Cast: Alastair Sim
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Alastair Sim. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 40
An Inspector Calls
1954 · Movie · 80 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Guy Hamilton
Cast Alastair Sim · Jane Wenham · Brian Worth · Eileen Moore
Synopsis Based on a famous stage play and set in the year 1912, an upper crust English family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It...
7.0
316 votes
7.0
316 votes
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
A Christmas Carol
1951 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Brian Desmond Hurst
Cast Alastair Sim · Kathleen Harrison · Mervyn Johns · Hermione Baddeley
Synopsis An old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when he is haunted by ghosts on Christmas Eve.
6.8
546 votes
6.8
546 votes
Green for Danger
1946 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Sidney Gilliat
Cast Sally Gray · Trevor Howard · Alastair Sim · Rosamund John
Synopsis Set in August 1944 during the V-1 Doodlebug offensive on London, a murder takes place in Heron's Park Emergency Hospital, a rural British hospital somewhere in the South-east of England. Inspector Cockrill is asked to investigate when the head nurse...
6.6
155 votes
6.6
155 votes
The Ruling Class
1972 · Movie · 154 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Peter Medak
Cast Peter O'Toole · Alastair Sim · Arthur Lowe · Harry Andrews
Synopsis A member of the House of Lords dies in a shockingly silly way, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son is insane: he thinks he is Jesus Christ. The other somewhat-more respectable members of their family plot to...
6.6
212 votes
6.6
212 votes
Hue and Cry
1947 · Movie · 82 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Charles Crichton
Cast Alastair Sim · Harry Fowler · Douglas Barr · Joan Dowling
6.4
161 votes
6.4
161 votes
School for Scoundrels
1960 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Robert Hamer
Cast Ian Carmichael · Terry-Thomas · Alastair Sim · Janette Scott
Synopsis An amiable idiot cures his inferiority complex without completely discarding his conscience after graduating from the College of Lifemanship.
6.3
52 votes
6.3
52 votes
The Green Man
1956 · Movie · 80 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Robert Day
Cast Alastair Sim · George Cole · Terry-Thomas · Jill Adams
Synopsis Work has been going with a bang for freelance assassin Hawkins but a job in England just after the war is a different matter. His apparently easy target, a pompous government minister, is off for some hanky-panky at the Green...
6.2
26 votes
6.2
26 votes
Royal Flash
1975 · Movie · 102 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Richard Lester
Cast Malcolm McDowell · Alan Bates · Florinda Bolkan · Oliver Reed
Synopsis Ne'er-do-well Harry Flashman is coerced by Otto von Bismark into impersonating a prince.
5.8
103 votes
5.8
103 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
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 Millionairess
1960 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Anthony Asquith
Cast Sophia Loren · Peter Sellers · Alastair Sim · Vittorio De Sica
4.6
115 votes
4.6
115 votes
The Doctor's Dilemma
1958 · Movie · 99 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Anthony Asquith
Cast Leslie Caron · Dirk Bogarde · Alastair Sim · Robert Morley
Synopsis Mrs. Dubedat loves and idolizes her artist husband, Louis, but he is dying of tuberculosis. She goes to a doctor and convinces him to save her husband. The doctor can keep only so many patients, and must choose who is...
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Keep Your Seats, Please!
1936 · Movie · 82 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Monty Banks
Cast George Formby · Florence Desmond · Gus McNaughton · Alastair Sim
Synopsis A fortune in gems is hidden in one of six chairs, and it's up to the prospective heir to find it.
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This Man in Paris
1939 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom
Direction David MacDonald
Cast Barry K. Barnes · Valerie Hobson · Alastair Sim · Edward Lewy
Synopsis A British reporter and his wife, on vacation in Paris, run into a gang of counterfeiters.
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The Squeaker (Murder on Diamond Row)
1937 · Movie · 77 min. · United Kingdom
Direction William K. Howard
Cast Edmund Lowe · Sebastian Shaw · Ann Todd · Tamara Desni
Synopsis London's jewel thieves are under the thumb of a mysterious fence, who ruthlessly exposes any thief who crosses him. Desperate, Scotland Yard re-hires ex-Inspector Barrabal who, as a known drunkard, is ideally suited to go undercover with a faked criminal...
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Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
1939 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Walter Forde
Cast Gordon Harker · Alastair Sim · Linden Travers · Wally Patch
Synopsis During a holiday by the British seaside, Inspector Hornleigh (Harker) and Sergeant Bingham (Sim) grow bored and turn their hand to investigating a local crime.[
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Cottage to Let
1941 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Anthony Asquith
Cast Leslie Banks · Jeanne De Casalis · Carla Lehmann · Alastair Sim
Synopsis A wartime cottage on a Scottish estate becomes a focus of attention when not only the new tenant but a London evacuee and a downed fighter pilot all move in. The interest may not be unconnected with the fact that...
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Folly to Be Wise
1953 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Frank Launder
Cast Alastair Sim · Elizabeth Allan · Roland Culver · Colin Gordon
Synopsis A newly-arrived army padre is put in charge of camp entertainment.
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This Man Is News
1938 · Movie · 63 min. · United Kingdom
Direction David MacDonald
Cast Barry K. Barnes · Valerie Hobson · Alastair Sim · John Warwick
Synopsis A newspaper reporter keeps beating the police to clues in a current murder case. This makes the police think he may be involved in the crime.
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