Movies: Sylvia Syms

  • 1968
    Hostile Witness

    Hostile Witness (1968)

    Hostile Witness

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    Simon Crawford is a barrister whose daughter is killed in a hit-and-run accident. When his neighbor is also killed, evidence points to the barrister as the murderer....

    Hostile Witness
  • 1957
    No Time for Tears

    No Time for Tears (1957)

    No Time for Tears

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    The interwoven dramas of staff and patients in Mayfield Children's Hospital, where the doctors and nurses are in the business of restoring children's lives. One small child risks losing his sight, while twin boys fool the doctors over which one has a...

    No Time for Tears
  • 1992
    Natural Lies

    Natural Lies (1992)

    Natural Lies

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    An advertising executive investigating the death of an old girlfriend uncovers a conspiracy to cover up the spread of BSE in humans....

    Natural Lies
  • 1969
    Run Wild, Run Free

    Run Wild, Run Free (1969)

    Run Wild, Run Free

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    A young boy, unable to speak, befriends a wild colt with blue eyes and a falcon named "Lady"....

    Run Wild, Run Free
  • 1980
    There Goes The Bride

    There Goes The Bride (1980)

    There Goes The Bride

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    A nervous ad executive creates havoc on his daughter's wedding day and becomes obsessed with a dream girl he keeps seeing everywhere but whom he can't catch....

    There Goes The Bride
  • 1989
    A Chorus of Disapproval

    A Chorus of Disapproval (1989)

    A Chorus of Disapproval

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    Guy Jones (Irons) moves to a small British town and joins the local amateur dramatics society as a way to meet people. However he soon finds the drama offstage far outweighs those onstage....

    A Chorus of Disapproval
  • 1998
    Neville's Island

    Neville's Island (1998)

    Neville's Island

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    Comedy about 4 middle aged businessmen on a team building exercise in the lake district...

    Neville's Island
  • 1991
    The Laughter of God

    The Laughter of God (1991)

    The Laughter of God

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    Steve and Jane Clemant live a seemingly conent and happy life. They are both successful, professional people with a comfy home and a wide circle of friends. But each one has a secret similiar to the other; a plot to murder. And, that plot is on each ...

    The Laughter of God
  • 2007
    The Making of 'The Queen'

    The Making of 'The Queen' (2007)

    The Making of 'The Queen'

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    Documentary on the making of the 2006 film 'The Queen'....

    The Making of 'The Queen'
  • 1978
    Give Us Tomorrow

    Give Us Tomorrow (1978)

    Give Us Tomorrow

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    Masked intruders take the family of a bank manager hostage in order to rob his bank....

    Give Us Tomorrow
  • 1963
    The Punch and Judy Man

    The Punch and Judy Man (1963)

    The Punch and Judy Man

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    Walter Pinner is the titular Punch And Judy Man plying his trade in the seaside town of Piltdown. Unhappily married to his social climbing wife, who gets him to perform at the 60th Anniversary celebrations of the town in front of all the local dignit...

    The Punch and Judy Man
  • 1982
    It's Your Move

    It's Your Move (1982)

    It's Your Move

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    A silent slapstick comedy depicting the travails of young couple moving into a new home, who hire an accident-prone firm of house removers, headed by Sykes. It features an all-star cast including Tommy Cooper, Bernard Cribbins, Jimmy Edwards, Irene H...

    It's Your Move
  • 2017
    Bette and Joan

    Bette and Joan (2017)

    Bette and Joan

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    Sylvia Syms looks through the BBC archives to tell the story of one of Hollywood's greatest ever feuds - the rivalry between legendary actresses Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. Interviews from the 1960s and 70s reveal the mutual loathing that came to ...

    Bette and Joan
  • 1996
    Half the Picture

    Half the Picture (1996)

    Half the Picture

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    A dramatized account of the Scott Inquiry about the sales of arms to Iraq....

    Half the Picture
  • 2018
    Together

    Together (2018)

    Together

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    An elderly couple face separation when one of them is admitted to a care home....

    Together
  • 2000
    Mavis and the Mermaid

    Mavis and the Mermaid (2000)

    Mavis and the Mermaid

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    A small girl, who doesn't believe in fairytales, meets an old woman who claims she is a mermaid....

    Mavis and the Mermaid
  • 2012
    Booked Out

    Booked Out (2012)

    Booked Out

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    Ailidh (Mirren Burke) has two loves in this world: spying on her neighbours and writing graphic novels. The arrival of Jacob (Rollo Weeks - Girl with a Pearl Earring), inspires Ailidh and she soon begins conjuring up increasingly elaborate plans to b...

    Booked Out
  • 1963
    The World Ten Times Over

    The World Ten Times Over (1963)

    The World Ten Times Over

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    Early 1960s realist drama following a day in the lives of two London flatmates. Sylvia Syms and June Ritchie star as Billa and Ginnie, two singletons sharing a London flat who both work as night club hostesses in the same Soho club. Tensions arise wh...

    The World Ten Times Over
  • 1995
    Dancing

    Dancing (1995)

    Dancing

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    Dying of cancer, an old woman trapped in her Glasgow flat relieves her pain by drinking morphine and whisky cocktails and dreaming of her youth and dancing to the bittersweet music of The Inkspots....

    Dancing