Joan Greenwood Movies

Kind Hearts and Coronets

81/100

A distant poor relative of the Duke of D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.

The Man in the White Suit

74/100

An altruistic chemist invents a fabric which resists wear and stain as a boon to humanity, but both big business and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.

Mysterious Island

68/100

During the Civil War a group of Union soldiers and two Confederates escape the stockade using a hot air balloon and end up on a strange Pacific island.

Whisky Galore

73/100

Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship.

Moonfleet

68/100

A young orphan is sent to the village of Moonfleet, in Dorset, England to stay with his mother's former lover, who has the facade of a gentleman but is a leader of a gang of swashbuckling bootleggers. The duo went on a treasure hunt.

Der kleine Schornsteinfeger auf dem Meeresgrund

61/100

This children's fantasy tells the story of a 12-year-old boy who discovers a complex underwater world where young children are held prisoner by an evil shark and an eel.

The Detective

68/100

Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.

Little Dorrit

75/100

Arthur Clennam returns to London after working abroad for many years with his now deceased father. Almost at once he becomes involved in the problems of his mother's seamstress Amy Dorrit ... See full summary »

The Hound of the Baskervilles

46/100

A Sherlock Holmes spoof about a family that has been haunted for years by the curse of a horrible hound.

Das Unheimliche

56/100

Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, Wilbur spews three tales of feline horror.

The October Man

72/100

Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has ... See full summary »

Stage Struck

62/100

A young woman arrives in New York City determined to become a great theatrical star, but discovers that her goal may not be as easily attainable as she had hoped.

Der sensationelle Einbrecher

63/100

A mild-mannered government bureaucrat discovers that he has the ability to walk through walls.

Saraband

68/100

A young woman marries Prince George but it's far from a love match. Then she falls for a Swedish Count.

The Gentle Sex

63/100

This film tells the stories of seven 'gentle' British girls who decide to "do their bit" and help out during World War II.

Lovers, Happy Lovers!

70/100

From the Louis Hemon novel "M. Ripois and His Nemesis" about Andre Ripois, a philanderer in pursuit of love and riches from Paris to London. Andre is breaking up with his wife, Catherine, ... See full summary »

Young Wives' Tale

55/100

A post-war housing crisis leaves a shy woman to share a house with two couples. Comic situations arise as the new roomer becomes infatuated with one of the husbands.

The Amorous Mr. Prawn

57/100

General and Lady Fitzadam live at a remote army outpost in Scotland, their last assignment before the General retires. The General is sent abroad and in his absence, Lady Fitzadam decides ... See full summary »

Frenzy

65/100

A seance is held to discover the whereabouts, and the killer, of a sculptor's wife.

Girl Stroke Boy

66/100

The straightlaced parents of a young boy who has, until now, shown no interest in the opposite sex, are surprised when he comes home with a girl/boy from the West Indies.

The Smugglers

71/100

Told in flashback, the film opens with a scene of a 17-year-old boy, Francis Andrews, being brutally lashed during a police interrogation in which the boy thinks back to the past that ... See full summary »

Flesh & Blood

60/100

The Bad Lord Byron

54/100

Seriously ill on a military campaign in Greece, Lord Byron dreams of being judged, upon his death, as...

A Girl in a Million

69/100

A young scientist freed by divorce from a nagging wife, isolates himself from women. His peace is broken by a lovely young girl to whom he is forced to give shelter. He marries her and finds that his dumb wife is not so dumb.

Bad Sister

80/100