Kathleen Harrison

Kathleen Harrison

February 22, 1892

Kathleen Harrison was long a stalwart of British cinema. Her place was always firmly below stairs – a cook perhaps, or a cleaning lady often answering the door with a puzzled expression always fearful that trouble was just around the corner. She was born in 1892 in Blackburn in Lancashire. She stud…

Known For

8 titles
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A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1951 · 1h 26m · Movie

Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time. However, this Christmas Eve, he will be visited by three spirits who will show him the error of ...

8.1
2
Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

1948 · 1h 45m · Movie

In Charles Dickens' classic tale, an orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to den of thieves in search of a true home.

7.8
3
Cast a Dark Shadow

Cast a Dark Shadow

1955 · 1h 22m · Movie

Edward "Teddy" Bare is a delusional psychotic with a lust for wealth, older women and murder. Having committed what he thinks is the perfect murder of his elderly wife; Teddy sets his sights on new targets when her fortune goes el...

7.0
4
The Ghoul

The Ghoul

1933 · 1h 17m · Movie

An Egyptologist returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have violated his tomb.

5.8
5
Night Must Fall

Night Must Fall

1937 · 1h 56m · Movie

When a rich but cantankerous dowager on an isolated estate hires an engaging handyman, her niece/companion becomes suspicious of his motives.

7.2
6
Wanted for Murder

Wanted for Murder

1946 · 1h 43m · Movie

A woman becomes the target of a man who is gradually becoming insane, unable to resist his urge to strangle women to death, but who appears to be purposely leaving pieces of evidence behind.

6.8
7
The Shop at Sly Corner

The Shop at Sly Corner

1947 · 1h 31m · Movie

In Britain, a man with a shady past uses his antiquities shop as a front for smuggled diamonds but his young shop-assistant starts blackmailing him, leading to murder and to a police investigation.

6.6
8
West 11

West 11

1963 · 1h 33m · Movie

This Michael Winner directed film looks into life at Notting Hill, London, then a seedy slum. A down on his luck Joe Beckett (Alfred Lynch) is recruited into crime by Richard Dyce (Eric Portman).

6.5