Movies starring Stanley Holloway

Champagne Charlie (1944)

105 mins     Comedy, Drama, Musical      

Throughout my years I have occasionally heard someone referred to as a "Champagne Charlie" but never considered where the term originated. As such when I dug out Ealing Studio's "Champagne Charlie" I just thought this was goi...

This Happy Breed (1944)

114 mins     Drama      

I don't think I have been as pleasantly surprised by a movie as much as I have "This Happy Breed" because on paper it doesn't sound like much, well the life of an ordinary family in the years between WWI and WWII does not sou...

The Way Ahead (1944)

115 mins     Drama, War      

I've lost track of the number of movies I have watched which feature reluctant troops being drummed into shape as new recruits in the army before seeing action, from outright comedies such as "Carry on Sergeant" to Clint East...

The Way to the Stars (1945)

87 mins     Drama, Romance, War      

It's sort of ironic that due to when they made "The Way to the Stars" they added an opening scene because it is the opening which really grounds the movie. To explain when the movie went in to production it was felt the war w...

Brief Encounter (1945)

86 mins     Drama, Romance      

"Brief Encounter" is one of those movies which brings out the best and worst in people, those who fall in love with this 1940s romance will wax lyrical at its beauty and the use of Rachmaninoff's "Piano Concerto No.2.", but t...

Snowbound (1948)

90 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery      

Take an attractive snow filled location, nice sets with plenty of detail and a cast who look appealing in it. That sentence would easily be at home in one of my reviews of a Hallmark movie but "Snowbound" is certainly not a H...

Passport to Pimlico (1949)

84 mins     Comedy      

With the current British Government enforcing budget cuts on the UK you couldn't blame anyone for feeling a bit peeved and wishing for a bit of land, independent from the rest of the UK and the interference of the government....

The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

81 mins     Comedy, Crime      

There is a reason why the Ealing Studios movies are held in such high esteem, they are damn good even now over half a century after many of them were created. And "The Lavender Hill Mob" is a prime example of why they were an...

The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)

84 mins     Comedy      

"The Titfield Thunderbolt" is a whimsical little comedy from Ealing Studios which like others from the studio was about the little man taking on the big man. In many ways because that central theme is eternal as now we have s...

Ten Little Indians (1965)

91 mins     Crime, Mystery, Thriller      

For those who are unaware "Ten Little Indians" is an adaptation of an Agatha Christie novel and it is a novel which has been the inspiration for various movies over the years, you could even say it influenced the "Saw" movies...