Showing posts with label Hayley Mills. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hayley Mills. Show all posts

Thursday, 23 April 2026

1960, Film and Television Awards: British Academy Awards (BAFTAs)

Best Film From Any Source
Winner: Ben-Hur (USA, William Wyler)

Ben-Hur Podter

Nominees:

  • Anatomy of a Murder (USA, Otto Preminger)
  • Ansiktet (Sweden, Ingmar Bergman)
  • The Big Country (USA, William Wyler)
  • Compulsion (USA, Richard Fleischer)
  • Gigi (USA, Vincente Minnelli)
  • Look Back in Anger (UK, Tony Richardson)
  • North West Frontier (UK, J. Lee Thompson)
  • The Nun's Story (USA, Fred Zinnemann)
  • Sapphire (UK, Basil Dearden)
  • Some Like It Hot (USA, Billy Wilder)
  • Tiger Bay (UK, J. Lee Thompson) 
  • Yesterday's Enemy (UK, Val Guest)
  • Maigret tend un piège (France / Italy, Jean Delannoy)
  • Popiół i diament (Poland, Andrzej Wajda)

Best British Film
Winner: Sapphire (Basil Dearden)

Sapphire Poster

Nominees:

  • Look Back in Anger (Tony Richardson)
  • North West Frontier (J. Lee Thompson)
  • Tiger Bay (J. Lee Thompson)
  • Yesterday's Enemy (Val Guest)

Best Foreign Actor
Winner: Jack Lemmon as Jerry / Daphne in Some Like It Hot

Marilyn Monroe as Sugar Kane Kowalczyk and Jack Lemmon as Daphne

Nominees:

  • James Stewart as Paul Biegler in Anatomy of a Murder
  • Takashi Shimura as Kanji Watanabe in Ikiru
  • Zbigniew Cybulski as Maciek Chelmicki in Popiół i diament
  • Jean Gabin as Jules Maigret in Maigret tend un piège
  • Jean Desailly as Marcel Maurin in Maigret tend un piège

Best British Actor
Winner: Peter Sellers as Fred Kite / Sir John Kennaway in I'm All Right Jack

Peter Sellers as Fred Kite

Nominees:

  • Laurence Olivier as General John Burgoyne in The Devil's Disciple
  • Laurence Harvey as Johnny Jackson in Expresso Bongo
  • Richard Burton as Jimmy Porter in Look Back in Anger
  • Peter Finch as Dr. Fortunati in The Nun's Story
  • Stanley Baker as Captain Alan Langford in Yesterday's Enemy
  • Gordon Jackson as Sergeant MacKenzie in Yesterday's Enemy

Best Foreign Actress
Winner: Shirley MacLaine as Meg Wheeler in Ask Any Girl

Shirley MacLaine as Meg Wheeler

Nominees:

  • Rosalind Russell as Mame Dennis in Auntie Mame
  • Susan Hayward as Barbara Graham in I Want to Live!
  • Ava Gardner Moira Davidson in On The Beach
  • Ellie Lambeti as Chloe Pella in A Matter of Dignity

Best British Actress
Winner: Audrey Hepburn as Sister Luke in The Nun's Story

Audrey Hepburn as Sister Luke

Nominees:

  • Kay Walsh as Miss D. Coker in The Horse's Mouth
  • Sylvia Syms as Hetty in No Trees in the Street
  • Peggy Ashcroft as Mother Mathilde in The Nun's Story
  • Yvonne Mitchell as Mildred Farr in Sapphire

Best British Screenplay
Winner: Frank Harvey, John Boulting and Alan Hackney with I'm All Right Jack

I'm All Right Jack Poster

Nominees:

  • Ben Barzman and Millard Lampell: Chance Meeting
  • Wolf Mankowitz: Expresso Bongo
  • Alec Guinness: The Horse's Mouth
  • Nigel Kneale: Look Back in Anger
  • Ted Willis: No Trees in the Street
  • Robin Estridge: North West Frontier
  • Janet Green: Sapphire
  • John Hawkesworth and Shelley Smith: Tiger Bay

Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
Winner: Hayley Mills as Gillie Evans in Tiger Bay

Nominees:

  • Joseph N. Welch as Judge Weaver in Anatomy of a Murder
  • Liz Fraser as Cynthia Kite in I'm All Right Jack
  • Gerry Duggan as Pat Fulton in Four Desperate Men

Monday, 22 December 2025

1972, Film: Endless Night

The British thriller "Endless Night" premiered on 5 October 1972. The film was directed and written by Sidney Gilliat and is based on Agatha Christie's 1967 novel "Endless Night". The music was composed by Bernard Herrmann. The leading roles were played by Hayley Mills, Britt Ekland, Per Oscarsson, Hywel Bennett, and George Sanders.

Poster
Hywel Bennett as Michael Rogers
Hayley Mills as Fenella 'Ellie' Thomsen
Britt Ekland as Greta
Per Oscarsson as Santonix

Synopsis
Michael Rogers (Hywel Bennett) is an aspiring photographer working as a chauffeur and living with his mother in London. He dreams of a life of luxury and hopes to build his ideal home on the perfect piece of land. During his work as a chauffeur, he discovers a beautiful spot along the Devon coast known as Gypsy’s Acre. While photographing the area, he meets Ellie Thomsen (Hayley Mills), a young American visiting England...

George Sanders as Andrew Lippincott
David Bauer as Uncle Frank
Lois Maxwell as Cora Walker-Brown and Peter Bowles as Reuben Brown
Patience Collier as Miss Townsend

Main cast

  • Hayley Mills as Fenella 'Ellie' Thomsen
  • Hywel Bennett as Michael Rogers
  • Britt Ekland as Greta
  • Per Oscarsson as Santonix
  • George Sanders as Andrew Lippincott
  • David Bauer as Uncle Frank
  • Peter Bowles as Reuben Brown
  • Patience Collier as Miss Townsend
  • Windsor Davies as Sergeant Reene
  • Mischa de la Motte as Maynard
  • Helen Horton as Aunt Beth
  • Lois Maxwell as Cora Walker-Brown
  • Aubrey Richards as Dr. Philpott
  • Ann Way as Mrs. Philpott
  • Paul Boross as young Michael
  • Leo Genn as psychiatrist
Ann Way as Mrs. Philpott and Aubrey Richards as Dr. Philpott
Windsor Davies as Sergeant Reene
Trailer

Friday, 24 July 2020

1965, Film: "That Darn Cat!"

The American thriller-comedy "That Darn Cat!" was released on 2 December 1965 in the USA. The film produced by Walt Disney Productions and directed by Robert Stevenson, is based on the novel "Undercover Cat" by Gordon and Mildred Gordon. Main stars are Hayley Mills as Patti Randall, Dean Jones as Zeke Kelso and Dorothy Provine as Ingrid Randall. The title song was written by the Sherman Brothers and sung by Bobby Darin.


Synopsis
DC is an adventurous Siamese cat who lives with Ingrid "Inky" (Dorothy Provine) and Patricia "Patti" Randall (Hayley Mills). DC makes every evening at nine a walk teasing a local dog, swiping food, and marking vehicles with muddy paws. One night, DC follows bank robber Iggy (Frank Gorshin) into a flat where he and his partner Dan (Neville Brand) are holding bank employee Miss Margaret Miller (Grayson Hall) hostage...
Hayley Mills as Patricia "Patti" Randall
Dean Jones as FBI Agent Zeke Kelso
Roddy McDowall as Gregory Benson and Hayley Mills as Patricia "Patti" Randall
Hayley Mills as Patricia "Patti" Randall and Dean Jones as FBI Agent Zeke Kelso
Main cast
  • Hayley Mills as Patricia "Patti" Randall
  • Dean Jones as FBI Agent Zeke Kelso
  • Dorothy Provine as Ingrid Randall
  • Roddy McDowall as Gregory Benson
  • Neville Brand as Dan
  • Frank Gorshin as Iggy
  • Elsa Lanchester as Mrs. MacDougall
  • William Demarest as Mr. Wilmer MacDougall
  • Tom Lowell as Canoe Henderson
  • Ed Wynn as Mr. Hofstedder
  • Richard Eastham as FBI Supervisor Mr. Newton
  • Liam Sullivan as Agent Graham
  • Grayson Hall as Ms. Margaret Miller
  • Iris Adrian as Mrs. Tabin the Landlady
  • Richard Deacon as the drive-in theater manager
  • Ben Lessy as Burton the drive-in concessionaire
  • Don Dorrell as Spires
  • Gene Blakely as Cahill
  • Karl Held as Kelly
Hayley Mills as Patricia "Patti" Randall, Dean Jones as FBI Agent Zeke Kelso
and Dorothy Provine as Ingrid Randall
Hayley Mills as Patricia "Patti" Randall
Dean Jones as FBI Agent Zeke Kelso and Hayley Mills as Patricia "Patti" Randall
Ed Wynn as Mr. Hofstedder and Hayley Mills as Patricia "Patti" Randall
Trivia
This is the first Walt Disney film with Dean Jones and the last with Hayley Mills.


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That Darn Cat! Trailer