C. V. France

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• Movie7.1

  WarThriller

  The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, they do whatever they can to thwart the Nazis plans.

  Went the Day Well?

  1942 · 79 votes

• Movie7.2

  DramaThriller

  Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, inventor Axel Bomasch manages to flee and reach England; but those who need to put his knowledge at the service of the Nazi war machine, in order to carry out their evil plans of destruction, will stop at nothing to capture him.

  Night Train to Munich

  1940 · 96 votes

• Movie6.8

  DramaRomance

  A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.

  A Yank at Oxford

  1938 · 12 votes

• Movie7.1

  AdventureHistory

  King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on Villon the title of Grand Constable. Soon Villon begins work and falls for a lovely lady-in-waiting, but then must flee execution when the King turns on him.

  If I Were King

  1938 · 14 votes

• Movie6.5

  MysteryDrama

  A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness in the air as they are greeted by the innkeeper and his daughter. Why are all the newspapers a year old? And why doesn't Gwyneth seem to cast a shadow?

  The Halfway House

  1944 · 34 votes

• Movie5.6

  DramaHistory

  The film biography of Queen Victoria focusing initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule after Albert's death in 1861.

  Victoria the Great

  1937 · 8 votes

• Movie6.1

  DramaFantasy

  Ebenezer Scrooge, the ultimate Victorian miser, hasn't a good word for Christmas, though his impoverished clerk Cratchit and nephew Fred are full of holiday spirit. In the night, Scrooge is visited by spirits of the past, present, and future.

  Scrooge

  1935 · 53 votes

• Movie5.4

  Drama

  An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village.

  The Skin Game

  1931 · 95 votes

• Movie7.8

  DramaMystery

  Bob Stevens awakens in a hospital with a gunshot wound to his head, and is told that he has been in Paris for ten days. However, this cannot be true because he insists that he crashed his plane and has no recollection of being anywhere for ten days. Bob decides to follow a note found in his jacket, to the woman who wrote it, "Miss D", and get to the bottom of the whole strange situation.

  Ten Days in Paris

  1940 · 5 votes

• Movie8.1

  DramaHistory

  The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.

  Tudor Rose

  1936 · 8 votes

• Movie8.0

  CrimeThriller

  Black Coffee is a 1931 British detective film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott. Based on the 1930 play Black Coffee by Agatha Christie featuring her famous private detective Hercule Poirot, it stars Austin Trevor as Poirot with Richard Cooper playing his companion Captain Hastings. A famous but hated scientist, Sir Amory, is killed during a house party, and some of his valuable papers are missing. Poirot rapidly determines the cause of death and the motive, then narrows down the suspects to the most likely culprit.

  Black Coffee

  1931 · 2 votes

• Movie6.1

  DramaRomance

  A Chinese missionary comes to England and helps a young girl ill-treated by her father. A remake of D. W. Griffith's masterpiece.

  Broken Blossoms

  1936 · 8 votes

• Movie6.4

  MysteryDrama

  An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of the aristocrat's house

  The Ware Case

  1938 · 5 votes

• Movie6.3

  Comedy

  Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.

  Cheer Boys Cheer

  1939 · 6 votes

• Movie7.0

  Comedy

  Going under cover, P.C. Mahoney passes for a gentleman to get into the notorious Moonstone Club. There he meets Clifford Tope, a ne'er do well who is love with cabaret star Cora Mellish. She in turn has run up steep gambling debts and has paid off the Club's blackmailing owner with a stolen necklace. As things heat up Cora seeks help from the easy-going Tope.

  A Night Like This

  1932 · 1 votes

• Movie6.3

  CrimeThriller

  A talented American actress enlists the help of the famed Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, to negotiate a divorce from her husband, Lord Edgware, only to find him the next day stabbed to death in his library. Who would want him dead?

  Lord Edgware Dies

  1934 · 7 votes

• Movie8.0

  ThrillerMystery

  Pre-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

• Movie8.0

  Biography of the ploughboy poet.

  The Loves of Robert Burns

  1930 · 1 votes

• Movie7.0

  AdventureRomance

  With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they plan a major robbery on a department store.

  Crime Over London

  1936 · 2 votes

• Movie10.0

  DramaWar

  In Belgium during the first World War , the Uhlans order the burgomaster to be shot by his son-in-law.

  The Burgomaster of Stilemonde

  1929 · 1 votes

• Movie10.0

  Drama

  A drama film directed by Louis Mercanton

  These Charming People

  1931 · 1 votes

• Movie9.0

  ComedyRomance

  A young woman who comes to Liverpool for domestic employment and finds romance with a young sailor who winds up in hospital after a fight.

  It Happened One Sunday

  1944 · 1 votes

• Movie8.0

  DramaDocumentary

  Made in commemoration and celebration of the Jubilee of King George V, this is the story of the first twenty-five years of his reign, told through the many travels of a penny that was minted in the year of his accession: 1910. Through a series of individual stories, Royal Cavalcade covers a period of striking change in every area of life – from the suffragette movement to the trenches of World War One, the effects of the Depression to single events such as the first ever Royal Command Performance, featuring Anna Pavlova and George Robey.

  Royal Cavalcade

  1935 · 1 votes

• Movie9.0

  DramaCrime

  A blackmailed ex-thief is executed for a murder he didn't commit.

  Eugene Aram

  1924 · 1 votes