Derek Elphinstone

Movies11

• Movie8.0

  DramaRomance

  A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.

  The Red Shoes

  1948 · 771 votes

• Movie7.6

  ComedyWar

  Three sailors get drunk while on shore leave and end up on the wrong ship. When they realise their mistake they scramble off it and onto their warship, HMS Ferocious. However, they soon realise that the vessel they have boarded is not the Ferocious but a German battleship.

  Sailors Three

  1940 · 5 votes

• Movie7.1

  AdventureDrama

  A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.

  The Four Feathers

  1939 · 107 votes

• Movie6.7

  DramaWar

  The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship’s first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.

  In Which We Serve

  1942 · 107 votes

• Movie5.6

  DramaWar

  A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII.

  Convoy

  1940 · 15 votes

• Movie6.5

  Drama

  David Anthony, a Harley Street physician, swaps duties with his brother, a medical missionary in Africa.

  Distant Trumpet

  1952 · 2 votes

• Movie6.9

  Thriller

  British intelligence officers head off a Nazi plot to kidnap an atomic scientist.

  Night Boat to Dublin

  1946 · 11 votes

• Movie6.4

  CrimeDrama

  This tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the police apprehend the conspirators after an innocent bystander is accidentally killed.

  Secret People

  1952 · 22 votes

• Movie8.7

  DramaTV Movie

  Agatha Christie tale of a man on trial for murder: a trial featuring surprise after surprise. Not to be confused with the later Hollywood adaptation.

  Witness for the Prosecution

  1949 · 7 votes

• Movie

  DocumentaryDrama

  A dramatised instruction film made to instil in RAF flying personnel the importance of flight safety in peacetime.

  Flying with Prudence

  1946

• Movie10.0

  Mystery

  The BBC armchair detective clears a nightclub singer of suspicion of the murder of her boss.

  The Armchair Detective

  1951 · 1 votes