Betty Jardine

Betty Jardine was an English actress, born Elizabeth Kittrick Jardine, and best known for The Ghost Train and A Canterbury Tale. Married to the eminent psychoanalyst, Wilfred Bion, she died on Wednesday, February 28th, 1945, soon after giving birth to her daughter, Parthenope.

A Canterbury Tale (1944)

Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Powell  •  Emeric Pressburger
CAST:  Eric Portman  •  Sheila Sim  •  Dennis Price  •  John Sweet

Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Powell  •  Emeric Pressburger
CAST:  Eric Portman  •  Sheila Sim  •  Dennis Price  •  John Sweet

Girl in the News (1940)

An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted. Some time later the nurse, under a new name and identity, cares for a patient who also dies of an overdose. When her real identity ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carol Reed
CAST:  Margaret Lockwood  •  Barry K. Barnes  •  Emlyn Williams  •  Roger Livesey

An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted. Some time later the nurse, under a new name and identity, cares for a patient who also dies of an overdose. When her real identity ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carol Reed
CAST:  Margaret Lockwood  •  Barry K. Barnes  •  Emlyn Williams  •  Roger Livesey

The Ghost Train (1941)

Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead of night, carrying ghosts from a long-ago train wreck in the area.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Forde
CAST:  Arthur Askey  •  Richard Murdoch  •  Kathleen Harrison  •  Peter Murray-Hill

Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead of night, carrying ghosts from a long-ago train wreck in the area.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Forde
CAST:  Arthur Askey  •  Richard Murdoch  •  Kathleen Harrison  •  Peter Murray-Hill

Two Thousand Women (1944)

During the Second World War, three downed English airmen hide out with women's internment camp in France.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Launder
CAST:  Phyllis Calvert  •  Flora Robson  •  Patricia Roc  •  Renée Houston

During the Second World War, three downed English airmen hide out with women's internment camp in France.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Launder
CAST:  Phyllis Calvert  •  Flora Robson  •  Patricia Roc  •  Renée Houston

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It (1941)

Third and final film in the 'Inspector Hornleigh’ series of comedy-thrillers. Inspector Hornleigh (Gordon Harker), disappointed at not being handed an important spy case, is assigned by Scotland Yard to an army barracks to investigate the mundane thefts of supplies ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Forde
CAST:  Gordon Harker  •  Alastair Sim  •  Phyllis Calvert  •  Edward Chapman

Third and final film in the 'Inspector Hornleigh’ series of comedy-thrillers. Inspector Hornleigh (Gordon Harker), disappointed at not being handed an important spy case, is assigned by Scotland Yard to an army barracks to investigate the mundane thefts of supplies ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Forde
CAST:  Gordon Harker  •  Alastair Sim  •  Phyllis Calvert  •  Edward Chapman

Almost a Honeymoon (1938)

A young man who urgently needs to find a wife so that he can get a lucrative job in the colonial service, and sets out to persuade a woman to marry him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Lee
CAST:  Betty Jardine  •  Tommy Trinder  •  Linden Travers  •  Edmund Breon

A young man who urgently needs to find a wife so that he can get a lucrative job in the colonial service, and sets out to persuade a woman to marry him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Lee
CAST:  Betty Jardine  •  Tommy Trinder  •  Linden Travers  •  Edmund Breon

We'll Meet Again (1943)

A young dancer trying to make it in London during World War II discovers that people like her singing voice, too. Although she's at first reluctant to sing, she finally does and becomes a star. She hooks up with a young musician who composes classical music and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Brandon
CAST:  Vera Lynn  •  Betty Jardine  •  Frederick Leister  •  Patricia Roc

A young dancer trying to make it in London during World War II discovers that people like her singing voice, too. Although she's at first reluctant to sing, she finally does and becomes a star. She hooks up with a young musician who composes classical music and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Brandon
CAST:  Vera Lynn  •  Betty Jardine  •  Frederick Leister  •  Patricia Roc

Rhythm Serenade (1943)

Patriotic musical romance. After her school is closed, teacher Ann tries to join up. However, she is persuaded to organise a nursery for a munitions factory.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Wellesley
CAST:  Vera Lynn  •  Betty Jardine  •  Peter Murray-Hill  •  Julien Mitchell

Patriotic musical romance. After her school is closed, teacher Ann tries to join up. However, she is persuaded to organise a nursery for a munitions factory.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Wellesley
CAST:  Vera Lynn  •  Betty Jardine  •  Peter Murray-Hill  •  Julien Mitchell