The best Frank Thornton’s movies

Frank Thornton

Frank Thornton

15/01/1921- 16/03/2013
We present our ranking of the best Frank Thornton’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Frank Thornton.
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The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers
7.1/10
  • Genre: AdventureComedy
  • Release: 11/12/1973
  • Character: Man in Small Carriage (uncredited)
The young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a king's musketeer. He meets and quarrels with three men, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, each of whom challenges him to a duel. D'Artagnan finds out they are musketeers and is invited to join them in their efforts to oppose Cardinal Richelieu, who wishes to increase his already considerable power over the king. D'Artagnan must also juggle affairs with the charming Constance Bonancieux and the passionate Lady De Winter, a secret agent for the cardinal.

Gosford Park

Gosford Park
7.2/10
In 1930’s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.

The Magic Christian

The Magic Christian
5.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 12/12/1969
  • Character: Police Inspector
Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless boy, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone--and anything--can be bought with money.

The BFG

The BFG
6.7/10
Sophie is snatched from her orphanage early one morning by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), whom she witnesses engaged in mysterious activities. She is soon put at ease, as she learns that BFG's job is to collect, catalog and deliver pleasant dreams to children. She joins him that night, but a mean giants follow them, planning to eat the children of the world.

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
7/10
Director Billy Wilder adds a new and intriguing twist to the personality of intrepid detective Sherlock Holmes. One thing hasn't changed however: Holmes' crime-solving talents. Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six missing midgets, villainous monks, a Scottish castle, the Loch Ness monster, and covert naval experiments. Can the sleuths make sense of all this and solve the mystery

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 16/10/1966
  • Character: Slave Driver
A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.

Carry On Screaming

Carry On Screaming
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorror
  • Release: 20/05/1966
  • Character: Mr. Jones
The sinister Dr Watt has an evil scheme going. He's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores. Fortunately for Dr Watt, Detective-Sergeant Bung is on the case, and he doesn't have a clue! In this send up of the Hammer Horror movies, there are send-ups of all the horror greats from Frankenstein to Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde.

The Assassination Bureau

The Assassination Bureau
6.4/10
The Assassination Bureau has existed for decades (perhaps centuries) until Diana Rigg begins to investigate it. The high moral standing of the Bureau (only killing those who deserve it) is called into question by her. She puts out a contract for the Bureau to assassinate its leader on the eve of World War I.

The Tomb of Ligeia

The Tomb of Ligeia
6.4/10
Verden Fell is shattered after the death of his lovely wife. But, after an unexpected encounter with Lady Rowena Trevanion, Fell soon finds himself married again. Nevertheless, his late wife's spirit seems to hang over the dilapidated abbey that Fell shares with his new bride. Lady Rowena senses that something is amiss and, when she investigates, makes a horrifying discovery -- learning that Fell's dead wife is closer than she ever imagined possible.

Steptoe and Son Ride Again

Steptoe and Son Ride Again
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 01/05/1973
  • Character: Mr. Russell
Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are junk dealers, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at the junk yard. Always on the lookout for ways to improve his lot, Harold invests his father's life savings in a greyhound who is almost blind and can't see the hare. When the dog loses a race and Harold has to pay off the debt, he comes up with another bright idea. Collect his father's life insurance. To do this his father must pretend to be dead.

No Sex Please: We're British

No Sex Please: We're British
5.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 25/07/1973
  • Character: Glass Shop Manager
A porn-store owner orders some new stuff from his supplier, but the delivery address gets mixed with the address of the local Barclays Bank. Here, David (the bank's assistant manager) and his new wife are shocked when photos, then films and finally two girls are sent to them in their bank-supplied flat. They and the banks' head cashier then hatch a plan to get rid of the porn—without letting their boss, the local police and David's mother in on what is happening.

Are You Being Served?

Are You Being Served?
6.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/06/1977
  • Character: Captain Stephen Peacock
The clothing department's floor requires renovation; rather than let the staff sit idle while the area is closed off, the management sends them on a paid holiday in Costa Plonka, a fictional city in Spain. Their hotel and its surroundings prove to be dismal, and the group tries to pass the time by acting on the crushes they have developed for one another in the workplace. This results in disaster, as multiple amorous notes reach the wrong recipients and everyone gets wrong ideas about who fancies whom. Meanwhile, Carlos, the hotel manager receives an unwelcome visit from an old acquaintance, Cesar Rodriguez, who is after Mrs. Slocombe after seeing her passport. He is also plotting a revolutionary uprising and wants to use the hotel as his base.

Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World

Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
5.4/10
  • Release: 01/12/1973
  • Character: Estate Agent
Digby consumes a bowl of Project X, a liquid growth formula. Soon, he becomes a sheepdog of gigantic size!

The Bed Sitting Room

The Bed Sitting Room
6.1/10
In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into a bed sitting room.

Bless This House

Bless This House
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/01/1972
  • Character: Mr Jones
The legendary Sid James stars as the head of a chaotic household in this movie spin-off from the hit ITV sitcom. Sid Abbott and his best mate Trevor (Peter Butterworth) enjoy home-brewing. Plans to turn their hobby into a profitable, if illicit, sideline come unstuck when a Customs and Excise officer (Terry Scott) moves in next door! What’s more, Sid’s outspoken and madcap family hinder neighbourly relations even further.

The Big Job

The Big Job
6.4/10
A gang of hapless crooks, led by Sidney James, successfully perpetrate a robbery only to be caught after the fact. Fifteen years later they emerge from prison intent on retrieving their stolen loot - and discover a police station has been built over its hiding place.

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
5.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 01/01/1968
  • Character: Factory Manager
A housewife, bored with her bra-manufacturer husband, who spends most of his time obsessed with classical music, strikes up an affair with one of his employees whom she hides in the attic--something both she and the lover find quite a suitable arrangement.

The Making of 'Gosford Park'

The Making of 'Gosford Park'
7.2/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 18/06/2002
  • Character: Himself (uncredited)
A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making this Robert Altman film about a murder at an English country estate. Includes interviews with the cast and crew, who relate some of their experiences with making the film, as well as giving their views on all the work that went into it.

The Comedy Man

The Comedy Man
6.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 03/09/1964
  • Character: Producer
A middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a job doing TV commercials, gaining wealth and recognition. He eventually gives it all up to return to stage work and keep his pride.

Our Miss Fred

Our Miss Fred
5.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 14/12/1972
  • Character: British Colonel
Danny La Rue stars in this 1970s drag comedy as Fred Wimbush, a Shakespearean actor who is drafted into WWII and is appearing in a camp show in France when the Nazis advance. Unless he continues in his female costume, Fred is certain to be shot as a spy. The risque gags and double entendres fly as he attempts to make his escape in the company of a gaggle of randy English schoolgirls.

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