Joan Greenwood

Joan Greenwood

Total Credits at Criticker: 32 (Actor)

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    Little Dorrit
    "Little Dorrit" was released to theaters in two parts, each running approximately three hours. The first part, subtitled "Nobody's Fault," introduced us to the seamstress title character, who chooses to live in debtor's prison with her father. Good Samaritan Arthur Clennam endeavors to help both father and daughter. The second part, also known as "Little Dorrit's Story," details Dorrit's escape from penury to lasting happiness. (AllMovie)
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    The Man in the White Suit
    A man invents a fabric that won't get dirty or wear out, but he seems to have made more enemies than friends in the process... (imdb)
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    Tom Jones
    Tom Jones, the adopted son of a British country squire, is a love-'em-and-leave-'em lady charmer who goes blithely from bed to bed, while managing to get into enough other mischief to come within moments of being hanged. (imdb)
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    The Importance of Being Earnest
    Jack Worthing lives in the country with his pretty ward Cecily Cardew. But in the city, he goes by the name of Earnest and is in love with Gwendolyn Fairfax (imdb)
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    Kind Hearts and Coronets
    Louis Mazzini's mother's frequent tales of how her titled D'Ascoyn family shunned her after she eloped... (imdb)
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    The Water Babies
    This children's fantasy tells the story of a 12-year-old boy who discovers a complex underwater world where young children are held prisoner by an evil shark and an eel. (imdb)
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    Moonfleet
    Somewhere in the 18th century Great Britain, noble but penniless young boy John Mohune is sent by his dying mother to Moonfleet, to put himself under the protection of a certain Jeremy Fox. The boy discovers that Fox is both a former lover of his mother and the leader of a gang of buccaneers. A strange friendship grows as their adventures go on. (imdb)
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    Mysterious Island
    During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' . (imdb)
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    The Moon-Spinners
    A young English woman named Nikki Ferris, living in Athens, takes a trip to the Greek island of Crete. She meets a wounded stranger and the plot takes off, involving her in jewel theft, romance, and murder. (wikipedia)
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    Whisky Galore!
    When a merchant ship wrecks on the coast of an island in the Outer Hebrides during the Second World War, the residents of the small community decide to liberate the wreck of its cargo: hundreds of cases of whiskey. When a nosy Home Guard officer begins getting suspicious, the residents go to great lengths to protect their find.
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    The Hound of the Baskervilles
    Comedy film spoofing The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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    The Detective
    Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul. (imdb)
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    The Bad Lord Byron
    Seriously ill on a military campaign in Greece, Lord Byron dreams of being judged on his death between being on the one hand a poet and soldier, or on the other a seducer and libertine. Amongst the witnesses called are the infamous Lady Caroline Lamb and his somewhat purer wife Annabella. (imdb)
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    The October Man
    Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for the time she was killed. (imdb)
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    The Uncanny
    Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, Wilbur spews three tales of feline horror. (TCM.com)
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    Knave of Hearts
    Believing himself to be love with his wife's best friend, Ripois pours out his heart to her by recounting his past amours. Though he has known many women, he has never truly loved any of them. This has proved more troublesome for Ripois than for the ladies in his life, but somehow he never learns his lesson (all movie guide)
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    Saraband for Dead Lovers
    A young woman marries Prince George but it's far from a love match. Then she falls for a Swedish Count. (imdb)
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    Stage Struck
    The movie tells the story of Eva, a girl who comes to New York in order to become a great actress. With hard work she succeeds in working at a theater and finally gets her chance on stage after a lot of changes and difficulties. (imdb)
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    Garou-Garou, le passe-muraille
    Léon, a humble civil servant, has the unusual ability to walk through walls, however thick they are. One day, he falls madly in love with a charming hotel thief by the name of Suzan. In order to impress her he poses as Garou-Garou, a dangerous gangster. Mistaken for him, he is arrested and sent to jail but he, of course, leaves his cell(and comes back to it) just as he likes, infuriating the prison warden. But, despite this wonderful gift, he remains shy in the presence of Suzan... (imdb)
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    The Amorous Mr. Prawn
    General and Lady Fitzadam live at a remote army outpost in Scotland, their last assignment before the General retires. The General is sent abroad and in his absence, Lady Fitzadam decides to convert their spacious estate into a fishing resort for American tourists. (imdb)
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    Frenzy
    A seance is held to discover the whereabouts, and the killer, of a sculptor's wife. (imdb)
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    Bad Sister
    The White Unicorn would be worth watching if only for that lyrical title. The film itself, however, isn't quite so whimsical, not with disgruntled widow Lucy (Margaret Lockwood) and hard-bitten unwed mother Lottie (Joan Greenwood) at the forefront. Trying to find a purpose in life, Lucy takes a job as warden at a home for wayward girls. She tries to bring comfort to Lottie, who faces a stiff prison sentence for attempting to murder her baby. (allmovie.com)
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    The Gentle Sex
    This film tells the stories of seven 'gentle' British girls who decide to "do their bit" and help out during World War II.
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    Flesh and Blood
    Three generations of a Scottish clan are chronicled in this melodramatic saga. The film starts with the death of a sickly med student in a Glasgow slum. His fiancee also dies in childbirth. Her brother, who survives, begins raising her baby girl who grows up to have an affair with a lab assistant. Her "father" disapprove and threatens to destroy the wedding. She retaliates by poisoning him and then gets married. She bears a son. (allmovie.com)
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    A Girl in a Million
    A young scientist freed by divorce from a nagging wife, isolates himself from women. His peace is broken by a lovely young girl to whom he is forced to give shelter. He marries her and finds that his dumb wife is not so dumb. (imdb)
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    Girl Stroke Boy
    The straight-laced parents of a young boy who has, until now, shown no interest in the opposite sex, are surprised when he comes home with a girl/boy from the West Indies. (imdb)
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    Young Wives Tale
    A post-war housing crisis leaves a shy woman to share a house with two couples. Comic situations arise as the new roomer becomes infatuated with one of the husbands. (imdb)
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    Ellis Island
    Ellis Island (1984) - TV Mini-Series
    The lives and struggles of some of the countless immigrants who arrived on Ellis Island during the 19th century in search of the American Dream.
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    He Found a Star
    Lucky Lyndon and his devoted secretary Ruth use their talent agency to find and help unknowns who need an opportunity. (imdb)
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    Save Your Shillings and Smile
    Tommy Trinder chooses which of the chorus line to take out. The lucky lady is the one who knows all about war savings.
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    They Knew Mr. Knight
    A random accident brings struggling businessman Thomas Blake into contact with Mr Knight, a successful financier. Knight encourages him to take risks with his money and his honour, and Blake discovers that all that glitters is not gold.
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    The Man Within
    Told in flashback, this movie opens with a scene of a seventeen-year-old boy, Francis Andrews (Sir Richard Attenborough), being brutally lashed during a police interrogation, in which the boy thinks back to what placed him in this situation. He betrayed the crew of a smuggling ship whose master, Richard Carlyon, was also his guardian. Some of the smugglers are caught, but Carlyon escapes, and then begins his search for Andrews. Carlyon was quite fond of the boy, but knew him for a coward.
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