Movies starring Connor

The Informer (1935)

91 mins     Drama      

Back at the 1936 Academy Awards John Ford's "The Informer" scooped four of the six awards it was nominated for giving Ford the first of four Oscars he won for directing. It is easy to see why as "The Informer" is a stylish pi...

Alias John Law (1935)

59 mins     Western      

Alias John Law: Bob Steele finds himself in the middle of some double crossing when an outlaw pretends to be him in order to steel his inheritance...

Gunsmoke Ranch (1937)

53 mins     Western      

Gunsmoke Ranch: The Three Mesquiteers try to aid a new community who have been swindled by a land owner into increasing the value of his land...

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

102 mins     Action , Adventure , Romance      

It may be over 70 years old, the action may be fake and overly choreographed but still "The Adventures of Robin Hood" remains one of the best of a large number of Robin Hood movies. There is something about this old fashioned...

Three Girls About Town (1941)

75 mins     Comedy      

Within minutes I knew exactly how "Three Girls About Town" was going to play out as with in the opening minute we had a visual gag involving magicians, verbal comedy featuring a gloomy and stiff undertaker and a break neck sp...

This Land Is Mine (1943)

103 mins     Drama, War      

This will probably offend some people but even taking its age into account "This Land Is Mine" is not a good movie or should I say the first 70 minutes of it isn't very good. It is a propaganda movie, an attempt to empower th...

Government Girl (1943)

94 mins     Comedy, Romance      

We have a war time setting, a pretty woman, a nice guy and plenty of comedy confusion with quick fire dialogue; yes we are in screwball comedy territory with Olivia de Havilland and Sonny Tufts as the romantic duo in "Governm...

Lost Honeymoon (1947)

71 mins     Comedy, Romance      

"Lost Honeymoon" is not a bad idea for a movie with the amusingly far fetched idea of a GI having married and fathered children but can't remember a thing because of amnesia. The trouble is that the way it goes about things d...

Singin' in the Rain (1952)

103 mins     Comedy, Musical, Romance      

There is a very good reason why "Singin' in the Rain" is such a popular movie and it's not just because being a musical it has numerous memorable and iconic song and dance scenes. It's popular because by the time the last big...

There Was a Young Lady (1953)

84 mins     Comedy      

Movie Review - There Was a Young Lady (1953) Dulcie Gray stars alongside her husband Michael Denison in this 1950s British comedy about a woman who foils a bunch of crooks after they take her prisoner...

There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)

117 mins     Comedy, Drama, Musical      

To be blunt I didn't enjoy "There's No Business Like Show Business" or at least as not as much as I had hoped. And the simple reason is that it is a musical which is out of balance with far too many musical moments and so lit...

Dragonfly Squadron (1954)

82 mins     War      

It never helps matters when the print quality of the movie you watch is poor and sadly the version of "Dragonfly Squadron" which I got to watch was incredibly poor and at times so fuzzy it was hard to see any definition at al...

Anything Goes (1956)

106 mins     Musical      

Watching "Anything Goes" I wondered how this musical would have turned out if it had featured Danny Kaye instead of Donald O'Connor as O'Connor delivers the same sort of humorous side-kick performance which Kaye had delivered...

Fire Down Below (1957)

116 mins     Adventure , Drama      

There are a number of actresses who could cause a fire down below and Rita Hayworth in her prime is certainly one of them. But then the "Fire Down Below" in this title has a double meaning as it is a movie of two halves. And ...

Carry on Sergeant (1958)

84 mins     Comedy      

"Carry on Sergeant" was the first of the "Carry On" movies which turned into one of Britain's most popular movie franchises, spanning 2 decades if you ignore the less than impressive "Carry on Columbus" from the 90s. Unlike t...

Suicide Battalion (1958)

79 mins     Drama, War      

Let me take you by the hand and guide you through my experience of "Suicide Battalion" and it all starts with plenty of stock war footage which immediately made me alert to the fact that this was most likely going to be one o...

Carry on Nurse (1959)

86 mins     Comedy      

"Carry on Nurse" sees Hattie Jacques as Matron and a group of sexy nurses trying to control a ward of men including Leslie Phillips, Bill Owen, Kenneth Williams and Terence Longdon...

Carry on Teacher (1959)

86 mins     Comedy      

In the 3rd "Carry On" movie the "Carry On" crew take us back to school in "Carry On Teacher". Stand in headmaster William Wakefield is eyeing up a new job but with a visit from a school inspector and a child psychologist all ...

Carry on Constable (1960)

86 mins     Comedy      

I've said it before but I have to say it again, the earlier "Carry On" movies are some of the best as they are good all round fun rather than just comedies which deliver sexual innuendo. And "Carry on Constable" is a good exa...

Dentist in the Chair (1960)

84 mins     Comedy      

Movie Review - Dentist in the Chair (1960) a thief goes in to cahoots with a couple of dental students to try and flog a case load of stolen dentistry equipment...