The best Thora Hird’s comedy movies

Thora Hird

Thora Hird

28/05/1911- 15/03/2003
Today we present the best Thora Hird’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Thora Hird’s movies.

Simon and Laura

Simon and Laura
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 02/11/1955
  • Character: Jessie
Bickering married performers agree to star in a "Mr. and Mrs." TV show. Director Muriel Box's 1956 British comedy also stars Muriel Pavlow, Ian Carmichael, Maurice Denham and Richard Wattis.

One Good Turn

One Good Turn
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/01/1955
  • Character: Cook
Norman is the oldest orphan at Greenwood Children's Home and now acts as their caretaker. All the orphans are very happy and well cared for. The adventures start when a nasty property developer (boo hiss) who is also the chairman of the orphanage board wants to close the orphanage and build a factory on the site. The children are sent to Brighton for the day and Norman is very excited because he's "Never seen the Sea". When they get back they discover the plan to close the orphanage and have to decide what to do

The Magnet

The Magnet
6.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/10/1950
  • Character: Nanny's friend
A classic Ealing comedy in which a young boy steals a magnet and becomes a hero.

Pat and Margaret

Pat and Margaret
7.9/10
Unexpected events occur over a long weekend when Pat, a glamorous British born star of American soaps, returns home to plug her auto biography on television and meets, for the first time since they were teenagers, Margaret her plain, fat and frumpy younger sister. The meeting is painful for both sisters highlighting the vast differences in their lives and resurrecting painful memories of their unhappy childhood with their uncaring mother. The tabloid press smell a juicy story and a race ensues to trace the current whereabouts of the long lost errant mother...

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
6.2/10
The lives of the members of a West Yorkshire cycling club are complicated by romantic entanglements and a series of bike thefts.

A Day to Remember

A Day to Remember
6.7/10
Based on The Hand and the Flower, a novel by Jerrard Tickell, A Day to Remember stars Stanley Holloway as Charley Porter, captain of London darts team. When the team travels to the French town of Boulogne for the annual darts tournament, a good time is had by all--and more besides. Jim Carver one of the team's members, is reunited with a little French girl he'd befriended during the war, who has now developed into a beautiful young woman. And Fred Collins makes a poignant journey to the hotel where he'd honeymooned with his late wife. The film works best as a low-key comedy-drama; it is least successful when it ventures into O. Henry territory and strains for "surprise" story twists. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rattle of a Simple Man

Rattle of a Simple Man
6.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 20/12/1964
  • Character: Mrs. Winthram
Percy Winthram is a naive young man who still lives at home with his mum. In London for the Cup Final with his friends, he finds himself in a Soho strip club, where he meets blonde hostess Cyrenne. Accepting a bet from friend Ginger, he accompanies Cyrenne back to her flat, and a boast-worthy night of lust seems to be on the cards; however, drained of beer and bravado, Percy's innocence and vulnerability become all too evident…

Two Thousand Women

Two Thousand Women
6.5/10
Downed English airmen hide out with women in a Nazi concentration camp in France.

Further Up the Creek

Further Up the Creek
5.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 28/10/1958
  • Character: Mrs. Galloway
The sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather. This time he is skipper of the ship Aristotle and, together with his second-in-command (Frankie Howerd), Fairweather wreaks havoc when he is ordered to deliver the Aristotle to its new owners in a mythical Middle-Eastern country.

Time, Gentlemen, Please!

Time, Gentlemen, Please!
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/07/1952
  • Character: Alice Crouch
Because of its high productivity and "almost" 100 per cent employment, the town of Hayhoe, England is expecting a visit from the Prime Minister. The "almost" is because of Dan Dance (Eddie Byrne), an old rogue who would rather drink and philosophize than work. The Village Council are determined to have a perfect record so they connive to have the old man put into the alms-house which has been unoccupied for many years, where he must abide by rules laid down 400 years ago. A new Vicar arrives and discovers that, because of the circumstances created by the Council, Dan Dance is entitled to 6,000 pounds a year at the expense of the village.

For Better, for Worse

For Better, for Worse
5.7/10
In postwar London a young graduate and his girlfriend decide to marry. Her well-to-do parents are not convinced, but they agree once he has got a £5.10.0 job and a 30/- a week single-room flat. The newly-weds find money fearfully tight, the flat cramped, the neighbours a trial, and her parents always hovering. Can faith conquer all? Is there some way of getting rid of tea-leaves except down the sink?

The Love Match

The Love Match
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/02/1955
  • Character: Sal Brown
After being arrested for assaulting a football referee, desperate train driver Bill (Arthur Askey) raids the railwaymen's holiday fund to cover his £55 fine. He knows he's going to be discovered though, leaving him no choice but to get the money back by hook or by crook! His last chance is to run a book on the United v City football derby. If that wasn't tense enough, Bill's son is also making his debut for United. It looks like it's going to be a day to remember - do you dare look? ...The Love Match.

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