Joan Sims
Irene Joan Marion Sims was an English actress remembered for her roles in the Carry On films, including Carry On Nurse, Carry On Cleo, and Carry On Camping. She played Mrs Wembley, the cook with a liking for sherry in On the Up, and Madge Hardcastle in As Time Goes By.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 5.965 |
| Birthday | 1930-05-09 |
| Place of Birth | Laindon, Essex, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Irene Joan Marion Sims, |
1966
Carry On Screaming!
6.5/103
The sinister Dr. Watt has an evil scheme going—he's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores. Fortuna...
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Carry On Screaming!
1966
Carry On Don't Lose Your Head
6.5/51
The time of the French revolution, and Citizen Robespierre is beheading the French aristocracy. When word gets to England, two noblemen, Sir Rodney Ff...
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Carry On Don't Lose Your Head
1967
Carry On Doctor
6.4/69
Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind over matter, slips off the platform in the middle of his...
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Carry On Doctor
1965
Carry On Cowboy
6.2/80
Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a 'sanitary engineer' named Marshal P. Knutt is mist...
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Carry On Cowboy
1964
Carry On Cleo
6.5/90
Two Britons—inventor Hengist Pod, and Horse, a brave and cunning fighter—are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. One of their...
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Carry On Cleo
1960
Carry On Constable
6.4/53
With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills police station. With help from Special Constable Gorse,...
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Carry On Constable
1976
Carry On England
4.6/39
Captain S. Melly takes over as the new Commanding Officer at an experimental mixed sex air defence base. It's 1940 and England is under heavy bombardm...
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Carry On England
1968
Carry On Up the Khyber
6.5/73
Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond looks after the British outpost near the Khybar pass. Protected by the kilted Third Foot and Mouth regiment, you would think t...
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Carry On Up the Khyber
1967
Carry on Follow That Camel
5.8/45
Bertram Oliphant 'Bo' West wants to clear his unjustly smeared reputation, so he joins the Foreign Legion—with Simpson his manservant in tow. But the...
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Carry on Follow That Camel
1971
Carry On Henry
6.1/55
Henry VIII has just married Marie of Normandy, and is eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunately for Henry, she is always eating garlic, and re...
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Carry On Henry
1970
Carry On Loving
5.6/43
The Wedded Bliss computer dating agency aims to bring together the lonely hearts of Much-Snoggin-in-the-Green. Its owner, Sidney Bliss, has enough com...
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Carry On Loving
1972
Carry On Matron
6.1/71
A gang of thieves plan to make their fortune by stealing a shipment of contraceptive pills from Finisham maternity hospital. They assume disguises and...
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Carry On Matron
1959
Carry On Teacher
6.1/49
Prepare for Six of the Best as the Carry On team cause chaos in the school yard. When a well-loved headmaster decides to retire, his scheming pupils h...
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Carry On Teacher
1961
Carry On Regardless
6.4/47
After a bunch of no-hopers approaches an employment agency, the anarchy mounts as they do a series of odd jobs, including a chimp's tea party, trying...
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Carry On Regardless
1974
Carry On Dick
5.8/57
Dick Turpin is terrorising the countryside around Upper Dencher. Captain Fancey and Sergeant Jock Strapp plan to put an end to his escapades, and enli...
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Carry On Dick
1973
Carry On Girls
5.7/57
Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidabl...
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Carry On Girls
1993
The Thief and the Cobbler
7.1/123
It is written among the limitless constellations of the celestial heavens, and in the depths of the emerald seas, and upon every grain of sand in the...
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The Thief and the Cobbler
1971
A Christmas Carol
7.188/48
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yout...
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A Christmas Carol
1978
Carry On Emmannuelle
4/44
The beautiful and sex-starved Emmannuelle Prevert just cannot inflame her husband's ardour. In frustration she seduces a string of VIPs, including the...
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Carry On Emmannuelle
1975
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
5.8/44
Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese...
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One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1957
Just My Luck
6/10
Norman works in a jewellers workshop and fantasises (in the nicest way) about meeting the window dresser across the road from his workshop. He wants t...
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Just My Luck
1965
The Big Job
6.6/24
A gang of hapless crooks, led by Sidney James, successfully perpetrate a robbery only to be caught after the fact. Fifteen years later they emerge fro...
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The Big Job
1970
Carry On Up the Jungle
5.9/54
The Carry On team send up the Tarzan tradition in great style. Lady Evelyn Bagley mounts an expedition to find her long-lost baby. Bill Boosey is the...
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Carry On Up the Jungle
1954
Doctor in the House
6.3/26
The first of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970. Simon Sparrow is a newly arrived medical...
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Doctor in the House
1960
Doctor in Love
5.5/12
Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice, stopping off on the way as patients at the Foulness Anti-c...
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Doctor in Love
1966
Doctor in Clover
6/12
Doctor in Clover is another 'Doctor' movie, but this time Leslie Phillips is the main doctor in the story, looking for love and romance from the hospi...
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Doctor in Clover
1955
Doctor at Sea
5.3/17
The second of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970. A bachelor doctor goes to sea to escape t...
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Doctor at Sea
1977
That's Carry On!
5.762/21
Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor return to Pinewood film s...
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That's Carry On!
1959
Please Turn Over
5.8/14
The orderly suburban life of a 1950's English town is turned on its head when the teenaged daughter of one of the residents writes a steamy bestseller...
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Please Turn Over
1972
Carry On Abroad
6.3/78
A group of holidaymakers head for the Spanish resort of Elsbels for a 4-day visit. When they get there, they find the Hotel still hasn't been finished...
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Carry On Abroad
1969
Carry On Again Doctor
6.1/54
Dr. Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming potion by a member of staff, Gladstone Screwer, and he fli...
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Carry On Again Doctor
1971
Carry On at Your Convenience
6.1/58
At WC Boggs' Lavatory factory, Vic Spanner is the union representative who calls a strike at the drop of a hat. However, eventually everyone gets fed...
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Carry On at Your Convenience
1975
Carry On Behind
5.4/51
Professors Vrooshka and Crump decide to visit an archaeological site to study the artifacts there. Lo and behold, it's right next to a caravan site wh...
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Carry On Behind
1969
Carry On Camping
6.5/88
Sid and Bernie keep having their amorous intentions snubbed by their girlfriends Joan and Anthea, so when they decide to take them on a holiday to Par...
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Carry On Camping
1972
The Alf Garnett Saga
4/5
Alf and his family have been moved from their East End home into a high-rise council estate. Alf is not only having trouble coping with his new 'home'...
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The Alf Garnett Saga
1996
Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams
0/0
Documentary and celebration of the life and career of British comedian Kenneth Williams.
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Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams
1960
Watch Your Stern
5.7/10
When the details of a secret torpedo are destroyed by an incompetent seaman, the crew of the ship rally round, when the Admiral needs the plans to sho...
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Watch Your Stern
1963
The Iron Maiden
6.5/6
The film follows Jack Hopkins, an aircraft designer with a passion for traction engines. His boss is eager to sell a new supersonic jet plane that Jac...
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The Iron Maiden
1973
Carry on Christmas
5.8/6
Sid James as Father Christmas recounts times of the festive season through the ages, from life in stone age times. A country house party in the 18th C...
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Carry on Christmas
1988
An Audience With Victoria Wood
5.2/3
British comedy legend Victoria Wood entertains a star-studded audience including Julie Walters, Judi Dench and Dawn French in this 1988 special. Watch...
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An Audience With Victoria Wood
1963
Nurse on Wheels
5.7/13
Quietly competent young Joanna moves with her scatterbrain mother to a country village to take up her first job as District Nurse. She soon overcomes...
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Nurse on Wheels
1953
Meet Mr. Lucifer
5.1/15
A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.
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Meet Mr. Lucifer
1958
Davy
5/5
The Mad Morgans are a family song and dance act touring the British Music Halls. Young Davy is the star of the act but should he stay with his family...
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Davy
1965
San Ferry Ann
6.9/9
A motley crew of British characters ride The San Ferry Ann to the shores of France where they embark on a weekend of calamity. The campervan family le...
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San Ferry Ann
1973
Not Now Darling
6.2/3
A married British furrier gives a mobster's mistress a cheap mink coat.
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Not Now Darling
1953
Will Any Gentleman...?
5.6/5
A trip to the theatre changes a meek bank clerk's life, as he undergoes hypnosis and leaves without being woken up. Suddenly, he believes he is the wo...
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Will Any Gentleman...?
1961
No, My Darling Daughter
6.3/3
A British business tycoon is surprised to discover his teenage daughter is being courted by a mysterious young man.
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No, My Darling Daughter
1998
What's a Carry On?
7.2/4
Documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 'Carry On' comedy film series. Archive clips and out-takes are mixed with interviews with the ca...
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What's a Carry On?
1959
Carry On Nurse
6.3/52
Set in Haven Hospital where a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital put together. The formidable Matron's debut gives the p...
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Carry On Nurse
1957
The Naked Truth
6.5/25
Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the person whose scandalous behavior is described (or rat...
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The Naked Truth
1961
His and Hers
4.9/9
Author-explorer Reggie Blake takes an unorthodox approach to his craft, apparently finding inspiration in the adventures suggested by his agent Charle...
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His and Hers
1959
The Captain's Table
5.8/5
A captain is promoted by his company from tramp steamers to their flagship passenger liner. Although he is a thoroughly competent sailor ready to take...
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The Captain's Table
1996
The Canterville Ghost
6/56
When a teenaged girl moves to England, with her brothers and parents into the ancient Canterville Hall, she's not at all happy. Especially as there's...
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The Canterville Ghost
1972
Carry on Christmas (or Carry On Stuffing)
6.2/4
Two unforeseen problems meant that many fans consider this the weakest Christmas special. Firstly, Talbot Rothwell became ill whilst writing the scrip...
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Carry on Christmas (or Carry On Stuffing)
2000
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
6.8/16
After Elizabeth's husband dies, she begins to play her tenor saxophone again, and remembers when she was 15 and a member of the Blonde Bombshells, an...
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The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
1955
As Long as They're Happy
7.667/3
The suburban peace of the Bentley household is shattered when John Bentley is informed by his wife Stella that their two married daughters, Pat and Co...
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As Long as They're Happy
1975
Love Among the Ruins
6.8/15
An aging actress and socialite, Jessica Medlicott has ended her engagement with a younger man and is now being sued by her former fiancé. Esteemed bar...
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Love Among the Ruins
1957
Carry on Admiral
6/8
Two friends get drunk and decide to switch identities. One is a Parliamentary Secretary, and the other is the captain of a ship. The former's lack of...
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Carry on Admiral
1973
The Cobblers of Umbridge
0/0
A parody of the long running radio show "The Archers", an everyday story of country-folk based in the fictional village of Umbridge.
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The Cobblers of Umbridge
1985
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
6/1
Documentary - After starting his career producing religious film shorts, J. Arthur Rank went on to become Britain's first and only movie mogul with hi...
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The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1959
Life In Emergency Ward 10
7/2
Life in Emergency Ward 10 is a 1959 film directed by Robert Day. It stars Michael Craig and Wilfrid Hyde-White. It was based on the television series...
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Life In Emergency Ward 10
1957
No Time for Tears
5/3
No Time for Tears is a moving, sympathetic portrayal of the challenges faced by all those who enter this most demanding yet rewarding of professions –...
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No Time for Tears
1993
Tender Loving Care
0/0
Night nurse Elaine Dobbs may be overworked and underpaid, but she has created a very special atmosphere in her ward and is extremely attentive to her...
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Tender Loving Care
1990
The Fool
7/2
A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working c...
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The Fool
1954
The Sea Shall Not Have Them
7.2/13
During autumn of 1944, an RAF Hudson carrying a VIP passenger in possession of highly secret information is shot down and ditches in the North Sea. Fi...
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The Sea Shall Not Have Them
1953
The Square Ring
6.6/6
Boxing drama following the lives of 5 different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.
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The Square Ring
1956
Lost
7/4
U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their 18-month-old son, Simon, has disappeared in London...
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Lost
1959
Upstairs and Downstairs
5.2/6
On marrying the boss's daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law's advice to hire a live-in domestic. He soon finds good help is hard to come by. Run-...
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Upstairs and Downstairs
1956
Dry Rot
7.1/7
Comedy about a trio of not particularly bright bookmakers who try to fix a horse race.
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Dry Rot
1970
Doctor in Trouble
5.1/5
Dr. Burke is in love with Ophelia but doesn't have time to propose to her as she leaves for a cruise to the Mediterranean. Also on board the cruise sh...
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Doctor in Trouble
1954
The Young Lovers
5.8/5
A young employee of the British State Department falls in love with the daughter of a top Russian diplomat, much to the panic of their respective coun...
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The Young Lovers
1954
The Belles of St. Trinian's
6.2/50
The unruly schoolgirls of St Trinian's are more interested in men and mischief than homework and hockey. But greater trouble than ever beckons when th...
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The Belles of St. Trinian's
1954
To Dorothy, a Son
5.6/8
Under a complicated bequest from her uncle, Myrtle stands to inherit $2,000,000 if her ex-husband doesn't have any male heirs on the way, else he gets...
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To Dorothy, a Son
1962
Twice Round the Daffodils
6.6/6
Twice Round the Daffodils is a 1962 British comedy drama film directed by Gerald Thomas and starring Juliet Mills, Donald Sinden, Donald Houston, Kenn...
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Twice Round the Daffodils
1984
Hay Fever
6/1
Set in a British country house in the 1920s, Hay Fever follows the outlandish bevaiour of the Bliss family when they each invite a guest to spend the...
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Hay Fever
1973
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
5.3/3
Based on the hit play. A British Government Minister puts forward a bill to battle filth in the UK but that doesn't stop him having an affair with bot...
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Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
1961
Mr. Topaze
5.5/6
Mr. Topaze is an unassuming school teacher in an unassuming small French town, who is honest to a fault. He is fired when he refuses to give a passing...
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Mr. Topaze
1991
Morrissey - Hulmerist
0/0
Hulmerist is a VHS and DVD release that includes seven promotional films by Morrissey, released initially on VHS, in 1990, and then on DVD in 2004. It...
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Morrissey - Hulmerist
1956
The Silken Affair
1/1
An accountant who is creative with his firm's books uses the money to fund a romantic spree.
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The Silken Affair
1971
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
5.1/19
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins is a 1971 British comedy film directed and produced by Graham Stark. Its title is a conflation of The Magnificent Se...
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The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
1993
One Foot in the Algarve
7.5/2
The Meldrews go on holiday to Portugal with Mrs Warboys, who is hoping for romance with her penpal Alfonso. Photographer Martin Trout follows them the...
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One Foot in the Algarve
1953
Colonel March Investigates
6/2
This is a feature-length compilation of three short episodes taken from a TV series called 'Colonel March of Scotland Yard' (1954-56, 26 episodes) sta...
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Colonel March Investigates
1953
Trouble in Store
6/21
Norman is working in the stock room of a large London department store, but he has ambition (doesn't he always !!), he wants to be a window dresser ma...
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Trouble in Store
1954
What Every Woman Wants
6/2
Young couple Mark and Jane are forced to thrash out marital problems in a borrowed room in Jane’s parents’ tiny house. Meanwhile, Jane’s cousin, Jim -...
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What Every Woman Wants
1958
Passport to Shame
6.2/10
British melodrama about a cabbie befriending a girl caught up in the white slave trade.
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Passport to Shame
1962
A Pair of Briefs
5.7/3
She's new in chambers, and he's a troublemaker. But what 'is' the true status of the old lady's wartime marriage, and can the two young legal minds fi...
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A Pair of Briefs
1985
Deceptions
6.7/8
Twin sisters trade places with unexpected results.
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Deceptions
1986
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
6.3/3
The Doctor is summoned before the High Council of Time Lords to stand trial for the charges of harmful interference to the course of events during his...
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Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
1956
Stars in Your Eyes
5/1
A group of feisty, talented young performers pool their resources and buy a dilapidated theatre to showcase their acts – but unscrupulous property dev...
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Stars in Your Eyes
1964
Strictly for the Birds
5.3/3
A gambler tries to strike it rich at the racetrack but gets taken by a gorgeous blonde who also happens to be a crook.
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