Josephine Wilson
Actor · 1904 – 1990 · Bromley, Kent, England, UK
Movies10
Movie7.4MysteryThrillerOn a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.
The Lady Vanishes
1938 · 1.1K votes
Movie5.8DramaRomanceDuring the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in love with Sarah Miles, whom he interviews for a book. Sarah is married, but she and Maurice eventually give in to their mutual attraction, leading to an affair that lasts several months. Maurice's jealousy, along with the bombing of London by the Germans, seemingly leads to the end of their relationship. However, the reasons are later revealed to be more complex.
The End of the Affair
1955 · 27 votes
Movie7.1AdventureDramaA disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.
The Four Feathers
1939 · 107 votes
Movie6.3WarActionA gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor, a British submarine Captain. The crew of the Sea Tiger are summoned from leave on shore with their families, and sent on a secret mission to intercept the Nazi battleship Brandenburg. In the ensuing battle the British submarine is damaged by a German destroyer. The submarine is leaking fuel so badly that the crew won't be able to make it back to Britain before running out somewhere along the Danish coast. When it seems that their only option may be to blow up the submarine and try to escape to Denmark, seaman James Hobson hatches a plan...
We Dive at Dawn
1943 · 30 votes
Movie6.5DramaThe workers in a small plough factory take over the firm, but when a large order falls through, the old management come back to help out.
Chance of a Lifetime
1950 · 10 votes
- Movie10.0Comedy
Those Kids from Town
1942 · 1 votes
MovieAdventureDramaThe Life of St. Paul, including reenactment of the Book of Acts, and St. Paul's Epistles.
Life of St. Paul
1938
Movie6.2DramaThrillerWhile working at a circus, a man hypnotizes a trapezist to kill her partner.
The Dark Tower
1943 · 16 votes
Movie6.6DramaRomanceWinifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:- but 'the front-line defence thrown up by humanity against its common enemies of sickness, poverty and ignorance.' She built her story around six people working for a typical County Council:- Beneath the lives of the public servants runs the thread of their personal drama. Our story tells how a public life affects the private life; and how a man's personal sufferings make him what he is in public. " Corruption, intrigue and romance in a Yorkshire setting. A country squire whose wife is in a mental hospital becomes attracted to a crusading local schoolmistress.
South Riding
1938 · 7 votes
Movie5.2ComedyComedy of a family trying to spend a country weekend which is disrupted by an unpleasant friend of the son.
Quiet Weekend
1946 · 5 votes
Series1
- TVDrama
Based on the diaries of the naval adiminister Samuel Pepys, it portrays life at the court of Charles II during the 1660s.