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,...

6.2

1K votes

6.2

1K votes

Old Drac

1975 · Movie · 88 min. · United Kingdom

4.3

44 votes

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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