Thora Hird Movies

  • 1948
    Portrait from Life

    Portrait from Life

    Portrait from Life

    6.31948HD

    A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to find her, only to discover that she is suffering...

    Portrait from Life
  • 1952
    Emergency Call

    Emergency Call

    Emergency Call

    6.71952HD

    A 5-year-old child is diagnosed with leukaemia and has only days to live. Her only hope is a blood transfusion, but her blood type is extremely rare,...

    Emergency Call
  • 1951
    The Galloping Major

    The Galloping Major

    The Galloping Major

    6.11951HD

    A syndicate is set up to buy a racehorse, but they end up buying the wrong one by mistake. Unfortunately the horse is useless on the flat, so they...

    The Galloping Major
  • 2003
    Thora Hird Tribute

    Thora Hird Tribute

    Thora Hird Tribute

    02003HD

    Friends, colleagues and fans, including Julie Walters, Jonathan Ross, Norman Wisdom, Keith Barron and Victoria Wood, pay tribute to Dame Thora Hird,...

    Thora Hird Tribute
  • 1955
    The Love Match

    The Love Match

    The Love Match

    7.71955HD

    After being arrested for assaulting a football referee, desperate train driver Bill (Arthur Askey) raids the railwaymen's holiday fund to cover his...

    The Love Match
  • 1988
    Talking Heads

    Talking Heads

    Talking Heads

    51988HD

    Six monologues tell the stories of six different repressed souls: a man dominated by his mother, a vicar's wife, an inveterate letter writer, a...

    Talking Heads
  • 1953
    The Great Game

    The Great Game

    The Great Game

    7.31953HD

    The wealthy chairman of First Division Football Club, Burnville United, makes an unethical approach to a star player of another club, and the ensuing...

    The Great Game
  • 1979
    Afternoon Off

    Afternoon Off

    Afternoon Off

    01979HD

    Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested...

    Afternoon Off
  • 1950
    Once a Sinner

    Once a Sinner

    Once a Sinner

    7.11950HD

    Impoverished British bank clerk John Ross is hopelessly in love with drop-dead gorgeous Irene James. Ross will do anything to win Irene's affections...

    Once a Sinner
  • 1958
    A Clean Sweep

    A Clean Sweep

    A Clean Sweep

    01958HD

    George Watson's domestic bliss is shattered when his wife discovers he has broken his promise never to gamble again.

    A Clean Sweep
  • 1999
    Lost for Words

    Lost for Words

    Lost for Words

    6.51999HD

    Deric Longden and his wife, Aileen, come to terms with the fact that his mother, Annie, is getting too old to live on her own. Annie suffers her...

    Lost for Words
  • 1956
    Blonde Bait

    Blonde Bait

    Blonde Bait

    5.81956HD

    Seeking the whereabouts of international gangster Nick Randall, the US State Department contacts Scotland Yard, as his girlfriend, Angela Booth, is...

    Blonde Bait
  • 1999
    Julie and the Cadillacs

    Julie and the Cadillacs

    Julie and the Cadillacs

    81999HD

    Julie and The Cadillacs, a struggling young pop group, are enticed to London and signed up by London PR men...

    Julie and the Cadillacs
  • 1998
    Talking Heads 2

    Talking Heads 2

    Talking Heads 2

    8.51998HD

    A series of monologues.

    Talking Heads 2
  • 1961
    Over the Odds

    Over the Odds

    Over the Odds

    101961HD

    A bookmaker struggles to cope with his two mothers-in-law.

    Over the Odds
  • 1956
    Now and Forever

    Now and Forever

    Now and Forever

    71956HD

    A rich young society girl falls in love with a car mechanic. Her family is appalled and stops her seeing him. The girl attempts to commit suicide and...

    Now and Forever
  • 1963
    Bitter Harvest

    Bitter Harvest

    Bitter Harvest

    6.21963HD

    A pretty young woman will do anything to escape her deadly dull existence in the backlots of Wales. But when she reaches the bright lights of London...

    Bitter Harvest
  • 1942
    The Big Blockade

    The Big Blockade

    The Big Blockade

    6.71942HD

    Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.

    The Big Blockade
  • 1949
    Fools Rush In

    Fools Rush In

    Fools Rush In

    6.71949HD

    Howes plays Pamela Dickson, an impulsive young bride-to-be, while Guy Rolfe portrays her long-lost father Paul. Ostensibly a cad and bounder, Paul...

    Fools Rush In
  • 1954
    Don't Blame the Stork

    Don't Blame the Stork

    Don't Blame the Stork

    91954HD

    When Sir George Redway, a famous actor, makes the public boast that he loves babies, a baby is promptly abandoned on his doorstep, and he is forced...

    Don't Blame the Stork