Joan Hickson Movies

  • 1956
    The Last Man to Hang

    The Last Man to Hang

    The Last Man to Hang

    6.21956HD

    A man is tried for the murder of his neurotic wife by means of a sedative overdose.

    The Last Man to Hang
  • 1945
    The Rake's Progress

    The Rake's Progress

    The Rake's Progress

    6.81945HD

    Vivian Kenway, a young Englishman from an aristocratic background, flunks out of Oxford, and decides to use his considerable charm to achieve his...

    The Rake's Progress
  • 1955
    A Time to Kill

    A Time to Kill

    A Time to Kill

    7.71955HD

    A man and a woman are poisoned. The woman dies, but the man survives. The finger of blame begins to point at the man. A policeman and a newspaper...

    A Time to Kill
  • 1936
    The Man Who Could Work Miracles

    The Man Who Could Work Miracles

    The Man Who Could Work Miracles

    61936HD

    An ordinary man, while vigorously asserting the impossibility of miracles, suddenly discovers that he can perform them.

    The Man Who Could Work Miracles
  • 1961
    Raising the Wind

    Raising the Wind

    Raising the Wind

    6.31961HD

    'Carry On' director Gerald Thomas helms this comedy caper featuring early appearances by James Robertson Justice, Sid James, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth...

    Raising the Wind
  • 1990
    King of the Wind

    King of the Wind

    King of the Wind

    71990HD

    In 1727, an Arab colt is born with the signs of the wheat ear and the white spot on his heel: evil and good. And thus begins the life of Sham. He is...

    King of the Wind
  • 1998
    What's a Carry On?

    What's a Carry On?

    What's a Carry On?

    7.71998HD

    Documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 'Carry On' comedy film series. Archive clips and out-takes are mixed with interviews with the...

    What's a Carry On?
  • 1980
    The Taming of the Shrew

    The Taming of the Shrew

    The Taming of the Shrew

    81980HD

    Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while...

    The Taming of the Shrew
  • 1959
    Please Turn Over

    Please Turn Over

    Please Turn Over

    6.31959HD

    The orderly suburban life of a 1950's English town is turned on its head when the teenaged daughter of one of the residents writes a steamy...

    Please Turn Over
  • 1958
    Law and Disorder

    Law and Disorder

    Law and Disorder

    6.41958HD

    When Percy Brand, a habitual confidence trickster, keeps being sent down, he goes to great lengths to ensure that his son Colin, does not find out...

    Law and Disorder
  • 1959
    Upstairs and Downstairs

    Upstairs and Downstairs

    Upstairs and Downstairs

    5.81959HD

    On marrying the boss's daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law's advice to hire a live-in domestic. He soon finds good help is hard to come by....

    Upstairs and Downstairs
  • 1976
    On the Tiles

    On the Tiles

    On the Tiles

    01976HD

    Alice's attempts to reach the children by climbing down the chimney of their grandmother's house result in various people being stranded on the roof....

    On the Tiles
  • 1972
    A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

    A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

    A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

    4.71972HD

    A couple uses extremely black comedy to survive taking care of a daughter who is nearly completely brain dead. They take turns doing the daughter's...

    A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
  • 1960
    Doctor in Love

    Doctor in Love

    Doctor in Love

    5.51960HD

    Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice, stopping off on the way as patients at the Foulness...

    Doctor in Love
  • 1941
    Freedom Radio

    Freedom Radio

    Freedom Radio

    71941HD

    Hitler's doctor is gradually realising that the Nazi regime isn't as good as it pretends to be when his friends start to "disappear" into the camps....

    Freedom Radio
  • 1955
    An Alligator Named Daisy

    An Alligator Named Daisy

    An Alligator Named Daisy

    6.41955HD

    Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston gains a pet alligator from another passenger who abandons it with him. He is horrified and...

    An Alligator Named Daisy
  • 1948
    The Guinea Pig

    The Guinea Pig

    The Guinea Pig

    7.11948HD

    A working-class boy wins a scholarship to a public school, as part of a post-World War Two experiment in bringing boys of different social classes...

    The Guinea Pig
  • 1948
    This Was a Woman

    This Was a Woman

    This Was a Woman

    5.71948HD

    The woman here is Sylvia Russell: power mad with set goals. In order to achieve those goals she is sadistically devoted to her son and daughter, able...

    This Was a Woman
  • 1963
    Heavens Above!

    Heavens Above!

    Heavens Above!

    6.61963HD

    A clerical error leads to the appointment of a left-leaning small-town priest to a rich village, where he immediately horrifies his snobby...

    Heavens Above!
  • 1948
    It's Hard to be Good

    It's Hard to be Good

    It's Hard to be Good

    5.81948HD

    A do-gooder ex-army officer finds his attempts to improve the world leads invariably to disasters.

    It's Hard to be Good