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List of the best Stanley Holloway movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Stanley Holloway's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Stanley Holloway movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Stanley Holloway movies will be at the top of the list. Stanley Holloway has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Stanley Holloway movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Stanley Holloway films to end the squabble once and for all.
If you think the best Stanley Holloway role isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest Stanley Holloway performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies, but in most cases they go hand in hand.
A list made up of films like Noose and The Girl from Maxim's.
"This list answers the questions, "What are the best Stanley Holloway movies?" and "What are the greatest Stanley Holloway roles of all time?"
The Titfield ThunderboltSid James, Hugh Griffith, Stanley Holloway - The Titfield Thunderbolt is a 1953 British comedy film about a group of villagers trying to keep their branch line operating after British Railways decided to close it. The film was written by ...more
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My Fair LadyAudrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Jeremy Brett - My Fair Lady is a 1964 American musical film adaptation of the Lerner and Loewe stage musical of the same name based on the 1938 film adaptation of the original 1913 stage play Pygmalion by ...more
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This Happy BreedLaurence Olivier, John Mills, Celia Johnson - This Happy Breed is a 1944 British Technicolor drama film directed by David Lean. The screenplay by Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan and Ronald Neame is based on the 1939 play of the same title by ...more
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HamletChristopher Lee, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons - Hamlet is a 1948 British film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, adapted and directed by and starring Sir Laurence Olivier. Hamlet was Olivier's second film as director, and also ...more
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Brief EncounterTrevor Howard, Celia Johnson, Stanley Holloway - Brief Encounter is a 1945 British film directed by David Lean about British suburban life, centering on Laura, a married woman with children whose conventional life becomes increasingly ...more
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The Lavender Hill MobAudrey Hepburn, Alec Guinness, Robert Shaw - The Lavender Hill Mob is a 1951 comedy film from Ealing Studios, written by T.E.B. Clarke, directed by Charles Crichton, starring Alec Guinness and Stanley Holloway and featuring Sid James and ...more
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The Way to the StarsJean Simmons, John Mills, Trevor Howard - The Way to the Stars is a 1945 British war drama film made by Two Cities Films. In the United States it was known as Johnny in the Clouds and distributed by United Artists.It was produced by ...more
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Passport to PimlicoMargaret Rutherford, Hermione Baddeley, Stanley Holloway - Passport to Pimlico is a 1949 British comedy film made by Ealing Studios and starring Stanley Holloway, Margaret Rutherford and Hermione Baddeley. It was directed by Henry Cornelius. The script ...more
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The Way AheadDavid Niven, William Hartnell, Trevor Howard - The Way Ahead is a British Second World War drama released in 1944. It stars David Niven and Stanley Holloway and follows a group of civilians who are conscripted into the British Army to fight ...more
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In Harm's WayJohn Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda - In Harm's Way is a 1965 American epic war film produced and directed by Otto Preminger and starring John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal, Tom Tryon, Paula Prentiss, Stanley Holloway, Burgess ...more
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No Love for JohnnieOliver Reed, Peter Finch, Stanley Holloway - No Love for Johnnie is a 1961 British drama film directed by Ralph Thomas. It was based on the book of the same title by the Member of Parliament Wilfred Fienburgh and stars Peter Finch. The ...more
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Champagne CharlieHugh Grant, Hazel Court, Stanley Holloway - Champagne Charlie is a 1944 British musical film made by Ealing Studios. The original screenplay by Austin Melford, John Dighton, and Angus MacPhail is loosely based on the real life rivalry ...more
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas NicklebyCedric Hardwicke, Bernard Miles, Stanley Holloway - Nicholas Nickleby is a 1947 British drama film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Cedric Hardwicke. The screenplay by John Dighton is based on the Charles Dickens novel The Life and ...more
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A Day to RememberShirley Eaton, Donald Sinden, Stanley Holloway - A Day to Remember is a 1953 British comedy drama film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring an ensemble cast including Stanley Holloway, Donald Sinden and Bill Owen. The darts team of a London ...more
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Meet Me TonightValerie Hobson, Jessie Royce Landis, Stanley Holloway - Meet me Tonight is a 1952 omnibus British comedy film adapted from three one act plays by Noël Coward that are part of his Tonight at 8:30 play cycle. It was directed by Anthony Pelissier ...more
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The Perfect WomanStanley Holloway, Miles Malleson, Nigel Patrick - The Perfect Woman is a comedy, 1949 British film directed by Bernard Knowles and written by George Black, Jr and J. B. Boothroyd, based upon a play by Wallace Geoffrey and Basil Mitchell. A ...more
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Meet Mr. LuciferStanley Holloway, Gordon Jackson, Peggy Cummins - Meet Mr. Lucifer is a black and white British comedy satire film released in 1953 starring Stanley Holloway. It was filmed at Ealing Studios, London, and is one of the Ealing Comedies. The film ...more
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Ten Little IndiansChristopher Lee, Shirley Eaton, Dennis Price - Ten Little Indians is the second film version of Agatha Christie's detective novel of the same name. Although its background story is the same as the 1945 adaptation with ten people invited to a ...more
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NooseCarole Landis, Stanley Holloway, John Slater - Noose, released in the United States as The Silk Noose, is a British crime film, directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Carole Landis, Joseph Calleia, and Derek Farr.
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The Happy FamilyStanley Holloway, Kathleen Harrison, Dandy Nichols - The Happy Family is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Muriel Box and starring Stanley Holloway, Kathleen Harrison and Naunton Wayne. The plot of the film centres on resistance by a family ...more
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An Alligator Named DaisyDiana Dors, Frankie Howerd, Stephen Boyd - An Alligator Named Daisy is a 1955 British comedy film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Donald Sinden, Jeannie Carson, James Robertson Justice, Diana Dors, Roland Culver and Stanley
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Jumping for JoyFrankie Howerd, Joan Hickson, Lionel Jeffries - Jumping for Joy is a 1956 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Frankie Howerd, Stanley Holloway, Joan Hickson and Lionel Jeffries.
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Meet Me at DawnMargaret Rutherford, Hazel Court, Stanley Holloway - Meet Me at Dawn is a 1947 British romantic comedy film directed by Peter Creswell and Thornton Freeland and starring William Eythe, Stanley Holloway and Hazel Court. A very skilled pistol shot ...more
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The Vicar of BrayStanley Holloway, Felix Aylmer, Hugh Miller - The Vicar of Bray is a 1937 British historical film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Stanley Holloway, Hugh Miller, Felix Aylmer and Margaret Vines. The film has recently been released
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The Co-OptimistsStanley Holloway, Davy Burnaby - The Co-Optimists is a 1929 British concert musical film directed by Edwin Greenwood and Laddie Cliff and starring Davy Burnaby, Stanley Holloway and Betty Chester. It was made at Twickenham
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Alive and KickingRichard Harris, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey - Alive and Kicking is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Sybil Thorndike, Kathleen Harrison, Estelle Winwood and Stanley Holloway. Its plot follows three women who ...more
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No Trees in the StreetHerbert Lom, Sylvia Syms, Stanley Holloway - No Trees in the Street is a 1959 British crime thriller directed by J. Lee Thompson and written by Ted Willis, from his 1948 stage play of the same name.
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On the FiddleSean Connery, Alan King, John Le Mesurier - On the Fiddle is a 1961 British comedy film directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Sean Connery, Alfred Lynch, Cecil Parker, Stanley Holloway, Eric Barker, Mike Sarne, Wilfrid Hyde-White, ...more
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Cotton QueenStanley Holloway, Will Fyffe, Jimmy Hanley - Cotton Queen is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Bernard Vorhaus, and starring Stanley Holloway, Will Fyffe, and Mary Lawson.
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Another ShoreWilfrid Brambell, Stanley Holloway, Moira Lister - Another Shore is a 1948 Ealing Studios comedy film/tragedy filmed in Ireland. It stars Robert Beatty as Gulliver Shields, an Irish customs official who dreams of living on a South Sea island; ...more
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One Wild OatAudrey Hepburn, Roger Moore, Stanley Holloway - One Wild Oat is a 1951 British film starring Stanley Holloway, Robertson Hare and Sam Costa with a notable appearance by a pre-stardom Audrey Hepburn as an extra. The film was adapted by Vernon ...more
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Fast and LooseDora Bryan, Stanley Holloway, June Thorburn - Fast and Loose is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Stanley Holloway, Kay Kendall and Brian Reece. It was based on A Cuckoo in the Nest by Ben Travers, the first ...more
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Run a Crooked MileMary Tyler Moore, Louis Jourdan, Wilfrid Hyde-White - Run a Crooked Mile is a 1969 made-for-TV thriller in which Louis Jourdan stars as Richard Stuart, an ordinary schoolteacher who, whilst on holiday, is a witness to a murder in a private secluded ...more
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Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely DaughterStanley Holloway, Lance Percival, Mona Washbourne - Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter is a 1968 British musical comedy film starring Peter Noone. The film showcases the British rock band, Herman's Hermits, and is their second feature film, ...more
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Up the FrontBob Hoskins, Zsa Zsa Gábor, Frankie Howerd - Up the Front is a 1972 British comedy film. It is the third film spin-off from the TV series Up Pompeii!, directed by Bob Kellett, it stars Frankie Howerd as Lurk, a coward who is hypnotised ...more
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeKirk Douglas, Donald Pleasence, Michael Redgrave - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1973 TV movie.
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CarnivalMichael Wilding, Hazel Court, Stanley Holloway - Carnival is a 1946 film based on the novel of the same name by Compton Mackenzie.
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The Girl from Maxim'sStanley Holloway, Eric Portman, Leslie Henson - The Girl from Maxim's is a 1933 British musical comedy film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Frances Day, Leslie Henson, Lady Tree and Stanley Holloway. It was an adaptation of the 1899 ...more
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Journey into FearVincent Price, Ian McShane, Shelley Winters - Journey into Fear is a 1975 Canadian thriller film directed by Daniel Mann, and based on the novel of the same name by Eric Ambler. It stars Sam Waterston, Zero Mostel, Yvette Mimieux, Vincent ...more
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Wanted for MurderStanley Holloway, Barbara Everest, Kathleen Harrison - Wanted for Murder is a 1946 British crime film directed by Lawrence Huntington.
