Beatrix Lehmann

Beatrix Alice Lehmann was a British actress, theatre director, writer and novelist.

Wonderwall (1968)

The eccentric professor Collins lives completely secluded in his chaotic apartment. When the model Penny moves in next to him, he becomes fascinated by her. He drills holes in her walls and ceiling and peeps on her day and night. He loses himself in daydreams and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Massot
CAST:  Jack MacGowran  •  Jane Birkin  •  Irene Handl  •  Richard Wattis

The eccentric professor Collins lives completely secluded in his chaotic apartment. When the model Penny moves in next to him, he becomes fascinated by her. He drills holes in her walls and ceiling and peeps on her day and night. He loses himself in daydreams and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Massot
CAST:  Jack MacGowran  •  Jane Birkin  •  Irene Handl  •  Richard Wattis

The Rat (1937)

Jean Boucheron the cat burglar is the darling of the Montmartre whores--and catches the eye of slumming socialite Zelia de Chaumont, who decides to "reform" him. A complication is his lovely young ward Odile... murder and a grand courtoom scene ensue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Raymond
CAST:  Ruth Chatterton  •  Adolf Wohlbrück  •  Rène Ray  •  Beatrix Lehmann

Jean Boucheron the cat burglar is the darling of the Montmartre whores--and catches the eye of slumming socialite Zelia de Chaumont, who decides to "reform" him. A complication is his lovely young ward Odile... murder and a grand courtoom scene ensue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Raymond
CAST:  Ruth Chatterton  •  Adolf Wohlbrück  •  Rène Ray  •  Beatrix Lehmann

The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935)

The tenants of an old London boarding house spend their time in petty bickering and sniping until a mysterious stranger arrives at their door.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Berthold Viertel
CAST:  Conrad Veidt  •  Rène Ray  •  Anna Lee  •  Ronald Ward

The tenants of an old London boarding house spend their time in petty bickering and sniping until a mysterious stranger arrives at their door.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Berthold Viertel
CAST:  Conrad Veidt  •  Rène Ray  •  Anna Lee  •  Ronald Ward

Psyche 59 (1964)

An industrialist's wife tries to remember the shocking sight that made her blind.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Singer
CAST:  Curd Jürgens  •  Patricia Neal  •  Samantha Eggar  •  Ian Bannen

An industrialist's wife tries to remember the shocking sight that made her blind.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Singer
CAST:  Curd Jürgens  •  Patricia Neal  •  Samantha Eggar  •  Ian Bannen

Candles at Nine (1944)

A rich but miserly old man taunts his relatives about who will get his money when he dies, and is soon mysteriously murdered. It turns out that he has left his estate to a beautiful young actress whom the other relatives didn't know was related to him. Several ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Harlow
CAST:  Jessie Matthews  •  John Stuart  •  Beatrix Lehmann  •  Winifred Shotter

A rich but miserly old man taunts his relatives about who will get his money when he dies, and is soon mysteriously murdered. It turns out that he has left his estate to a beautiful young actress whom the other relatives didn't know was related to him. Several ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Harlow
CAST:  Jessie Matthews  •  John Stuart  •  Beatrix Lehmann  •  Winifred Shotter

Staircase (1969)

An aging gay couple owns a barber shop in the East End of London. One of them is a part-time actor about to go on trial for propositioning a police officer. The action takes place over the course of one night as they discuss their loving but often volatile past ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanley Donen
CAST:  Richard Burton  •  Rex Harrison  •  Cathleen Nesbitt  •  Beatrix Lehmann

An aging gay couple owns a barber shop in the East End of London. One of them is a part-time actor about to go on trial for propositioning a police officer. The action takes place over the course of one night as they discuss their loving but often volatile past ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanley Donen
CAST:  Richard Burton  •  Rex Harrison  •  Cathleen Nesbitt  •  Beatrix Lehmann

The Key (1958)

In wartime England, circa 1941, poorly-armed tugs are sent into "U-Boat Alley" to rescue damaged Allied ships. An American named David Ross arrives to captain one of these tugs. He's given a key by a fellow tugboat-man -- a key to an apartment and its pretty female ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carol Reed
CAST:  William Holden  •  Sophia Loren  •  Trevor Howard  •  Bernard Lee

In wartime England, circa 1941, poorly-armed tugs are sent into "U-Boat Alley" to rescue damaged Allied ships. An American named David Ross arrives to captain one of these tugs. He's given a key by a fellow tugboat-man -- a key to an apartment and its pretty female ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carol Reed
CAST:  William Holden  •  Sophia Loren  •  Trevor Howard  •  Bernard Lee

On the Fiddle (1961)

Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedlar Pascoe, and works up a lucrative racket in conning both his colleagues and the RAF. By means of various devious ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cyril Frankel
CAST:  Alfred Lynch  •  Sean Connery  •  Cecil Parker  •  Stanley Holloway

Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedlar Pascoe, and works up a lucrative racket in conning both his colleagues and the RAF. By means of various devious ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cyril Frankel
CAST:  Alfred Lynch  •  Sean Connery  •  Cecil Parker  •  Stanley Holloway

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)

A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Lester
CAST:  Zero Mostel  •  Phil Silvers  •  Buster Keaton  •  Michael Crawford

A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Lester
CAST:  Zero Mostel  •  Phil Silvers  •  Buster Keaton  •  Michael Crawford

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)

British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Ritt
CAST:  Richard Burton  •  Claire Bloom  •  Oskar Werner  •  Sam Wanamaker

British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Ritt
CAST:  Richard Burton  •  Claire Bloom  •  Oskar Werner  •  Sam Wanamaker

The Cat and the Canary (1978)

A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radley Metzger
CAST:  Honor Blackman  •  Edward Fox  •  Michael Callan  •  Wendy Hiller

A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radley Metzger
CAST:  Honor Blackman  •  Edward Fox  •  Michael Callan  •  Wendy Hiller

Five and Under (1941)

Childcare for working women during the Second World War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Donald Alexander
CAST:  Beatrix Lehmann

Childcare for working women during the Second World War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Donald Alexander
CAST:  Beatrix Lehmann

Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood (1978)

Searching for the third segment to the Key to Time brings the Doctor and Romana to present-day Earth, where the travellers have to contend with stone circles, Druidic rituals and a not-so-mythical goddess known as the Cailleach.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darrol Blake
CAST:  Tom Baker  •  Mary Tamm  •  John Leeson  •  Beatrix Lehmann

Searching for the third segment to the Key to Time brings the Doctor and Romana to present-day Earth, where the travellers have to contend with stone circles, Druidic rituals and a not-so-mythical goddess known as the Cailleach.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darrol Blake
CAST:  Tom Baker  •  Mary Tamm  •  John Leeson  •  Beatrix Lehmann