Cast: Frank Thornton
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Frank Thornton. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966 · Movie · 99 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Richard Lester
Cast Zero Mostel · Phil Silvers · Buster Keaton · Michael Crawford
Plot Pseudolus is the laziest slave in Rome and has but one wish, purchase his freedom. When his master and mistress leave for the day he finds out that the young...
6.6
3K votes
6.6
3K votes
The Tomb of Ligeia
1964 · Movie · 81 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Roger Corman
Cast Vincent Price · Elizabeth Shepherd · John Westbrook · Derek Francis
Plot Verden Fell buries his late wife Ligeia who committed suicide, but is certain that she is not really dead. Some time after Rowena Trevanian, the daughter of a neighbouring lord,...
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1K votes
6.2
1K votes
Old Drac
1975 · Movie · 88 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Clive Donner
Cast David Niven · Teresa Graves · Peter Bayliss · Christopher Sandford
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4.3
44 votes
Spanish Fly
1976 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Bob Kellett
Cast Leslie Phillips · Terry-Thomas · Graham Armitage · Nadiuska
Plot Mike Scott, a tired British businessman is complaining to his doctor about his lack of sex drive. His wife sends him to Spain, with four beautiful models, to shoot ads...
3.3
48 votes
3.3
48 votes
All the Way Up
1970 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom
Direction James MacTaggart
Cast Warren Mitchell · Pat Heywood · Elaine Taylor · Kenneth Cranham
Plot Fred Midway (Warren Mitchell) may be a bit short on brains but he's got plenty of ambition. However, before he can gain promotion as a salesman he must make his...
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Steptoe and Son (TV Series)
1962 · Series · 29 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ray Galton · Alan Simpson · Duncan Wood · Douglas Argent
Cast Wilfrid Brambell · Harry H. Corbett · Frank Thornton · Tim Buckland
Plot TV series (1962-1974). 8 seasons. Classic 1960s British comedy series about a middle aged man and his elderly father who run an unsuccessful 'rag and bone' business (collecting and selling...
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No Sex Please - We're British
1973 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Cliff Owen
Cast Ronnie Corbett · Beryl Reid · Arthur Lowe · Ian Ogilvy
Plot Porn store owner Pete orders some new stuff from his supplier Niko but Niko mixes up the address with the address of the local Barclays Bank. Here, newly-weds David (the...
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The Goodies (TV Series)
1970 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Jim Franklin · John Howard Davies · Bob Spiers
Cast Tim Brooke-Taylor · Graeme Garden · Bill Oddie · Roland MacLeod
Plot The adventures of a crazy trio whose motto is "we do anything, anytime, anywhere."
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Are You Being Served?
1977 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Bob Kellett
Cast John Inman · Mollie Sugden · Frank Thornton · Trevor Bannister
Plot The staff of Grace Bros. take a trip to Costa Plonka while the department is being remodeled.
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Ride of the Valkyrie (S)
1967 · Movie · 15 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Peter Brook
Cast Zero Mostel · Julia Foster · Frank Thornton
Plot An opera singer, dressed in full costume and dress, must navigate through the busy city streets to get to the theater in time for his performance.
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Stock Car
1955 · Movie · 68 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Wolf Rilla
Cast Paul Carpenter · Rona Anderson · Susan Shaw · Harry Fowler
Plot Katie attempts to save her fathers failing garage after he is killed during a stock car race, but one of the creditors is determined to take the garage.
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30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia
1968 · Movie · 85 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Joseph McGrath
Cast Dudley Moore · Eddie Foy Jr. · Suzy Kendall · John Bird
Plot Rupert Street, a piano player and composer, decides to write a musical and marry before he reaches his thirtieth birthday. One minor problem: he'll be 30 in six weeks...
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Till Death Us Do Part
1969 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Norman Cohen
Cast Warren Mitchell · Dandy Nichols · Anthony Booth · Una Stubbs
Plot The film version of '""Till Death Do Us Part" (1965)'. tells the story of Alf Garnett and his family living through the London Blitz.
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The Murder Game
1965 · Movie · 76 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Sidney Salkow
Cast Ken Scott · Marla Landi · Trader Faulkner · Conrad Phillips
Plot A woman abandons her husband, changes her name, and remarries again. Complications ensue.
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Comedy Playhouse (TV Series)
1961 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Neil Munro · A.J. Bacon · Jilly Cooper · Michael Mills
Cast Frank Thornton · Robert Dorning · Ronald Fraser · Warren Mitchell
Plot TV Series (1961-1975; 2015-2016). 17 seasons. 133 episodes.
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Crooks and Coronets
1969 · Movie · 106 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Jim O'Connolly
Cast Telly Savalas · Edith Evans · Warren Oates · Cesar Romero
Plot Two crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady's estate, but once they get to know her, they can't bring themselves to do it.
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Radio Cab Murder
1954 · Movie · 70 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Vernon Sewell
Cast Jimmy Hanley · Lana Morris · Sonia Holm · Jack Allen
Plot Fred Martin, a reformed taxi driver is used by the police, to go undercover in order to help catch a gang of safe robbers, but things start to go wrong,...
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1969 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Joseph McGrath
Cast Shirley MacLaine · Richard Attenborough · James Booth · Freddie Jones
Plot Harriet Blossom, the lonely wife of a workaholic brassiere manufacturer, breaks her sewing machine and ends up in bed with the repairman, a mechanic from one of her husband's factories....
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Cracked Nuts
1931 · Movie · 65 min. · United States
Direction Edward F. Cline
Cast Bert Wheeler · Robert Woolsey · Dorothy Lee · Edna May Oliver
Plot To impress his fiancee's aunt, a young man tries to become king in a small kingdom, but the people there have already crowned one, who has won this honor by...
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Gonks Go Beat
1964 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Robert Hartford-Davis
Cast Kenneth Connor · Terry Scott · Frank Thornton · Iain Gregory
Plot Bizarre sixties fable resembling Romeo and Juliette, but instead of Montagues and Capulets, there are two musical communities, one who like rock and roll and one who like ballads, who...
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