Sybil Thorndike Movies

A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Jane Wyman

Rural Australian Nellie Melba becomes an opera star in 1900s Europe and the United States.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Patrice Munsel

'Woman shelters epileptic son when he kills prostitute.' (British Film Catalogue)

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sybil Thorndike

An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Marilyn Monroe

Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels against her estranged father by joining the...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Wendy Hiller

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Robert Donat

Jennifer Jones plays Hazel Woods, a beautiful young English Gypsey girl who loves animals and in particular her pet fox. She is hotly desired by Jack...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jennifer Jones

Macbeth is a black and white 1922 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Macbeth. It was the last silent film version of that play produced,...

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Cast: Russell Thorndike

The happy-go-lucky young Smiley gets into more strife as he attempts to prove himself a responsible citizen by helping others - all so he can earn a...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Sybil Thorndike

In Victorian London, young Adelaide is born into luxury, but marries starving artist Henry. His alcoholism and their lack of money lead to many...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Maureen O'Hara

Three elderly residents of a nursing home, fed up with their monotonous existence, engineer an escape from their drab surroundings and head for an...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Sybil Thorndike

A nurse helps 210 men escape to England before the Germans catch and execute her.

Genre: War

Cast: Sybil Thorndike

Irish seaman Vic Brennan persuades his Dublin family to finance a truck-hauling business in the remote African town of Jebanda. The only stipulation...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Stephen Boyd

George Bernard Shaw’s illustrious friends pay tribute to his talents – with anecdotes, artefacts and one-liners.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sybil Thorndike

In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O'Shea...

Genre: Action

Cast: James Cagney

The BBC's 1965 adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, screened as part of their Play of the Month strand, adapted by Santha Ramu Rau and John Maynard,...

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Cast: Sybil Thorndike

The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nova Pilbeam

A Lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owner's son while on holiday. Based on the once notorious Houghton play.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sybil Thorndike

Two well meaning spinsters' plans in reforming an old jailbird, receive a set back, when unexpectedly into their possession comes a substantial...

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Cast: Sybil Thorndike

Seven-year-olds Michael and Rachel are best friends who do everything together and who have vowed to remain friends "forever and ever and can't be...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Philip Needs

A prominent Parisian judge is a witness to a murder while he is at a rendezvous with his mistress. A woman is arrested for the crime and brought...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Arthur Wontner

A fatherless boy tries to make his fortune despite interference from his rich uncle.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Cedric Hardwicke

Crisis in the air: A passenger aboard a commercial airplane flying from London to New York threatens to detonate a bomb over the Atlantic.

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Richard Attenborough

Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Glynis Johns

Adaptation of Chekhov's play from the Chichester Festival.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Michael Redgrave

Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale, the young...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Anna Neagle

Part of serial Tense Moments from Great Plays.

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Cast: Sybil Thorndike

Silent adaptation of the Victor Hugo classic focusing on the character of Esmeralda rather than Quasimodo.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sybil Thorndike