Vera DayFilmography

In Trouble with Eve

Synopsis: The British town of Warlock is scandalized by Hazell's cottage-turned-tearoom with the local inspector found in a compromising situation and the marriage of Hazell to the mayor. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

A Stitch in Time

Actors: Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Jeannette Sterke, Jerry Desmonde, Jill Melford

Synopsis: Diminutive pratfall comic Norman Wisdom, Britain's latter-day version of Charlie Chaplin, brought his trademark physical slapstick to this comedy. Wisdom plays Norman Pitkin, a simple butcher's assistant who accompanies his boss, Mr. Grimsdale (Edward Chapman) to the hospital after Grimsdale Read More

Watch It, Sailor?

Synopsis: Able-bodied seaman Albert Tufnell (John Meillon) plans to marry Shirley Hornett (Vera Day), and the ceremony is about to take place -- when a telegram arrives from an officer aboard his ship, advising that marriage is impossible for Tufnell at that moment. Shirley's battle-ax of a mother (Marjorie Read More

The Trunk

Synopsis: In this murder mystery, the trouble begins when a young woman marries a British lawyer. Her jealous ex-boy friend gets his revenge by convincing her that she has killed her husband's ex-girl friend. The bride then offers him money to stay quiet and dispose of the corpse. Unfortunately, the dead Read More

And the Same to You

Synopsis: An A.P. Dearsley stage play was the basis for the seven-reel British comedy And the Same to You. Brian Rix stars as the pugnacious nephew of clergyman Sydney Mullett. Stuck with the name "Dickie Dreadnought," Rix feels he has no choice but to pursue a career as a boxer. To mollify his uncle, Rix Read More

I Was Monty's Double

Actors: John Mills, Cecil Parker, Patrick Allen, M.E. Clifton-James, Patrick Holt, Michael Hordern, Marius Goring

Synopsis: If official documentation didn't exist, we'd never believe a fantastic yarn like I Was Monty's Double. Actor M.E. Clifton James plays himself, a British stock-company actor who becomes an unsung hero during World War II. It seems that James, serving his country as a junior officer, is the exact Read More

Them Nice Americans

Synopsis: In this British comedy, an American falls in love with a British woman whose father hates all Yankees. The soldier's best buddy tries to mediate between the father and the soldier, but he fails. When the girl's younger brother stumbles into a mine field, the soldier saves him, causing the old man Read More

Too Many Crooks

Actors: George Cole, Brenda de Banzie, Bernard Bresslaw, Sidney James

Synopsis: An uneven but at times hilarious slapstick comedy, Too Many Crooks features an inept gang of four would-be criminals who manage to botch every job they plan. After a few dismal failures they try to rob the wealthy, philandering Billy Gordon (Terry-Thomas) and fail again. Unwilling to let go of a Read More

Up the Creek

Actors: David Tomlinson, Peter Sellers, Vera Day, Liliane Sottane

Synopsis: Up the Creek is a mirthsome remake of the classic Will Hay comedy Oh, Mr. Porter (1937). Whereas the Hay film concerned an inept railroad stationmaster, the hero of the remake, Lt. Fairweather David Tomlinson, is an inept naval officer. Transferred to the HMS Berkeley, a decrepit WW2-vintage Read More

The Haunted Strangler

Actors: Boris Karloff, Anthony Dawson, Derek Birch, Dorothy Gordon, Elizabeth Allan, Tim Turner, Jean Kent, Vera Day

Synopsis: There's a bit of Oedipus Rex in The Haunted Strangler, though it's not readily apparent at first. Boris Karloff plays 19th-century novelist James Rankin, who becomes obsessed with the long-closed case of the Haymarket Strangler. Twenty years earlier, a man named Styles (Michael Atkinson) was Read More

The Flesh Is Weak

Actors: John Derek, Milly Vitale, William Franklyn, Martin Benson, Freda Jackson

Synopsis: This once-notorious British expose film now seems as innocent as a community choir rehearsal. Based on the real-life activities of London's Messina gang, The Flesh is Weak tells the story of a decent girl named Marissa Cooper (Milly Vitale) who is inveigled by a family of pimps into a life of Read More

The Woman Eater

Actors: George Coulouris, Vera Day, Robert MacKenzie, Norman Claridge, Marpessa Dawn, Jimmy Vaughan

Synopsis: Dr. James Moran (George Coulouris) is a scientist whose goals are beyond the pale of established medical science. While on an expedition to a remote part of the Amazon jungles, he encounters a huge plant being worshipped by a mysterious race descended from the Incas -- a plant that feeds off of Read More

Quatermass II

Actors: Brian Donlevy, John Longden, Sidney James, Bryan Forbes, William Franklyn

Synopsis: Originally titled Quatermass II, Enemy from Space was the sequel to The Quatermass Xperiment (US title: The Creeping Unknown). Based on the British TV serial by Nigel Kneale (who reportedly disliked the finished product), the film stars Brian Donlevy, repeating the role of Professor Quatermass. Read More

Hell Drivers

Actors: Stanley Baker, Herbert Lom, Peggy Cummins, Patrick McGoohan, William Hartnell, Jill Ireland

Synopsis: In this efficient British crime drama, Tom Yately (Stanley Baker) is an ex-con looking for honest work. He thinks he's found it when he takes a job as a truck driver, but he soon discovers that the trucking firm he's signed on with is not playing by the rules. Red (Patrick McGoohan), the company's Read More

The Prince and the Showgirl

Actors: Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Sybil Thorndike, Richard Wattis, Jeremy Spenser

Synopsis: The title of the Anglo-American The Prince and the Showgirl could well have alluded to the genuine stations in life of stars Sir Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe. Based on the Terence Rattigan play The Sleeping Prince, the film casts Olivier as Charles, prince regent of Carpathia, who is in Read More

Stars in Your Eyes

Actors: Nat Jackley, Patricia Kirkwood, Bonar Colleano, Jack Jackson, Vera Day

Synopsis: Stars in Your Eyes is a glorified "vaudeville" picture, tied together by the thinnest of plotlines. As the top British vaudeville houses begin closing their doors, a great many entertainers are thrown out of work. At the instigation of music-hall headliners Sally Bishop (Patricia Kirkwood) and Read More

Fun at St. Fanny's

Actors: Fred Emney, Cardew Robinson, Vera Day, Davy Kaye, Freddie Mills

Synopsis: Droll British farceur Fred Emney is the star of Fun at St. Fanny's. Emney plays Dr. Septimus Jankers, headmaster of an exclusive boy's college. When the insititution is threatened with a shutdown instigated by its creditors, Dr. Jankers decides to "shake down" a wealthy, middle-aged student Read More

It's a Great Day

Synopsis: In this drama, a construction contractor gets into trouble when he inadvertently receives some stolen property. This makes it even more difficult for him to frantically finish a housing estate designed to harbor a visiting princess. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

A Kid for Two Farthings

Actors: Celia Johnson, Diana Dors, David Kossoff, Brenda de Banzie, Joe Robinson

Synopsis: In this sentimental comedy, Carol Reed tries for a bit of neo-realist whimsy that takes place in the London slums of Petticoat Lane. The film centers upon Joe (Jonathan Ashmore), a six-year-old London East-ender who believes strongly in the magical power of unicorns. Joe and his lonely mother Read More

Dance Little Lady

Actors: Terence Morgan, Mai Zetterling, Guy Rolfe, Eunice Gayson

Synopsis: The "little lady" in this British melodrama is the amply proportioned Mai Zetterling. The actress plays prima ballerina Nina Gordon, who is exploited by her avaricious husband Mark (Terene Morgan). During a celebration of Nina's triumphal debut at the Royal Opera House, she discovers that Mark is Read More

The Crowded Day

Synopsis: In the tradition of Derby Day and The Extra Day came another multiplotted British comedy/drama, The Crowded Day. A huge and mobile cast play the various persons connected with a department store sale during the Christmas season. Special attention is given five members of the store's sales staff Read More