Glynis Johns — Actor (14)
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Mary Poppins (1964) [Movie] Douban NeoDB WikiData TMDB IMDb
Mary Poppins
director: Robert Stevenson actor: Julie Andrews / Dick Van Dyke …
Mr Banks is looking for a nanny for his two mischievous children and comes across Mary Poppins, an angelic nanny. She not only brings a change in their lives but also spreads happiness.
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The Vault of Horror (1973) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Vault of Horror
director: Roy Ward Baker actor: Anna Massey / Terry-Thomas …
other title: Tales from the Crypt 2: A Sala dos Pesadelos / In der Schlinge des Teufels …
The sequel to Tales from the Crypt. Five strangers trapped in a basement vault converse about their recurring nightmares. Their stories include vampires, bodily dismemberment, east Indian mysticism, an insurance scam, and an artist who kills by painting his victims' deaths.
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Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Around the World in Eighty Days
director: Michael Anderson actor: David Niven / Cantinflas …
other title: Il giro del mondo in 80 giorni / Jorden rundt i 80 dage …
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
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While You Were Sleeping (1995) [Movie] IMDb TMDB NeoDB Douban
While You Were Sleeping
director: Jon Turteltaub actor: Sandra Bullock / Bill Pullman …
other title: Un amore tutto suo / Mens du sov …
A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he's mugged, but—while he's in a coma—his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get more complicated when she falls for his brother, who's not quite sure that she's who she claims to be.
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The Thief of Bagdad (1940) [Movie] IMDb TMDB NeoDB WikiData Douban
The Thief of Bagdad
director: Michael Powell / Tim Whelan … actor: Conrad Veidt / Sabu …
other title: Il ladro di Bagdad / Der Dieb von Bagdad …
When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.
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Six by Sondheim (2013) [Movie] TMDB
Six by Sondheim
director: Autumn de Wilde / James Lapine … actor: Audra McDonald / Darren Criss …
other title: Stephen Sondheim en seis canciones
This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through six of his best-known songs.
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Superstar (1999) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Superstar
director: Bruce McCulloch actor: Molly Shannon / Will Ferrell …
other title: Superstar - Osa sognare / Superstar - Despenca uma Estrela …
Orphan Mary Katherine Gallagher, an ugly duckling at St. Monica High School, has a dream: to be kissed soulfully. She decides she can realize this dream if she becomes a superstar, so her prayers, her fantasies and her conversations with her only friend focus on achieving super-stardom.
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Mad About Men (1954) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Mad About Men
director: Ralph Thomas actor: Glynis Johns / Donald Sinden …
other title: Folle des hommes / Loca por los hombres
Flirtatious mermaid Miranda swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on holiday. All is well until she falls in love with a human.
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49th Parallel (1941) [Movie] IMDb WikiData Douban
49th Parallel
director: Michael Powell actor: Leslie Howard / Laurence Olivier …
other title: Gli invasori - 49° parallelo / 49. breddegrad …
In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by commanding officer Lieutenant Hirth attempts to cross the border into the United States, which has not yet entered the war and is officially neutral. Along the way, the German soldiers encounter brave men such as a French-Canadian fur trapper, Johnnie, a leader of a Hutterite farming community, Peter, an author, Philip and a soldier, Andy Brock.
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Miranda (1948) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Miranda
director: Ken Annakin actor: Glynis Johns / Googie Withers …
other title: Miranda på krogen
A young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives into her request to be taken to see London. Comedy and romantic entanglements ensue.
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No Highway in the Sky (1951) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
No Highway in the Sky
director: Henry Koster actor: James Stewart / Glynis Johns …
other title: Il viaggio indimenticabile / Die Reise ins Ungewisse …
James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a subtle but deadly design flaw that manifests itself only after the aircraft has flown a certain number of hours. En route to a crash site to prove his theory, Honey discovers that he is aboard a plane rapidly approaching his predicted deadline.
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The Halfway House (1944) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Halfway House
director: Basil Dearden actor: Mervyn Johns / Glynis Johns …
other title: L'Auberge Fantôme / The Half-Way House …
A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness in the air as they are greeted by the innkeeper and his daughter. Why are all the newspapers a year old? And why doesn't Gwyneth seem to cast a shadow?
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The Sundowners (1960) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Sundowners
director: Fred Zinnemann actor: Deborah Kerr / Robert Mitchum …
other title: I nomadi / Três Vidas Errantes …
In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down and buy a farm. Paddy wants to keep moving. A sheep-shearing contest, the birth of a child, drinking, gambling, and a racehorse will all have a part in the final decision.