Howard Connell
Actor · b. 1911 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Movies8
Movie7.0AdventureWarCaptain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish warship and a ragged band of Central American rebels.
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951 · 149 votes
Movie6.2ComedyIn rural Norfolk, villagers are spurred to action when it is announced that the nearby RAF station is taking over the Island of Children, a much-loved and untouched bird sanctuary, for rocket practice.
Conflict of Wings
1954 · 5 votes
Movie6.0DramaAt Balloch Moss mine in Scotland, water comes through a seam bringing a torrent of mud into the mine and flooding the pit shaft, resulting in 118 men being trapped, with nine missing. The only means by which the rescue team can bring the men out is through some old abandoned workings which are now full of gas and thus will cause delays in any rescue attempt.
The Brave Don't Cry
1952 · 11 votes
Movie6.7DramaComedyAfter losing their father in the Boer War, orphaned brothers Harry and Davy must leave their home in Scotland to live with their grandmother and cantankerous grandfather in Nova Scotia. The boys want nothing more than a pet dog, but their grandfather refuses to get them one. Then, when the brothers find an abandoned baby, they decide to keep it – but the foundling may not have been abandoned after all.
The Kidnappers
1953 · 15 votes
Movie7.3FamilyStory of four youngsters who discover birds' nest thieves on a sanctuary island.From story by Mary Cathcart Borer.
Mystery on Bird Island
1954 · 3 votes
- Movie7.0ComedyRomance
A starchy parliamentary delegation is sent to a remote Scottish Highlands community, where the residents are protesting the poor condition of their road by withholding their taxes, and spend a few days among the locals.
Laxdale Hall
1953 · 3 votes
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A feature length compilation of crimes solved by Superintendent Fabian. Based on a real Scotland Yard detective, Fabian was one of the first of a new breed of intellectual detectives who preferred to solve a crime using his brain rather than pure muscle.
Fabian of the Yard
1954 · 1 votes
Movie6.0DramaA successful artist recalls his life in the tenements of the Glasgow slums. In flashback his recalls the events and characters he shared with in a slum tenement building.
The Gorbals Story
1950 · 4 votes