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6.6

♡ 8

59%

based on novel or book

st. petersburg, russia

Julien Duvivier Director

Leslie Phillips as Bit Part

Austin Trevor as Col. Vronsky

Kieron Moore as Count Vronsky

Niall MacGinnis as Levin

Stefan and Dolly Oblonsky have had a spat and Stefan has asked his sister, Anna Karenina, to come down to Moscow to help mend the rift. Anna's companion on the train from St. Petersburg is Countess Vronsky who is met at the Moscow station by her son. Col. Vronsky looks very dashing in his uniform and it's love at first sight when he looks at Anna and their eyes meet.

Caught in the Act

1997

4.6

♡ 3

Drama

Mark Greenstreet Director

Nadia Sawalha as Amanda

Sara Crowe as Lucinda

Leslie Phillips as Sydney Fisher

Bohdan Poraj as Tarquin

Lucinda goes on a trip away with her two friends Katherine and Amanda and convinces them to join her on form a variety act in order to impress her childhood crush Neville, a talent agent holding a gala night.

Big Time Operators

1957

6.9

♡ 9

69%

Basil Dearden Director

Jimmy Charters as Bijou Cinema Patron

Stringer Davis as Fred Emmett

Liz Fraser as Girl in Cinema

Leslie Phillips as Robin Carter

Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them Bill's long-lost uncle has died and left them his business—a cinema in the town of Sloughborough. Unfortunately they can't sell it for the fortune they hoped as they discover it is falling down and almost worthless.

The Fast Lady

1962

6.1

♡ 6

50%

bentley

Ken Annakin Director

James Robertson Justice as Charles Chingford

Leslie Phillips as Freddie Fox

Bernard Cribbins as Man on Stretcher

Ann Beach as Miss Timpkins

A Scottish civil servant must learn how to drive a Bentley to impress his girlfriend's tycoon father.

Venus

2006

grandparent grandchild relationship

7.1

♡ 7

88%

husband wife relationship

Romance

Roger Michell Director

Meg Wynn Owen as Hospital Drama Family

Christine Bottomley as Hospital Nurse

Leslie Phillips as Ian

Jo Price as Mourner

Maurice is an aging veteran actor who becomes taken with Jessie, the grandniece of his closest friend. When Maurice tries to soften the petulant and provincial young girl with the benefit of his wisdom and London culture, their give-and-take surprises both Maurice and Jessie as they discover what they don't know about themselves.

Not Now, Comrade

1976

5.0

♡ 5

95%

Ray Cooney Director

Richard Marner as 1st Russian Official

Leslie Phillips as Commander Rimmington

Roy Kinnear as Hoskins

Michele Dotrice as Nancy Rimmington

Not Now, Comrade tells the story of Rudi, a Russian ballet star who defects to the West, and the chaos that befalls those who try to help him... not least London stripper Barbara, with whom he decides to take refuge!

Ferdinando I° re di Napoli

1959

Italian

6.4

♡ 3

Gianni Franciolini Director

Jacqueline Sassard as Cordelia

Leslie Phillips as Pat

Dino Curcio as The Typographer Pasquale

Carlo Sposito as (uncredited)

The story of "King Lazzarone" Ferdinand I of Bourbon whose pastime was to neglect the government and disguise himself as a poor man and turn to the infamous city premises in search of love adventures. With the De Filippo brothers to complete.

Please Turn Over

1959

6.3

♡ 4

Gerald Thomas Director

Joan Sims as Beryl

Leslie Phillips as Dr. Henry Manners

Jean Kent as Janet Halliday

Aileen Lewis as Lady in Cafe

The orderly suburban life of a 1950's English town is turned on its head when the teenaged daughter of one of the residents writes a steamy bestseller featuring characters obviously based on the local population.

Maroc 7

1967

5.2

♡ 2

Gerry O'Hara Director

Denholm Elliott as Inspector Barrada

Cyd Charisse as Louise Henderson

Leslie Phillips as Raymond Lowe

Tracy Reed as Vivienne

The lady of a top fashion magazine doubles as a jewel thief and becomes involved in Moroccan intrigue.

Beware of Children

1960

5.7

♡ 2

based on novel or book

Gerald Thomas Director

Earl Cameron as Black Father

Leslie Phillips as David Robinson

Del Baker as Treadgold's chauffeur

Brian Oulton as Vicar

A young couple, David and Catherine Robinson, has to turn their large country house into a money-making proposition. Their solution is to invite the kids of the rich and famous to spend a summer enjoying all the loving care and attention they miss at home. After the youngsters arrive, David quickly realizes what the offensive little punks need is some real discipline, and so the summer begins.

Spanish Fly

1976

4.6

♡ 3

innuendo

sex comedy

Bob Kellett Director

Sue Lloyd as Janet Scott

Francis Matthews as Juan

Leslie Phillips as Mike Scott

George Layton as Narrator

British sex comedy. Sir Percy de Courcy accidentally turns some poor tasting wine into an aphrodisiac when his old school chum, Mike Scott arrives with a photographer and several gorgeous models.

The Sound Barrier

1952

6.7

♡ 6

80%

David Lean Director

Denholm Elliott as Christopher Ridgefield

Leslie Phillips as Controller

Ralph Michael as Fletcher

Nigel Patrick as Tony Garthwaite

Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight.

Carry on Constable

1960

6.2

♡ 8

49%

Gerald Thomas Director

Leslie Phillips as PC Tom Potter

Shirley Eaton as Sally Barry

Brian Oulton as Store Manager

Joan Sims as WPC. Gloria Passworthy

With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills police station. With help from Special Constable Gorse, they manage to totally wreck operations of the police force and let plenty of criminals get away, even before they arrive at the station. They all have to prove themselves or else they'll be out of a job and Sgt. Wilkins will be transferred.

The Four Feathers

1939

7.4

♡ 11

91%

Zoltan Korda Director

Alexander Knox as Bit Part

Bess Flowers as Bit Part

Leslie Phillips as Boy Doffing Cap at Parade

C. Aubrey Smith as General Burroughs

A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.

The Mikado

1939

6.3

♡ 1

49%

based on play or musical

Victor Schertzinger Director

Leslie Phillips as Boy

Constance Willis as Katisha

Gregory Stroud as Pish-Tush

Sydney Granville as Pooh-Bah

In a small Japanese town, Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing he must successfully perform before the appearance of the Mikado in a month's time, Ko-Ko finds a suitable victim in Nanki-Poo, who is distraught over his unrequited love for the maiden Yum-Yum. Nanki-Poo agrees to sacrifice his life if he is allowed to spend his remaining days with Yum-Yum, who is betrothed to Ko-Ko.

The Tunnel

1940

6.6

♡ 3

Pen Tennyson Director

Edward Lexy as Commissionaire

George Spence as Miner

Leslie Phillips as Minor Role

Ben Williams as Will Morgan

In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.

The Thief of Bagdad

1940

7.4

♡ 28

100%

Zoltan Korda Director

Conrad Veidt as Jaffar

Glynis Johns as Princess' Maid

Frederick Burtwell as Undetermined Role

Leslie Phillips as Urchin in Bagdad Market

When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.

Millions

2004

6.8

♡ 4

87%

78%

christmas movie alternative

beheading

Danny Boyle Director

Leslie Phillips as Leslie Phillips

James Nesbitt as Ronnie

Nasser Memarzia as St Joseph

Christopher Fulford as The Man

Two boys, still grieving the death of their mother, find themselves the unwitting benefactors of a bag of bank robbery loot in the week before the United Kingdom switches its official currency to the Euro. What's a kid to do?

Carry on Teacher

1959