Sybil Thorndike Movies

Gone to Earth

72/100

A beautiful, superstitious, animal-loving Gypsy is hotly desired by a fox-hunting squire...even after she marries a clergyman.

Hand in Hand

75/100

A little Roman Catholic boy and a little Jewish girl become best friends despite the prejudice that surrounds them.

The Forbidden Street

64/100

A rich woman in Victorian England marries a poor artist from the wrong side of the track, and finds herself the victim of a blackmailing plot.

The Wild Heart

64/100

A re-editing of Gone to Earth (1950) after a disagreement and court case between director Michael Powell and producer David O. Selznick. Selznick's changes are mainly:- (1) Adding a ... See full summary »

Alive and Kicking

71/100

Three elderly ladies tire of living in an old people's home and when they heard that they are about to be separated, they make a bid for freedom. They escape to an island off the Irish ... See full summary »

Dawn

69/100

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

Moth and Rust

A girls burns her brother's letters to a usurer's dead wife and is accused of burning his I.O.U.s.

Smiley Gets a Gun

74/100

Hindle Wakes

68/100

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

Riders to the Sea

65/100

To What Red Hell

A woman shelters her epileptic son when he kills a prostitute.