Olive Sloane
Actor · 1896 – 1963 · London, England, UK
Movies23
Movie6.0DramaRomanceA British ex-convict in colonial Australia and his fragile wife, haunted by the past crime that binds them, struggle to rebuild their lives when a young newcomer stirs long-buried passions and secrets.
Under Capricorn
1949 · 202 votes
Movie7.2ComedyIn a small town in the 1950s a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's directors. The producer doesn't try to hide his annoyance about it, and is further exercised when the authoress herself arrives to help. The cast have to try and sort out real-life problems that keep intruding as they wrestle with the play's dire dialogue.
Curtain Up
1952 · 6 votes
Movie5.7DramaWarA U.S. sergeant, a British sergeant and a British pilot hijack gold for a German refugee's war orphans.
A Prize of Gold
1955 · 10 votes
Movie6.8ThrillerWhen Professor Willingdon becomes wary of the nuclear weapons he is helping build, he steals a warhead and threatens to detonate it in London in seven days unless the government begins nuclear disarmament. As Willingdon goes into hiding, Detective Folland of Scotland Yard sets out to find him. Willingdon's daughter Ann also joins the cause, hoping she can talk sense into her father before he causes a catastrophe.
Seven Days to Noon
1950 · 44 votes
Movie6.5DramaJean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts. At first she is overwhelmingly depressed by life in the women's prison; gradually, however, her misery is relieved by the many close friends she makes there. This sympathetic drama traces the contrasting lives and often faltering progress of the inmates of a women's prison.
The Weak and the Wicked
1954 · 13 votes
Movie6.2CrimeDramaA man is tried for the murder of his neurotic wife by means of a sedative overdose.
The Last Man to Hang
1956 · 8 votes
Movie6.4CrimeThrillerA brilliant scientist who has lost his memory is hunted by Communist agents out to obtain a secret formula.
The Man in the Road
1956 · 5 votes
- Movie5.0Music
A rare film put out by Twickenham Film Studios which includes many original music hall acts.
Music Hall
1934 · 1 votes
Movie6.8ComedyAn out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a village hall.
Let the People Sing
1942 · 7 votes
Movie6.2DramaAfter a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on the beneficence of the great financier. A developing friendship leads to the Knights selling their home to the Blakes when they move back to London. All looks rosy for the Blakes as share prices in Mr Knight's new business venture soar, but is their confidence misplaced?
They Knew Mr. Knight
1946 · 6 votes
Movie5.8ComedyWhen the textile mill closes, putting her out of work, Gracie finds herself experiencing all of the amusements of Blackpool.
Sing As We Go
1934 · 11 votes
- Movie10.0Comedy
Those Kids from Town
1942 · 1 votes
Movie4.8ComedyMy Wife’s Lodger finds hapless soldier Willie Higginbottom (Dominic Roche) hoping for a hero’s welcome when he returns home after the war. But, while he was away, shifty spiv Roger the Lodger (Leslie Dwyer) got his arms around his wife and his feet under the table, and now Willie’s ditzy daughter (Diana Dors) only wants to sing, dance and jitterbug!
My Wife's Lodger
1952 · 5 votes
Movie5.5ThrillerHorrorWhen a woman inherits a valuable house, her nasty husband and his mistress plot murder. But the house has a protective poltergeist who thwarts the wicked pair.
The House in Marsh Road
1960 · 16 votes
Movie6.5DramaWhen ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, with two young daughters and a boy born soon after his departure. After an absence of fourteen years McCabe returns, sacked and humiliated, trailing trouble in his wake.
Waterfront
1950 · 12 votes
Movie6.0DramaCrimeRoger Fenton has been released from prison and stared to build a new life. But his past catches up when an elderly visitor is murdered in his office.
The Price of Silence
1959 · 7 votes
Movie7.0ComedyRoger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wrong way. When he is thrown in at the deep-end, with a particularly hot-tempered judge and tricky case, Thursby learns how to prove himself not only to the judge and fellow barristers but also to the public gallery.
Brothers in Law
1957 · 10 votes
Movie5.2FantasyComedyA TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.
Meet Mr. Lucifer
1953 · 17 votes
Movie6.0CrimeDramaBecause she dials the wrong number, an old lady hears information which enables the police to solve a robbery and murder.
Wrong Number
1959 · 4 votes
Movie7.1DramaA working-class boy wins a scholarship to a public school, as part of a post-World War Two experiment in bringing boys of different social classes together.
The Guinea Pig
1948 · 17 votes
Movie6.8DramaA family is torn apart when their eldest son is hanged for the murder of a young girl.
Tall Headlines
1952 · 2 votes
Movie5.8ThrillerWartime 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
Movie6.2DramaHoward Phillips, a vicar who's new in the town of Bellington, wants to reach out to youth. The previous vicar's daughter, Hester Peters, who fears being a spinster, wants to be his wife. He tells her he's not interested. When he confronts a tough kid about something the youth has done, the lad sets out to frame the vicar. Hester, who's walked in on the confrontation, backs the youth's story. The town sides with her and the lad, turning against Phillips. He has a crisis of faith. What options does he have; can no one help him, his reputation, or his calling?
Serious Charge
1959 · 10 votes