Dennis Wyndham
Actor · 1887 – 1973 · Natal, South Africa
Dennis Wyndham (15 January 1887 – 19 August 1973) was a South African film actor. He appeared in 47 films between 1920 and 1956. He was born in Natal, South Africa. On 23 May 1917 he married the actress Elsie Mackay and she performed as Poppy Wyndham throughout most of her stage and film career.
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Movie7.6DramaWhen 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.
Oliver Twist
1948 · 267 votes
Movie7.0AdventureComedyBurt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the late 1700s. A light hearted adventure involving prison breaks, an oddball scientist, sailing ships, naval fights and tons of swordplay.
The Crimson Pirate
1952 · 166 votes
Movie6.9AdventureHistoryRobin Hood is persuaded by two nobles whom he believes to be loyal to King Richard to recover secret plans attaining to the rescue of the king from captivity in Germany. Though disguised as a troubadour, Robin is betrayed and captured. Lady Alys and the merry men help him escape in time to foil an intended ambush on King Richard as he returns from the Crusades.
The Men of Sherwood Forest
1954 · 15 votes
Movie5.8ComedyRomanceIn postwar London a young graduate and his girlfriend decide to marry. Her well-to-do parents are not convinced, but they agree once he has got a £5.10.0 job and a 30/- a week single-room flat. The newly-weds find money fearfully tight, the flat cramped, the neighbours a trial, and her parents always hovering. Can faith conquer all? Is there some way of getting rid of tea-leaves except down the sink?
For Better, for Worse
1954 · 10 votes
Movie6.9DramaHistorySet in Claverly Village, it follows the fortunes of the Rookebys (Clements) and the ne'r-do-well Appleyards (Williams) from the time of the Normans, 1588, 1804, 1914, and 1940. Made to support morale during the war, its message is basically that you can't suppress the British; they've been there since the beginning; they'll be there to the end.
This England
1941 · 4 votes
Movie4.6DramaIn the slums of Dublin during the Irish Civil War, the Boyle family’s fragile stability collapses after news of an unexpected inheritance lures them into a false sense of prosperity. Captain Boyle, a boastful idler, squanders their meager resources, while his wife Juno holds the household together. When the fortune proves illusory, the family faces ruin, betrayal, and tragedy.
Juno and the Paycock
1930 · 63 votes
Movie5.9DramaDepressing and realistic family drama about the struggles of unemployment and poverty in 1930s Lancashire. The 20-year-old Kerr gives an emotionally charged performance as Hardcastle, one of the cotton workers trying to make life better. Interlaced with humour that brings a ray of sunshine to the pervasive bleakness, this remains a powerful social study of life between the wars, and was a rare problem picture to come out of Britain at the time.
Love on the Dole
1941 · 16 votes
Movie5.0ComedyBoat building father and son join the river patrol service and get caught-up in a spy ring.
Sailors Don't Care
1940 · 4 votes
Movie7.2MysteryDuring a charity football match between Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan's new star player collapses and dies. Inspector Slade of Scotland Yard is called in and declares it was murder. It takes all his ingenuity and another death before the motive is discovered and the killer revealed.
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
1939 · 12 votes
Movie7.0MusicDramaIn 1931, Sir Malcolm Sargent – then a rising young conductor – acted as musical director for this first filmed musical version of Prosper Mérimée’s classic story of passion and fatal jealousy, Carmen. With a score based on Bizet’s opera, Gipsy Blood features celebrated American soprano Marguerite Namara as the capricious gypsy girl from the cigarette factory; her co-performers include Thomas Burke as Carmen’s tormented lover, Don José, and New Zealand-born baritone Lance Fairfax as his rival, the toreador Escamillo.
Gipsy Blood
1931 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyComedy in which a bungling railway worker is given the job of stationmaster at a rundown station in rural Ireland, where his sidekicks are a toothless old gaffer and a portly young loudmouth. Hilarious adventures ensue, including a locomotive chase after gunrunners make off with a train.
Oh, Mr. Porter!
1937 · 34 votes
Movie6.7FamilyA group of children establish their own zoo in the garden of a disused house, which proves to be the headquarters of a gang of crooks.
The Dog and the Diamonds
1953 · 3 votes
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Old Mother Riley does the laundry for the dancers in the pantomime "Aladdin", where her daughter Kitty works as a chorus girl. Sneaking a peek at the show one day, Mother Riley accidentally pops up through a trap door onto the stage. Accosted by the angry star, Mother Riley’s belligerent responses have the audience in stitches. Outraged, the star walks out, leaving Kitty to take over the leading role, to great success.
Old Mother Riley in Society
1940 · 3 votes
- Movie6.3Comedy
Old Mother Riley loses her laundry job and then battles her ex-boss in a parliamentary election.
Old Mother Riley, MP
1939 · 6 votes
Movie6.7ComedyCrimeGormless George Trotter moves down from Manchester to the bright lights of London in search of fame and fortune on the stage - only to find himself the prime suspect in a bizarre murder mystery!
I Didn't Do It
1945 · 10 votes
Movie6.1CrimeDramaWhen his best friend is murdered inside a London dancehall, a cab driver and his girlfriend involve themselves in the investigation and discover a major criminal operation hiding behind the club's friendly facade.
Dancing with Crime
1947 · 21 votes
- Movie7.0ComedyHorror
Old Mother Riley gets involved in a plot to steal an invention
Old Mother Riley's Ghosts
1941 · 3 votes
- Movie8.0Drama
Farmers are all losing their Sheep, all except 'Riggy's'. Is it because of his great sheepdog or something more sinister.
Sheepdog of the Hills
1941 · 3 votes
Movie6.3MysteryRomanceA Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him into revealing some military secrets and he is court martial. He vows to track her and her accomplices down.
They Met in the Dark
1943 · 15 votes
- MovieComedyDrama
- Movie9.0Comedy
A short comedy film directed by W.P. Kellino
Who Killed Doc Robin?
1931 · 1 votes
Movie6.8DramaOn the death of his father, an eighteen-year old leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.
The Common Touch
1941 · 4 votes
Movie9.0CrimeDramaAn amateur detective goes on the trail of a gang of violent criminals.
The Man They Couldn't Arrest
1931 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0HorrorCrime
A killer distracts his victims with a hideous face
The Face at the Window
1932 · 1 votes