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• Movie7.0

  Adventure

  Alan Richards is the sole survivor of a pearling lugger which has been shipwrecked on Pakema Reef during a typhoon. He sets out to recover some pearls which went missing in the wreck, crossing through the jungle and fighting headhunters.

  Typhoon Treasure

  1938 · 1 votes

• Movie5.5

  Crime

  An ex-convict, who was framed, struggles to clear his name.

  Johnny-on-the-Spot

  1954 · 4 votes

• Movie7.7

  ComedyRomance

  Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous actor. When Harry loses his nerve, Sheila won't let him give up.

  Don't Ever Leave Me

  1949 · 3 votes

• Movie6.0

  DramaThriller

  After being framed for a murder he didn't commit, Tom Penney (Donald Houston) serves his time and returns to his rural English home to establish a quiet life. When another victim is found, however, Tom is blamed for the crime and flees rather than returnng to prison. Hoping to find the real killer -- or killers -- Tom investigates while keeping a low profile to elude his pursuers, and a vital clue leads him on the path to possible redemption.

  The Large Rope

  1953 · 7 votes

• Movie4.2

  DramaWar

  Featuring Charles 'Bud' Tingwell in only his second film and first lead role, which helped prepare him for his part in the 1953 World War Two Hollywood action drama, 'The Desert Rats'. 'Always Another Dawn' celebrates the Australian Navy's contribution to the Allied victory in WW2. The ship (Dauntless) is based on the real-life HMAS Yarra, which was sunk by a Japanese cruiser squadron on 4 March 1942 with 138 lives lost. Assisted by the Royal Australian Navy, filming took place at Flinders Naval Depot Melbourne and aboard the destroyer HMAS Bataan.

  Always Another Dawn

  1948 · 5 votes

• Movie8.0

  War

  During World War I, the British navy disguised some of its warships as civilian cargo ships, known as Q Ships, in order to fool the Germans. German U-boat commander Capt. Von Haag spots one of these ships, commanded by Adm. Sims, in the English Channel and begins tracking it, leading to a war of nerves between Von Haag and Sims.

  Q Ships

  1928 · 1 votes

• Movie10.0

  War

  'France, 1918. Armistice saves girl and pilot from death, but not Canadian agent.' (British Film Catalogue)

  Victory

  1928 · 1 votes

• Movie8.0

  Adventure

  Middle-aged Glasgow grocer Dickson McCunn ventures into the Scottish countryside in search of adventure, and finds a Russian princess imprisoned in a castle. Aided by a gang of Gorbals Die-Hards and a young Englishman, he rescues her from her captors and proves a hero, in spite of his qualms.

  Huntingtower

  1927 · 1 votes