By Vlad Zakh · February 27, 2026
Kathleen Harrison brought a warm, chatty charm to British film across six decades and became a beloved fixture of comedies and family dramas. The Ladykillers plots a robbery from an elderly woman’s home, Scrooge visits a miser with three spirits, Turn the Key Softly follows three women’s first day out of prison, and Home and Away stirs domestic disputes with a new neighbour. The Winslow Boy and Oliver Twist round out the list.
01 Kathleen Harrison features in this British comedy about a suburban family whose new neighbour causes an escalating series of comic domestic disputes.
Directed by Vernon Sewell · 1h 20m
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02 A gang of criminals rents a room from an elderly widow to plan a robbery, with disastrous results.
Directed by Alexander Mackendrick · 1h 31m · Rated NR
Nominated for 1 Oscar2 wins & 5 nominations
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03 Kathleen Harrison is in this British drama about three women released from prison on the same day who each face a difficult first day of freedom.
Directed by Jack Lee · 1h 21m · Rated NR
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04 A miserly old man is visited by three spirits who show him the true meaning of Christmas, with Alastair Sim in the title role.
Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst · 1h 26m · Rated NR
1 win
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05 Frank Lawton features in this drama about a father who fights a lengthy, costly legal battle to clear his young son's name after an accusation of theft.
Directed by Anthony Asquith · 1h 57m · Rated NR
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06 An orphaned boy falls in with a gang of young pickpockets led by a cunning criminal mastermind.
Directed by David Lean · 2h 01m · Rated NR
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