Molly Urquhart
Actor · 1906 – 1977 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Movies18
Movie7.3DramaHistoryA depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme Head of the Church in England.
A Man for All Seasons
1966 · 515 votes
Movie7.2DramaAfter leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
The Nun's Story
1959 · 205 votes
Movie6.0DramaWarManuel Artiguez, a famous bandit during the Spanish civil war, has lived in French exile for 20 years. When his mother is dying he considers visiting her secretly in his Spanish home town. But his biggest enemy, the Spanish police officer Vinolas, prepared a trap at the hospital as a chance to finally catch Artiguez.
Behold a Pale Horse
1964 · 43 votes
Movie6.3ThrillerActionA British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can't even count on the people he thought were on his side to help him, so he decides to track down the kidnappers himself.
The Black Windmill
1974 · 99 votes
Movie6.7DramaAdventureIn the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down and buy a farm. Paddy wants to keep moving. A sheep-shearing contest, the birth of a child, drinking, gambling, and a racehorse will all have a part in the final decision.
The Sundowners
1960 · 63 votes
Movie6.1RomanceComedyRich bachelor B.G. Bruno, the head of a successful greeting-card company in Scotland, is essentially a kind man but respectable to the point of stodginess and extreme stuffiness. An American troupe visiting Edinburgh wants to produce a musical in town but has trouble getting financiers. Bruno meets several leading ladies; through a misunderstanding, he doesn't correct their impression that he's a newspaper reporter.
Happy Go Lovely
1951 · 12 votes
Movie6.9DramaCrimeLocked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.
Yield to the Night
1956 · 41 votes
Movie7.0DramaThe police, with the help of a baker, try to find the owner a loaf of bread accidentally poisoned with potassium cyanide.
Devil's Bait
1959 · 3 votes
Movie6.9CrimeDramaAn unexpected bond develops between a fugitive killer and a runaway orphan on an odyssey across England.
Hunted
1952 · 46 votes
Movie5.7ComedyRomanceLosing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a member of the board, young Dr. Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) finds himself going from post to post, filling in for other physicians. At one distant country post, he is taken aback when he works with a patient whose husband died after Simon treated the man years before. In another hospital, Simon examines a surprisingly mature teen and also tries courting devoted nurse Nan McPherson (Shirley Eaton).
Doctor at Large
1957 · 25 votes
Movie7.3DramaRomanceDavid Shields refuses to go into agriculture and opts instead for ship building
Floodtide
1949 · 3 votes
Movie6.6DramaA lonely child must stay with her uncaring aunt and uncle after her mother is hospitalized. Her estranged father is a fugitive. For love and companionship, the eleven-year old girl becomes friends with the housemaid. When at long last, she meets her dad, she must vow to never reveal his location to the police.
Child in the House
1956 · 5 votes
Movie7.5DramaA drama unfolding in the business world where shrewd methods are adopted by a boss to select a suitable yes-man for the Board.
The Big Day
1960 · 2 votes
Movie6.1ComedyAda Shore (Diane Hart) arrives at Skerryvore University in Scotland in search of her long-lost uncle Connell O’Grady (Joseph Tomelty), who was once a subversive Irish poet but is now working under an assumed name as a University porter. Ada is mistaken by Principal Archibald Asher (Patrick Barr) as his new secretary, and she goes along with the impersonation. Archibald and Ada fall in love, which incurs the disapproval of the puritanical Professor Hayman (Duncan Macrae).
You're Only Young Twice!
1952 · 6 votes
Movie6.7DramaThe three marriages of a woman: a young man who is killed, a priggish lawyer and a sympathetic barrister. From the novel by Francis Brett Young.
Portrait of Clare
1950 · 3 votes
Movie6.9ComedyDramaConcerned about his small stature, a young Scottish boy applies for a mail-order body building course, successfully gaining both height and strength. The film was released as "Wee Geordie" in the USA.
Geordie
1955 · 11 votes
Movie6.6MysteryHorrorA young couple go to check out a house they're thinking of buying. A somewhat mysterious woman tells the couple several stories of the fates that befell the house's previous owners.
House of Mystery
1961 · 7 votes
MovieDocumentaryAn emigrant family returns to Scotland from Canada and witnesses the improvements made to Scotland's electricity supply.
Series6
TV7.2DramaTheatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.
Theatre 625
1964 · 5 votes
- TV8.0Drama
An anthology of single plays offering up adaptations of either of prominent stage plays or novels.
Festival
1963 · 1 votes
TV6.0Action & AdventureFamilyThe Flaxton Boys is a British historical children's television series produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV, created by Sid Waddell. Four seasons—covering a specific period: 1854, during the Crimean War (series 1), 1890 (series 2), 1928 (series 3), and 1945, in the aftermath of WWII (series 4)—explore four generations of young men and their experiences at Flaxton Hall in Yorkshire.
The Flaxton Boys
1969 · 3 votes
TVDramaA BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London.
Theatre Night
1957
- TV8.0Comedy
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse is a British anthology of six half-hour comedies showcasing the talents of Ronnie Barker. All were broadcast by Associated-Rediffusion from 3 April to 8 May 1968. Of the six, two are lost.
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
1968 · 1 votes
- TV8.0
This partially lost sequel to "The Royalty" (1957) follows day to day happenings in one particular hotel.
The Flying Swan
1965 · 1 votes