A persuasive ad man cons a British TV makeup artist to slip in a promotion for Bonko Detergent during a show in this comedy....
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Producer
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1959
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Prejudice is a main theme in this crime drama that follows the case of a West Indian man accused of a murder because of his...
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Screen Story
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1957
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In this British parody of an American western, an Englishman travels to Canada to run the ranch he recently inherited from...
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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1956
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In this comedy, two rabid football fans begin an unstoppable train of events when they physically harass a referee. ~ Sandra...
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Producer
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1955
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The Brave Don't Cry aspires to the "feel" of a documentary, right down to the deliberate absence of background music. A mine...
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Producer
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1952
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A notorious Irish rebel poet disguises his true identity while working as a gatekeeper at a Scottish university. He also...
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Producer
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1952
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In this drama, a reporter helps prove the innocence of a man wrongfully incarcerated for dealing drugs. The reporter learns...
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Director, Producer
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1951
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Barge worker Gordon Harker signs onto a suspicous-looking vessel as a crew member. Harker knows full well that the ship is...
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Director, Producer
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1950
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A short story by Janet M. Smith was the basis for the equally short (52 minute) British programmer The Dragon of Pendragon...
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Director, Producer
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1950
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Director
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1949
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This sci-fi adventure was originally aimed at younger audiences. It tells the story of a young woman who falls from a horse...
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Director, Producer
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1948
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Director, Producer
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1948
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In this children's movie a young inventor dreams of becoming an engineer. He has even created a new gadget, but before he...
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Director, Producer
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1947
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Naughty, bawdy British music hall comedian Frank Randle is the whole show in When You Come Home. The story opens as Randle,...
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Director, Producer
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1947
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An old junk dealer is assisted by 3 young boys when he sets out for a journey down the coast of England to confront the man...
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Director, Producer
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1946
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In this musical comedy, two idealistic bit players decide to rewrite a movie script in order to make it suit their values....
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Director, Producer
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1945
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Director, Producer
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1944
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Once again comedian Arthur Lucan dons an old woman's togs to become the tart-tongued Irish washerwoman. This time Mother...
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Producer
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1943
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In this comedy, a prop man working at the nearly bankrupt Theatre Royal organizes a musical benefit featuring the talented...
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Director, Producer
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1943
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Adapted from the stage hit by J. B. Priestly, When We Are Married is a barbed satire of smug British conservatism. Set in...
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Producer
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1943
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The Shipbuilders is a rare film of true merit from prolific British "quota quickie" director John Baxter. Clive Brook heads...
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Director, Producer
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1943
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Comic actors Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen, members in good standing of Britain's "The Crazy Gang", head the cast of the...
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Director, Producer
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1942
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Let the People Sing is an offshoot of J. B. Priestly's earlier show business-based fable The Good Companions. In Companions,...
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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1942
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In this socially conscious drama, an eccentric, wealthy young man impersonates a hobo in order to save a flophouse that is...
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Director, Producer
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1941
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In this entry in the long-running British comedy series, boisterous Irish washerwoman Mother Riley takes on a spy ring while...
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Director, Producer
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1941
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Filmed in the North Country of England, this is a film noir set in the 1930s as a family struggles with poverty and...
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Director, Producer
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1941
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Director
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1940
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In this wartime comedy, set after the beginning of WW II, a British entertainer is drafted and immediately finds himself at...
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Director
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1940
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In this entry in the long-running British comedy series, boisterous Irish washerwoman Mother Riley gets into deep trouble...
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Director
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1940
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In this entry in the long-running British comedy series, boisterous Irish washerwoman Mother Riley plays the wardrobe lady...
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Director
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1940
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In this British WW II era espionage film a Nazi spy purloins a secret cartridge in Paris and must make it back to Germany....
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Director
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1940
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Charles Robert Dumas' short story "Lone Wolves" was the source for the pre-WWII British espionager Secret Journey. The...
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Director
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1939
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In this three-hanky crime drama, a junkman offers a little sage advice for a young woman who has fallen in love with a...
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Director
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1939
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In this lively musical, a talented little tap dancer enters her grandpa's talent show and not only wins, she also helps her...
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Director
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1938
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In this drama, a cute blue-collar kid sees her beloved dog run over by a car. A doctor is around and helps the crushed...
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Director
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1937
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Song of the Road is the U.S. title for the British Auld Lang Syne, originally released in 1938. The star is legendary Scots...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1937
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Producer Eddie Pola (a well-known British master of ceremonies) hopes to stir up publicity by staging an outdoor radio...
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Producer
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1936
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A clergyman is deeply dismayed to discover that his parishioners are more interested in investigating his past than to...
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Director, Producer
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1936
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In this anti-war drama, set in England during its Depression, a demobilized major from WW I, tries to a veteran's reunion...
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Director
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1936
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Boy meets girl, boy and girl fight, boy and girl make up, boy and girl get married as lock keepers' son Carney falls in love...
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Director
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1935
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In this drama, a group of shopkeepers unite to prevent the owners of a major department store from buying up their stalls....
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Director
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1935
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Director
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1935
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Director
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1935
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In this British working-class drama, a worker gets fired for voicing his opinions on labor-saving technology. He is too...
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Director
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1935
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This British musical showcase presents a number of cockney variety acts as it tells the story of two ailing and impoverished...
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Director, Screen Story
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1934
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Produced on behalf of the Canadian Legion, Lest We Forget offers a different perspective of the First World War. The film...
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Director
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1934
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This musical tells of a retire showman who returns to help an old music hall remain open through the use of modern...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1934
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Director
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1934
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In this drama a farmer wins a sheepdog competition and gets to keep his land. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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Director
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1933
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In British social drama, two men searching for a fugitive enter an aging boarding house dressed as tramps. As it tells the...
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Director
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1933
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