Barbara Cavan

Películas

Next to No Time
Miss Wilkes
Unassuming planning engineer David Webb finds himself on the Queen Elizabeth to New York with instructions to negotiate a high-powered loan. His lack of confidence means he is completely out of his depth, at least until he finds his personality changes every day during the hour the ship's clocks stop to make allowance for their westward passage.
1984
Woman (voice) (uncredited)
En 1984, Londres está gobernada por el partido totalitario del Gran Hermano. La intimidad y la libertad de pensamiento no existen. Las relaciones sexuales constituyen un delito. Winston Smith trabaja en los archivos del Ministerio de la Verdad reescribiendo y modificando la Historia. Su vida se verá seriamente amenazada cuando empiece a darse cuenta de que sus pensamientos no son tan ortodoxos como el Partido exige; además tiene una relación amorosa clandestina con Julia, una joven del departamento de novelas afiliada a la Liga Antisexo. Ambos saben que tendrán que pagar un precio muy alto por el crimen que están cometiendo y que no hay escapatoria posible.
Helena de Troya
Cora
La ciudad de Troya resulta un obstáculo para la expansión comercial de los estados griegos. Por esta razón, Príamo, rey de Troya, con el fin de preservar la paz, envía a su hijo, el príncipe Paris, a Micenas, a negociar con los reyes helenos. Pero Paris se enamora de Helena, la esposa de Menelao, rey de Micenas, y la rapta. Así estalla la guerra de Troya.
You Can't Escape
Aunt Sue
Novelist Peter Darwin is engaged to heiress Kay March. When he accidentally kills Claire, his former mistress, during a quarrel, he persuades a reluctant Kay to help him bury the body in a wood. When the body is found and with the truth close to being uncovered, Darwin resorts to desperate actions to cover his crime.
Room in the House
Mrs. Joliphant
Betsy Richards, a hard-working widow, tries to solve the domestic problems of her three grown-up sons.
The Large Rope
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 prison. Hoping to find the real killer -- or killers -- Tom investigates while keeping a low profile to elude his pursuers, and a vital clue leads him on the path to possible redemption.
The Good Beginning
Manageress in Fur Shop
After their honeymoon, Johnny Lipton and his wife Kit move into their small apartment. Kit runs the flat on a tight budget, for she hopes that one day with her support her husband will eventually run his own business. A lack of understanding of each other s character and aspirations, however, leads to many problems before Johnny and Kit are able to attempt a 'good beginning' to their marriage.
His Excellency
Woman in Tea Shop
A trade union official becomes governor of a British island colony