Cast: Sylvia Syms

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Sylvia Syms. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Victim

1961 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Basil Dearden

Cast Dirk Bogarde · Sylvia Syms · Dennis Price · Anthony Nicholls

Synopsis Dirk Bogarde plays Melville Farr, a married lawyer who learns of a blackmail scheme when one of its victims, an old friend, commits suicide rather than tell the police. As Farr conducts an investigation, he must confront his own past.

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7.2

553 votes

7.2

553 votes

The World of Suzie Wong

1960 · Movie · 129 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Richard Quine

Cast William Holden · Nancy Kwan · Sylvia Syms · Michael Wilding

Synopsis Robert Lomax tired of working in an office, wants to be an artist. So he moves to Hong Kong to try his hand at painting. Finding a cheap hotel he checks in, only to find it's used by prostitutes and...

6.9

605 votes

6.9

605 votes

Desert Attack (Ice-Cold in Alex)

1958 · Movie · 132 min. · United Kingdom

Direction J. Lee Thompson

Cast John Mills · Sylvia Syms · Anthony Quayle · Harry Andrews

Synopsis A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader of the team dreams of his ice cold beer when he reaches Alexandria, but...

6.8

147 votes

6.8

147 votes

Collision (TV Miniseries)

2009 · Series · 225 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Anthony Horowitz · Marc Evans

Cast Douglas Henshall · Dean Lennox Kelly · Lucy Griffiths · Philip Davis

Synopsis The story of a major road accident and a group of people who have never met, but who all share one single defining moment that will change their lives.

6.7

43 votes

6.7

43 votes

Case Histories (TV Series)

2011 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Bill Anderson · Dan Zeff · Marc Jobst · Keith Boak

Cast Jason Isaacs · Amanda Abbington · Zawe Ashton · Millie Innes

Synopsis TV Series (2011-2013). 2 Seasons. 9 Episodes. Former soldier and policeman, Jackson Brodie, becomes a private investigator.

6.6

96 votes

6.6

96 votes

Miss Marple: Murder Is Easy (TV)

2009 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Hettie Macdonald

Cast Julia McKenzie · Steve Pemberton · Shirley Henderson · Sylvia Syms

Synopsis A village is plagued by a spate of seemingly accidental deaths, but Miss Marple is convinced a more sinister hand is involved when a villager on her way to Scotland Yard is conveniently dispatched.

6.5

76 votes

6.5

76 votes

Shirley Valentine

1989 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Lewis Gilbert

Cast Pauline Collins · Tom Conti · Julia McKenzie · Alison Steadman

Synopsis Shirley's a middle-aged Liverpool housewife, who finds herself talking to the wall while she prepares her husband's chip'n'egg, wondering what happened to her life. She compares scenes in her current life with what she used to be like and feels...

6.5

727 votes

6.5

727 votes

The Queen

2006 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Stephen Frears

Cast Helen Mirren · James Cromwell · Michael Sheen · Alex Jennings

Synopsis The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle, following the death of Diana, to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for...

6.4

15K votes

6.4

15K votes

Flame in the Streets

1961 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Roy Ward Baker

Cast John Mills · Sylvia Syms · Brenda De Banzie · Earl Cameron

Synopsis A union leader in a large company tries to win equal rights for the handful of West Indian workers at the company, but finds it is an uphill battle. After being successful, and rightly proud of his efforts, he finds...

6.4

51 votes

6.4

51 votes

Direction David Giles

Cast Joan Hickson · Ursula Howells · Renée Asherson · Samantha Bond

Synopsis A murder is announced in the Chipping Cleghorne Gazette to take place on October 5th, 7 PM at Little Paddocks cottage. The people living there, retired secretary Miss Blacklock, her companion Miss Bunner, Miss Blacklock's two distant cousins, Patrick and...

6.4

165 votes

6.4

165 votes

The Saint (TV Series)

1962 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Leslie Charteris · Leslie Norman · Roy Ward Baker · Jeremy Summers

Cast Roger Moore · Ivor Dean · Leslie Crawford · Justine Lord

Synopsis TV Series (1962-1969). 6 Seasons. 118 Episodes. Simon Templar is The Saint - adored by women, feared by his adversaries and a constant thorn in the side of police forces everywhere. A smooth-talking adventurer, the Saint goes in where angels...

6.3

1K votes

6.3

1K votes

Shining Through

1992 · Movie · 125 min. · United States

Direction David Seltzer

Cast Michael Douglas · Melanie Griffith · Liam Neeson · Joely Richardson

Synopsis In this romantic espionage thriller set against the backdrop of World War II, a secretary from Queens is transformed into a government spy. After discovering her attorney boss and lover is actually a secret agent, she convinces him to let...

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6.2

3K votes

6.2

3K votes

The Big Job

1965 · Movie · 85 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Gerald Thomas

Cast Sid James · Sylvia Syms · Dick Emery · Joan Sims

Synopsis An inept gang of bank robbers, led by George The Brain, are caught and sentenced to 15 years hard labour each. When they are released from prison they start out to collect the money they had stolen and which George...

6.1

88 votes

6.1

88 votes

The Tamarind Seed

1974 · Movie · 119 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Blake Edwards

Cast Julie Andrews · Omar Sharif · Anthony Quayle · Dan O'Herlihy

Synopsis During a Caribbean holiday, a British civil servant finds herself falling in love with a Russian agent.

6.0

291 votes

6.0

291 votes

Asylum

1972 · Movie · 88 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Roy Ward Baker

Cast Patrick Magee · Robert Powell · Geoffrey Bayldon · Barbara Parkins

Synopsis You have nothing to loose... but your mind. This top-notch British horror anthology contains four tales of madness and murder that are told to the new doctor assigned to a mental institution.

6.0

795 votes

6.0

795 votes

Conspiracy of Hearts

1960 · Movie · 113 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ralph Thomas

Cast Lilli Palmer · Sylvia Syms · Yvonne Mitchell · Ronald Lewis

Synopsis In wartime Italy nuns in a convent regularly smuggle Jewish children out of a nearby internment camp. The Italian army officer in charge suspects what may be going on but deliberately turns a blind eye. When the Germans take over...

6.0

42 votes

6.0

42 votes

Hostile Witness

1968 · Movie · 101 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ray Milland

Cast Ray Milland · Sylvia Syms · Felix Aylmer · Raymond Huntley

Synopsis When the daughter of Simon Crawford, a successful barrister, is killed in what seems to be a hit and run accident, and the police are unable to find the culprit, Crawford swears that he will find the driver of the...

5.9

47 votes

5.9

47 votes

Operation Crossbow

1965 · Movie · 115 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Michael Anderson

Cast Sophia Loren · George Peppard · Trevor Howard · John Mills

Synopsis Based on actual historical events and characters, this World War II spy thriller focuses on the development of Hitler's secret rocket weapons, the V.1 and V.2 flying bombs, and the Allied efforts to destroy them.

5.8

654 votes

5.8

654 votes

Ferry to Hong Kong

1959 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction Lewis Gilbert

Cast Curd Jürgens · Orson Welles · Sylvia Syms · Jeremy Spenser

Synopsis Mark Conrad, a habitual drunk and troublemaker with a shady past, is expelled by Hong Kong police after one too many bar fights. He's sent to Macao on the Fa Tsan, a ferry owned by Captain Hart. Conrad's papers are...

5.5

27 votes

5.5

27 votes

The Moonraker

1958 · Movie · 82 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David MacDonald

Cast George Baker · Sylvia Syms · Marius Goring · Peter Arne

Synopsis After the battle of Worcester at the end of the Civil War, the main aim of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth is to capture Charles Stuart. The future king's escape depends on the intrepid Earl of Dawlish, who as the Moonraker has...

5.1

23 votes

5.1

23 votes