Cast: Kay Kendall

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


Les Girls

1957 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction George Cukor

Cast Gene Kelly · Mitzi Gaynor · Kay Kendall · Taina Elg

Plot After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybil Wren (Kay Kendall) is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Angele (Taina...

6.8

604 votes

6.8

604 votes

Genevieve

1953 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Henry Cornelius

Cast Dinah Sheridan · John Gregson · Kay Kendall · Kenneth More

Plot 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...

6.4

222 votes

6.4

222 votes

The Reluctant Debutante

1958 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Vincente Minnelli

Cast Rex Harrison · Kay Kendall · John Saxon · Sandra Dee

Plot Jimmy and Sheila Broadbent (Rex Harrison and Kay Kendall), welcome to London Jimmy's 17-year-old daughter, Jane (Sandra Dee). Jane is from Jimmy's first marriage to an American and has come...

6.4

292 votes

6.4

292 votes

Simon and Laura

1955 · Movie · 87 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Muriel Box

Cast Peter Finch · Kay Kendall · Muriel Pavlow · Hubert Gregg

Plot In the 1950's days of only BBC television, a wet-behind-the-ears producer has the idea of basing a family drama series on a real-life happily married actor couple. Unfortunately he chooses...

6.4

27 votes

6.4

27 votes

Quentin Durward

1955 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Richard Thorpe

Cast Robert Taylor · Kay Kendall · Robert Morley · George Cole

Plot In 1465 Quentin Durwood travels to France to meet Isabelle, Countess of Marcroy, on behalf of his elderly Scottish uncle whom, for political reasons, the Duke of Burgundy intends she...

6.3

527 votes

6.3

527 votes

The Constant Husband

1955 · Movie · 88 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sidney Gilliat

Cast Rex Harrison · Margaret Leighton · Kay Kendall · Cecil Parker

Plot Charles Hathaway wakes up in West Wales with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With the help of a Cardiff specialist he traces his life...

5.7

30 votes

5.7

30 votes

Wings of Danger

1952 · Movie · 73 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Terence Fisher

Cast Zachary Scott · Robert Beatty · Naomi Chance · Kay Kendall

Plot When Richard Van Ness tries to ground dashing pilot Nick Talbot, his girlfriend's brother, from flying an unimportant cargo run in foul weather, he is blackmailed into allowing it because...

5.6

28 votes

5.6

28 votes

Doctor in the House

1954 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ralph Thomas

Cast Dirk Bogarde · Muriel Pavlow · Kenneth More · Donald Sinden

Plot Simon Sparrow is a newly arrived medical student at St Swithin's hospital in London. Falling in with three longer-serving hopefuls he is soon immersed in the wooing, imbibing and fast...

5.5

43 votes

5.5

43 votes

Once More, With Feeling!

1960 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom

5.3

71 votes

5.3

71 votes

Abdulla the Great

1955 · Movie · 103 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Gregory Ratoff

Cast Gregory Ratoff · Kay Kendall · Marina Berti · Sydney Chaplin

Plot Abdullah, absolute monarch of a wealthy Middle Eastern country, has everything a man could want. Everything, that is, until he falls for a beautiful model. She rejects his advances, however,...

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Street of Shadows

1953 · Movie · 76 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Richard Vernon

Cast Cesar Romero · Kay Kendall · Edward Underdown · Victor Maddern

Plot Small-time Soho hustler gets caught up in the murder of an ex-girl friend, evades the police and finally helps them to corner the real murderer.

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Champagne Charlie

1944 · Movie · 105 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Alberto Cavalcanti

Cast Tommy Trinder · Stanley Holloway · Betty Warren · Jean Kent

Plot With London of the 1860s and the gas-lit music halls providing the locale, most of the first half of the film is taken up with either Tommy Trinder or Stanley...

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London Town

1946 · Movie · 126 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Wesley Ruggles

Cast Sid Field · Greta Gynt · Petula Clark · Kay Kendall

Plot An aging music hall performer returns to London believing he's the star of a new show. When he discovers that he's only slated to be the understudy, his daughter sabotages...

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Lady Godiva Rides Again

1951 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Frank Launder

Cast Dennis Price · John McCallum · Stanley Holloway · Pauline Stroud

Plot Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva - though not in the buff. This leads by...

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Mantrap

1953 · Movie · 73 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Terence Fisher

Cast Paul Henreid · Lois Maxwell · Kieron Moore · Hugh Sinclair

Plot Thelma (Lois Maxwell), wife of guilty but insane killer Speight (Kieron Moore), assumes a new identity – known only to her employer Jerrard (Hugh Sinclair), and marries Victor (Bill Travers)....

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Not rated

It Started in Paradise

1952 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom

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Fast and Loose

1954 · Movie · 75 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Gordon Parry

Cast Stanley Holloway · Kay Kendall · Brian Reece · Joan Young

Plot An unmarried couple are forced to adopt a series of pretexts when they stay at a country inn together with only one spare room.

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Dance Hall

1950 · Movie · 80 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Charles Crichton

Cast Donald Houston · Bonar Colleano · Petula Clark · Natasha Parry

Plot Episodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall.

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Meet Mr. Lucifer

1953 · Movie · 83 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Anthony Pelissier

Cast Stanley Holloway · Peggy Cummins · Jack Watling · Barbara Murray

Plot A television given as a retirement present is sold on to different households, causing misery each time.

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The Square Ring

1953 · Movie · 83 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Basil Dearden

Cast Jack Warner · Robert Beatty · Bill Owen · Maxwell Reed

Plot Boxing drama following the lives of 5 different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.

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Not rated