Hal Walters
Actor · 1892 – 1940 · South Shields, County Durham (now South Shields, Tyne & Wear), England, UK
Movies24
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 · 469 votes
Movie7.1AdventureDramaA disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.
The Four Feathers
1939 · 107 votes
Movie7.1ComedyWill Hay plays the pennyless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to find his insolent office boy (Graham Moffatt) with his feet up on the desk, reading a wild west magazine, which Hay confiscates so that he can read it later. Stubbins later takes a job from a group of Americans who claim they want him to track down some ancestors of theirs in Scotland. In reality however they want to use his office so they can rob a safe in the room immediately below his office. Stubbins takes the job (which is designed to keep him out of the office). In the end Stubbins realises his mistake and at a Christmas Eve fancy dress party he informs a group of carol singing policeman about the Americans nefarious activities
Where There's a Will
1936 · 8 votes
Movie7.5ComedyA writer poses as a shy butterfly hunter who has a fortune and is hounded by reporters.
The Second Mr. Bush
1940 · 2 votes
Movie6.7AdventureSet just before the outbreak of WWII, this is the story of a test pilot who works for the (unnamed) enemy. Made in 1939, by the time it was released in 1940, war had been declared.
Spies of the Air
1939 · 3 votes
Movie4.8ComedyDramaA run-away school-girl falls among chorus girls planning to marry into the nobility.
A Girl Must Live
1939 · 6 votes
Movie6.3CrimeDramaA man is blackmailed into taking his brother's place in a gang for a jewellery heist.
They Came by Night
1940 · 3 votes
Movie6.7ComedyA young girl is engaged to a man she doesn't love, and rather than marry him she decides to flee the situation altogether. She is helped by a crusty old barge captain.
Beauty and the Barge
1937 · 6 votes
- Movie10.0Comedy
A woman's parents became robbers in a desperate effort to prevent her marrying an unsuitable man.
Great Stuff
1933 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ActionA Northwest mounted policeman leaves the service to seek revenge for his brother's murder.
Movie9.0ComedyA cleaner salesman finds himself campaigning for both sides in an election.
Everything Happens to Me
1938 · 1 votes
Movie10.0ComedySlapstick comedy in which luckless slate club treasurer Bill Smithers is sent to prison for three years after being mistakenly accused of stealing funds.
Tonight's the Night - Pass It On
1931 · 1 votes
Movie6.4CrimeComedyA pair of friends robs from a jewelry shop, and buries their loot in a field out in the country before they get caught. They spend ten years in prison, and when they're let out they go back to the burial ground, only to find out that it's no longer a bucolic pasture but the site of a large department store. Despite that setback, they're still determined to dig up their stash.
A Fire Has Been Arranged
1935 · 5 votes
Movie6.0ThrillerMysteryIn England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraft which have disappeared without a trace while over the ocean on their maiden flights; unaware, as they are, that a spy ring has been shooting the planes down with a ray machine hidden aboard a salvage vessel which is on hand to haul the downed aircraft aboard, crews and all.
Q Planes
1939 · 41 votes
- Movie7.0Comedy
'An American visitor to England is frustrated by the restrictions placed upon him and his social life by the Defence of the Realm Act.' (National Film Archive Catalogue)
Dora
1933 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0ComedyDrama
1840 - Max Miller and a troupe of artistes come to perform at a tavern, which is not licensed for such performances. A rival tavern informs the police and they have to pay a heavy fine. However, they find the money by rescuing a boy and getting the reward.
The Good Old Days
1939 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0
Vincent Barton, the son of the vice-president of a railroad company, takes a job as the depot agent at Bynes. He fires one of Tony Sharkey's henchmen, scheming against the railroad, and, as a result, a fight takes place and a switching order is overlooked which nearly results in a major wreck. Realizing the situation at Hynes, Helen Barton, Vincent's sister, dashes to Hynes in her roadster and puts together a severed telegraph wire to put the station back in communications with headquarters. Meanwhile, Helen's sweetheart, Tom Lawson, is fighting with Sharkey in a run-away engine and it is headed for an open bridge over a river.
Mistaken Orders
1925 · 1 votes
Movie6.1ComedyCrimeLondon has become enthralled by the antics of the contemporary Robin Hood, but when a band of bad guys start framing him for their misdeeds, the hero has to catch the criminals and clear his name.
Crackerjack
1938 · 6 votes
- Movie7.0Comedy
Two nightclub cloakroom attendants become entangled with an enemy spy ring in an adventure that takes them to Paris.
That’s The Ticket
1940 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0Comedy
Enemy of the Police
1933 · 1 votes
Movie8.0MusicComedyA worker at a gramophone record factory surprisingly creates a hit song.
Feather Your Nest
1937 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0CrimeMystery
A barber who mistakenly believes he has killed a burglar and seeks shelter in the home of a manicurist.
Come Into My Parlour
1932 · 1 votes
Movie6.3ComedyA weak, cowardly barber gets fit to win over a beautiful woman. However, she prefers his muscle-bound rival until George challenges him to a boxing match.
Keep Fit
1937 · 9 votes
- Movie9.0Comedy
A British comedy film directed by Leslie Pearce
Can You Hear Me, Mother?
1935 · 1 votes