Filmography Petula Clark Actress
Medal For The General
aka The Gay Intruders
100 min - Drama | War - June 1944
100 min - Drama | War - June 1944
- Director: Maurice Elvey
- Writers: James Ronald (novel), Elizabeth Baron (screenplay)
- Synopsis: A proud but aging WWI war-horse is deeply offended when his offer to lead during WWII is rejected by the government that once lauded his bravery with a series of medals. Embittered and despondent over their callousness, he heads back to his isolated country estate where he plots his permanent escape from the cold cruel world. When the government sends six mischievous cockney youths to stay with him during the bombing of London, the despondent old man must abandon his suicidal musings and attend to the ensuing chaos of the rambunctious rapscallions. This touching British drama follows the tough general's attempts to control and understand the energetic little hellions. As he comes to know them, he reluctantly begins to care and in so doing, finds renewed zest for life [Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide]
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Strawberry Roan
84 min - Drama - January 1945
- Director: Maurice Elvey
- Writers: Elizabeth Baron, A.G. Street (novel)
- Synopsis: A farmer marries a beautiful city girl and tries to help her become more settled on the farm by buying her a calf to look after. She begins to spend their money so fast that the farmer goes broke, Then she runs away on her horse. [Written by Steve Crook]
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Murder In Reverse
aka Query
80 min - Thriller - October 1945
80 min - Thriller - October 1945
- Director: Montgomery Tully
- Writer: Montgomery Tully
- Synopsis: Tom Masterick, a dock worker, is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is commuted to a long prison term. When released as an old man, he vows to find the real killer.
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I Know Where I'm Going
91 min - Drama | Romance - November 1945
- Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
- Writers: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
- Synopsis: Young middle-class Englishwoman Joan Webster is determined to have the finer things in life, and to that end she plans to marry Sir Robert Bellinger, a wealthy, middle-aged industrialist whom she does not love. En route to the Island of Killoran (mythical), where her future husband resides, Joan is stranded on the nearby island of Mull. Inclement weather keeps her grounded for a week, during which time she falls in love with young, insouciant naval officer Torquil McNeil. Ignoring the dictates of her heart (not to mention common sense), Joan stubbornly insists upon heading out to sea towards her marriage of convenience, but the exigencies of Mother Nature finally convince her that her future resides on Mull.
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Trouble At Townsend
23 min - Documentary | Short - January 1946
- Director: Darrell Catling
- Synopsis: Short instructional film about two city children (from London) who go and stay at their uncle's farm in the country. The film was made in order to instruct children the proper way of behaving in the country.
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London Town
aka My Heart Goes Crazy
126 min - Comedy | Musical - September 1946
126 min - Comedy | Musical - September 1946
- Director: Wesley Ruggles
- Writers: Val Guest, Sig Herzig, Elliot Paul, Wesley Ruggles
- Synopsis: An aging music hall performer returns to London believing he's the star of a new show. When he discovers that he's only slated to be the understudy, his daughter sabotages the revue's star in order to get him back into the spotlight. [Written by Alessandro Martini]
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Vice-Versa
111 min - Comedy - January 1948
- Director: Peter Ustinov
- Writers: F. Anstey (novel), Peter Ustinov
- Synopsis: Businessman Paul Bultitude is sending his son Dick to a boarding school. While holding a magic stone from India, he wishes that he could be young again. His wish is immediately fulfilled and the two change bodies with each other. Mr Bultitude becomes a school boy who smokes cigars and has a very conservative view on child upbringing, while his son Dick becomes a gentleman who spends his time drinking lemonade and arranging children's parties. [Written by Mattias Thuresson]
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Easy Money
94 min - Comedy | Crime | Drama - January 1948
- Director: Bernard Knowles
- Writers: Muriel Box, Sydney Box, Arnold Ridley
- Synopsis: A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an unhappy argumentative lot until it is discovered the coupon apparently didn't get posted. A mild-mannered clerk worries about how to tell his overbearing boss he is quitting. A double-bass player finds life without the orchestra lacks something. The lure of the big money even turns some people into criminals, as when a coupon checker is tempted by his night-club singer girlfriend to cheat the company. [Written by Jeremy Perkins]
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Here Come The Huggetts
93 min - Comedy | Drama - November 1948
- Director: Ken Annakin
- Writers: Muriel Box, Sydney Box, Denis Constanduros, Mabel Constanduros, Peter Rogers
- Synopsis: The return of the Huggett family. After first meeting the family at the Holiday Camp, this is on the home front. The Huggetts are about to have their first telephone installed. In todays high technology age, it is an interesting look at the late 40's, when all this was brand new. [Written by Mike Wilson]
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Vote For Huggett
84 min - Comedy - February 1949
- Director: Ken Annakin
- Writers: Denis Constanduros, Mabel Constanduros, Allan MacKinnon
- Synopsis: In this comedy, the Huggett family patriarch decides to run for public office. His entire platform is built upon a promise to construct a war memorial. Unfortunately, he wants to build it on a parcel of his wife's land. She doesn't want anything there so her niece fakes her signature and the land gets donated. Fortunately, the candidate's daughter finds out about her conniving cousin and is able to save her father's name and his election. [Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide]
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The Huggetts Abroad
84 min - Comedy - May 1949
- Director: Ken Annakin
- Writers: Gerard Bryant, Keith Campbell, Denis Constanduros, Mabel Constanduros, Ted Willis
- Synopsis: Life is not going well for the Huggetts. Father has lost his job. Jimmy and his wife cannot get to South Africa where he has a new job. So the family decide that they should go to South Africa by truck. With their travelling companion they travel across the desert which includes a brush with the law. [Written by Catherine]
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Don't Ever Leave Me
85 min - Comedy | Musical | Romance - July 1949
- Director: Arthur Crabtree
- Writers: Anthony Armstrong (story), Robert Westerby
- Synopsis: In a pleasant variation on "The Ransom of Red Chief," elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous actor. When Harry loses his nerve, Sheila won't let him give up. Because she is bored and ignored by her egotistical father, she becomes the mastermind of the plot. Harry's grandson Jack, who feels responsible for the old man and the girl, is shocked, and tries to return Sheila, but is thwarted by her determined fantasizing. [Written by Mike Rogers]
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The Romantic Age
aka Naughty Arlette
80 min - Comedy - December 1949
80 min - Comedy - December 1949
- Director: Edmond T. Gréville
- Writers: Serge Véber, Peggy Barwell, Edward Dryhurst
- Synopsis: Arlette is a malicious schoolgirl who uses her feminine charms to attract, and then destroy, every man gullible enough to respond to her flirtations. She sets her cap for the art professor and very nearly does him in... but his loving wife and daughter help the deluded man escape the seductive mantrap. [Written by Dan Navarro]
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Dance Hall
80 min - Drama - June 1950
- Director: Charles Crichton
- Writers: E.V.H. Emmett, Alexander Mackendrick, Diana Morgan
- Synopsis: Episodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall.
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Tin Pan Alley
documentary - January 1951
- Director: Terry Ashwood
- Synopsis: Short documentary film which features the activities taking place in London's famous "Street of Song" (Denmark Street) - also known as "Tin Pan Alley." The idea of the film is to lift the veil and show cinema audiences just how a new number is created and set upon the road to success. The song in question is "Last Night's Kisses" by Sam Brown, Ray Hartley and Jimmy Kennedy. To help launch the song, stars come from far and near and are seen trying it out and discussing its possibilities. [Written by Terry Young]
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White Corridors
102 min - Drama - June 1951
- Director: Pat Jackson
- Writers: Helen Ashton, David E. Jackson, Pat Jackson, Jan Read
- Synopsis: The scene is Yeoman's Hospital, set in the English Midlands, soon after the NHS was founded. Sophie Dean, a young and gifted surgeon, is torn between her love for pathologist Dr Neil Mariner, and a prestigous post in London. Mariner's research is on penicillin-resistant infection, and whilst drawing blood from a young boy with septicaemia, he inadvertently infects himself. The boy dies, and Neil becomes seriously ill - his experimental serum might save him, and he asks Sophie to give him the serum if there is no other hope - but if she does,she could be charged with manslaughter if Neil dies. Fortunately he is saved, and Sophie decides her future is with Neil. The film is by turns humorous, moving and dramatic with superb attention to detail. It is the archetype of medical dramas right up to the present day. [Written by Nandu Thalange]
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Madame Louise
aka The Madame Gambles
Comedy - October 1951
Comedy - October 1951
- Director: Maclean Rogers
- Writers: Michael Pertwee, Vernon Sylvaine (play)
- Synopsis: In this comedy, a bookie wins a boutique and decides to modernize the joint by devising new, more effective programs for running it. Those who have worked in the shop for years are not pleased with the new changes, and when the bookies elaborate plans blow up in his face, they are only too pleased to go back to working for the shop's original owner. [Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide]
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The Card
aka The Promoter
Comedy - March 1952
Comedy - March 1952
- Director: Ronald Neame
- Writers: Arnold Bennett (novel), Eric Ambler (screenplay)
- Synopsis: A charming and ambitious young man finds many ways to raise himself through the ranks in business and social standing- some honest, some not quite so. If he can just manage to avoid a certain very predatory woman... [Written by Ken Yousten]
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Made In Heaven
90 min - Comedy - November 1952
- Director: John Paddy Carstairs
- Writers: George H. Brown (original story and screenplay), William Douglas-Home (original story and screenplay)
- Synopsis: The Topham family wins a "Dunmow Flinch". However, it is stolen while the husband kisses a Hungarian maid.
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The Runaway Bus
78 min - Comedy | Crime | Mystery - February 1954
- Director: Val Guest
- Writer: Val Guest
- Synopsis: When heavy fog prevents all aircraft from leaving London airport, a group of passengers take an airline bus to get them to an alternative airport. However, one among their number is the mastermind behind a bullion robbery at the airport... and particularly keen to escape the fog!
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The Gay Dog
87 min - Comedy - June 1954
- Director: Maurice Elvey
- Writers: Joseph Colton (play), Peter Rogers
- Synopsis: Jim Gay loves his racing greyhound but, out of town, he finds a dog with a better chance to win. His friends bet on his dog while he bets against.
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The Happiness Of Three Women
78 min - Drama - November 1954
- Director: Maurice Elvey
- Writers: Maury Davis, Eynon Evans, Eynon Evans
- Synopsis: Light, pleasantly told story of a Welsh village postman's successful and ingenious efforts to bring happiness back into the lives of an assortment of people--quarrelling newlyweds, rich and snobbish widow, bereaved wife--during their stay at a local inn, ending with one of the guests dramatically restoring use of paralyzed legs to school-master son of the inn hostess and thereby encouraging him to go ahead with marriage plans. Petula plays the part of the paralyzed man's fiancée. [Today's Cinema]
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Track The Man Down
75 min - Crime | Drama - January 1955
- Director: R.G. Springsteen
- Writers: Paul Erickson, Kenneth R. Hayles (additional dialogue)
- Synopsis: A newspaper reporter finds himself drawn into the aftermath of a racetrack robbery.
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That Woman Opposite
aka City After Midnight
85 min - Crime | Drama - May 1957
85 min - Crime | Drama - May 1957
- Director: Compton Bennett
- Writers: Compton Bennett, John Dickson Carr (novel)
- Synopsis: A series of daring robberies has taken place on Rue des Anges, a quiet street in the town of La Bandelette. Standing by an open window in his study, Sir Maurice Lawes sees a gendarme beaten to death and the killer, who also sees Lawes, escape in a car. The next evening, the residents hear a shattering scream from Janice Lawes when she finds her father murdered. Chief Inspector Garon of the French police and private investigator Dermot Kinross are puzzled as to who would find to kill the kindly Lawes; was it divorcée Eve Atwood whose bloodstained nightdress had been found by the police; or the son of the house, Toby, who had been secretly robbing his father to close the lips of his blackmailing mistress; or a case of robbery with violence, as a valuable necklace had been stolen from Sir Maurice's famous collection; or the burglar who feared Sir Maurice had seen him kill the gendarme? [Written by Les Adams]
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The 6.5 Special
aka Calling All Cats
85 min - Musical - March 1958
85 min - Musical - March 1958
- Director: Alfred Shaughnessy
- Writer: Norman Hudis
- Synopsis: A spin-off from the BBC television show. At the suggestion of her girlfriend, a young singer decides to try and make her name in London. Catching the overnight '6.5 Special' the two find the train full of 1950's British pop stars only too ready to burst into song. As the presenters of the show are also on board, our heroine is assured of a spot on the following Saturday's 'Six Five Special'. [Written by Jeremy Perkins]
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A Couteaux Tirés
aka Daggers Drawn
83 min - Drama - 1964
83 min - Drama - 1964
- Director: Charles Gérard
- Writers: Charles Gérard, Pascal Jardin
- Synopsis: Five men embark on an ill-fated quest to retrieve a sunken Nazi horde of diamonds. Petula composed the all-instrumental soundtrack and appears as herself.
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Questi Pazzi, Pazzi Italiani
85 min - Musical - 1965
- Director: Tullio Piacentini
- Writers: Tullio Piacentini
- Synopsis: A series of pop songs, performed by famous Italian and foreign singers and musicians, are connected to one another through a series of outlandish animated vignettes.
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The Big T.N.T. Show
93 min - Documentary | Music - 1966
- Director: Larry Peerce
- Synopsis: Live performances by some of the top rock-and-roll acts of the mid 60s. Includes Ray Charles, The Byrds, Joan Baez, Ike and Tina Turner, Donovan, The Lovin' Spoonful, and several more.
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Finian's Rainbow
141 min - Family | Fantasy | Musical - October 1968
- Director: Francis Ford Coppola
- Writers: E.Y. Harburg, Fred Saidy
- Synopsis: Twenty years after its opening on Broadway, the musical FINIAN’S RAINBOW made its debut on film thanks to Francis Ford Coppola. The movie stars Fred Astaire as Irishman Finian McLonergan, who steals a pot of gold from the leprechaun Og (Tommy Steele) and, with his daughter Sharon (Petula Clark), brings it to Rainbow Valley in the fictional southern state of Missitucky. Sharecropper Woody Mahoney (Don Francks) and the rest of the community of Rainbow Valley are fighting to keep their land and tobacco crop away from the greedy, racist hands of Senator Billboard Rawkins (Keenan Wynn) and his assistant, Buzz Collins (Ronald Colby). Og’s magical pot of gold causes more trouble than good when Sharon’s wish that the senator would know what it’s like to be black comes true. The rest of the pot’s wishes are quickly used up trying to undo the trouble. The hit song "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" is one of the highlights from the musical score. This was Fred Astaire’s last full-length musical, and he is a delight to watch.
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Goodbye Mr. Chips
155 min - Drama | Musical | Romance - August 1969
- Director: Herbert Ross
- Writers: James Hilton (novel), Terence Rattigan (screenplay)
- Synopsis: A shy schoolmaster finds love with a stage actress who helps bring him to greatness as a teacher, ultimately earning him the respect and admiration of his students and peers. Musical remake of the 1939 classic. Based on the novel by James Hilton.
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Drôles de zèbres
92 min - March 1977
- Director: Guy Lux
- Writer: Guy Lux
- Synopsis: French farce involving compulsive gamblers, hotel magnates and a magic serum. Claude Francois and Petula both make cameos as themselves in this bizarre film. Petula is seen briefly on stage sawing a man in half.
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Never Never Land
aka Second Star to the Right
85 min - Drama | Family - 1980
85 min - Drama | Family - 1980
- Director: Paul Annett
- Writer: Marjorie L. Sigley
- Synopsis: An unhappy little girl from a broken home goes to live with her mother's sister, Aunt Bee (Petula.) Feeling alone and tormented by her two older cousins, she finds solace in the Peter Pan myth and acts out her fantasy by running away from home with her youngest cousin and setting up a "Wendy home" for other lost children in an abandonned house in the neighborhood.
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Soundtrack only
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
aka Dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil
105 min - Drama - 1970
105 min - Drama - 1970
- Director: Anatole Litvak
- Writers: Sébastien Japrisot, Anatole Litvak, Richard Harris, Eleanor Perry
- Synopsis: A secretary takes her boss's car for the holiday in the Mediteranean, oddly retracing a journey she has not taken, and is recognized by people she has not met before. When a body turns up in her trunk, things get serious. [Written by alfiehitchie]
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Sapore Di Mare 2 - un anno dope
103 min - Comedy - 1983
- Director: Bruno Cortini
- Writer: Bruno Cortini
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Twin Town
99 min - Comedy | Drama - 1997
- Director: Kevin Allen
- Writers: Kevin Allen , Paul Durden
- Synopsis: Julian and Jeremy, two brothers known as the "Lewis Twins", prefer to spend their time on drugs and joyriding. When their father, Fatty Lewis, breaks his leg working for local bigwig Bryn Cartwright, they show up demanding compensation. Underestimating the vicious humour of the twins Bryn brusquely refuses to pay for the un-insured Fatty and unleashes a ferocious feud. [Written by Armin Ortmann]
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Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss
92 min - Comedy | Romance - 1998
- Director: Tommy O'Haver
- Writer: Tommy O'Haver
- Synopsis: Billy is a gay fine-arts photographer who falls in love with straight coffee-shop waiter Gabriel.
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Girl Interrupted
127 min - Biography | Drama - 1999
- Director: James Mangold
- Writers: Susanna Kaysen, James Mangold, Lisa Loomer, Anna Hamilton Phelan
- Synopsis: Based on writer Susanna Kaysen's account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the 1960s.
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Simpatico
106 min - Drama | Comedy | Crime - 2000
- Director: Matthew Warchus
- Writers: Sam Shepard, Matthew Warchus, David Nicholls
- Synopsis: As youths in Azusa, Vinnie, Carter, and Rosie pull off a racing scam, substituting winners for plodders and winning big bucks on long odds. When an official uncovers the scam, they set him up for blackmail. Jump ahead twenty years, Carter and Rosie are married, successful racers in Kentucky about to sell their prize stallion, Simpatico. Vinnie is a drunk in Pomona. Vinnie decides to make a play for Rosie, lures Carter to California, steals his wallet and heads for Kentucky with the original blackmail material. Carter begs Vinnie's friend, a grocery clerk named Cecilia, to follow Vinnie and get the stuff back that he has in a box. Will she succeed? [Written by jhailey]
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The Yards
115 min - Crime | Drama | Romance - 2000
- Director: James Gray
- Writers: James Gray, Matt Reeves
- Synopsis: In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big contractors; he's battling with a minority-owned firm for contracts. Willie Gutierrez, Leo's best friend, is Frank's bag man and heads a crew of midnight saboteurs who ruin the work of the Puerto Rican-owned firm. Leo needs a job, so Willie pays him to be his back-up. Then things go badly wrong one night, a cop IDs Leo, and everyone now wants him out of the picture. Besides his ailing mom and his cousin Erica, to whom can Leo turn? [Written by jhailey]
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How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
107 min - Comedy | Drama - 2002
- Director: Michael Kalesniko
- Writer: Michael Kalesniko
- Synopsis: Shy, chain-smoking, insomniac Peter McGowan is an L.A. playwright with a string of hits that preceded his current ten years of failed productions. His mother-in-law is sinking into senility, a stranger is meandering the neighborhood claiming to be him, neighbors have a new dog that barks all night; his wife wants to have a child, and he does not: he's become impotent. He's working on a new play when a single mom moves in next door with her 8-year-old daughter. His wife immediately invites the girl into the McGowan household. Will this child stir Peter's paternal feelings? Will she also help him get his dialogue right? And what of his doppelganger and the neighbor's dog? [Written by jhailey]
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