook,  Denholm Elliott
    Director: Paul Morrissey
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Peter Cook and Dudley Moore are Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, respectively, in this Paul Morrissey parodic interpretation of the literary (and quite literate) detective. Aided by a cast of British comedy luminaries, such as Kenneth Williams and Terry-Thomas, Cook and Moore present silly ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 364 members
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  • The Moon Spinners on DVD (1964)
    Starring: Hayley Mills,  Peter McEnery,  Eli Wallach
    Director: James Nielson
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Two American tourists on holiday in Greece find themselves accused of being international jewel thieves. They must uncover the identity of the real crook, or face the unpleasant prospect of spending several years in a Greek prison. A light mystery/romance from the Disney people.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 139 members
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  • Tom Jones (1963)
    Starring: Albert Finney,  Susannah York,  Diane Cilento
    Director: Tony Richardson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Tony Richardson's rousing adaptation of Fielding's classic comic novel, a sharp change of pace for a director of choleric contemporary fare, stars Albert Finney as the eponymous swordsman. A foundling whose mother is thought to be a housemaid (Joyce Redman), he's raised by her employer, the aptly ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 1,487 member
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  • The October Man (1947)
    Starring: John Mills,  Joan Greenwood,  Edward Chapman
    Director: Roy Ward Baker
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash , is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for the time she was killed. [Black and White]
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 10 members
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  • Father Brown
    Starring: Gerard Oury,  Joan Greenwood,  Alice Krige
    Director: Robert Hamer
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Alec Guinness stars as G.K. Chesterton's legendary detective Father Brown in this splendid comedy thriller directed by Robert Hamer (Kind Hearts and Coronets). When Father Brown hears that Flambeau (Peter Finch), an international art thief, is planning to steal a priceless cross once owned by ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 10 members
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  • The Uncanny to Watch Now (1977)
    Starring: Peter Cushing,  Peter Cushing,  Ray Milland
    Director: Denis Heroux,  Denis Héroux
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 89 minutes
    Wilbur Gray (Cushing) visits Frank Richards (Milland) so he can get his book published. This book Gray has written are about cats. Cats watching everyone and controlling everything. He mentions the stories in the book are all true, and gives three examples. The first involves the murder of a cat-..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 7 members
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Joan Greenwood facts

5 most recent films

Little Dorrit - 3.0 stars
The Water Babies - 3.0 stars
The Hound Of The Baskervilles - 2.5 stars
The Uncanny - 2.5 stars
The Moon Spinners - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Alec Guinness - The Screen Icons Collection - 4.0 stars
Kind Hearts and Coronets - 3.5 stars
The Importance Of Being Earnest - 3.5 stars
The Man in the White Suit - 3.5 stars
Captain's Paradise - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Stage Struck - 2.0 stars
Father Brown - 3.0 stars
The October Man - 3.0 stars
The Hound Of The Baskervilles - 2.5 stars
The Uncanny - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Alec Guinness - 7 times - show films
Cecil Parker - 6 times - show films
Alice Krige - 6 times - show films
Dennis Price - 5 times - show films
Beatrice Campbell - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Alexander Mackendrick - 5 times - show films
Robert Hamer - 5 times - show films
Henry Cass - 4 times - show films
Denis Heroux - 2 times - show films
Anthony Asquith - 2 times - show films