Ernest Thesiger

Peter Sellers, in one of his finest early roles, plays the wry, mild-mannered Mr Martin, the lifetime employee of a Scottish tweed company moved to murder when the firm is taken over by a brash American woman. Following the death of Old MacPherson, patria...

The Battle of the Sexes (1959)

Charles Crichton

Donald Pleasence,Robert Morley,Ernest Thesiger,Constance Cummings,Jameson Clark,Peter Sellers

General Comedy,Comedy

Mr and Mrs Smedhurst are a middleaged business couple who buy a cheap old house for their retirement. After they move in they are told the house is supposedly haunted but are sceptical of the rumour. They invite a young companion, Annette, to stay, and ...

A Place of One's Own (1945)

Bernard Knowles

James Mason,Michael Shepley,Moore Marriott,Barbara Mullen,Dulcie Gray,Ernest Thesiger,Dennis Price,Margaret Lockwood,Helen Haye

General Drama,General Horror,Horror,Drama

Recovering from an attack by his original creation, Frankenstein is visited by his old university professor, Dr Pretorius, who wants him to create acompanion for the monster that is now roaming free terrorising the countryside. When Pretorius kidnaps Fran...

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

James Whale

Colin Clive,Gavin Gordon,Ernest Thesiger,Boris Karloff,Valerie Hobson,Elsa Lanchester

Creature Feature,General Horror,Horror

The most satirical of Ealing's comedies, played as a farce and put together with meticulous cinematic counterpoint. Sir Alec Guinness, by now the most ubiquitous of Ealing's faces, plays a would-be research chemist who invents a fabric which will never so...

The Man In The White Suit (1951)

Alexander Mackendrick

Ernest Thesiger,Alec Guinness,Joan Greenwood,Cecil Parker,Michael Gough

Drama,Sci-fi & Fantasy,General Sci-Fi,General Comedy,General Drama,Comedy