Joan Plowright Movies
- 1993
The Summer House
The Summer House5.4291993HD
Margaret (Lena Headey) is a shy, pale, middle-class Englishwoman who is reluctantly engaged to her older, twittish neighbor Syl Monro (David...
- 1991
The House of Bernarda Alba
The House of Bernarda Alba01991HD
A domineering,reclusive, and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have...
- 2001
Bailey's Mistake
Bailey's Mistake52001HD
"Bailey's Mistake" is the name of a cold, dreary island that a bitter widow finds herself stuck on. Seems Liz Donovan got cut out of her husband's...
- 2006
Goose on the Loose
Goose on the Loose5.42006HD
Grieving young Will Donnelly looks to protect his new best friend, a talking goose, from school Principal Congreve Maddox, who's fattening up the...
- 1995
A Pin for the Butterfly
A Pin for the Butterfly61995HD
Communism seen through the eyes of a young girl who watches her beloved uncle struggle with the oppressive government .
- 1987
The Birthday Party
The Birthday Party6.71987HD
It is Stanley's birthday, but the party he is given is not quite what he expects. [A BBC production broadcast on the Theatre Night series.]
- 2000
Frankie & Hazel
Frankie & Hazel5.32000HD
Actress JoBeth Williams directed this Showtime family feature starring The Sixth Sense's Mischa Barton for Barbra Streisand's Barwood Films. Barton...
- 1970
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night6.41970HD
Sir Alec Guinness, Sir Ralph Richardson and Joan Plowright star in this merry on-stage mix-up of identity, gender and love in Tony Award-winner John...
- 1998
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within5.71998HD
Fact-based story about a 90's espionage case that was chronicled as the worst case of espionage in US history
- 2001
Scrooge and Marley
Scrooge and Marley102001HD
Ebenezer Scrooge is back in a made-for-TV film produced by Coral Ridge Ministries. The ill-tempered miser is played by skilled Christian actor Dean...
- 1989
And a Nightingale Sang
And a Nightingale Sang4.51989HD
Set in working class Newcastle, the Stott family fight their private battles against the backdrop of the conflict of World War II. Helen Stott, over...
- 1988
The Dressmaker
The Dressmaker41988HD
In England during World War II, a repressed dressmaker and her sister struggle looking after their 17-year-old niece, who is having a delusional...
- 1973
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice71973HD
An Edwardian take on the Shakespeare play starring Laurence Olivier.
- 1963
Uncle Vanya
Uncle Vanya01963HD
Adaptation of Chekhov's play from the Chichester Festival.
- 1994
On Promised Land
On Promised Land61994HD
In the 1950s, the Ween family live and work on land that was promised to their family. The landowners, the Appletree family, use the promise of the...
- 1978
Daphne Laureola
Daphne Laureola61978HD
A young man becomes infatuated with the exotic Lady Pitts whose much older husband is not pleased.
- 2018
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life02018HD
Franco Zeffirelli passed away on 15th June 2019. Chris Hunt's biography explores how Zeffirelli's sense of drama was born out of his own experience...
- 1988
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest4.71988HD
Filled with wit and wisdom, The Importance of Being Earnest tells the tale of Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff. Jack has invented an imaginary...
- 1982
A Dedicated Man
A Dedicated Man01982HD
Edith is a hotel waitress, single and in her mid-forties, with a major infatuation on Maurice Silcox, the hotel's head waiter. But Edith becomes...
- 1978
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Saturday, Sunday, Monday01978HD
One Saturday evening Rosa Priore is preparing a magnificent Sunday lunch for her family and their friends. By Sunday afternoon her life and marriage...