Susan Shaw

Susan Shaw (29 August 1929 – 27 November 1978) was an English actress.

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Carry On Nurse (1959)

Set in Haven Hospital where a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital put together. The formidable Matron's debut gives the patients a chill every time she walks past, with only Reckitt standing up to her. There's a colonel who is a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerald Thomas
CAST:  Kenneth Connor  •  Shirley Eaton  •  Charles Hawtrey  •  Hattie Jacques

Set in Haven Hospital where a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital put together. The formidable Matron's debut gives the patients a chill every time she walks past, with only Reckitt standing up to her. There's a colonel who is a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerald Thomas
CAST:  Kenneth Connor  •  Shirley Eaton  •  Charles Hawtrey  •  Hattie Jacques

Fire Maidens of Outer Space (1956)

An astronaut and crew land on Jupiter's 13th moon and find a monster and women from Atlantis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cy Roth
CAST:  Anthony Dexter  •  Susan Shaw  •  Paul Carpenter  •  Jacqueline Curtis

An astronaut and crew land on Jupiter's 13th moon and find a monster and women from Atlantis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cy Roth
CAST:  Anthony Dexter  •  Susan Shaw  •  Paul Carpenter  •  Jacqueline Curtis

Jassy (1947)

In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight. Pursued by superstitious villagers, she is rescued by the son of the owner of Mordelaine, a vast stately home. Unfortunately, his father's drinking and gambling threaten the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Knowles
CAST:  Margaret Lockwood  •  Patricia Roc  •  Dennis Price  •  Basil Sydney

In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight. Pursued by superstitious villagers, she is rescued by the son of the owner of Mordelaine, a vast stately home. Unfortunately, his father's drinking and gambling threaten the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Knowles
CAST:  Margaret Lockwood  •  Patricia Roc  •  Dennis Price  •  Basil Sydney

It's Not Cricket (1949)

Kicked out of Army Intelligence, a pair of upper class twits set up as private detectives. The result is refined English chaos. " This is the regettable story of two Drones who didn't even know their own Zones. It starts in Germany, gets nowhere and stops at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Rich  •  Alfred Roome
CAST:  Basil Radford  •  Naunton Wayne  •  Susan Shaw  •  Maurice Denham

Kicked out of Army Intelligence, a pair of upper class twits set up as private detectives. The result is refined English chaos. " This is the regettable story of two Drones who didn't even know their own Zones. It starts in Germany, gets nowhere and stops at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Rich  •  Alfred Roome
CAST:  Basil Radford  •  Naunton Wayne  •  Susan Shaw  •  Maurice Denham

Wide Boy (1952)

Picking a pocket leads to blackmail and murder for a petty criminal in London.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Hughes
CAST:  Sydney Tafler  •  Susan Shaw  •  Ronald Howard  •  Melissa Stribling

Picking a pocket leads to blackmail and murder for a petty criminal in London.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Hughes
CAST:  Sydney Tafler  •  Susan Shaw  •  Ronald Howard  •  Melissa Stribling

Davy (1958)

The Mad Morgans are a family song and dance act touring the British Music Halls. Young Davy is the star of the act but should he stay with his family or strike out on his own ? The last comedy to be produced at Ealing Studios.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Relph
CAST:  Harry Secombe  •  Alexander Knox  •  Bill Owen  •  Joan Sims

The Mad Morgans are a family song and dance act touring the British Music Halls. Young Davy is the star of the act but should he stay with his family or strike out on his own ? The last comedy to be produced at Ealing Studios.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Relph
CAST:  Harry Secombe  •  Alexander Knox  •  Bill Owen  •  Joan Sims

Small Town Story (1953)

Canadian ex-serviceman Bob Regan returns to Oldchester, the English town where he was posted during the war. Meeting up with his friend Mike, now manager of the local football club, he discovers that Oldchester are desperate for promotion as they stand to inherit ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Montgomery Tully
CAST:  Donald Houston  •  Susan Shaw  •  Alan Wheatley  •  Kent Walton

Canadian ex-serviceman Bob Regan returns to Oldchester, the English town where he was posted during the war. Meeting up with his friend Mike, now manager of the local football club, he discovers that Oldchester are desperate for promotion as they stand to inherit ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Montgomery Tully
CAST:  Donald Houston  •  Susan Shaw  •  Alan Wheatley  •  Kent Walton

My Brother's Keeper (1948)

War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive young crook Willie Stannard. After using a clever plan to obtain railway tickets, and with the police and the press in hot pursuit, George has to find a way of breaking ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Roome
CAST:  Jack Warner  •  Jane Hylton  •  David Tomlinson  •  Bill Owen

War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive young crook Willie Stannard. After using a clever plan to obtain railway tickets, and with the police and the press in hot pursuit, George has to find a way of breaking ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Roome
CAST:  Jack Warner  •  Jane Hylton  •  David Tomlinson  •  Bill Owen

The Large Rope (1953)

After being framed for a murder he didn't commit, Tom Penney (Donald Houston) serves his time and returns to his rural English home to establish a quiet life. When another victim is found, however, Tom is blamed for the crime and flees rather than returnng to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolf Rilla
CAST:  Donald Houston  •  Susan Shaw  •  Robert Brown  •  Vanda Godsell

After being framed for a murder he didn't commit, Tom Penney (Donald Houston) serves his time and returns to his rural English home to establish a quiet life. When another victim is found, however, Tom is blamed for the crime and flees rather than returnng to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolf Rilla
CAST:  Donald Houston  •  Susan Shaw  •  Robert Brown  •  Vanda Godsell

Waterfront (1950)

When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, with two young daughters and a boy born soon after his departure. After an absence of fourteen years McCabe returns, sacked and humiliated, trailing trouble in his wake.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Anderson
CAST:  Robert Newton  •  Kathleen Harrison  •  Avis Scott  •  Susan Shaw

When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, with two young daughters and a boy born soon after his departure. After an absence of fourteen years McCabe returns, sacked and humiliated, trailing trouble in his wake.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Anderson
CAST:  Robert Newton  •  Kathleen Harrison  •  Avis Scott  •  Susan Shaw

The Switch (1963)

A wristwatch-smuggling gang bring watches into the country in a car's petrol tank. Poor Zena Marshall knows too much, so the gangs abducts her. Stalwart customs official Anthony Steel struggles manfully to rescue the girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Maxwell
CAST:  Anthony Steel  •  Zena Marshall  •  Conrad Phillips  •  Dermot Walsh

A wristwatch-smuggling gang bring watches into the country in a car's petrol tank. Poor Zena Marshall knows too much, so the gangs abducts her. Stalwart customs official Anthony Steel struggles manfully to rescue the girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Maxwell
CAST:  Anthony Steel  •  Zena Marshall  •  Conrad Phillips  •  Dermot Walsh

Time Is My Enemy (1954)

A happily-married woman is blackmailed by her first husband, who she wrongly believed was killed in the Blitz.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Chaffey
CAST:  Dennis Price  •  Renée Asherson  •  Susan Shaw  •  Patrick Barr

A happily-married woman is blackmailed by her first husband, who she wrongly believed was killed in the Blitz.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Chaffey
CAST:  Dennis Price  •  Renée Asherson  •  Susan Shaw  •  Patrick Barr

Marry Me (1949)

The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on the run from a violent boyfriend, a country vicar, and a newspaper reporter, sent by his editor, to do an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Fisher
CAST:  Susan Shaw  •  Derek Bond  •  Patrick Holt  •  Carol Marsh

The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on the run from a violent boyfriend, a country vicar, and a newspaper reporter, sent by his editor, to do an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Fisher
CAST:  Susan Shaw  •  Derek Bond  •  Patrick Holt  •  Carol Marsh

The Woman in Question (1950)

Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, their interactions with her are shown in flashbacks from their point of view.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Asquith
CAST:  Jean Kent  •  Dirk Bogarde  •  John McCallum  •  Susan Shaw

Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, their interactions with her are shown in flashbacks from their point of view.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Asquith
CAST:  Jean Kent  •  Dirk Bogarde  •  John McCallum  •  Susan Shaw

The Upturned Glass (1947)

A neurosurgeon relates to his students in medical school a story about an affair he had with a married woman and how after the affair was over, the woman fell out a window and died. The surgeon, suspecting that she was murdered, set out to find her killer -- but, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Huntington
CAST:  James Mason  •  Rosamund John  •  Ann Stephens  •  Morland Graham

A neurosurgeon relates to his students in medical school a story about an affair he had with a married woman and how after the affair was over, the woman fell out a window and died. The surgeon, suspecting that she was murdered, set out to find her killer -- but, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Huntington
CAST:  James Mason  •  Rosamund John  •  Ann Stephens  •  Morland Graham

A Killer Walks (1952)

Psychological thriller about an odd family with Harvey playing the older domineering son, who resents both his overbearing grandmother and his younger brother. Before long, the old woman ends up dead—murdered. Fingers point strongly to one suspect, but is he really ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ronald Drake
CAST:  Laurence Harvey  •  Trader Faulkner  •  Susan Shaw  •  Laurence Naismith

Psychological thriller about an odd family with Harvey playing the older domineering son, who resents both his overbearing grandmother and his younger brother. Before long, the old woman ends up dead—murdered. Fingers point strongly to one suspect, but is he really ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ronald Drake
CAST:  Laurence Harvey  •  Trader Faulkner  •  Susan Shaw  •  Laurence Naismith

There Is Another Sun (1951)

Story of romance between a young boxer in fairground boxing booth and a chorus girl, and how 'Racer', a 'Wall of Death' rider in the same fairground, involves them in a robbery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Maxwell Reed  •  Laurence Harvey  •  Susan Shaw  •  Leslie Dwyer

Story of romance between a young boxer in fairground boxing booth and a chorus girl, and how 'Racer', a 'Wall of Death' rider in the same fairground, involves them in a robbery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Maxwell Reed  •  Laurence Harvey  •  Susan Shaw  •  Leslie Dwyer

Chain of Events (1958)

When a clerk tries to dodge paying a bus fare, it sparks a series of unforseen consequences  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerald Thomas
CAST:  Dermot Walsh  •  Susan Shaw  •  Lisa Gastoni  •  Jack Watling

When a clerk tries to dodge paying a bus fare, it sparks a series of unforseen consequences  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerald Thomas
CAST:  Dermot Walsh  •  Susan Shaw  •  Lisa Gastoni  •  Jack Watling

Pool of London (1951)

Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Basil Dearden
CAST:  Bonar Colleano  •  Earl Cameron  •  Susan Shaw  •  Renée Asherson

Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Basil Dearden
CAST:  Bonar Colleano  •  Earl Cameron  •  Susan Shaw  •  Renée Asherson

Holiday Camp (1947)

The Huggett family go to a holiday camp, and get involved in crooked card players, a murderer on the run, and a pregnant young girl and her boyfriend missing from home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Annakin
CAST:  Flora Robson  •  Dennis Price  •  Jack Warner  •  Kathleen Harrison

The Huggett family go to a holiday camp, and get involved in crooked card players, a murderer on the run, and a pregnant young girl and her boyfriend missing from home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Annakin
CAST:  Flora Robson  •  Dennis Price  •  Jack Warner  •  Kathleen Harrison
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