Thorley WaltersFilmography

Onassis

Synopsis: Part One of this four-hour TV movie adaptation of Peter Evans' biography suggested that Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis spent every waking hour commiserating in bed with lovers of all sexes. Part Two of Onassis: The Richest Man in the World hunkers down to the Main Event: The showdown Read More

In the Secret State

The Little Drummer Girl

Actors: Diane Keaton, Yorgo Voyagis, Klaus Kinski, Sami Frey, Michael Cristofer

Synopsis: Based on John Le Carré's novel by the same name, this story about Charlie (Diane Keaton) a female double agent working between the Palestinians and Israelis, loses some of the excitement and in-depth characterization engendered by the long novel -- mainly because the novel is hard to capture in a Read More

Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four

Actors: Ian Richardson, David Healy, Thorley Walters, Terence Rigby, Joe Melia

Synopsis: Based on a Sherlock Holmes story, the Sign of Four is about an ex-convict out to wreak vengeance on an army major (Thorley Walters) who left him stranded in a penal colony while making off with a valuable stash of treasure. But with a flat, dull treatment of both the story and its characters Read More

Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special: A Cup O' Tea an' a Slice O' Cake

Actors: Jon Pertwee, Geoffrey Bayldon, Barbara Windsor, Billy Connolly, Una Stubbs

Synopsis: This British Christmas special starring the old time radio and movie character Worzel Gummidge finds the lovable, smart-mouthed cad bringing his trademark sense of fun and craziness to a swanky Christmas ball. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide Read More

The Wildcats of St. Trinian's

Synopsis: Back in the early 1950s, cartoonist/satirist Ronald Searle dreamed up the "Belles of St. Trinians," a gaggle of sweet-faced, diabolically inclined British schoolgirls. These characters were featured in several popular British comedies of the 1950s and 1960s, many of which hold up pretty well today Read More

Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Blaze

Synopsis: This made-for-British-television adaptation of one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories features Christopher Plummer as the great detective who must get to the bottom of a horse-racing scam which leads to murder. ~ Mark Hockley, All Movie Guide Read More

The People That Time Forgot

Actors: Patrick Wayne, Doug McClure, Sarah Douglas, Dana Gillespie, Thorley Walters

Synopsis: In this fantasy adventure tale based on a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ben McBride (Patrick Wayne) sets out to find Bowen Tyler (Doug McClure), a fellow explorer who was lost during an expedition to the island of Caprone, a tropical oasis in the midst of the arctic. McBride arrives at Caprone to Read More

Undercovers Hero

Actors: Lila Kedrova, Curd Jürgens, Béatrice Romand, Rex Stallings

Synopsis: Peter Sellers stays busy in this comedy playing Hitler, Prince Kyoto, and four others in this tale of an anti-Nazi French whorehouse which supports the Allied war effort by exterminating the most dangerous of its patrons in the bedroom. Highlights include Lila Kedrova as the madame who becomes a Read More

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

Actors: Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Leo McKern

Synopsis: Comic actor Gene Wilder made his debut as a writer and director in this period comedy in which he plays Sigerson Holmes, the older bother of famous detective Sherlock Holmes. For years, Sigerson has been living in his little brother's shadow, and he is convinced that he must constantly prove his Read More

Young Winston

Actors: Michael Audreson, Robert Lankesheer, Simon Ward, Robert Shaw, Anne Bancroft, John Mills, Jack Hawkins, Ian Holm

Synopsis: This historical drama is an account of the early life of Winston Churchill (Simon Ward), including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with his first election to Parliament. ~ Linda Rasmussen, All Movie Guide Read More

Cry of the Penguins

Actors: Dudley Sutton, John Hurt, Hayley Mills, Tony Britton

Synopsis: A great deal of director Al Viola's version of this film was pruned away for its general release. The missing portions are not only the heart of the story, but they are the heart of the novel by Graham Billings which gave rise to the film. The whole story is that Forbush (John Hurt) is going Read More

Cousin Bette

Synopsis: An embittered spinster rains vengeance upon her wealthy family after a beautiful niece steals her handsome protégé in this classic BBC drama based on the novel by Honoré de Balzac and starring revered British actress Helen Mirren in her very first mini-series. Cousin Bette is approaching Read More

Vampire Circus

Synopsis: Though not as widely known as Hammer's popular Dracula and Frankenstein series, this is one of the studio's more stylish and intelligent projects. The tale is set in 17th century Serbia in the tiny burg of Stettel, whose residents live in fear of an encroaching plague. The frightened villagers Read More

The Man Who Haunted Himself

Actors: Roger Moore, Hildegard Neil, Alastair Mackenzie, Hugh Mackenzie, Kevork Malikyan

Synopsis: Basil Dearden's final film is a psychological thriller, adapted from an episode of the Alfred Hitchcock Presents television series. Roger Moore stars as wealthy business executive Harold Pelham, who becomes involved in a terrible car accident. While recovering from his injuries, his alter ego is Read More

Trog

Actors: Joan Crawford, Michael Gough, Bernard Kay, Kim Braden, David Griffin

Synopsis: Anthropologist Dr. Brockton (Joan Crawford) believes she has discovered the missing link in this flat science fiction drama. The creature is found in a cave and brought to her laboratory to undergo tests for her research. The hairy beast with the face of a monkey loves classical music and hates Read More

Bartleby

Actors: Robin Asquith, Christine Dingle, Hope Jackman, Tony Parkin, Paul Scofield, John McEnery, Thorley Walters, Colin Jeavons, Raymond Mason

Synopsis: Adapted from Herman Melville's short story, Bartleby features John McEnery in the title role. A secretive, solitary lad, Bartleby works as a clerk in the accounting office of Paul Scofield. Unable to deal with Bartleby's eccentricities, Scofield fires the clerk. But Bartleby refuses to leave, and Read More

There's a Girl in My Soup

Actors: Peter Sellers, Goldie Hawn, Tony Britton, Nicky Henson, John Comer, Diana Dors

Synopsis: The television host of a popular cooking show, Robert Danvers (Peter Sellers) has a real penchant for women. After one episode, he finds Marion (Goldie Hawn) changing from a wedding dress to street clothes. Instantly deciding to get to her and "take over" before the groom, Jimmy (Nicky Henson) has Read More

The Last Shot You Hear

Actors: Hugh Marlowe, Zena Walker, Patricia Haines, William Dysart, Thorley Walters

Synopsis: The Last Shot You Hear is taken from the play The Sound Of Murder by William Fairchild. Charles Nordeck (Hugh Marlowe) is a successful marriage counselor whose own marriage is on the rocks. When his wife Anne (Patricia Haines) seeks a divorce, Charles refuses to sign the papers fearing the bad Read More

Oh! What a Lovely War

Actors: Ralph Richardson, Meriel Forbes, Wensley Pithey, Ruth Kettlewell, Ian Holm

Synopsis: Oh! What a Lovely War is an every-man-for-himself adaptation of Charles Chilton's 1963 play, as staged in London by Joan Littlewood. The tragedy of World War I is redefined in bawdy music-hall terms, beginning with a verbal free-for-all involving the Crowned Heads of Europe. The war is presented Read More

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

Actors: Peter Cushing, Veronica Carlson, Freddie Jones, Simon Ward, Thorley Walters

Synopsis: The key image of this film occurs early on, as a hideous monster removes its face, only to reveal itself as Baron Frankenstein in a mask. Hammer's fifth installment in the series sees the transformation of doctor into monster complete. Peter Cushing's portrayal of the Baron here is all insanity Read More

Bartleby

Crooks and Coronets

Actors: Telly Savalas, Edith Evans, Warren Oates, Cesar Romero, Harry H. Corbett

Synopsis: Herbie Hassler (Telly Savalas) and Marty Miller (Warren Oates) are American gangsters who plan to rob an opulent aristocratic home of valuable art treasures. Under the orders of crime boss Nick Marco (Cesar Romero), the duo charms Lady Fitzmore (Edith Evans), a wealthy dowager and proprietress of Read More

Twisted Nerve

Actors: Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Billie Whitelaw, Phyllis Calvert, Frank Finlay

Synopsis: In a disturbing movie about psychosis, Hayley Mills plays Susan Harper, a young student who tries to help a rich, emotionally ill and sinister young man, Martin Durnley (Hywel Bennett). Martin is a schizophrenic who assumes the personality of a six-year-old boy when he is in his "nice" phase. Read More

Dracula: Prince of Darkness

Actors: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Andrew Keir, Francis Matthews, Suzanne Farmer

Synopsis: Christopher Lee dons the evil Count's cloak once again after an 8-year hiatus for this first "authentic" sequel to Hammer Studios' Horror of Dracula (the literal 1960 follow-up Brides of Dracula did not feature Lee). The story begins when two stuffy vacationing couples make an ill-fated stopover Read More

The Family Way

Actors: Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, John Comer, Avril Angers, John Mills

Synopsis: This gently farcical British comedy stars Hayley Mills and Hywel Bennett as Jenny and Arthur, a young couple who have just gotten married. However, while both of them are filled with anticipation for their honeymoon, a practical joke played by their "friends" causes their bed to collapse just as Read More

Avengers: What The Butler Saw

Synopsis: Steed infiltrates a school for butlers in order to unmask a traitor. While he is being drilled in the finer points of silent servitude, Emma attempts to charm her way into the heart of a suspected turncoat who is also a notorious lecher. If any doubts still lingered that The Avengers was not Read More

The Psychopath

Actors: Patrick Wymark, Margaret Johnston, John Standing, Alexander Knox, Judy Huxtable

Synopsis: Though scripted by Psycho author Robert Bloch, this is neither a sequel nor a variant on the Alfred Hitchcock classic. Instead, we are presented with a more subdued British version of an Italian "giallo" thriller, as interpreted by acclaimed director Freddie Francis. The plot involves a pattern of Read More

The Wrong Box

Actors: John Mills, Ralph Richardson, Michael Caine, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore

Synopsis: Years before the story proper in The Wrong Box gets under way, a "tontine" is drawn up on behalf several young British boys. Each of the boys' parents had placed 1000 pounds in a pool, to be invested and expanded upon. The resultant fortune will go to the last surving member of the tontine. A Read More

Rotten to the Core

Actors: Anton Rodgers, Eric Sykes, Charlotte Rampling, Kenneth Griffith, Ian Bannen, Avis Bunnage

Synopsis: England's famed comedy brothers John Boulting and Roy Boulting created this caper about a trio of crooks plotting to retrieve their ill-gotten booty. Jelly Knight (Dudley Sutton), Lenny the Dip (Kenneth Griffith), and Scapa Flood (James Beckett) are released from the stir upon finishing their Read More

Joey Boy

Actors: Harry H. Corbett, Stanley Baxter, Bill Fraser, Percy Herbert, Lance Percival

Synopsis: In this British wartime comedy, a group of captured con-artists must choose between jail terms or military service. Naturally they choose the army. Once they are assigned to a post they set up successful gambling and liquor operations. When they go overseas, they do the same thing. They are then Read More

Frankenstein Created Woman

Actors: Peter Cushing, Susan Denberg, Thorley Walters, Robert Morris, Peter Blythe

Synopsis: Hammer Studios followed up Evil of Frankenstein with this entertaining sequel, again starring Peter Cushing as the quintessential mad scientist obsessed with the reanimation of dead bodies and the creation of superhuman creatures. His latest project involves transferring the mind of a Read More

The Earth Dies Screaming

Synopsis: This obscure little science fiction/horror film (a British-American co-production) stars Willard Parker as a heroic astronaut who returns from a test flight to discover that most of England has been utterly destroyed by alien invaders, whose armies of killer robots have transformed nearly all of Read More

Ring of Treason

Actors: Bernard Lee, William Sylvester, Margaret Tyzack, David Kossoff, Nancy Nevinson, Thorley Walters

Synopsis: Bernard Lee plays an irresponsible British warrant officer who loses his post in Warsaw. Lee is reassigned to a navy underwater weapons establishment in Portland. Humiliated, he falls for the entreaties of enemy spy William Sylvester, who recruits him to steal secret papers. Lee convinces a female Read More

Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace

Actors: Christopher Lee

Synopsis: Holmes and Watson are again after Moriarty but this time Scotland Yard for some reason does not even suspect that he's the one who wants to get the necklace stolen from Cleopatra's tomb. Doesn't really hold together like most of the Holmes/Watson movies and is a rather odd interpretation of Sir Read More

Heavens Above!

Actors: Peter Sellers, Bernard Miles, Cecil Parker, Eric Sykes, Irene Handl, Miriam Karlin, Isabel Jeans

Synopsis: Considered a bit too sacrilegious for general consumption in 1963, the Boulting brothers' Heavens Above was simply ahead of its time, and has since accrued a loyal and vocal following. Peter Sellers plays an idealistic British reverend with a bad habit of telling the truth at all times. He also Read More

The Phantom of the Opera

Actors: Herbert Lom, Heather Sears, Thorley Walters, Michael Gough, Edward de Souza

Synopsis: This Gothic melodrama from Hammer Studios is in color, but the plot is basically the same as the two previous efforts. Instead of Paris, the action takes place at the Royal Opera House in London. The Phantom (Herbert Lom) is a facially disfigured musician/composer who had his opera stolen by a 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

Invasion Quartet

Actors: Bill Travers, Spike Milligan, John Le Mesurier, Gregoire Aslan, Maurice Denham

Synopsis: It's probably no surprise that Invasion Quartet has four leading actors; what might be surprising, especially to the unwary war-film fan, is that film is a comedy. British funster Spike Milligan joins the sobersided Bill Travers, John LeMesurier and Gregoire Aslan; the foursome are undercover Read More

Petticoat Pirates

Actors: Charles Drake, Anne Heywood, Cecil Parker, John Turner, Maxine Audley

Synopsis: Any movie with a title like Petticoat Pirates would be hard to dislike--and equally hard to believe. Anticipating the "feminist" films of the 1970s, the plot concerns a group of female officers in the British Navy. Angered by the sexism inherent in the Admiralty, the uniformed ladies stage a Read More

The Risk

Actors: Tony Britton, Virginia Maskell, Peter Cushing, Ian Bannen, Raymond Huntley

Synopsis: The Risk is a mild melodrama concerning the political aspects of germ warfare. A group of British scientists led by Peter Cushing develop a means of wiping out the bubonic plague and typhus. Unfortunately the method is variable enough to run the risk of spreading the very diseases it is designed Read More

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

Actors: Cecil Parker, Joyce Grenfell, George Cole, Thorley Walters, Irene Handl, Eric Barker

Synopsis: One in the series of St. Trinian's off-beat, irreverent comedies that began in 1953 and continued strong through the '60s, this farce by Frank Launder features the usual bevy of comely young women who attend the school. This time around, the femmes terribles have just burnt down the school and Read More

Two-Way Stretch

Actors: Peter Sellers, Wilfrid Hyde-White, David Lodge, Bernard Cribbins, Maurice Denham

Synopsis: Peter Sellers stars as an inmate in a "model prison" run by Maurice Denham. Though Sellers is disinclined to escape (he's never been as comfortable in his life), he is convinced to do so by phony vicar Wilfred Hyde-White, who breaks into jail to outline a robbery scheme. Hyde-White's plan is to Read More

A French Mistress

Actors: Cecil Parker, Ian Bannen, Agnes Laurent, Raymond Huntley

Synopsis: Flush on the heels of their success with the comedy I'm All Right Jack, the twin Boulting brothers (Roy, director and John producer) released this standard comedic fare with a dash of spice. Set in the traditional British boys' school, the farce deals with the reactions of the young lads and their Read More

Don't Panic Chaps!

Actors: Dennis Price, George Cole, Thorley Walters, Harry Fowler, Nadja Regin

Synopsis: Don't Panic Chaps! is one of the least distinguished films in a run of 1950s British comedies set during World War II. This time around, four subpar Brit soldiers are dropped off on an island in the Adriatic Sea, not far from Sicily, to establish a base for military observation. After some time Read More

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

Actors: Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Luciana Paluzzi, Thorley Walters, Ian Bannen

Synopsis: This is an uneven though occasionally hilarious comedy about a remote British colony and diplomatic blunders. Terry-Thomas as a British diplomat and Peter Sellers as a nasty, vile Prime Minister on the island, tend to overshadow the roles they are playing. Carlton-Browne (Terry-Thomas) is sent to Read More

Happy Is the Bride

Actors: Ian Carmichael, Janette Scott, Cecil Parker, Joyce Grenfell

Synopsis: This soft-pedalled British comedy was adapted from Quiet Wedding, a play by Esther McCracken that had previous been filmed in 1940. On the eve of their nuptials, David (Ian Carmichael) and Janet (Janette Scott) have a serious falling out. It isn't really the couple's fault, however; as usual Read More

A Lady Mislaid

Synopsis: In this comedy, two spinsters find their holiday in a rented cabin interrupted when a police detective appears looking for the corpse of the former renter's wife. A skeleton is discovered and the man is formally charged for the murder of his wife until it is revealed that the skeleton belongs to Read More

The Truth About Women

Actors: Laurence Harvey, Julie Harris, Diane Cilento, Mai Zetterling, Eva Gabor

Synopsis: In comfortable dotage, baronet Humphery Tavistock (Laurence Harvey) recalls a lifetime of romantic entanglements to his wide-eyed son-in-law. Tavistock has come to the conclusion that women are a riddle wrapped in a mystery surrounded by an enigma, and his reminiscences bear this out. Among the Read More

The Birthday Present

Actors: Tony Britton, Sylvia Syms, Jack Watling, Walter Fitzgerald, Geoffrey Keen

Synopsis: The Birthday Present is a bitter half-hour anecdote stretched to 100 minutes. Tony Britton plays a British toy salesman who purchases a watch for his wife's birthday while visiting the Continent. Not wishing to pay the customs duties, he hides the watch upon his return to England. Britton is Read More

Second Fiddle

Synopsis: In this comedy, a pair of newlywed workers at an ad agency find themselves unable to honeymoon when she is suddenly assigned to work in the US. While she is gone, her husband begins falling for his sexy secretary, but then realizes he is making a terrible mistake and decides to stay true to his Read More

A Novel Affair

Actors: Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton, Patricia Dainton, Ada Reeve

Synopsis: Margaret Leighton stars as a novelist who draws inspiration for her characters from the people around her. While working on a romance novel, she bases the sexy central male character upon her chauffeur (Carlo Justini). He can't understand that Margaret's interest in him is purely professional, and Read More

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

Actors: Terry-Thomas, George Cole, Joyce Grenfell, Lionel Jeffries, Alastair Sim, Lisa Gastoni, Sabrina

Synopsis: Writer/artist Roland Searle's diabolical "belles" of St. Trinian's Girls School return in this raucous British comedy. Because the girls cannot behave themselves, their headmistress (Alastair Sim in drag!) has been thrown in jail, and the school is surrounded by police and army troops. The Read More

Who Done It?

Actors: Benny Hill, Belinda Lee, David Kossoff, Garry Marsh, George Margo

Synopsis: Already a popular TV comedian in 1956, Benny Hill heads the cast of the zany comedy-mystery Who Done It? Eschewing his usual double entendres in favor of pure-and-simple slapstick, Hill plays a would-be private eye named Hugo. Before he quite knows what's happening, Hugo is up to his neck in Read More

A Private's Progress

Actors: Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Terry-Thomas, Ian Carmichael, Peter Jones

Synopsis: The Boulting Brothers enjoyed one of their biggest box-office successes of the 1950s with the wry service comedy Private's Progress. Though billed fourth, Ian Carmichael plays the central character, feckless British soldier Stanley Windrush. Interrupting his college education to serve his country Read More

The Baby and the Battleship

Actors: John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Bryan Forbes, Harold Siddons, Clifford Mollison, Lisa Gastoni

Synopsis: British sailors John Mills and Richard Attenborough would like to take Neopolitan lass Lisa Gastoni out on a date. But Gastoni can't leave the house unless her baby brother tags along. During a rowdy evening on the town, Mills is forced to sneak the infant on board his ship. When Gastoni and Attenborough Read More

You Can't Escape

Synopsis: In this thriller, a murderous writer kills his blackmailer and his ex-lover and then tries to convince his fiancee to help him hide the bodies. She does until she learns that he is planning to frame innocent people for his crimes. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Josephine and Men

Actors: Glynis Johns, Jack Buchanan, Donald Sinden, Peter Finch, Heather Thatcher

Synopsis: In this romantic comedy, a womanizing uncle tells the story of his good-hearted but fickle niece, whose tendency to always champion the underdog causes her endless romantic woes. It all begins when she breaks up with her fiance on the eve of their wedding so she can marry and help out a Read More

Waltz Time

Actors: Carol Raye, Peter Graves, Patricia Medina, John Ruddock, Harry Welchman

Synopsis: In this British costume musical, Carol Raye plays Empress Maria, a young woman of noble blood who has fallen in love with Count Franz Von Hofer (Peter Graves), one of the men assigned to guard her. Maria's guardians attempt to dissuade her interest in Franz because of his reputation as a Casanova Read More

They Were Sisters

Actors: Phyllis Calvert, Dulcie Gray, Anne Crawford, James Mason, Barry Livesey

Synopsis: Based on a novel by Dorothy Whipple, the British They Were Sisters is not so far removed from the standard Hollywood plot of three sisters' lives taking divergent paths. The siblings in this instance are Phyllis Calvert, Dulcie Gray and Anne Crawford. Each sister is married, thus the film Read More

A Medal for the General

Actors: Godfrey Tearle, Jeanne de Casalis, Morland Graham, Mabel Constanduros, John Laurie

Synopsis: A proud but aging WW I war-horse is deeply offended when his offer to lead during WW II is rejected by the government that once lauded his bravery with a series of medals. Embittered and despondent over their callousness, he heads back to his isolated country estate where he plots his permanent Read More

It Happened to One Man

Actors: Wilfred Lawson, Nora Swinburne, Marta Labarr, Ivan Brandt, Reginald Tate

Synopsis: Released in England as Gentleman of Venture, It Happened to One Man was produced in England with "frozen funds" accumulated in that country by RKO Radio Pictures. Inspired by a true story, the film stars Wilfred Lawson as financier Felton Quair. Thanks to the chicanery of his crooked business Read More

Among Human Wolves

Actors: Basil Radford, Thorley Walters, Peter Gawthorne

Synopsis: In this British WW II era espionage film a Nazi spy purloins a secret cartridge in Paris and must make it back to Germany. He is pursued by Allied agents who, with the help of an English lass and a German general's son, try to get it back. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Design for Murder

Actors: Manning Whiley, Barbara Everest, Thorley Walters, Hay Petrie

Synopsis: In this suspense film, a tormented young man plots his revenge against his abuser. He decides that he will murder the fellow student. First he will drug the cruel lad. Then he will dump the body in a trunk and drive into the countryside where he will dump it in a deep hole. Things go as planned Read More

Secret Journey

Actors: Basil Radford, Thorley Walters, George Hayes

Synopsis: Charles Robert Dumas' short story "Lone Wolves" was the source for the pre-WWII British espionager Secret Journey. The "maguffin" in this case is a new type of shell cartridge, highly coveted by the German military high command. When an enemy agent steals the formula for the cartridge, the British Read More

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Once in a New Moon

Synopsis: In this politically oriented sci-fi film, a star's collision with the moon causes a British village to be shot into space. The village scientist is then elected the new head of state, though this upsets the conservatives who dislike his socialist tendencies. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More