Movies starring Richard Wattis

The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)

81 mins     Comedy      

Classic British comedy from the era when British comedy was at its best is the simplest way to sum up this comedy gem from 1950. In fact "The Happiest Days of Your Life" does not need much explaining or in depth analysis beca...

The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954)

91 mins     Comedy      

The Belles of St. Trinian's: stars as headmistress Millicent at St. Trinian's the prestigious 'School for Young Ladies', or should that be troublemakers...

Hobson's Choice (1954)

107 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance      

What was David Lean's best movie? There are plenty of popular movies to choose from; "Lawrence of Arabia", "The Bridge on the River Kwai" or "Doctor Zhivago" all instantly spring to mind. But I would like to suggest that "Hob...

Lease of Life (1954)

94 mins     Drama      

Movie Review - Lease of Life (1954) Robert Donat stars as William Thorne a small town preacher who learns he has a year to live which leads him to re-evaluate his life and how he lives...

The Colditz Story (1955)

94 mins     Drama, War      

There is a scene early on in "The Colditz Story" where a German Officer reprimands 4 British prisoners for laughing, mocking them over the British sense of humour. That British sense of humour is a big part of the movie becau...

It's a Wonderful World (1956)

89 mins     Comedy, Musical      

Movie Review - It's a Wonderful World (1956) Terence Morgan and George Cole stars as a couple of struggling composers who befriend George (Mylene Demongeot), an attractive French singer, whilst coming up with a scam to sell o...

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957)

86 mins     Comedy      

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's: The girls of St Trinian's are running wild and even the police ar scared, whilst Flash Harry has been pimping the girls to a Prince...

The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)

115 mins     Comedy, Romance      

"The Prince and the Showgirl" is a very well known movie and in Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe it has two of cinema's biggest icons but it doesn't actually mean it's very good. In fact "The Prince and the Showgirl" whils...

The Abominable Snowman (1957)

91 mins     Adventure , Horror, Sci-Fi      

There is a lot to like about "The Abominable Snowman" starting with the movie's look as director Val Guest and his crew have done a nice job of weaving actual footage of climbers on mountains, the Pyrenees standing in for the...

Left, Right and Centre (1959)

95 mins     Comedy, Romance      

Movie Review - Left, Right and Centre (1959) Ian Carmichael and Patricia Bredin star in this British comedy as opposition candidates in an election who end up falling for each other much to the chagrin of their campaign manag...

Very Important Person (1961)

98 mins     Comedy      

Released a few years before "The Great Escape", "Very Important Person" is a humorous prisoner of war movie starring James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips and Stanley Baxter....

You Must Be Joking! (1965)

100 mins     Comedy      

You Must Be Joking! (1965) 60s British comedy which sees a group of soldiers are sent out on a scavenging hunt as an initiative test...

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)

93 mins     Comedy      

First up "The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery" is by no means a bad movie, but coming 6 years after "The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's" it definitely feels weaker. The essence of what made the St. Trinian's movies so much fun ...

Take Me High (1973)

90 mins     Comedy, Musical, Romance      

5 minutes into "Take Me High" I was hating everything I was seeing, from the 70s styling, the cheesy music, the all most music video style quality of it all as Cliff Richard sings a song and was sure that my opinion would be ...