
Mavis Villiers
Actor · 1915 – 1976 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Movies24
Movie7.1HorrorDr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced to confront the nature of its horror…
The Haunting
1963 · 735 votes
Movie7.3ThrillerDramaThe only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane; now Mrs. Venable wants Catherine lobotomized to cover up the truth.
Suddenly, Last Summer
1959 · 325 votes
Movie6.4ComedyThe Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows and arrows) to New York and they arrive during a nuclear drill that has cleared the streets.
The Mouse That Roared
1959 · 147 votes
Movie6.9ComedyRomanceAfter marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Bride Act.
I Was a Male War Bride
1949 · 150 votes
Movie6.9DramaRomanceAn aging actress travels to Rome with her husband; after he suddenly dies during the flight, she begins a passionate affair with a young gigolo.
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
1961 · 38 votes
Movie7.5DramaCrimeA web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of success.
Victim
1961 · 164 votes
Movie6.0ComedyCrimeAfter falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man, British Naval Commander Max Easton, hatches a plan that will get him enough money to support Virginia in the lifestyle she is accustomed to. Easton's plan is to disappear for a time making it seem that he has defected to the Soviets taking important Naval secrets from his job at the Admiralty and to return and sue the newspapers for slander. Not everything goes as planned for Commander Easton.
A Touch of Larceny
1960 · 17 votes
Movie5.6ThrillerMysteryBrenda, a timid, withdrawn woman, meets Peter, a man she believes is finally the love of her life. However, little does Brenda know that Peter is a vicious serial killer.
Straight On Till Morning
1972 · 39 votes
Movie6.8DramaA drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue Lamp"(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers and their charges.
I Believe in You
1952 · 10 votes
Movie5.2ComedyA porn-store owner orders some new stuff from his supplier, but the delivery address gets mixed with the address of the local Barclays Bank. Here, David (the bank's assistant manager) and his new wife are shocked when photos, then films and finally two girls are sent to them in their bank-supplied flat. They and the bank's head cashier then hatch a plan to get rid of the porn—without letting their boss, the local police and David's mother in on what is happening.
No Sex Please - We're British
1973 · 21 votes
Movie6.6CrimeDramaJewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.
Pool of London
1951 · 37 votes
Movie4.1ComedyRomanceA widowed mother decides to go after the child psychologist she works for because she thinks he'll be able to provide for her toddler, the catch is her employer doesn't know about her son and he doesn't particularly care for children despite his profession.
Promise Her Anything
1966 · 9 votes
Movie5.2ActionDramaA high school teacher separated from his son plots revenge on his ex-wife.
Mousey
1974 · 9 votes
Movie7.0DramaAn American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental lord who oversees the trust.
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1921 · 18 votes
Movie7.5CrimeDramaA night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the crime. Witnesses and suspects give differing accounts of the lead-up to the crime, and the truth emerges.
The Boys
1962 · 6 votes
Movie6.0DramaRomanceA man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life.
Corridor of Mirrors
1948 · 21 votes
Movie5.0DramaMusicRomantic biography of Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind and her famous affairs.
A Lady's Morals
1930 · 6 votes
Movie6.5CrimeDramaA happily-married woman is blackmailed by her first husband, who she wrongly believed was killed in the Blitz.
Time Is My Enemy
1954 · 8 votes
Movie7.0ThrillerA bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempts to prevent the execution of a potentially innocent man.
Saloon Bar
1940 · 6 votes
Movie5.0ComedyBoat building father and son join the river patrol service and get caught-up in a spy ring.
Sailors Don't Care
1940 · 4 votes
- Movie10.0CrimeDrama
An overheard conversation leads to clues that a kidnapping plot is afoot.
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
1939 · 1 votes
Movie6.7RomanceComedyHi Gang! is a 1941 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon and Vic Oliver. It was a spin-off from the popular radio series Hi Gang!.
Hi Gang!
1941 · 3 votes
Movie6.2RomanceDramaWealthy Elias Graves builds his home on the top of a hill, where a group of squatters have taken up residence at the bottom. Many of the men in the squatters' village have their eyes on young Tess, and one of them, Ben Letts, frames Tess's father for murder. While maintaining her father's innocence, Tess must keep her love for Graves' son a secret, while caring for Elias' daughter's illegitamate child.
Tess of the Storm Country
1922 · 13 votes
Movie8.0TV MovieA group of coal miners from Nottingham go on their annual trip to Blackpool.
Sling Your Hook
1969 · 1 votes
Series2
TV7.4Action & AdventureCrimeSimon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
The Saint
1962 · 136 votes
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