Clare Greet
Actor · 1871 – 1939 · Leicestershire, England, UK
Movies21
Movie6.5ThrillerMysteryWhile vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1934 · 468 votes
Movie6.1CrimeAdventureIn early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the remote Jamaica Inn, where she discovers the inn is a front for a violent gang of wreckers who lure ships to their doom along the coast. As she becomes entangled in their crimes, Mary must fight to survive and uncover the truth behind the terror that haunts the moors.
Jamaica Inn
1939 · 258 votes
Movie6.7DramaThrillerKarl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has a secret that will affect their relationship and threaten her teenage brother's life.
Sabotage
1936 · 381 votes
Movie5.9MysteryCrimeWhen actress Diana Baring is found in a daze beside her colleague’s murdered body, all evidence points to her guilt. During the trial, juror Sir John Menier doubts the verdict, but yields to pressure. Haunted by remorse, he launches his own investigation.
Murder!
1930 · 158 votes
Movie6.0RomanceDramaA fisherman and a rising lawyer who grew up together as brothers fall in love with the same woman.
The Manxman
1929 · 94 votes
Movie5.9DramaRomanceBoth Jack Sander and Bob Corby are boxers in love with Mabel. Jack and Mabel wed, but their marriage is flat. The young wife looks to Bob for comfort.
The Ring
1927 · 118 votes
Movie7.4ComedyDramaPickpocket Libby is protected by aging street performer Charles, who takes her into his troupe. Libby's dancing leads her to meet songwriter Harley and launch a stage career, while Charles is seemingly spurned by the waif he has helped.
St. Martin's Lane
1938 · 28 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
Movie4.8MysteryThrillerA young woman turns to Holmes for protection when she's menaced by an escaped killer seeking missing treasure. However, when the woman is kidnapped, Holmes and Watson must penetrate the city's criminal underworld to find her.
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
1932 · 15 votes
Movie8.0CrimeThrillerBelgian sleuth Hercule Poirot investigates a mysterious suicide at a country house.
Alibi
1931 · 3 votes
Movie5.0DramaA girl becomes an unwilling witness in her parents' scandalous divorce case.
Little Friend
1934 · 3 votes
- Movie7.0Drama
In this drama the owner of a flower shop falls in love with one of her patrons. Unfortunately, he is married to a shrewish actress and cannot get out of the marriage. The distraught woman then leaves her shop to become a nurse. Trouble ensues when the actress suddenly appears, accuses the nurse of fooling around with her husband and dies leaving the nurse and the husband to be charged with murder. Fortunately, they are found innocent and they are free to fall in love at last.
Lord Camber's Ladies
1932 · 2 votes
Movie5.6CrimeDramaIn 1820s rural England, a young girl is tricked by tales of marriage from a villainous Squire. When she becomes pregnant and disappears, a gipsy lad is blamed.
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
1935 · 19 votes
Movie6.5ComedyAdapted from a popular Broadway play and concerns three veterans who return to London from the War only to discover that they have been officially listed as dead.
Three Live Ghosts
1922 · 4 votes
- Movie10.0CrimeMystery
A doctor becomes a blackmailer and a jewel thief in order to raise funds for a hospital in East London but is uncovered by an ambitious reporter.
White Face
1932 · 1 votes
Movie6.5ComedyThird Time Lucky" was released in February 1931 and was the first film to star Bobby Howes in a leading role. Based on a play by Arnold Ridley, who also wrote "The Ghost Train", and later went on to star in "Dad's Army", "Third time lucky" tells the story of a timid parson (Howes) who steps in to protect his ward from blackmail at the hands of Garry Marsh and Gordon Harker.
Third Time Lucky
1931 · 2 votes
Movie5.4CrimeHorrorA man plots to murder his half-brother so he claim his earldom and an inheritance.
The Pointing Finger
1933 · 5 votes
Movie7.0ComedyA major and his wife return from abroad and pose as servants to observe their adolescent children.
The Rising Generation
1928 · 1 votes
Movie8.0MusicComedyA steward inherits the estate of an earl. To repel the advances of an unwanted fiancee, he pretends that he has regressed to childhood behaviors.
Lord Babs
1932 · 2 votes
- Movie8.0
A widow wants to marry, but her father will only consent if he is satisfied that a scandalous story about her is untrue.
Mrs. Dane's Defence
1933 · 1 votes
- Movie5.5CrimeDrama
A clerk is suspected of committing a warehouse robbery and captures the real thieves aboard a pleasure boat.
Royal Eagle
1936 · 2 votes