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Sylvia Syms
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Sylvia Syms - what members say
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A Chorus of Disapproval 16 January 2008
Sylvia Syms - filmography
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The Queen
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Roger Allam, Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen
Director: Stephen Frears
Certificate: 
A taut, intimate and revealing portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and the Royal Family in turmoil during the days immediately following the death of Princess Diana.
When news of the death of Princess Diana, undoubtedly the most famous woman in the world, breaks upon a shocked and disbelieving British ..read more »
 
69%
from 68,936 members
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At Home With The Braithwaites - Series 3
(2002)
Starring: Peter Davison, Amanda Redman, Lynda Bellingham
Director: Matthew Evans
Certificate: 
Acclaimed actress Amanda Redman stars with Peter Davison, Lynda Bellingham and Sylvia Syms in the complete third series of At Home With the Braithwates. Things take an odd turn for the Braithwaites as Alison discovers she is pregnant with Graham's baby and their lottery win is contested in court.
60%
from 12 members
Not available for rental
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The Jury
(2 discs)
(2002)
Starring: Derek Jacobi, Anthony Sher, Stuart Bunce
Director: Pete Travis
Certificate: 
The duty of serving on a jury is examined in this courtroom drama, a mini-series created for British television. The case concerns a young Pakistani student who is on trial for the ax murder of a fellow classmate. The case is engulfed in controversy due to the racial implications that have been ..read more »
66%
from 343 members
Currently unavailable
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Neville's Island
(1998)
Starring: Timothy Spall, Martin Clunes, Jeff Rawle
Director: Terry Johnson
Certificate:
When four businessmen (Timothy Spall, Martin Clunes, Jeff Rawle, and David Bamber) embark on a team building trip, they end up stranded on an island with a dodgy mobile phone and one cold sausage. Soon they are at each other's throats--and they're not alone. This made-for-TV film is based on the ..read more »
54%
from 156 members
Not available for rental
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Staggered
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Martin Clunes, Anna Chancellor, Michael Praed
Director: Martin Clunes
Certificate:
Martin Clunes directs and stars in this comedy romp in which he plays Neil, a toy salesman, who wakes up the day after his stag night to find himself naked and penniless on a remote Scottish island after a prank from his supposed best friend. Neil somehow has three days to get back to London, save ..read more »
62%
from 761 members
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Dirty Weekend
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Lia Williams, David McCallum, Rufus Sewell
Director: Michael Winner
Certificate: 
A meek and mild woman called Bella moves into a flat in Brighton and finds herself being harassed by a male neighbour. Having committed a violent act against the neighbour, she is transformed into a murderous femme fatale who embarks on a mission of revenge against other mean and nasty men. Much ..read more »
51%
from 133 members
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Thatcher - The Final Days
(1991)
Starring: Sylvia Syms, John Wood, Trevor Bowen
Director: Tim Sullivan
Certificate: 
A television drama about the last days Margaret Thatcher (Sylvia Syms) spent as Prime Minister of Britain and leader of the Conservative Party and how members of her Cabinet attempted to depose her from her position.
40%
from 2 members
Not available for rental
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Doctor Who - Ghost Light
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Frank Windsor
Director: Alan Wareing
Certificate:
In 1883 the Doctor takes Ace to a house called Gabriel Chase in her home town of Perivale. Josiah Samuel Smith lives in the house but he turns out to be the evolved form of an alien who was brought to Earth in a stone spaceship which is in the basement of the house. Another member of the house is ..read more »
65%
from 1,830 member
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A Chorus Of Disapproval
(1988)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Irons, Richard Briers
Director: Michael Winner
Certificate:
Following the death of his wife, Guy Jones (Jeremy Irons) is moved by his company to a sleepy seaside town, where, faced with knowing no-one and nights of boredom in front of the TV, he decides to join the local amateur dramatics society.
He is enthusiastically welcomed by eccentric Welsh Director,..read more »
56%
from 248 members
Not available for rental
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Nancy Astor
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Lisa Harrow, Pierce Brosnan, Charles Dance
Director: Richard Stroud
Certificate:
A lavish nine-part series about the life and times of the child born Nancy Langhorne in Danville, Virginia, on 19th May 1879 who would become the first woman to take her seat in the House of Commons, introduce a Private Member's Bill that raised to 18 the age qualification for buying alcohol and ..read more »
59%
from 48 members
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Asylum
(1972)
Starring: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Britt Ekland
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Certificate:
Four tales of terror are revealed to a new doctor by four mental asylum inmates. Each tale leads to a puzzling mystery which is solved during the final tale.
62%
from 524 members
Currently unavailable
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The Saint - S03 E14 - Flight Plan
(1966)
Starring: Roger Moore, Ivor Dean, Edward Woodward
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Certificate:
The Osprey is a new experimental plane and was being test-flown by Flight Lieutenant Mike Gregory until his recent court-martial. Now Middle Eastern agents are using Mike to steal the plane, kidnapping his sister Diane. Having rescued Diane, the Saint goes after Mike, getting himself parachuted ..read more »
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The Big Job
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Sid James, Sylvia Syms, Dick Emery
Director: Gerald Thomas
Certificate: 
The Big Job stars James as George the Brain, leader of a gang of inept bank robbers who end up in prison for 15 years, with only the thought of the stolen money that remains hidden keeping them going until their release. However, when the time comes, it seems the tasking of recovering the loot won'..read more »
72%
from 491 members
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Victim
(1961)
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price
Director: Basil Dearden
Certificate:
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In its time, Victim was considered as a daring a film as had ever been made in England. Taken at face value, Janet Green and John McCormick's screenplay is nothing new: Dirk Bogarde plays a lawyer who agrees to defend an old friend (John McEnery) on a theft charge, only to be enmeshed in a ..read more »
72%
from 828 members
Not currently released
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Flame In The Streets
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Brenda De Banzie
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Certificate:
The faces of racism at work and at home provide the focus of this drama. When union members threaten to strike because their new foreman is black, the union boss persuades them not to by reminding them that a man's skin colour has nothing to do with his competence and worth. His words take on a new ..read more »
68%
from 24 members
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The World of Suzie Wong
(1960)
Starring: William Holden, Nancy Kwan, Sylvia Syms
Director: Richard Quine
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Robert Lomax tired of working in an office, wants to try his hand as an artist. So he moves to Hong Kong to try his hand at painting. Finding a cheap hotel he checks in, only to find its used by prostitutes and their 'dates' who meet in the bar downstairs. Since he never picks up any of ladies, ..read more »
52%
from 10 members
Currently unavailable
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Conspiracy of Hearts
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Sylvia Syms, Peter Arne, Megs Jenkins
Director: Ralph Thomas
Certificate:
In wartime Italy nuns in a convent regularly smuggle Jewish children out of a nearby internment camp. The Italian army officer in charge suspects what may be going on but deliberately turns a blind eye. When the Germans take over the camp security the nuns' activities become far more dangerous
60%
from 16 members
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Ferry To Hong Kong
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Curt Jurgens, Orson Welles, Sylvia Syms
Director: Lewis Gilbert
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FERRY TO HONG KONG stars Curt Jurgens as Mark Conrad, an Austrian exile and Orson Welles as blustery ferry-boat captain Cecil Hart. Banned from both Hong Kong and Macao, Conrad is forced to spend his life on Hart's ferry, shuttling endlessly between the two countries and irritating everyone with ..read more »
61%
from 16 members
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Ice Cold In Alex - Blu-ray
(1958)
Starring: John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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This classic World War II drama stars John Mills as an ambulance driver who escapes the siege of Tobruk in the company of a sergeant major, a nurse and a South African officer who has become separated from his unit. Suspicions arise about whether one of the group is a German spy who is undermining ..read more »
80%
from 208 members
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Ice Cold In Alex
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Certificate:
This classic World War II drama stars John Mills as an ambulance driver who escapes the siege of Tobruk in the company of a sergeant major, a nurse and a South African officer who has become separated from his unit. Suspicions arise about whether one of the group is a German spy who is undermining ..read more »
75%
from 4,859 members
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Woman In A Dressing Gown
(1957)
Starring: Yvonne Mitchell, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Certificate:
Woman in a Dressing Gown is a 1957 British film directed by J. Lee Thompson (Ice Cold In Alex, Cape Fear, The Guns Of Navarone) and stars Sylvia Syms (Ice Cold In Alex, No Trees In The Street) Anthony Quale (Ice Cold In Alex, The Guns Of Navarone) and Yvonne Mitchell who won the Silver Bear for ..read more »
16%
from 3 members
Due for release on 13th August 2012
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