Thora Hird Movies

  • 1957
    The Good Companions

    The Good Companions

    The Good Companions

    71957HD

    The story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.

    The Good Companions
  • 1949
    The Cure for Love

    The Cure for Love

    The Cure for Love

    71949HD

    A sergeant returns from war to his contemptible fiancée, intending to reconcile with her against all odds. But he falls in love with a...

    The Cure for Love
  • 1988
    Talking Heads

    Talking Heads

    Talking Heads

    51988HD

    Six monologues tell the stories of six different repressed souls: a man dominated by his mother, a vicar's wife, an inveterate letter writer, a...

    Talking Heads
  • 1979
    Afternoon Off

    Afternoon Off

    Afternoon Off

    01979HD

    Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested...

    Afternoon Off
  • 1994
    Pat and Margaret

    Pat and Margaret

    Pat and Margaret

    7.71994HD

    Unexpected events occur when Pat, a glamorous British-born star of American soaps, returns home to plug her auto-biography on television and meets,...

    Pat and Margaret
  • 1953
    Turn the Key Softly

    Turn the Key Softly

    Turn the Key Softly

    6.31953HD

    A bitter burglar, a prostitute and an elderly shoplifter spend their first day out of jail.

    Turn the Key Softly
  • 1944
    Two Thousand Women

    Two Thousand Women

    Two Thousand Women

    6.91944HD

    During the Second World War, three downed English airmen hide out with women's internment camp in France.

    Two Thousand Women
  • 1950
    The Magnet

    The Magnet

    The Magnet

    6.41950HD

    A classic Ealing comedy in which a young boy steals a magnet and becomes a hero.

    The Magnet
  • 1999
    Lost for Words

    Lost for Words

    Lost for Words

    6.51999HD

    Deric Longden and his wife, Aileen, come to terms with the fact that his mother, Annie, is getting too old to live on her own. Annie suffers her...

    Lost for Words
  • 1999
    Julie and the Cadillacs

    Julie and the Cadillacs

    Julie and the Cadillacs

    81999HD

    Julie and The Cadillacs, a struggling young pop group, are enticed to London and signed up by London PR men...

    Julie and the Cadillacs
  • 1953
    Background

    Background

    Background

    71953HD

    Two years of deterioration sees John and Barbara Lomax's marriage reduced to bitter sniping and "keeping up appearances" for the sake of the...

    Background
  • 1971
    The Fox Trot

    The Fox Trot

    The Fox Trot

    91971HD

    The first in a series of new plays. Arthur and Gwen, a cosy middle-aged couple, remember with nostalgia the pre-Motorway Britain of their youth. When...

    The Fox Trot
  • 1977
    The Mayor's Charity

    The Mayor's Charity

    The Mayor's Charity

    91977HD

    Olive Major is determined that her year of office as Mayor will be a happy and successful one. But her appointment of Ex-Warrant Officer Higham as...

    The Mayor's Charity
  • 1961
    Over the Odds

    Over the Odds

    Over the Odds

    101961HD

    A bookmaker struggles to cope with his two mothers-in-law.

    Over the Odds
  • 1963
    Bitter Harvest

    Bitter Harvest

    Bitter Harvest

    6.21963HD

    A pretty young woman will do anything to escape her deadly dull existence in the backlots of Wales. But when she reaches the bright lights of London...

    Bitter Harvest
  • 1949
    Boys in Brown

    Boys in Brown

    Boys in Brown

    6.21949HD

    Jackie lives in poverty with his widowed mother. In a bid to escape poverty he gets involved in a robbery that sees him sentenced to three years in...

    Boys in Brown
  • 1949
    Fools Rush In

    Fools Rush In

    Fools Rush In

    6.71949HD

    Howes plays Pamela Dickson, an impulsive young bride-to-be, while Guy Rolfe portrays her long-lost father Paul. Ostensibly a cad and bounder, Paul...

    Fools Rush In
  • 1998
    Talking Heads 2

    Talking Heads 2

    Talking Heads 2

    8.51998HD

    A series of monologues.

    Talking Heads 2
  • 1972
    The Villa Maroc

    The Villa Maroc

    The Villa Maroc

    01972HD

    A stolid British family from Bishops Stortford are adventurous and book a holiday in a villa in Morocco, where things befall them.

    The Villa Maroc
  • 1952
    The Frightened Man

    The Frightened Man

    The Frightened Man

    6.51952HD

    Kicked out of Oxford, a junk dealer's son joins a gang of thieves fenced by his father.

    The Frightened Man