Thora Hird Movies

On the first night of his London assignment, newsagency reporter John Desmonmd becomes heavily involved with enigmatic Anna Ray. The affair ends when...

A bitter burglar, a prostitute and an elderly shoplifter spend their first day out of jail.

Adapted from the Beatrix Potter story tells the story of the pignap of Little Pig Robinson by Captain Barnabus Butcher who fools Robinson into...

Kicked out of Oxford, a junk dealer's son joins a gang of thieves fenced by his father.

Six monologues tell the stories of six different repressed souls: a man dominated by his mother, a vicar's wife, an inveterate letter writer, a...

An ill tailor is trying to finish a coat for a wealthy man. He is hindered by his cat and helped by some grateful mice.

Sergeant Jack Hardacre returns from the war to his contemptible fiancée Janey Jenkins intending to reconcile with her against all odds. But he...

When Sir George Redway, a famous actor, makes the public boast that he loves babies, a baby is promptly abandoned on his doorstep, and he is forced...

A classic Ealing comedy in which a young boy steals a magnet and becomes a hero.

Impoverished British bank clerk John Ross is hopelessly in love with drop-dead gorgeous Irene James. Ross will do anything to win Irene's affections...

During the Second World War, three downed English airmen hide out with women's internment camp in France.

A schoolgirl disappears for three days after a frank talk with the wife of a Latin teacher she loves.

A stolid British family from Bishops Stortford are adventurous and book a holiday in a villa in Morocco, where things befall them.

Howes plays Pamela Dickson, an impulsive young bride-to-be, while Guy Rolfe portrays her long-lost father Paul. Ostensibly a cad and bounder, Paul...

A bookmaker struggles to cope with his two mothers-in-law.

Ministry of Information-sponsored comedy short showing wartime audiences how to deal with the threat of incendiary bombs.

Julie and The Cadillacs, a struggling young pop group, are enticed to London and signed up by London PR men...

Olive Major is determined that her year of office as Mayor will be a happy and successful one. But her appointment of Ex-Warrant Officer Higham as...

George Watson's domestic bliss is shattered when his wife discovers he has broken his promise never to gamble again.

The first in a series of new plays. Arthur and Gwen, a cosy middle-aged couple, remember with nostalgia the pre-Motorway Britain of their youth. When...