Dora Bryan

Dora Bryan

February 7, 1923 · 103 years old

Dora May Bryan OBE was an English actress of stage, film and television. Born Dora May Broadbent, her career began in pantomime as a child actor. In World War II she joined the ENSA in Italy to entertain British troops.  After having established herself as a versatile stage actress, covering everyt…

Known For

17 titles
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Mirrormask

Mirrormask

2005 · 1h 41m · Movie

In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a fifteen-year-old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home.

6.7
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A Taste of Honey

A Taste of Honey

1961 · 1h 41m · Movie

A pregnant teenage girl must fend for herself when her mother remarries, leaving the girl with only a new male friend for support.

7.4
3
No Highway in the Sky

No Highway in the Sky

1951 · 1h 38m · Movie

An aeronautical engineer predicts that a new model of airplane will fail catastrophically and in a novel manner after a specific number of flying hours due to metal fatigue.

7.1
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Carry on Sergeant

Carry on Sergeant

1958 · 1h 24m · Movie

Sergeant Grimshawe wants to retire in the flush of success by winning the Star Squad prize with his very last platoon of newly called-up National Servicemen. But what a motley bunch they turn out to be.

6.3
5
The Blue Lamp

The Blue Lamp

1950 · 1h 24m · Movie

The daily routine of two London Policemen is interrupted by a killer.

6.8
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The Green Man

The Green Man

1956 · 1h 20m · Movie

An assassin is annoyed by a vacuum cleaner salesman determined to stop him.

7.1
7
The Cockleshell Heroes

The Cockleshell Heroes

1955 · 1h 37m · Movie

During World War II, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.

6.5
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The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

1966 · 1h 33m · Movie

The all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover two and a half million pounds hidden in their school.

5.8
9
Circle of Danger

Circle of Danger

1951 · 1h 26m · Movie

In the 1950s, an American comes to Britain to investigate the murky circumstances of his brother's death that occurred during a WW2 commando raid in Nazi-occupied France.

6.5
10
Screamtime

Screamtime

1983 · 1h 29m · Movie

A trilogy of three improbable stories of horror and the supernatural are combined into this low budget thriller: "That's the Way to Do It," "Dreamhouse,," and "Do You Believe in Fairies?"

4.9
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Glory at Sea

Glory at Sea

1952 · 1h 40m · Movie

In 1940, the Captain of an old Royal Navy destroyer struggles with his crew, as well as the Nazis.

6.3
12
Bikini Baby

Bikini Baby

1951 · 1h 38m · Movie

An unsophisticated and impressionable young girl finds herself in trouble after winning a beauty pageant.

5.8
13
The Sandwich Man

The Sandwich Man

1966 · 1h 35m · Movie

A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.

5.5
14
The Ringer

The Ringer

1952 · 1h 18m · Movie

A criminal master of disguise nicknamed The Ringer is out for deadly revenge against a treacherous London lawyer who is under police protection.

6.4
15
Shop Spoiled

Shop Spoiled

1954 · 1h 22m · Movie

One day in the lives and loves of the staff in a large department store.

6.4
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Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard

Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard

1952 · 1h 17m · Movie

US sleuth Whispering Smith arrives in London on vacation, but soon becomes embroiled in a murder case.

6.3
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You Lucky People!

You Lucky People!

1955 · 1h 19m · Movie

Tribulations of inept reservists who find a fortnight's training an unwelcome interruption.

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