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Dr. O'Dowd (1940)
Character: Pat O'Dowd
Marius O'Dowd is an Irish doctor who is often drunk. His daughter-in-law Moira dies during a serious operation which O'Dowd is performing. Although O'Dowd is not to blame, his son Stephen suspects that Moira died due to O'Dowd operating while under the influence of alcohol, and accuses him of criminal neglect.
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To Dorothy, a Son (1954)
Character: Dorothy Rapallo
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 the cash. She journies from New York to England, and finally tracks him down with his heavily pregnant new wife. Should she try and woo him back or challenge the legality of the new marriage?
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The March Hare (1956)
Character: Pat McGuire
Sir Charles Hare, a young Irish baronet, gambles his all on one of his horses at Ascot. But the horse is 'pulled', and Sir Charles is forced to sell his Irish estate. His aunt, however, has some surprises in store for him.
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The Captain's Table (1959)
Character: Mrs. Judd
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 charge of such a ship, he is less prepared for the social duties his new position involves, not least the way he in which becomes the target for all the unattached women on board.
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Your Money or Your Wife (1960)
Character: Gay Butterworth
Newly wed couple Gay and Pel Butterworth are forced to take in some strange paying guests when their inheritance proves troublesome, but all is not as straight forward as it seems, when they discover they may have to divorce to get their hands on half the money...
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Old Mother Riley Detective (1943)
Character: Lily
A night watchman is being bludgeoned, as a safe is cracked open in the offices of the District Food Controller. A list of wartime foods to be rationed is stolen, and the police fear gangsters are planning to sell the foods on the black market. As the office charwoman, Old Mother Riley's fingerprints are all over the safe, and she becomes the police's number one suspect. To prove her innocence, Mother Riley turns detective, adopting various methods and disguises to track down the villains.
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Welcome, Mr Washington (1944)
Character: Sarah Willoughby
Based on a story by author Noel Streatfeild, the film trells the story of two sisters who are left penniless by their father's sudden death and lease their estate as an airbase to US forces in Britain to help the war effort. Both eventually fall for American servicemen.
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Salute John Citizen (1942)
Character: N/A
A typical working family have to cope with living through the Blitz, adapting to its privations, and eventually making the ultimate sacrifice for king & country.
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Moss Rose (1947)
Character: Belle Adair aka Rose Lynton
When a music-hall dancer is murdered, a moss rose marks the page of a Bible next to her body. Luckily, another chorus girl saw a gentleman leaving the lodgings. She approaches him directly, saying she'll go to the police if he doesn't meet her demands, but he brushes her off contemptuously. When he learns she's dead serious, he tries to buy her off with a thick wad of pound notes. But it's not money she's after; all she wants is two weeks at his country estate, living the life of a lady.
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Hell Drivers (1957)
Character: Lucy, Hawlett Trucking Secretary
An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.
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Who Goes There! (1952)
Character: Christine Deed
When Miles Cornwall returns suddenly to the home he shares with his father and sister in a grace-and-favour house at St. James's Palace, he's amazed to find a pretty Irish girl in his favorite armchair. Intrigued, he turns on the charm but, as she explains her situation, he finds himself unaccountably falling in love with this pretty interloper.
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My Daughter Joy (1950)
Character: Georgette Constantin
A financier plots to become the richest man in the world by marrying off his daughter to the son of an Arab sheik.
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In the Doghouse (1962)
Character: Sally Huxley
After 10 years of failure a bumbling vet finally graduates and takes on his own practice.
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Night of the Demon (1957)
Character: Joanna Harrington
American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns out that the deceased had been investigating a cult lead by Dr. Julian Karswell. Though a skeptic, Holden is suspicious of the devil-worshiping Karswell. Following a trail of mysterious manuscripts, Holden enters a world that makes him question his faith in science.
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Gun Crazy (1950)
Character: Annie Laurie Starr
Bart Tare is an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, he meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, on Starr's behest, they embark on a crime spree for cash.
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Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953)
Character: Kitty Norton
A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.
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English Without Tears (1944)
Character: Bobbie Heseltine
While Lady Christabel Beauclark, a bird fancier, is scurrying about demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her Ladyship's niece is falling in love with the family butler, Tom Gilbey. The birds are forgotten when war breaks out, and Gilbey now finds himself in love with the niece whose love was previously unrequited. Written by Les Adams
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Street Corner (1953)
Character: Bridget Foster
A pseudo-documentary focusing on the daily work and routine of women police officers built around three different storylines.
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The Late George Apley (1947)
Character: Eleanor 'Ellie' Apley
Bostonites George and Catherine Apley live a proper life in a social circle. However, their daughter Eleanor's love for Howard Boulton and their son John's union with Myrtle threatens their home.
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Carry On Admiral (1957)
Character: Susan Lashwood
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 sea knowledge causes several catastrophes, including torpedoing the First Lord of The Admiralty. The grass is always greener.... In this British comedy, two drunken comrades find out the truth of that saying when they decide to trade places for a while. One of the boozers is a public relations man who knows nothing about sailing, while the other is a captain for the Royal Navy. Comic mayhem ensues as the hapless "captain" tries to run his ship and follow orders.
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Escape (1948)
Character: Dora Winton
A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes and goes on the lam, aided by a local girl.
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That Dangerous Age (1949)
Character: Monica Brooke
The lonely wife of a workaholic husband on the magical Isle of Capri meets a charming and attractive young man. An exciting affair must end when word gets back to the husband and he becomes ill. In hopes of avoiding a scene, she passes her beau along to her stepdaughter, Monica.
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Dentist in the Chair (1960)
Character: Peggy Travers
The misfortunes that befall three dental students when they become unwitting accessories to a burglary.
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The Love Lottery (1954)
Character: Sally
Rex Allerton is a top Hollywood star and an idol of the female population. To get away from the pressure of the fans who won't leave him alone, he relocates to a remote Italian village where unanticipated trouble arises when unwittingly he becomes the prize for an international lottery.
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Always a Bride (1953)
Character: Clare Hemsley
Set against the glitz and glamour of the French Riviera, this comedy follows the misadventures of a father and daughter con artist team (Ronald Squire and Peggy Cummins) who pose as a married couple and swindle wealthy clients at the region's swankiest resorts. But their scams take on a whole new dimension when daughter Clare falls for a British government bureaucrat (Terence Morgan) who may have a secret or two of his own. [Netflix]
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Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)
Character: Carey Greenway
The romance of a rancher's niece and a rival rancher's son parallels that of a stallion and a mare.
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