Joan Plowright Movies

  • 2005
    Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont

    Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont

    Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont

    6.72005HD

    All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.

    Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
  • 1982
    Brimstone & Treacle

    Brimstone & Treacle

    Brimstone & Treacle

    61982HD

    A strange young man has a sinister effect on the family of a middle-aged writer.

    Brimstone & Treacle
  • 1970
    Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night

    6.41970HD

    Sir Alec Guinness, Sir Ralph Richardson and Joan Plowright star in this merry on-stage mix-up of identity, gender and love in Tony Award-winner John...

    Twelfth Night
  • 1989
    And a Nightingale Sang

    And a Nightingale Sang

    And a Nightingale Sang

    4.51989HD

    Set in working class Newcastle, the Stott family fight their private battles against the backdrop of the conflict of World War II. Helen Stott, over...

    And a Nightingale Sang
  • 1999
    Tom's Midnight Garden

    Tom's Midnight Garden

    Tom's Midnight Garden

    5.91999HD

    When Tom's brother Peter gets measles, he is sent to stay with his Uncle Alan and Aunt Gwen in a flat with no garden and an elderly landlady, Mrs...

    Tom's Midnight Garden
  • 1988
    The Importance of Being Earnest

    The Importance of Being Earnest

    The Importance of Being Earnest

    4.71988HD

    Filled with wit and wisdom, The Importance of Being Earnest tells the tale of Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff. Jack has invented an imaginary...

    The Importance of Being Earnest
  • 2001
    Bailey's Mistake

    Bailey's Mistake

    Bailey's Mistake

    52001HD

    "Bailey's Mistake" is the name of a cold, dreary island that a bitter widow finds herself stuck on. Seems Liz Donovan got cut out of her husband's...

    Bailey's Mistake
  • 1995
    Hotel Sorrento

    Hotel Sorrento

    Hotel Sorrento

    71995HD

    Meg, Pippa, and Hillary are sisters who grew up in Sorrento, a small seaside town in Australia. Meg, who has lived in England for 10 years has just...

    Hotel Sorrento
  • 1963
    Uncle Vanya

    Uncle Vanya

    Uncle Vanya

    01963HD

    Adaptation of Chekhov's play from the Chichester Festival.

    Uncle Vanya
  • 1978
    Daphne Laureola

    Daphne Laureola

    Daphne Laureola

    61978HD

    A young man becomes infatuated with the exotic Lady Pitts whose much older husband is not pleased.

    Daphne Laureola
  • 2018
    Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life

    Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life

    Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life

    02018HD

    Franco Zeffirelli passed away on 15th June 2019. Chris Hunt's biography explores how Zeffirelli's sense of drama was born out of his own experience...

    Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
  • 1988
    The Dressmaker

    The Dressmaker

    The Dressmaker

    41988HD

    In England during World War II, a repressed dressmaker and her sister struggle looking after their 17-year-old niece, who is having a delusional...

    The Dressmaker
  • 1995
    A Pin for the Butterfly

    A Pin for the Butterfly

    A Pin for the Butterfly

    61995HD

    Communism seen through the eyes of a young girl who watches her beloved uncle struggle with the oppressive government .

    A Pin for the Butterfly
  • 1994
    On Promised Land

    On Promised Land

    On Promised Land

    61994HD

    In the 1950s, the Ween family live and work on land that was promised to their family. The landowners, the Appletree family, use the promise of the...

    On Promised Land
  • 2001
    Scrooge and Marley

    Scrooge and Marley

    Scrooge and Marley

    102001HD

    Ebenezer Scrooge is back in a made-for-TV film produced by Coral Ridge Ministries. The ill-tempered miser is played by skilled Christian actor Dean...

    Scrooge and Marley
  • 2000
    Frankie & Hazel

    Frankie & Hazel

    Frankie & Hazel

    5.32000HD

    Actress JoBeth Williams directed this Showtime family feature starring The Sixth Sense's Mischa Barton for Barbra Streisand's Barwood Films. Barton...

    Frankie & Hazel
  • 1987
    The Birthday Party

    The Birthday Party

    The Birthday Party

    6.71987HD

    It is Stanley's birthday, but the party he is given is not quite what he expects. [A BBC production broadcast on the Theatre Night series.]

    The Birthday Party
  • 2006
    Goose on the Loose

    Goose on the Loose

    Goose on the Loose

    5.42006HD

    Grieving young Will Donnelly looks to protect his new best friend, a talking goose, from school Principal Congreve Maddox, who's fattening up the...

    Goose on the Loose
  • 1998
    Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within

    Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within

    Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within

    5.71998HD

    Fact-based story about a 90's espionage case that was chronicled as the worst case of espionage in US history

    Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
  • 1982
    A Dedicated Man

    A Dedicated Man

    A Dedicated Man

    01982HD

    Edith is a hotel waitress, single and in her mid-forties, with a major infatuation on Maurice Silcox, the hotel's head waiter. But Edith becomes...

    A Dedicated Man