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Sidney James
Actor 1913 - 1976

Sidney James

Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa

Sidney James (born Solomon Joel Cohen; May 8, 1913 – April 26, 1976) was a South African-born English-based actor and comedian. He made his name as Tony Hancock's co-star in Hancock's Half Hour and also starred in the popular Carry On films. He was known for his trademark... Read full bio →

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That's Carry On!

That's Carry On!

Gerald Thomas 1977 1h 35m

Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor return to Pinewood film studios to unwrap some rib-tickling moments from the series.

Carry on Dick

Carry on Dick

Gerald Thomas 1974 1h 31m 6.0

Dick Turpin is terrorising the countryside around Upper Dencher. Captain Fancey and Sergeant Jock Strapp plan to put an end to his escapades, and enlist the help of the Reverend Flasher. Little do they know that the priest leads a double life. Then Madame Desiree and her "Birds of Paradise" arrive in the village...

Carry on Girls

Carry on Girls

Gerald Thomas 1973 1h 28m 7.0

Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the local women's liberation movement, has other ideas. It's open warfare as the women's lib attempt to sabotage the contest.

Carry on Christmas

Carry on Christmas

Ronnie Baxter 1973 50m 3.0

In this fourth and final annual Christmas TV special, Sid is working as saucy Santa in a department store grotto. He reflects on how Christmas has been celebrated though the ages, aided by sketches from the team set in prehistoric, Georgian, World War 1 and Robin Hood times - not to mention a dance routine that's a real nutcracker.

Carry on Matron

Carry on Matron

Gerald Thomas 1972 1h 27m 6.0

A gang of thieves plan to make their fortune by stealing a shipment of contraceptive pills from Finisham maternity hospital. They assume disguises and infiltrate the hospital, but everything doesn't go according to plan.

Carry on Abroad

Carry on Abroad

Gerald Thomas 1972 1h 28m 7.0

A group of holidaymakers head for the Spanish resort of Elsbels for a 4-day visit. When they get there, they find the Hotel still hasn't been finished being built, and the weather is awful. And there is something strange about the staff—they all look very similar.

Bless This House

Bless This House

Gerald Thomas 1972 1h 27m 6.0

The legendary Sid James stars as the head of a chaotic household in this movie spin-off from the hit ITV sitcom. Sid Abbott and his best mate Trevor (Peter Butterworth) enjoy home-brewing. Plans to turn their hobby into a profitable, if illicit, sideline come unstuck when a Customs and Excise officer (Terry Scott) moves in next door!

Carry on at Your Convenience

Carry on at Your Convenience

Gerald Thomas 1971 1h 30m 5.0

This is the tale of industrial strife at WC Boggs' Lavatory factory. Vic Spanner is the union representative who calls a strike at the drop of a hat; eventually everyone has to get fed up with him. This is also the ideal opportunity for lots of lavatorial jokes...

Carry on Henry

Carry on Henry

Gerald Thomas 1971 1h 29m 6.0

Henry VIII has just married Marie of Normandy, and is eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunately for Henry, she is always eating garlic, and refuses to stop. Deciding to get rid of her in his usual manner, Henry has to find some way of doing it without provoking war with Marie's cousin, the King of France. Perhaps if she had an affair...

Carry on Up the Jungle

Carry on Up the Jungle

Gerald Thomas 1970 1h 29m 7.0

The Carry On team send up the Tarzan tradition in great style. Lady Evelyn Bagley mounts an expedition to find her long-lost baby. Bill Boosey is the fearless hunter and guide. Prof. Tinkle is searching for the rare Oozalum bird.

Carry on Loving

Carry on Loving

Gerald Thomas 1970 1h 28m 7.0

The Wedded Bliss computer dating agency aims to bring together the lonely hearts of Much-Snoggin-in-the-Green. Its owner, Sidney Bliss, has enough complications in his own love life, but still produces a pamphlet called "The Wit to Woo". The strange collection of hopefuls lead to some outlandish matches, and jealousies are bound to lead to trouble

Carry on Again Christmas

Carry on Again Christmas

Alan Tarrant 1970 50m 5.0

The second of the Carry On Christmas specials, this one loosely recounts the story of Treasure Island.

Carry on Christmas

Carry on Christmas

Ronnie Baxter 1969 50m 6.0

Ebenezer Scrooge is a misery on Christmas, not allowing people money or doing anything to share Christmas cheer around his employees or acquaintances. While Scrooge is visited by three ghosts we see how his penny pinching has affected those around him.

Carry on Camping

Carry on Camping

Gerald Thomas 1969 1h 28m 7.5

Sid and Bernie plan a camping trip with girlfriends Joan and Anthea, hoping to visit a nudist camp. They stumble upon a bizarre group of campers, including sex-starved schoolgirls and hippie bands, leading to hilarious misadventures.

Carry on Again Doctor

Carry on Again Doctor

Gerald Thomas 1969 1h 25m 7.0

Dr Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming potion by a member of staff, Gladstone Screwer, and he flies back to England to fame and fortune. But others want to cash in on his good fortunes, and some just want him brought down a peg or two.

Carry On... Up the Khyber

Carry On... Up the Khyber

Gerald Thomas 1968 1h 28m 6.0

Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond looks after the British outpost near the Khybar pass. Protected by the kilted Third Foot and Mouth regiment, you would think they were safe, but the Khazi of Kalabar has other ideas—he wants all the British dead. But his troops fear the 'skirted-devils, who are rumoured not to wear any underwear.

Don't Lose Your Head

Don't Lose Your Head

Gerald Thomas 1967 1h 37m 5.0

Amidst the French revolution, Citizen Robespierre is beheading the aristocracy! When word gets to England, noblemen Sir Rodney Ffing and Lord Darcy Pue take it upon themselves to aid their French counterparts. Sir Rodney is a master of disguise, and becomes 'The Black Fingernail' scourge of Camembert and Bidet, leaders of the French secret police.

Carry on Doctor

Carry on Doctor

Gerald Thomas 1967 1h 34m 7.0

Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind over matter, slips off the platform in the middle of his performance and ends up in hospital under the care of Dr Tinkle. The hospital is about to enter a period of total chaos.

Carry on Cowboy

Carry on Cowboy

Gerald Thomas 1966 1h 33m 5.0

Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a "sanitary engineer" (plumber) by the name of Marshal P. Knutt is mistaken for a law marshal! Being the conscientious sort, Marshal tries to help the town get rid of Rumpo, and a showdown is inevitable.

Three Hats for Lisa

Three Hats for Lisa

Sidney Hayers 1965 1h 35m 5.0

French movie pin up Sophie Hardy is Lisa Milan, a gorgeous Continental film star who's just arrived at Heathrow. She's in London for the premiere of her latest film, but within minutes she's beenw hisked away by her number one fan, Johnny Howjego and his Cockney pals Sammy, Flora and Cabbie Sid.

The Big Job

The Big Job

Gerald Thomas 1965 1h 28m 6.0

A gang of hapless crooks, led by Sidney James, successfully perpetrate a robbery only to be caught after the fact. Fifteen years later they emerge from prison intent on retrieving their stolen loot - and discover a police station has been built over its hiding place.

The Beauty Jungle

The Beauty Jungle

Val Guest 1964 1h 50m 6.0

A Bristol typist joins the world of beauty contests.

Carry on Cleo

Carry on Cleo

Gerald Thomas 1964 1h 34m 7.0

Two Britons are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. Hengist Pod creates useless inventions...

Carry on Cabby

Carry on Cabby

Gerald Thomas 1963 1h 31m 6.0

A taxi company is threatened when an all-female firm sets itself up in business and starts to steal their customers.

We Joined the Navy

We Joined the Navy

Wendy Toye 1962 1h 45m 6.0

.A British comedy film based on the novel of the same name by John Winton.

Carry on Cruising

Carry on Cruising

Gerald Thomas, Ralph Thomas 1962 1h 29m 6.0

Captain Crowther's lot is not a happy one! Five of his crew have to be replaced and at such short notice before the voyage begins there isn't much to choose from. Not only does he get the five most incompetent shipmates ever to sail the seven seas, but the passengers turn out to be a rather strange bunch too.

What a Whopper

What a Whopper

Gilbert Gunn 1961 1h 30m

A writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. No publisher will take it because they all think there isn't really a monster. The writer and some of his friends make a fake monster and take photographs and then travel to Scotland to see if they can convince the locals.

What a Carve Up!

What a Carve Up!

Pat Jackson 1961 1h 24m 6.0

Ernie's Uncle Gabriel has just died but to claim his inheritance he must spend the night in the ancestral family home with the rest of his rather eccentric relatives. Ernie's imagination has been affected by his constant immersion in cheap horror novels, but his wildest fears turn out to be justified when the guests begin to drop dead.

Raising the Wind

Raising the Wind

Gerald Thomas 1961 1h 31m

'Carry On' director Gerald Thomas helms this comedy caper featuring early appearances by James Robertson Justice, Sid James, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Williams, Liz Fraser and Eric Barker. The film follows the hi-jinks of a group of music students who move into a shared flat in order to cut costs and have somewhere to practice their instruments.

Double Bunk

Double Bunk

C.M. Pennington-Richards 1961 1h 32m

When newly weds Jack and Peggy face eviction, they are tricked into buying a run down houseboat. After rebuilding the engine, they take their friends Sid and Sandra, on a local trip down the river to Folkestone, but somehow they end up in France, and with no fuel and supplies, they resort to desperate actions to get back home.

Carry on Regardless

Carry on Regardless

Gerald Thomas, Ralph Thomas 1961 1h 27m 6.0

After a bunch of no-hopers approaches an employment agency, the anarchy mounts as they do a series of odd jobs, including a chimp's tea party, trying to stay sober at a wine tasting… and demolishing a house.

A Weekend with Lulu

A Weekend with Lulu

John Paddy Carstairs 1961 1h 29m 6.0

Fred, Tim and Deirdre plan a fun weekend break on the coast. What they didn't make allowances for was the company of Deirdre's mother who insists on coming along as her daughter's chaperone.

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

Frank Launder 1960 1h 34m 3.0

A dubious child psychiatrist is put in charge of the St. Trinian's school after it burns down. The sixth form are sent to Arabia to become harem girls. The Ministry of Education, Police and army go to rescue them, but it is the notorious St. Trinian's forth form who are going to make the real difference.

Carry on Constable

Carry on Constable

Gerald Thomas 1960 1h 26m 5.0

With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills police station...

The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps

Ralph Thomas 1959 1h 33m 5.5

Remake of the classic hitchcock movie. Whilst generally not as good, it is a rather fun movie, and more lighthearted than the original. This is largely due to Kenneth More's acting.

Desert Mice

Desert Mice

Michael Relph 1959 1h 21m 6.0

A World War II farce that follows the antics of an ENSA (Entertainment National Service Association) group. Fresh from the music halls, they bumble their way from army camp to camp.

The Silent Enemy

The Silent Enemy

William Fairchild 1958 1h 52m 8.0

The Mediterranean, 1941/42 - Axis forces are using frogmen and manned torpedoes to attack previously impregnable harbours. The Allied forces need to come up with something to answer this threat, which they find in the form of Lt. Lionel "Buster" Crabb.

The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw

The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw

Raoul Walsh 1958 1h 43m 7.0

English gunsmith Jonathon Tibbs travels to the American West in the 1880s to sell firearms to the locals. He inadvertently acquires a reputation of quickness on the draw due to his wrist mounted Derringer style weapon. Soon gaining the post of sheriff, he endeavours to clean up the town using what skills he has—and by multilateral diplomacy.

The Man Inside

The Man Inside

John Gilling 1958 1h 30m

A detective tracking a stolen gem begins to suspect there's more to the case than just theft.

Next to No Time!

Next to No Time!

Henry Cornelius 1958 1h 29m 6.0

An unassuming planning engineer must negotiate an important loan while aboard the Queen Elizabeth en route to New York City, but his lack of confidence threatens to foil his plans.

The Smallest Show on Earth

The Smallest Show on Earth

Basil Dearden 1957 1h 23m 7.0

Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them Bill's long-lost uncle has died and left them his business—a cinema in the town of Sloughborough. Unfortunately they can't sell it for the fortune they hoped as they discover it is falling down and almost worthless.

The Shiralee

The Shiralee

Leslie Norman 1957 1h 39m 6.0

An Australian "swagman" finds his wife with another man, so he takes the daughter, Buster, with him. On the road together, going from town to town and from farm to farm, father and daughter explore new depths of understanding and bonding.

Quatermass 2

Quatermass 2

Val Guest 1957 1h 25m 6.6

In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space.

Interpol

Interpol

John Gilling 1957 1h 32m 6.0

International narcotics smuggler Frank McNally is trailed through various European countries by U.S. drug enforcement agent Charles Sturgis.

Hell Drivers

Hell Drivers

Cy Endfield 1957 1h 48m 7.0

An ex-con trying trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.

Campbell's Kingdom

Campbell's Kingdom

Ralph Thomas 1957 1h 42m 6.0

Englishman Bruce Campbell (Dirk Bogarde) takes possession of his grandfather's Canadian land, but he faces various challenges such as disgruntled locals, a ruthless contractor, a new power dam, and his own bad health.

A King in New York

A King in New York

Charlie Chaplin 1957 1h 44m 6.7

Due to a revolution in his country, King Shahdov comes to New York - almost broke. To get some money he goes to TV, making commercials and meets the child from communist parents. Due to this he is suddenly a suspected as a communist himself and has to face one of McCarthy's hearings.

Wicked as They Come

Wicked as They Come

Ken Hughes 1956 1h 34m 6.0

A ruthless woman takes advantage of gullible men to climb up the social ladder.

Trapeze

Trapeze

Carol Reed 1956 1h 45m 6.0

A pair of men try to perform the dangerous "triple" in their trapeze act. Problems arise when the duo is made into a trio following the addition of a sexy female performer.

The Extra Day

The Extra Day

William Fairchild 1956 1h 23m 6.0

The final scene of a film has been lost and the extras have to be rounded up for it to be re-shot.

The Glass Cage

The Glass Cage

Montgomery Tully 1955 59m 5.0

Crowds flock to a carnival sideshow to see "The Starving Man", a heavyset man who claims he can go 70 days without eating. However, a couple of murders occur at the carnival, resulting in the police becoming involved.

A Kid for Two Farthings

A Kid for Two Farthings

Carol Reed 1955 1h 36m 6.0

Joe is a young boy who lives with his mother, Joanna, in working-class London. The two reside above the tailor shop of Mr. Kandinsky, who likes to tell Joe stories. When Kandinsky informs Joe that a unicorn can grant wishes, the hopeful lad ends up buying a baby goat with one tiny horn, believing it to be a real unicorn.

The Weak and the Wicked

The Weak and the Wicked

J. Lee Thompson 1954 1h 28m 6.0

Frank "women in prison" story that sympathetically tracks several inmates through their imprisonment and subsequent return to society. Some are successfully rehabilitated; some are not.

The Rainbow Jacket

The Rainbow Jacket

Basil Dearden 1954 1h 39m 6.0

A champion jockey is banned from racing so spends his time helping a young lad to become the next champion.

The House Across the Lake

The House Across the Lake

Ken Hughes 1954 1h 8m 6.0

Sensuous and desirable, Carol Forrest has always attracted the attention of men. Expert in the art of manipulation and control she married an older man, loving only his vast wealth and continued to amuse herself with indiscreet affairs.

The Crowded Day

The Crowded Day

John Guillermin 1954 1h 22m

One day in the lives and loves of the staff in a large department store.

The Belles of St. Trinian's

The Belles of St. Trinian's

Frank Launder 1954 1h 31m 5.5

Story of manic schoolgirls who are more interested in racing form than books as they try to get-rich-quick, aided by the head-mistress' brother, played by Alastair Sim, who also plays the head-mistress.

Seagulls Over Sorrento

Seagulls Over Sorrento

Roy Boulting, John Boulting 1954 1h 32m

A Navy lieutenant is borrowed by the British to supervise torpedo experiments after one of their scientists is killed.

For Better, for Worse

For Better, for Worse

J. Lee Thompson 1954 1h 25m 6.0

In postwar London, Tony and Anne marry despite her wealthy parents' doubts. With a modest job and tiny flat, they struggle with tight finances, limited space, difficult neighbors, and her parents' interference.

Father Brown

Father Brown

Robert Hamer 1954 1h 31m

Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.

Will Any Gentleman...?

Will Any Gentleman...?

Michael Anderson 1953 1h 24m

A trip to the theatre changes a meek bank clerk's life, as he undergoes hypnosis and leaves without being woken up. Suddenly, he believes he is the world's greatest lover and becomes a terrorizing Casanova.

The Titfield Thunderbolt

The Titfield Thunderbolt

Charles Crichton 1953 1h 24m 7.0

When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member of the community who is attracted by the complete lack of licensing hours on trains.

The Square Ring

The Square Ring

Basil Dearden 1953 1h 23m 6.0

Boxing drama following the lives of five different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.

The Flanagan Boy

The Flanagan Boy

Reginald Le Borg 1953 1h 21m 5.0

Johnny Flanagan did not have the privileges of a good education or wealthy background but the streets developed his natural talent to be a great fighter. His enormous potential to reach the top is born out of a string of spectacular successes.

Park Plaza 605

Park Plaza 605

Bernard Knowles 1953 1h 15m 6.0

A private detective solves a murder of which he has been accused, and tracks down a gang of jewel smugglers.

Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary

Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary

Maurice Elvey 1953 1h 18m 6.0

An American soldier's marital bliss is shattered when his alluring ex-wife resurfaces in England, asserting their marriage's validity. His buddies efforts to help only exacerbate the tangled mess.

Escape by Night

Escape by Night

John Gilling 1953 1h 19m 5.0

An Italian racketeer on the run in London holes up in a disused theatre with a hard-drinking journalist out to get the full story.

Cosh Boy

Cosh Boy

Lewis Gilbert 1953 1h 15m 5.0

Roy Walsh is a brash and enterprising thug who bullies his friends into subservience. He and his gang assault and rob people on the street, but things get increasingly dangerous when their behavior escalates to larger crimes.

Venetian Bird

Venetian Bird

Ralph Thomas 1952 1h 34m 5.0

Travelling to Venice to locate an ex-partisan on behalf of a French insurance company, a British private detective gets mixed-up in a political assassination conspiracy.

I Believe in You

I Believe in You

Basil Dearden, Michael Relph 1952 1h 35m 6.0

A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue Lamp"(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers and their charges.

Gift Horse

Gift Horse

Compton Bennett 1952 1h 35m

In 1940, the Captain of an old Royal Navy destroyer struggles with his crew, as well as the Nazis.

Father's Doing Fine

Father's Doing Fine

Henry Cass 1952 1h 20m 6.0

A domestic comedy based on the play "Little Lambs Eat Ivy", dealing with the adventures of an impoverished upper-class family consisting of a widowed mother and her four daughters.

The Magic Box

The Magic Box

John Boulting 1951 1h 58m

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once young and handsome William Green. He changed his name to include his first wife's for the photographic portrait work he excelled at.

The Lavender Hill Mob

The Lavender Hill Mob

Charles Crichton 1951 1h 18m 7.7

A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers.

Talk of a Million

Talk of a Million

John Paddy Carstairs 1951 1h 15m 6.0

A family reduced to imminent poverty by the father's disinclination to work; an American lawyer looking for the heir to half a million pounds; the scene is set for a hilarious tale of creative deception!

Lady Godiva Rides Again

Lady Godiva Rides Again

Frank Launder 1951 1h 30m 6.0

An unsophisticated and impressionable young girl finds herself in trouble after winning a beauty pageant.

The Man in Black

The Man in Black

Francis Searle 1950 1h 18m 5.0

A yogi seemingly dies while simulating death and his evil second wife, and her daughter, try to force his daughter into insanity for control of his estate.

Last Holiday

Last Holiday

Henry Cass 1950 1h 28m 6.0

George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live.On his doctor's advice, he goes to an exclusive seaside resort to spend his savings on one last holiday.

The Small Back Room

The Small Back Room

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1949 1h 46m 7.5

As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on 1943 Britain, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol.

No Orchids for Miss Blandish

No Orchids for Miss Blandish

St. John Legh Clowes 1948 1h 44m 5.0

A sheltered heiress is abducted on her wedding night by a trio of cheap hoods.

Nightbeat

Nightbeat

Harold Huth 1947 1h 31m 6.0

After the war is over, two army pals take opposite paths in civvy street. One becomes a petty criminal, the other becomes a policeman.

Black Memory

Black Memory

Oswald Mitchell 1947 1h 13m 5.0

Danny Cruff returns home years after his father was wrongly accused and hanged for murder. But he can't escape his past.

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