Movies: Thora Hird

  • 1955
    The Quatermass Xperiment

    The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)

    The Quatermass Xperiment

    6.51955HD

    The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then roars back to Earth and crashes in a farmer's field, and is found to contain only one of the three men who took off in it; and he is unable to talk but appea...

    The Quatermass Xperiment
  • 1944
    The Lodger

    The Lodger (1944)

    The Lodger

    6.31944HD

    In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper....

    The Lodger
  • 1972
    The Nightcomers

    The Nightcomers (1972)

    The Nightcomers

    5.71972HD

    Prequel to the Henry James classic "Turn of the Screw" about the events leading up to the deaths of Peter Quint and Ms. Jessel, and the slow corruption of the children in their care....

    The Nightcomers
  • 1942
    Went the Day Well?

    Went the Day Well? (1942)

    Went the Day Well?

    7.21942HD

    The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, ...

    Went the Day Well?
  • 1962
    A Kind of Loving

    A Kind of Loving (1962)

    A Kind of Loving

    71962HD

    As Vic Brown vacillates between infatuation and disinterest for his co-worker Ingrid Rothwell, she finds out that she is pregnant and Vic has to reconcile how he thought his life would go with what life actually has in store for him....

    A Kind of Loving
  • 1960
    The Entertainer

    The Entertainer (1960)

    The Entertainer

    6.21960HD

    Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business....

    The Entertainer
  • 1952
    The Magic Box

    The Magic Box (1952)

    The Magic Box

    6.31952HD

    Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was...

    The Magic Box
  • 1950
    The Magnet

    The Magnet (1950)

    The Magnet

    6.21950HD

    A classic Ealing comedy in which a young boy steals a magnet and becomes a hero....

    The Magnet
  • 1949
    Conspirator

    Conspirator (1949)

    Conspirator

    5.91949HD

    A newlywed suspects her husband of being a Communist spy....

    Conspirator
  • 1948
    Corridor of Mirrors

    Corridor of Mirrors (1948)

    Corridor of Mirrors

    5.71948HD

    A 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
  • 1953
    The Long Memory

    The Long Memory (1953)

    The Long Memory

    6.61953HD

    An innocent man is released from prison after 12 years and tracks down the witnesses who lied about him in court....

    The Long Memory
  • 1954
    For Better, for Worse

    For Better, for Worse (1954)

    For Better, for Worse

    5.61954HD

    In postwar London a young graduate and his girlfriend decide to marry. Her well-to-do parents are not convinced, but they agree once he has got a £5.10.0 job and a 30/- a week single-room flat. The newly-weds find money fearfully tight, the flat cram...

    For Better, for Worse
  • 1964
    Rattle of a Simple Man

    Rattle of a Simple Man (1964)

    Rattle of a Simple Man

    5.41964HD

    Percy Winthram is a naive young man who still lives at home with his mum. In London for the Cup Final with his friends, he finds himself in a Soho strip club, where he meets blonde hostess Cyrenne. Accepting a bet from friend Ginger, he accompanies C...

    Rattle of a Simple Man
  • 1952
    Emergency Call

    Emergency Call (1952)

    Emergency Call

    6.51952HD

    A 5-year-old child is diagnosed with leukaemia and has only days to live. Her only hope is a blood transfusion, but her blood type is extremely rare, so the race is on to find the donors....

    Emergency Call
  • 1949
    Once a Jolly Swagman

    Once a Jolly Swagman (1949)

    Once a Jolly Swagman

    5.41949HD

    A factory worke quits his job to become a motorcycle racer....

    Once a Jolly Swagman
  • 1962
    Term of Trial

    Term of Trial (1962)

    Term of Trial

    5.81962HD

    A schoolteacher plagued by alcoholism and his refusal to serve in World War II, Graham Weir inspires contempt in almost everyone around him, including his bitter wife, Anna. When the lovely young Shirley Taylor, one of Weir's students, falls for her ...

    Term of Trial
  • 1953
    Street Corner

    Street Corner (1953)

    Street Corner

    5.81953HD

    A pseudo-documentary focusing on the daily work and routine of women police officers built around three different storylines....

    Street Corner
  • 1953
    Turn the Key Softly

    Turn the Key Softly (1953)

    Turn the Key Softly

    6.21953HD

    A bitter burglar, a prostitute and an elderly shoplifter spend their first day out of jail....

    Turn the Key Softly
  • 1953
    Personal Affair

    Personal Affair (1953)

    Personal Affair

    6.21953HD

    A schoolgirl disappears for three days after a frank talk with the wife of a Latin teacher she loves....

    Personal Affair
  • 1994
    Pat and Margaret

    Pat and Margaret (1994)

    Pat and Margaret

    7.51994HD

    Unexpected events occur when Pat, a glamorous British-born star of American soaps, returns home to plug her auto-biography on television and meets, for the first time since they were teenagers, Margaret her plain and frumpy younger sister. The meetin...

    Pat and Margaret