Cast: Joyce Grenfell
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Joyce Grenfell. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 19
Stage Fright
1950 · Movie · 110 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Alfred Hitchcock
Cast Marlene Dietrich · Jane Wyman · Michael Wilding · Richard Todd
Synopsis A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high society entertainer.
6.9
3K votes
6.9
3K votes
Man with a Million
1954 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ronald Neame
Cast Gregory Peck · Ronald Squire · Joyce Grenfell · A.E. Matthews
Synopsis An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who has conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds that whenever he tries to use the...
6.6
971 votes
6.6
971 votes
Genevieve
1953 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Henry Cornelius
Cast Dinah Sheridan · John Gregson · Kay Kendall · Kenneth More
Synopsis It's time for the annual London to Brighton antique car rally, and Alan McKim and Ambrose Claverhouse are not going to let their friendship stop them from trying to humiliate each other. Along the way, some old jealousies are kindled...
6.4
222 votes
6.4
222 votes
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964 · Movie · 122 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Anthony Asquith
Cast Ingrid Bergman · Rex Harrison · Shirley MacLaine · Jeanne Moreau
Synopsis Written by Terence Rattigan, The Yellow Rolls-Royce presented three stages in the life of the Rolls. We saw it first in a West End shop-window, where its impressive dignity and hypnotic appeal arrest the eye of Rex Harrison, an English...
6.0
590 votes
6.0
590 votes
The Belles of St. Trinian's
1954 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Frank Launder
Cast Alastair Sim · Joyce Grenfell · Hermione Baddeley · George Cole
Synopsis The arrival of Sultan's daughter Princess Fatima at England's famous and prestigious 'School for Young Ladies' precipitates even more chaos than usual. Her father's horse Arab Boy is due to run at the nearby Gold Cup so Clarence Fitton, bookie...
5.8
34 votes
5.8
34 votes
Alice in Wonderland
1949 · Movie · 76 min. · United States
Direction Dallas Bower
Cast Carol Marsh · Stephen Murray · Pamela Brown · Ernest Milton
5.6
37 votes
5.6
37 votes
Laughter in Paradise
1951 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Mario Zampi
Cast Alastair Sim · Fay Compton · Guy Middleton · George Cole
Synopsis Famed practical joker Henry Russell leaves 50,000 pounds to each of his four surviving relatives. But his will has one last joke - they each have to undertake a task completely out of character within a month. As each sets...
5.6
41 votes
5.6
41 votes
The Old Dark House
1963 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom
Direction William Castle
Cast Tom Poston · Robert Morley · Janette Scott · Joyce Grenfell
Synopsis An American who sells cars in England receives a mysterious invitation from an old, excentric millionaire to visit his house in which he lives with his twin brother.
4.7
128 votes
4.7
128 votes
Happy Is the Bride
1958 · Movie · 84 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Roy Boulting
Cast Ian Carmichael · Janette Scott · Cecil Parker · Terry-Thomas
Synopsis In a quiet summer corner of Wiltshire that is forever England, David and Janet decide to tie the knot. Unfortunately this is the cue for everyone else to take over proceedings, to the dismay of the couple and the increasing...
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The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
1960 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Frank Launder
Cast Cecil Parker · George Cole · Joyce Grenfell · Eric Barker
Synopsis When the school burns to the ground there's clearly been some arson around. The pupils are found guilty and the judge hands them into the care of a pretty dubious child psychiatrist. The sixth form are soon kidnapped and on...
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The Lamp Still Burns
1943 · Movie · 87 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Maurice Elvey
Cast Rosamund John · Stewart Granger · Godfrey Tearle · Sophie Stewart
Synopsis A tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II.
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Forbidden Cargo
1954 · Movie · 85 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Harold French
Cast Jack Warner · Nigel Patrick · Elizabeth Sellars · Terence Morgan
Synopsis Kenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a brother and sister drug smuggling team.
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The Pickwick Papers
1952 · Movie · 109 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Noël Langley
Cast James Hayter · James Donald · Nigel Patrick · Joyce Grenfell
Synopsis The Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find. In the course of their travels, they repeatedly encounter the friendly but disreputable Mr. Jingle,...
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A Run for Your Money
1949 · Movie · 85 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Charles Frend
Cast Donald Houston · Meredith Edwards · Moira Lister · Alec Guinness
Synopsis Comedy in which a pair of Welsh miners, Twm and Dai Jones, win a competition and take a trip to London to see the England-Wales Rugby match but miss their reception committee and get separated. One gets taken in by...
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The Galloping Major
1951 · Movie · 82 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Henry Cornelius
Cast Basil Radford · Jimmy Hanley · Janette Scott · A.E. Matthews
Synopsis A syndicate is set up by a horse lover to buy a particular racehorse, but they accidentally buy the wrong horse. The horse is useless on the flat, so they decide to enter him as a jumper.
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Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
1957 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Frank Launder
Cast Terry-Thomas · George Cole · Joyce Grenfell · Alastair Sim
Synopsis To further the aims of the St Trinian's Marriage Bureau run by Flash Harry, the school contrives to win a competition with a European "Goodwill" trip as prize, to the horror of the Ministry of Education. Joe Mangan, father of...
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While the Sun Shines
1947 · Movie · 81 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Anthony Asquith
Cast Barbara White · Ronald Squire · Brenda Bruce · Bonar Colleano
Synopsis Lady Elisabeth Randall is an English Air Force corporal during World War II. She is on her way to marry her fiancé when she finds herself being romanced by two different men. The first man is Colbert, a Frenchman residing...
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The Good Companions
1957 · Movie · 104 min. · United Kingdom
Direction J. Lee Thompson
Cast Eric Portman · Celia Johnson · Hugh Griffith · Janette Scott
Synopsis A touring variety troupe, the "Dinky Doos" are in financial trouble. An encounter with three strangers - Inigo Jollifant (a romantic, song-writing ex-schoolmaster), Miss Trant (a philanthropic spinster in search of adventure), and Jess Oakroyd (a down to earth, practical...
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The Demi-Paradise
1943 · Movie · 114 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Anthony Asquith
Cast Laurence Olivier · Penelope Dudley-Ward · Marjorie Fielding · George Tjorpe
Synopsis Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naïve about British people and convinced by hearsay that they are shallow and hypocritical,...
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