Patricia Dainton
Oyuncu · 1930 – 2023 · Hamilton, Scotland, UK
Patricia Dainton was a Scottish actress. She made her screen debut in 1947 but retired from acting in 1961 to focus on family life with her husband of 58 years, the Welsh-born producer and actor Norman Williams.
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Film7.7KomediRomantikElderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous actor. When Harry loses his nerve, Sheila won't let him give up.
Don't Ever Leave Me
1949 · 3 votes
Film6.6GerilimDramA composer (Laurence Payne) is stuck in a middle-class marriage and finds that his affair with his wife's half-sister (Jane Griffiths) has resulted in a pregnancy. When his wife refuses to give him a divorce he hatches a murder scheme that is too clever by half.
The Third Alibi
1961 · 13 votes
Film7.0KomediThe owner of a Scottish castle discovers that it is haunted by the spirit of a beautiful woman. He decides to use the ghost as a tourist attraction for his castle
Castle in the Air
1952 · 5 votes
Film5.5GerilimKorkuWhen a woman inherits a valuable house, her nasty husband and his mistress plot murder. But the house has a protective poltergeist who thwarts the wicked pair.
The House in Marsh Road
1960 · 16 votes
Film10.0DramSuçA prominent journalist is kidnapped by a lunatic who threatens to kill her unless she writes flattering articles about him.
At the Stroke of Nine
1957 · 1 votes
Film5.2KomediFantastikSet in the austere post–World War II British world of rationing, Cyril dreams up an ode to an imaginary character named Merlin Mound who can provide anything one can wish. Merlin becomes real and grants his host's wishes; not by conjuring the items out of thin air, but depriving them from other people's ownership, which leads to trouble.
A Piece of Cake
1948 · 4 votes
Film5.9DramKorkuFollowing her father's death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke and schemes to murder his niece for her vast inheritance.
Uncle Silas
1947 · 17 votes
Film6.1SuçDramWhen his best friend is murdered inside a London dancehall, a cab driver and his girlfriend involve themselves in the investigation and discover a major criminal operation hiding behind the club's friendly facade.
Dancing with Crime
1947 · 21 votes
Film6.1GizemSuçA serial killer terrorizes London. Each victim is found with a telegram signed "The Marquis." There seems to be no other common thread between the victims, and Scotland Yard is baffled. Novelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, is warned to stay away from the case, but he and his glamorous wife Steve can never refuse a good mystery.
Paul Temple Returns
1952 · 6 votes
Film7.0GerilimA killer breaks into an apartment to steal a valuable brooch. He kills an old woman, but in fleeing he encounters a young woman on the stairs who will become his target.
Witness in the Dark
1959 · 10 votes
Film6.4SuçA detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula.
Hammer the Toff
1952 · 7 votes
Film5.5KomediRomantikJudith Wynter is a happily married novelist whose romantic works are eagerly devoured by scores of female readers. When Carlo, a handsome young Italian chauffeur, arrives to work for Judith and her husband, a professor currently recovering from an attack of paralysis, he causes quite a flutter; when he then reads the manuscript of Judith's latest novel, he jumps to a rather unfortunate conclusion... and life in the Wynter household becomes very complicated indeed!
The Passionate Stranger
1957 · 13 votes
Film5.8SuçA blind and deaf woman dedicates her life and sacrifices all she has for her son, a good-for-nothing troublemaker who gets mixed up with a criminal gang that tries to frame him for a robbery.
No Road Back
1957 · 4 votes
Film5.8RomantikTravel agent Emrys Jones and tourist Patricia Dainton fall in love in sunny Italy. Jones has led Dainton to believe that he's fabulously wealthy, and she has likewise deceived him. When the truth inevitably outs, it hardly matters, since hero and heroine now love each other for themselves rather than their bank accounts.
Ticket to Paradise
1961 · 3 votes
Film6.1DramA physician is forced to operate on a mystery figure under shady circumstances.
Operation Diplomat
1953 · 9 votes
Film5.7GizemStory of a chorus girl who is "discovered" and finds romance during the unraveling of a mystery in a once derelict theatre.
Tread Softly
1952 · 6 votes
Film7.5KomediRomantikThe story of three women working as waitresses in post-World War II Britain.
Love in Waiting
1948 · 2 votes
Film5.5RomantikDramThe episodic story of a composer of operettas, Rudi Kleiber, in in old Viennese days, and the two women in his life; Maria Zeitler, his sweetheart, later mistress, lost love, an operetta star, and his first patron, and the mother of a son he did not know he had; and of Greta, his first love and companion in later years
The Dancing Years
1950 · 6 votes