Noel Dainton

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• Movie6.3

  RomanceCrime

  London's jewel thieves are under the thumb of a mysterious fence, who ruthlessly exposes any thief who crosses him. Desperate, Scotland Yard re-hires ex-Inspector Barrabal who, as a known drunkard, is ideally suited to go undercover with a faked criminal record (which may spoil his chances with lovely Carol Stedman).

  The Squeaker

  1937 · 7 votes

• Movie7.5

  Comedy

  A wife tries to prevent her husband, a miner, from gambling away the money he receives as an inheritance.

  Spring Handicap

  1937 · 2 votes

• Movie5.8

  MysteryCrime

  While on vacation, the Saint discovers a much-sought-after music box.

  The Saint's Vacation

  1941 · 11 votes

• Movie7.4

  Crime

  Third and final film in the 'Inspector Hornleigh’ series of comedy-thrillers. Inspector Hornleigh (Gordon Harker), disappointed at not being handed an important spy case, is assigned by Scotland Yard to an army barracks to investigate the mundane thefts of supplies from the stores. This accidentally leads Hornleigh and Sergeant Bingham (Alastair Sim) to a nest of fifth columnists when his dim-witted assistant carelessly talks to a girl in the cafeteria – and that night, news of Hornleigh and Bingham’s arrival is embarrassingly transmitted back to Germany.

  Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

  1941 · 11 votes

• Movie7.7

  WarDrama

  A retired general helps out by sheltering some evacuees during WWII.

  Medal for the General

  1944 · 3 votes

• Movie9.0

  Humorously using the arrogant and bumbling Mr. Proudfoot, this film serves a dual purpose of emphasizing the importance of obeying blackout hours, as well as easing the stress of the time period by encouraging laughter.

  Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light

  1941 · 1 votes

• Movie7.4

  Comedy

  The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremias Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime-wave to save their jobs---and then find themselves involved in the real thing.

  Ask a Policeman

  1939 · 21 votes

• Movie6.3

  Comedy

  While Lady Christabel Beauclark, a bird fancier, is scurrying about demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her Ladyship's niece is falling in love with the family butler, Tom Gilbey. The birds are forgotten when war breaks out, and Gilbey now finds himself in love with the niece whose love was previously unrequited. Written by Les Adams

  English Without Tears

  1944 · 7 votes

• Movie5.8

  Thriller

  Wartime Germany: Marie, a concentration camp escapee on the run from the Nazis, narrowly escapes drowing when she is rescued by Wolfe Kristan a half-mad lighthouse keeper. Brought aboard the lighthouse itself, she begins to fall in love with the assistant keeper who, unknown to her, is a British spy. As the couple become more intimate, Kristan's jealously finally pushes him over the brink and into full-blown madness...

  Tower of Terror

  1941 · 9 votes

• Movie5.6

  CrimeDrama

  In 1820s rural England, a young girl is tricked by tales of marriage from a villainous Squire. When she becomes pregnant and disappears, a gipsy lad is blamed.

  Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn

  1935 · 19 votes

• Movie5.8

  Comedy

  Frantic farce involving a neglected wife, a stolen diamond and four identical briefcases.

  The Peterville Diamond

  1943 · 4 votes

• Movie5.7

  ComedyMusic

  A gang of spies held up in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless comedians plenty of scope for laughs.

  Band Waggon

  1940 · 7 votes

• Movie5.6

  WarComedy

  At the height of World War II, the Germans discover that a certain British personage is to stay at the country house of Lord Buckley. They devise a plan whereby they will kidnap the real Lord Buckley, and send to England an actor who will masquerade, lie in wait for the visitor with a number of gunmen, and take him back to Germany.

  Warn That Man

  1943 · 8 votes

• Movie6.0

  ComedyScience Fiction

  The Professor (Felix Aylmer) is showing Susie (Evelyn Dall) around his time machine when it accidently takes off with Tommy (Tommy Handley) and Bill (George Moon) also on board. They are transported to Elizabethan England where they come across Walter Raleigh, William Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth 1, Captain John Smith and Pocohontas. Will our time travellers return?

  Time Flies

  1944 · 4 votes

• Movie7.0

  CrimeDrama

  A crime reporter begins to investigate the disappearance of his bosses wife who had witnessed a murder.

  Headline

  1943 · 5 votes

• Movie6.8

  WarAction

  A British merchant ship is torpedoed by a German U-Boat and takes shelter in a neutral port. The Captain then strikes back at the German enemy.

  Neutral Port

  1940 · 4 votes

• Movie6.5

  Comedy

  A simple handyman, who also is an amateur artist, gets into trouble when the head and shoulders portraits of some prominent local females are sold without his knowledge to an advertising agency and are published with nude bodies added to them.

  Much Too Shy

  1942 · 8 votes

• Movie6.3

  Thriller

  Detective Sexton Blake takes on Nazi spies while solving a series of crimes.

  The Echo Murders

  1945 · 3 votes

• Movie7.0

  CrimeDrama

  Twilight Hour

  1945 · 1 votes

• Movie5.7

  ComedyMusic

  A lancashire singer buys a pub in Clydebank and hits money troubles when the shipbyards are closed. She takes a petition to London to try to get them reopened.

  Shipyard Sally

  1939 · 3 votes

• Movie10.0

  Comedy

  A parallel is drawn between a housewife's dealings with her butcher, and a burglar and his fence (receiver).

  Partners in Crime

  1942 · 1 votes

• Movie8.0

  Music

  A British musical film directed by Bernard Mainwaring

  The New Hotel

  1932 · 1 votes

• Movie8.0

  Comedy

  When a pretty Wren faints in a crowded train, Private Bud Flanagan and Captain Ches Allen are quick to render first aid. But over Bud's head, a heavy kitbag wobbles; it falls and scores a direct hit, knocking him unconscious. What follows is a dream sequence involving Ches, the Wren and Bud himself in a series of hilarious adventures as well as a magical medley of the duo's best-loved musical numbers!

  Dreaming

  1944 · 3 votes

• Movie8.0

  Comedy

  Major Starr is an ambitious newspaper reporter who has taken undercover employment as chauffeur to Lady Susan Loman in the hope of witnessing high-society goings-on which he can use in a feature article he is planning.

  The Star Reporter

  1931 · 1 votes