Tony Britton Archives

There’s a Girl in My Soup

TV personality Robert Danvers, an exceedingly vain rotter, seduces young women daily, never staying long with one. He meets his match in Marion, an American, 19, who's available but refuses any romantic illusions.

R

5.7

1970 Comedy 95 min Play

7.7

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

This Disney drama, originally broadcast as a three-part TV episode, tells the story of a vicar's double life. Outwardly, he is the model of upstanding citizenship and loyalty to an oppressive British government. But he is also a notorious smuggler who uses his ill-gotten gains to benefit his impoverished village.

G

7.7

1963 Adventure 98 min Play

6.6

Suspect

A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list. One of their number is so incensed by this that he lets the maimed and jealous companion of a female colleague draw him into what, technically, could be a treasonable act.

NR

6.6

1960 Drama 81 min Play

6.1

Operation Amsterdam

Operation Amsterdam is a 1959 adventure film, directed by Michael McCarthy, and featuring Peter Finch, Eva Bartok, and Tony Britton. It is based on a true story as described in the book Adventure in Diamonds, by David E Walker. The action of the story covers a few days in May 1940 when the Germans invaded Holland.

NR

6.1

1959 Drama 104 min Play

5.3

Behind the Mask

A newly qualified surgeon takes the blame for his drug addict colleague after the death their patient through neglect.

NR

5.3

1958 Drama 99 min Play

7.2

The Birthday Present

Returning from a business trip, toy salesman Simon Scott is caught attempting to smuggle a wristwatch bought for his wife's birthday through Customs. He is arrested and, due to a bungled defence by his solicitor, obliged to serve a three-month prison sentence. It is only the beginning of his woes; his employer, Colonel Wilson, is understanding, but he is ultimately forced to sack Simon, who discovers that finding another job under such circumstances is extremely difficult. But Colonel ...

NR

7.2

1957 Drama 100 min Play