Muriel PavlowFilmography

Memento Mori

Actors: Stephanie Cole, Renée Ashershon, Michael Hordern, Thora Hird, Maggie Smith, Maurice Denham, Cyril Cusack

Synopsis: Based on a novel by Muriel Spark (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie), the British TV drama Memento Mori boasts an impressive cast of veterans, including Maurice Denham, Cyril Cusack, Sir Michael Hordern, Renee Ashershon, and Maggie Smith. The story concerns an eccentric group of senior citizens who Read More

Murder, She Said

Actors: Margaret Rutherford, Arthur Kennedy, Muriel Pavlow, James Robertson Justice, Charles "Bud" Tingwell

Synopsis: Dumpy, dough-faced British comedienne Margaret Rutherford was not precisely the physical type Agatha Christie had in mind for the prim, tweedish sleuth Miss Marple. Still, Rutherford's first "Marple" movie Murder, She Said did so well at the box office that there was no question she would continue Read More

Whirlpool

Actors: Juliette Greco, O.W. Fischer, Marius Goring, Muriel Pavlow, William Sylvester

Synopsis: An uneven, bland tale of escape and capture on the River Rhine, Whirlpool features Juliette Greco as Lora, the girlfriend of a petty criminal. She wants to leave him but does not make the desperate effort leaving requires, until after he shoots a policeman. Then she escapes him by boarding a Read More

Rooney

Actors: John Gregson, Muriel Pavlow, Barry Fitzgerald, June Thorburn, Liam Redmond

Synopsis: Rooney (John Gregson) is a handsome but unambitious Irish sanitation worker. Rooney's landladies would love to see him married to one of their daughters, or nieces, or whatever, but Rooney ain't buyin'. Barry Fitzgerald plays Rooney's elderly bedridden neighbor, whom the young man befriends, turns Read More

Doctor at Large

Actors: Dirk Bogarde, Dandy Nichols, Muriel Pavlow, Donald Sinden, Brigitte Bardot, James Robertson Justice, Shirley Eaton

Synopsis: The third of the droll British "Doctor" series, Doctor at Large once more stars Dirk Bogarde as young Dr. Simon Sparrow. Back in his old stamping grounds at St. Swithin's Teaching Hospital, Sparrow misses his chance at becoming chief surgeon when he crosses swords with the formidable Sir Lancelot Read More

Reach for the Sky

Actors: Kenneth More, Muriel Pavlow, Lyndon Brook, Lee Patterson, Alexander Knox

Synopsis: One of the many inspirational true stories told about WWII, this is the story of Douglas Bader, an undauntable character who was involved in an accident which cost him both of his legs. Despite this, he became a WWII squadron commander and was a hero during the Battle of Britain. Shot down over Read More

Tiger in the Smoke

Actors: Donald Sinden, Muriel Pavlow, Tony Wright, Bernard Miles, Alec Clunes

Synopsis: In this British crime drama, an escaped killer heads for the French coast to find a mysterious treasure reportedly buried in a widow's mansion. The lonely widow is preparing to marry a man she doesn't love. Suddenly she begins receiving mysterious photos of her late spouse; they seem to suggest Read More

Eyewitness

Actors: Donald Sinden, Muriel Pavlow, Belinda Lee, Michael Craig, Nigel Stock

Synopsis: In this thriller a woman witnesses a robbery, runs away from the scene and is rundown by a bus. The two thieves, realizing that she could get them arrested, sneak into the hospital where they plan to kill her. Their repeated attempts all end in failure. At the end, one of the thieves, feeling Read More

Simon and Laura

Actors: Peter Finch, Kay Kendall, Muriel Pavlow, Ian Carmichael, Maurice Denham

Synopsis: Love, marriage and show business provide the basis of this lively comedy that centers on a husband and wife, who are chosen by television producers to embody the perfect married couple on an upcoming television series. The show is to be filmed and broadcast live from the home of Simon and Laura Read More

Forever My Heart

Synopsis: Forever My Heart appears to have been fashioned from two half-hour episodes of TV's Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Presents. Fairbanks produced this 52-minute effort, and appeared in both of the short playlets offered herein. The first story takes place a hundred or so years ago; a male and female prisoner Read More

Conflict of Wings

Actors: John Gregson, Muriel Pavlow, Kieron Moore, Niall MacGinnis

Synopsis: The British Conflict of Wings was also released as Fuss over Feathers: Both titles are applicable, but only the second title captures the mood of the proceedings. The story takes plays in a Norfolk-country village, where the populace is up in arms over the announcement that the RAF plans to build Read More

Doctor in the House

Actors: Dirk Bogarde, Muriel Pavlow, Kenneth More, Donald Sinden, Kay Kendall

Synopsis: The first of the popular British "Doctor" comedy series, Doctor in the House stars Dirk Bogarde as callow young medical student Simon Sparrow. Beginning his five-year internship at St. Swithin's Teaching Hospital, Sparrow continually runs afoul of head doctor Sir Lancelot Sprat (James Robertson-Justice Read More

The Malta Story

Actors: Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Steel, Muriel Pavlow, Flora Robson, Renée Ashershon

Synopsis: The Malta Story stars Alec Guinness as WW II camera reconnaissance pilot Peter Ross. Crash-landing in Malta, Ross presents his photographs to the resident air officer (Jack Hawkins). The photos reveal that the Italians are planning a major invasion of the island. Low on fuel and men, the officer Read More

Project M7

Actors: Phyllis Calvert, James Donald, Robert Beatty, Herbert Lom, Muriel Pavlow

Synopsis: Project M7 is the American title for the British The Net. Based on a novel by John Pudney, the film is set in an aviation research station. At the moment, the researchers are working on a revolutionary new aircraft, and competition to be first with the results is fierce. There's little love lost Read More

It Started in Paradise

Actors: Martita Hunt, Jane Hylton, Muriel Pavlow, Ian Hunter, Brian Worth

Synopsis: ...And it ended in London. This backstage yarn stars Jane Hylton as a talented dress designer who lets nothing get in the way of her success. As she rises in the fashion world, she loses contact with her own humanity. She also forgets that you meet the same people on the way up as on the way down. Read More

Hamlet

Code of Scotland Yard

Actors: Oscar Homolka, Derek Farr, Muriel Pavlow, Kenneth Griffith, Manning Whiley

Synopsis: Originally released in 1945 as Shop at Sly Corner, Code of Scotland Yard is an effective British imitation of the Hollywood film noir genre. Oscar Homolka plays a seemingly benign antique dealer who maintains a comfortable lifestyle by fencing stolen goods. Homolka's daughter (Muriel Pavlow), an Read More

Night Boat to Dublin

Actors: Robert Newton, Raymond Lovell, Guy Middleton, Herbert Lom

Synopsis: If nothing else, the British melodrama Night Boat to Dublin had topicality going for it. As Captain David Grant, Robert Newton heads the cast of this spy-hunt caper. The plot concerns the efforts to rescue a Swedish scientist from the clutches of Nazi ringleader Keitel (Herbert Lom) and his Read More

Night Train to Dublin

Quiet Wedding

Actors: Margaret Lockwood, Derek Farr, Marjorie Fielding, A.E. Matthews, Athene Seyler

Synopsis: The old reliable plot device known as premarital hanky-panky was the basis of the Esther McCracken stage play Quiet Wedding. The film version, scripted by Terence Rattigan and Anton de Grunewald, tones down some of the more censorable elements of the play, though not enough to completely Read More

Lost on the Western Front

Actors: Paul Cavanagh, Marcelle Chantal, Garry Marsh, Olga Lindo

Synopsis: Romance in Flanders is the American title of the British Lost on the Western Front. Set during WWI, the first part of the story dwells upon the rivalry between Sergeants John Morley (Paul Cavanaugh) and Rodd Berry (Garry Marsh) over the affections of fetching mademoiselle Yvonne (Marcelle Read More

Sing As We Go

Synopsis: In this British comedy, a plucky Lancashire millworker is out of a job when her mill is forced to close for the summer. She decides to make the best of it by taking a series of summer jobs in Blackpool that eventually lead her to meet a business magnate. With all her charm, the girl convinces him Read More