Joan Dowling
Actor · 1928 – 1954 · Chertsey, Surrey, England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joan Dowling (6 January 1928 – 31 March 1954) was an English character actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Dowling, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movie6.5DramaNow old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once young and handsome William Green. He changed his name to include his first wife's for the photographic portrait work he excelled at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.
The Magic Box
1952 · 25 votes
Movie6.6CrimeDramaJewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.
Pool of London
1951 · 37 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
Movie6.5ComedyCrimeA gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies.
Hue and Cry
1947 · 50 votes
Movie5.8DramaA compulsive gambler stumbles towards losing everything when Merle Oberon decides to save him from himself.
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
1952 · 5 votes
Movie6.3DramaComedyA train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.
Train of Events
1949 · 13 votes
Movie8.5DramaA group of children are evacuated during world war two into the care of an alcoholic woman.
No Room at the Inn
1948 · 2 votes
Movie6.9DramaCharts the events occurring during a typical 24-hour period on London’s thoroughfare Bond Street. Linking the four stories together is the impending wedding of society girl Hazel Court and Robert Flemyng.
Bond Street
1948 · 4 votes
Movie6.0DramaCrimeWhen a nightclub singer is arrested for murder, his pregnant girlfriend moves into a boarding house for women, but the mother-to-be soon discovers that her new lodgings harbors a horrific secret.
Women of Twilight
1953 · 7 votes
Movie6.0CrimeThrillerA man gets in trouble when he accidentally kills and covers up a murder of a girl he meets after a big fight with his wife.
Murder Without Crime
1950 · 9 votes
Movie7.6WarDramaA British coastal command pilot is charged with neglect when it is thought that he has sunk a British submarine rather than a German U-boat. Unable to live with his actions, he volunteers for a deadly mission. His girlfriend meanwhile tries to prove that he is innocent.
Landfall
1949 · 5 votes
- Movie6.7Drama
A miner, played by Scottish singer Hamish Menzies, meets a holidaying secretary on the Kent coast and love blossoms.
A Man's Affair
1949 · 3 votes