George Hayes
Actor · 1888 – 1967 · London, England, UK
Movies18
Movie7.3DramaRomanceIn this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.
Great Expectations
1946 · 389 votes
Movie5.5ComedyCrimeErich Kästner’s beloved novel has been adapted for film or television six times since its publication in 1929; this 1935 British version was the first in English. Believed lost for decades, it was recently rediscovered by the BFI and has now been restored. The film moves the action from Berlin to London, where Emil goes to stay with his grandmother and cousin. Thereafter, the tale of Emil’s adventures with a gang of streetwise London children faithfully follows the original plot.
Emil and the Detectives
1935 · 4 votes
Movie7.8ComedyThe Guv'nor (released in the U.S. as Mr. Hobo) is a 1935 British comedy film starring George Arliss as a tramp who rides a series of misunderstandings and becomes the president of a bank.
The Guv'nor
1935 · 4 votes
Movie5.3DramaCrimeIn this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examining his subjects first-hand. This leads him to begin wandering about the seamiest side of town where he witnesses a murder. When an innocent man is arrested, the writer refuses to assist him as the knowledge that he has been "slumming" could destroy his career. The young man is sentenced to 15 years in prison.
For Them That Trespass
1949 · 13 votes
Movie7.0DramaWarHitler's doctor is gradually realising that the Nazi regime isn't as good as it pretends to be when his friends start to "disappear" into the camps. His wife is courted by the party and accepts a political post in Berlin. Meanwhile Dr Karl decides to try to do something to counteract the Nazi propaganda and with the help of an engineer and a few friends he sets up the Freedom Radio to counteract the Nazi propaganda.
Freedom Radio
1941 · 4 votes
Movie6.8MysteryThrillerA classic British thriller set in a sinister old house, based on a story by Edgar Wallace.
The Case of the Frightened Lady
1940 · 18 votes
- Movie3.7Drama
Hamlet is a 1913 British silent drama film directed by Hay Plumb and starring Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Gertrude Elliot and Walter Ringham.
Hamlet
1913 · 3 votes
Movie6.3MysteryA series of murders in the West End of London baffle the officers of Scotland Yard and draw the interest of a crime reporter to the case.
East of Piccadilly
1941 · 4 votes
Movie6.4DramaEsther goes into service in Victorian England, only to be seduced by the sweet talking groom William, who then takes off with his employer's daughter. Left alone to bring up the child, Esther manages and after 7 years has a chance at happiness. Then William turns up again...
Esther Waters
1948 · 8 votes
Movie6.2CrimeMysteryThe film concerns a police hunt for the criminal known as The Frog.
The Return of the Frog
1938 · 5 votes
Movie8.0ThrillerMysteryPre-war intelligence man Tommy Blythe interrupts his honeymoon to investigate the discovery of vital Air Ministry blueprints on a woman killed in a London road accident. The trail leads to a boarding house in Notting Hill and its varied tenants.
Strange Boarders
1938 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0MysteryCrime
Mr. Reeder, a somewhat eccentric old gentleman employed by the Director of Public Prosecutions, gets it into his head to break up a counterfeiting ring.
The Mind of Mr. Reeder
1939 · 1 votes
Movie6.0ComedyGeorge Formby, who plays George, a stable boy. He also has the unique ability to soothe an anxious racing horse. Expectedly, George races the horse and wins
Come on George!
1939 · 8 votes
MovieAdventureDramaThe Life of St. Paul, including reenactment of the Book of Acts, and St. Paul's Epistles.
Life of St. Paul
1938
Movie7.0ThrillerCrimeA French sleuth in England helps the police solve a series of murders linked by the diary pages of a dead woman.
Inside the Room
1935 · 2 votes
- Movie8.0ThrillerCrime
A British secret service agent and his sister travel to Berlin to recover a top secret RAF invention which was stolen from the French government.
Secret Journey
1939 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0Drama
An elderly man assists the police in solving a murder, but accidentally reveals his own criminal past in the process.
Old Roses
1935 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0Crime
A cabaret singer is found dead in her flat and Viscount Brent becomes a suspect. His cousin is convinced of his innocence and with a journalist investigates the crime.
Death Croons the Blues
1937 · 1 votes