Movies and TvShows featuring "matron" theme.
In Victorian London, feisty heroine Hetty Feather is trapped in the Foundling Hospital, the strict institution ruled over by the formidable Matron Bottomley. Aided by friends and thwarted by enemies, Hetty battles to win her freedom and finally find her real mother. Based on the book by Jacqueline Wilson.
Getting On is a dark comedy set in an NHS hospital, focusing on the daily lives of the staff members. It explores the challenges and absurdities of working in the medical field, while providing a satirical look at the healthcare system.
Slaughterhouse Rulez is a movie set in an English boarding school where a group of students find themselves battling a man-eating monster that emerges from an underground sinkhole caused by fracking. As the students fight for their lives, they also have to contend with elitism, bullying, and greed within the school's social elite.
A comedy movie set in a hospital where a journalist goes undercover as a nurse, leading to hilarious misunderstandings and romantic entanglements.
The movie tells the story of a woman who struggles and fights to escape the gas chamber being condemned with capital punishment because of her participation in a hold up in which a person was killed.
Carry On Doctor is a hilarious farce set in a hospital in the 1960s. It follows the misadventures of an accident-prone group of doctors, nurses, and patients, filled with slapstick comedy, sexual innuendo, and witty double-entendres.
Carry On Matron is a hilarious comedy crime movie set in a maternity hospital. A group of gang members disguises themselves as doctors and nurses to pull off a robbery. Filled with double entendre and campy humor, this British sex comedy spoof is a riot of laughter and parody. With a mix of hilarious situations and unforgettable characters, Carry On Matron is a must-watch for fans of the Carry On series.
In 'Riffraff,' a pregnant prisoner finds love and redemption as she navigates a world of crime and rough romance during a labor strike at a fish cannery.
White Corridors was based on Yeoman Hospital, a novel by Helen Ashton. Told episodically, the story concentrates on the day-to-day activities in a busy hospital, where research pathologist Neil Marriner (James Donald) conducts experiments in the hopes of curing diseases impervious to penicillin. Marriner is aided in this endeavor by lady surgeon Dr. Sophie Dean (Googie Withers), who happens to be in love with him. After a tragedy occurs for which Marriner holds himself responsible, the film builds steadily to an exciting climax involving a untested -- and potentially dangerous -- serum. The top-rank British supporting cast includes Barry Jones, Moira Lister, Petula Clark, Basil Radford, Dagmar (later Dana) Wynter, Bernard Lee, and, in a minor role, future "Dr. Who" Patrick Troughton.
In 'The Door with Seven Locks', a group of heirs try to unlock the secrets of a mansion by finding seven keys, leading to a series of murders, torture, and conspiracy. The female amateur sleuth must solve the mystery to stop the madness.
In order to save the man she loves from jail, Mathilde takes his place by helping his break-out. While she exclusively relies on him to survive in this prison setting, Mathilde has not heard from him since her imprisonment. Isolated, with her son as her only support, she is now identified by the inmate number 383205-B. Will Mathilde become a convict like any other one?
Nellie, Daisy and Lou attend an institution for delinquent girls on an isolated island in 1954. The trio rail against the system, finding strength in their friendship but this is challenged when the school's matron divides them.
Nora Mason becomes entangled in a family mix-up of murder and scandal that threatens to ruin her career and entire future; Unless the mother she does not know can find a way to save her.
An orphan is uncertain whether she wants to remain with her adoptive family or return to the orphanage.
The last black-and-white film in the Niskavuori series of movies.
Aarne marries Martta because his mother tells him it is his duty as the eldest son to marry a wealthy girl. However, the attractive school teacher Ilona arrives in the village and causes complications when Aarne falls in love with her.
Niskavuori's Aarne (Arne från Niskavuori) is a Finnish drama film from 1954. It is based on Hella Wuolijoki's play Niskavuori's Bread. In chronological order of the Niskavuori series, the film is the fourth. Aarne has married Ilona and left the house in Niskavuori, which he hosts, where his former wife Martta still lives, while the old mistress is holding the reins. Aarne and Ilona live in Helsinki, but Aarne has not been able to completely break away from Niskavuori, but keeps secretly in touch with the headmaster and gives instructions on the farm management.
In 'Městem chodí Mikuláš,' a boy and a girl experience homesickness and various surreal events while staying in a children's ward during Christmas. They encounter characters in angel and devil costumes, and witness drunkenness and cigarette smoking. The story explores themes of loneliness and longing for family during the holiday season.
Cathrine has been sentenced to the gas chamber but Police Lieutenant Sheridan does not believe she is guilty of the murder she has been accused of. He has twenty-four hours to prove her innocence.
A story of the conflict between the old and new orders of living.