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Mutinies (1974)
Character: Fay Casaubon
Gerald works in publisling. He was a pilot in World War 2 and enjoys talking about his aerial battles. His employees dislike him, apart from his loyal secretary. One evening, his wife tells him about her depression. Gerald has a solution: gin and tonic. He complains to her about the state of modern society, but his own problems are about to worsen...
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The Man in the Wood (1973)
Character: Mrs. Farren
A man offers a lift to a young lady in distress. The car breaks down and they are forced to stay at a quaint inn in the woods where all i not as it seem
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The Bad Sister (1983)
Character: Mrs Marten
Jane is the illegitimate daughter of a Scottish landowner. She is disowned and expelled from his estates, but although she settles down to a new life in London, she is still haunted by the memory of her childhood and her mother's mysterious death. In a trance, she sets out on dreamlike journeys in search of freedom and revenge.
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A Dangerous Kind of Love (1986)
Character: Mrs. Walker
Based on a true story about a mountaineer named Lucy Walker who becomes the first woman to climb the Matterhorn in 1871.
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The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976)
Character: Bridget
Another stab at Henry Fielding's hilarious novel about the amorous misadventures of a dashing young man in 18th century England. The brilliant 1963 version, starring Albert Finney as the lusty hero, won four Oscars. Joan Collins does a great job as a Wicked Lady style highwaywoman.
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The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953)
Character: Mrs. Gilbert
The career of W. S. Gilbert, a barrister turned comic librettist, and Arthur Sullivan, a composer turned against his will to light music, who together wrote fifteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, to great public acclaim.
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The Italian Table (1970)
Character: Mrs. Hammond
A junk dealer is caught in the middle of a tug-of-war between a woman, her husband and his mistress when they sell a piece of their furniture.
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The Woman's Angle (1952)
Character: Isobel Mansell
The organising force of a family of musical prodigies, Robert Mansell is a frustrated composer in seach of one thing personal happiness. This search, however, has landed him in the divorce courts and the judge's summary does not paint him in a favourable light.
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The Weather in the Streets (1983)
Character: Mrs. Curtis
Passion comes calling when a man suffering through an unhappy marriage in 1920s England runs into first love.
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Davy (1958)
Character: Miss Carstairs
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 or strike out on his own ? The last comedy to be produced at Ealing Studios.
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Twice Upon a Time (1953)
Character: Miss Burke
A pair of twin girls are separated when their parents divorce. They meet again by accident when they are both sent to the same Summer camp, and while there they start to hatch a plot to get back together.
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The Parachute (1968)
Character: Mother
As the Nazis grow ever more powerful in Germany, Werner grows up in an aristocratic household, hating his domineering father and making enemies in high places.
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Five Days One Summer (1982)
Character: Kate's Mother
A 1930s Scottish doctor goes climbing in the Alps with an infatuated niece he passes off as his wife.
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The Passionate Friends (1949)
Character: Pat Stratton
A woman is torn between the love of her life, who's married to someone else, and her older husband.
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Murder at Moorstones Manor (1977)
Character: Lady Chiddingford
Sir Clive Chiddingfield invites his family to his birthday party at lonely Moorstones Manor but in the course of the evening half of those present are murdered one by one and the remaining survivors except for Lady Chiddingfield each admit to being the killer,eventually shooting each other.
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Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Character: Sir John French's Lady
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the five boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
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Light in the Piazza (1962)
Character: Miss Hawtree
A young American woman traveling in Italy with her mother is slender, blonde, beautiful and there is something charmingly naive about her. Fabrizio Naccarelli seems to always know where the mother and daughter will sightsee next. Signor Naccarelli is just as concerned about where this will lead as Mrs. Johnson is. Then she starts thinking that perhaps her daughter can be a wife of a wealthy young man in a society where all she has to do is look beautiful. What happens if Signor Naccarelli finds out who his prospective daughter-in-law really is?
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Ransom (1974)
Character: Mrs Palmer
Following a series of bomb attacks in London, a group of terrorists seize Britain's ambassador to Scandinavia. With the ambassador now a hostage in his residence, another group hijacks an airliner at the capital's airport, announcing that the passengers will not be freed until their demands are met. Colonel Nils Tahlvik, Scandinavia's resourceful and ruthless head of security, seeks to take an uncompromising stance against the terrorists yet his attempts meet resistance from unknown forces at every turn...
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The Last Page (1952)
Character: May Harman
A married bookstore owner is blackmailed after he makes a pass at his new sexy blonde clerk.
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Inadmissible Evidence (1968)
Character: Mrs. Gamsey
A lawyer's agonizing journey to the breaking point of his private and professional lives as he becomes more and more alienated from everyone connected with him.
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Virgin Island (1959)
Character: Mrs. Lomax
A British woman marries an American writer in spite of her family's disapproval and goes to live with him on a tropical island.
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Catch Me a Spy (1971)
Character: Celia
While on vacation, a woman's husband is taken by the Russian government. After one attempt fails, she begins looking for a suitable spy to capture and trade in exchange for her husband, but she develops an attraction to the one she thinks is a good candidate.
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The Comic (1969)
Character: Peggy
The story of a comedian with a talent close to genius but with an insecurity problem.
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The Old Crowd (1979)
Character: Betty
George and Betty, a middle-class English couple, have just moved into a big Edwardian house in London and are throwing a party to celebrate. Unfortunately, after ten days none of their furniture has arrived, having been sent to Carlisle by mistake, three of the four toilets don't work and cracks are starting to appear in the ceiling. However, nothing can dent their determination to have a good time.
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A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
Character: Alice Thornton
In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling, but their ship is taken over by pirates, who become fond of the kids.
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Out of the Clouds (1955)
Character: Mrs. Malcolm
Multiple stories unfold over the course of twenty-four hours in and around a bustling central airport.
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Rough Cut (1980)
Character: Mrs. Willis
Two sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels.
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24 Hours of a Woman's Life (1952)
Character: Miss Johnson
A compulsive gambler stumbles towards losing everything when Merle Oberon decides to save him from himself.
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Jack Point (1973)
Character: Mrs. Richardson
Rivalry at a local Gilbert and Sullivan Society over who will play Jack Point in the Silver Jubilee production. Rowland Matthews has always been the main star, but he is getting on, and the young Clive Bates is a strong rival.
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