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Sylvia Syms
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Sylvia Syms - what members say
review by roncoach from
Ice Cold --- but red hot in being one of the top 100 Best Films 7 November 2011
review by from London
Soho in the 50s 21 November 2005
review by Apprentice from Norwich, England
Soap 25 July 2007
Sylvia Syms - filmography
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Booked Out
(2012)
Starring: Sylvia Syms, Mirren Burke, Rollo Weeks
Director: Bryan O'Neil
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This quirky low-budget British comedy drama is the debut feature of writer/director Bryan O'Neil. Mirren Burke stars as Ailidh, a geeky Polaroid enthusiast who spends most of her time spying on and photographing the fellow occupants of her block of flats in London. The only two people in her life ..read more »
 
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The Queen
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Roger Allam, Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen
Director: Stephen Frears
Certificate: 
This is the story of the death of Princess Diana of Wales and the relationship between British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the British Royal Family upon hearing of her death.
69%
from 70,416 members
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The Queen - Blu-ray
(2006)
Starring: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, Sylvia Syms
Director: Stephen Frears
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Stephen Frears' critically acclaimed portrait of the English Monarch in time of strife. One of the most turbulent times in British politics in recent memory seen from an insider's perspective - an almost documentary look at the relationship between the figurehead and the brains behind the UK. It's ..read more »
69%
from 27 members
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At Home With The Braithwaites - Series 3
(2002)
Starring: Peter Davison, Amanda Redman, Lynda Bellingham
Director: Matthew Evans
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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.
61%
from 14 members
Not available for rental
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The Jury
(2 discs)
(2002)
Starring: Nicholas Farrell, Stuart Bunce, Gerard Butler
Director: Pete Travis
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Hard-hitting TV drama examining the balance of race relations in contemporary Britain. A quiet 15-year-old Sikh boy has been charged with the murder of a classmate in a court case which has become headline news. The nation eagerly awaits the verdict, and as the twelve jurors meet to make their ..read more »
65%
from 301 members
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Neville's Island
(1998)
Starring: David Bamber, Jeff Rawle, Martin Clunes
Director: Terry Johnson
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One freezing November weekend, four middle-aged businessmen find themselves stranded on an island in the Lake District on a team-building exercise. Food is in short supply, and the quartet have but one call left on their mobile phone. Matters take a further turn for the worse when they begin to ..read more »
54%
from 158 members
Not available for rental
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Staggered
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Anna Chancellor, Michael Praed, Sarah Winman
Director: Martin Clunes
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A British comedy directed by Martin Clunes, who also stars as the hapless Neil. Engaged to wealthy-but-boring heiress Hilary, Neil finds himself the object of a stag night prank three days before the wedding, courtesy of his friend and colleague, Gary - he is deposited naked on a remote Scottish ..read more »
61%
from 805 members
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Dirty Weekend
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: David McCallum, Rufus Sewell, Lia Williams
Director: Michael Winner
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Director Michael Winner revisits 'Death Wish' territory in this controversial thriller, which revolves around the vigilante justice dished out by Bella, a woman determined to wreak bloody revenge on the men who have abused her.
51%
from 157 members
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Thatcher - The Final Days
(1991)
Starring: Trevor Bowen, John Wood, Sylvia Syms
Director: Tim Sullivan
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Documentary-drama which tells the story of Margaret Thatcher's final days as leader of the Conservative Party and Great Britain. Thatcher is arguably one of the most controversial prime ministers in British history. Her forthright style and often equally blunt policies led some to dub her The Iron ..read more »
34%
from 7 members
Not available for rental
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Shirley Valentine
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Joanna Lumley, Pauline Collins, Bernard Hill
Director: Lewis Gilbert
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Bored housewife Shirley Valentine (Pauline Collins) jumps at the chance to do something different when her friend wins a holiday to a Greek Island and invites her along. Whilst there she meets a local man (Tom Conti) and has a quick fling with him.
70%
from 6,262 members
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Doctor Who - Ghost Light
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Sophie Aldred, Frank Windsor, Sylvester McCoy
Director: Alan Wareing
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The Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) returns to Perivale in 1883 in an attempt to cure Ace's phobia about the place. He soon discovers that aliens, hiding beneath a Victorian house, are planning to take over and destroy the planet. It is now up to the timelord to defeat their plans and once again save the ..read more »
65%
from 1,892 member
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A Chorus Of Disapproval
(1988)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Irons, Richard Briers
Director: Michael Winner
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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 254 members
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Asylum
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Patrick Magee, Richard Todd, Peter Cushing
Director: Roy Ward Baker
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Classic British horror anthology. Dr Martin (Robert Powell) is sent to Dunsmore Manor, a home for the horifically insane, with the task of locating the asylum's former administrator. Rounding up some of the most demented inmates the hospital has to offer, Martin interviews each of them one at a ..read more »
63%
from 574 members
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The Saint - S03 E14 - Flight Plan
(1966)
Starring: Roger Moore, Ivor Dean, Edward Woodward
Director: Roy Ward Baker
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The Osprey is an experimental vertical take off and land plane which was being test-flown by Mike Gregory until a recent court martial. Now Middle Eastern agents are using him to steal the plane by kidnapping his sister. The Saint rescues her, goes after Mike and has to learn how to fly the Osprey...
66%
from 21 members
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The Big Job
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Sid James, Sylvia Syms, Dick Emery
Director: Gerald Thomas
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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 524 members
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Victim
(1961)
Starring: Nigel Stock, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Nicholls
Director: Basil Dearden
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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 »
73%
from 884 members
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Flame In The Streets
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: Glyn Houston, Johnny Sekka, Dan Jackson
Director: Roy Ward Baker
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Hard-hitting melodrama about racial tensions in early 1960s England, starring John Mills and Sylvia Sims. Jacko Palmer (John Mills) is a union man who has to confront the prejudices of his members when a black foreman (Earl Cameron) is appointed, and the members threaten to strike. When he ..read more »
68%
from 43 members
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Conspiracy of Hearts
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Megs Jenkins, Peter Arne, George Coulouris
Director: Ralph Thomas
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1960s British drama following the attempts of a convent of nuns to rescue Jewish children from an interment camp in WWII Italy. The nuns and their priest, Father Desmaines (Michael Goodliffe), see it as their Christian duty to do what they can to save the children from the horror of the camp. ..read more »
65%
from 30 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 11 members
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Expresso Bongo
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Yolande Donlan, Laurence Harvey, Cliff Richard
Director: Val Guest
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An average young man (played by the 19-year-old Cliff Richard) with little chance in the music business is propelled into major stardom by a Soho agent (Laurence Harvey) in this satirical comedy musical. The film is based on a play which was a caustic look at the showbiz world, and a skit on the ..read more »
56%
from 332 members
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Ferry To Hong Kong
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Orson Welles, Don Carlos, Margaret Withers
Director: Lewis Gilbert
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Film adventure starring Orson Welles as the captain of a ship that reluctantly takes down-and-out drifter Mark Conrad (Curd Jurgens) aboard. Conrad is ejected from Hong Kong for his criminal behaviour, and it is only through a lucky game of cards that he wins the right to stay on board. Whilst ..read more »
60%
from 21 members
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Ice Cold In Alex - Blu-ray
(1958)
Starring: John Mills, Diane Clare, Harry Andrews
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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John Mills stars in this war story set after the fall of Tobruk in World War II. Two English army officers (John Mills and Harry Andrews) and two young nurses (Sylvia Syms and Diane Clare) are driving an ambulance through occupied North Africa to Alexandria. Along the way they pick up a South ..read more »
80%
from 256 members
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Ice Cold In Alex
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: John Mills, Diane Clare, Harry Andrews
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Certificate:
John Mills stars in this war story set after the fall of Tobruk in World War II. Two English army officers (John Mills and Harry Andrews) and two young nurses (Sylvia Syms and Diane Clare) are driving an ambulance through occupied North Africa to Alexandria. Along the way they pick up a South ..read more »
75%
from 4,966 members
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The Moonraker
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: George Baker, Peter Arne, Sylvia Syms
Director: David MacDonald
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Swashbuckling action adventure set in the mid 17th century. George Baker stars as Earl Anthony - aka The Moonraker - a gentleman Cavalier who is the thorn in the side of Oliver Cromwell (John Le Mesurier) and his mission to rid Britain of the royalists. Feared among Cromwell's men, the Moonraker ..read more »
61%
from 59 members
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Woman In A Dressing Gown
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Max Butterfield, Carole Lesley, Yvonne Mitchell
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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Anthony Quayle and Sylvia Syms star in this 1950s British drama about marital strife. Fed up with his wife Amy (Yvonne Mitchell)'s frumpy appearance and bad housekeeping skills, long-married Jim Preston (Quayle) begins an affair with co-worker Georgie (Sylvia Syms), who threatens to break it off ..read more »
72%
from 147 members
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Sylvia Syms facts
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...film for 2 hours as a quarte,t all deserve mentioning by name here: John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle and stalwart Harry Andrews. Even the ambulance is fondly rememb...
