Iris Vandeleur Movies
- 1964
The British town of Warlock is scandalized by Hazell's cottage-turned-tearoom with the local inspector found in a compromising situation and the marriage of Hazell to the mayor. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1956
In this crime drama, the trouble begins when a crook cheats his buddies at a dog track, stuffs his loot into a suitcase, and flees. He then gives the suitcase to his lover who in turn gives it to her sister just before she takes a bus to the coast. Her actions rouse the suspicions of an observant reporter. Later the crook manages to catch up with the sisters. Unfortunately, the sisters catch them at the same time and justice prevails. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1955
In this comedy, two rabid football fans begin an unstoppable train of events when they physically harass a referee. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1948
Good Time Girl, directed by David MacDonald and based on a story by Arthur La Bern (It Always Rains On Sunday) starts off unpromisingly, as juvenile justice official Flora Robson tries to keep a would-be female felon on the straight-and-narrow, telling the cautionary tale of Gwen Rawlings (Jean Kent). A victim of an unhappy home and her own stupidity, Rawlings leaves home and, with help from her sleazy new neighbor Jimmy Rosso (Peter Glenville, the future director), gets a job as a hat-check girl at a club run by Max Vine (erbert Lom). But Jimmy's jealousy soon gets him fired, and leaves him aiming for revenge on Max and Gwen. Despite the best efforts of Michael Farrell (Dennis Price), the one truly decent man she's ever met, Jimmy achieves his goal and Gwen is sent to a reformatory. It is there that she's truly corrupted by being locked up with more seasoned juvenile (and not so juvenile) felons, who know how to game the system -- whem she escapes, she's a professional criminal, and, taking on a new alias, falls in with a pair of loose-living gents. She manages to commit a vehicular homicide, and then falls in with a pair of American military deserters (Bonar Colleano, Hugh McDermott) who aren't above committing pre-meditated murder. ~ Bruce Eder, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jean Kent, Dennis Price, (more)
- 1947
The hard lives of those living on the rugged Hebrides are chronicled in this drama that is partially comprised of footage from a documentary. The story centers on a farmer's wife who becomes miserable when her husband loses his livelihood and is forced to become a herring fisherman on those barren isles. The woman loathes life near the sea, and after her husband is forcibly inducted into the Navy, she moves in with her aunt. In the new village, she meets the handsome captain of a herring boat and they fall in love. Unfortunately, a cholera outbreak erupts. She must also cope with her son's desire to become a fisherman. Storms also wreak havoc in her life, but fortunately, she weathers it all and at last is able to be with the man she truly loves. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Carl Bernard, Clifford Evans, (more)
- 1945
This musical comedy, centers around the romance between a delightful orphan and the son of a colonel and his snooty wife. The lad wants to marry the girl, but the wife refuses to give her blessing. The saddened girl then leaves and becomes a nightclub singer. Her lover follows her, but he is too late. She has already found another, amiable guy who has learned that she is actually a rich heiress. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1942
In this drama, an Irish singer heads for the US to make it big. He leaves his wife and child in Britain. In the States he earns plenty of money, but upon his return home, he finds that his family has disappeared because of the newly erupted WWII. The singer then joins the Royal Air Force; eventually he and his family are reunited. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1942
Cockney cafe workers Elsie and Doris Waters keep everyone on their toes while they stop the black market activities of grocer Ambler. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1941
When the Waters sisters and their charges are accused of stealing Esmond's gems, they work to uncover the real thieves. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1941
In this entry in the long-running British comedy series, boisterous Irish washerwoman Mother Riley is a circus ringmaster after the owner suddenly vanishes. Under her, the once struggling circus becomes successful. Riley then gets a big surprise when she learns that the circus star is really her estranged daughter. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Filmed in the North Country of England, this is a film noir set in the 1930s as a family struggles with poverty and unemployment. Depressing and realistic, it portrays the lengths to which a family can go in order to survive., though there is some humor interlaced to keep the bleakness under control. The beautiful, sepia-tinted photography enhances the portrayals, which are excellent. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, (more)
