Francis Lister
Actor · 1899 – 1951 · London, England, UK
From Wikipedia Francis Lister (1899–1951) was a British film actor. He was married to the actresses Nora Swinburne (1924–32) and Margot Grahame (1934-36)
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Movie7.4AdventureDramaFletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935 · 407 votes
Movie4.4ActionRomanceSir Percy is forced to return to France one last time, to rescue his wife from the clutches of the sinister Robespierre. It's clearly a trap, but nothing will keep the good Pimpernel from carrying out his mission.
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1937 · 12 votes
Movie6.3DramaAdventureA married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways.
The Wicked Lady
1945 · 36 votes
Movie7.0ComedyA comedy film directed by Norman Walker
Uneasy Virtue
1931 · 1 votes
Movie5.1ActionAdventureFort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous territory, rich in spices and precious metals beyond the wildest dreams, and try to gain the favor of the local kings, Robert Clive (1725-1774), a frustrated but talented clerk who works for the East Indian Company and struggles to earn his fortune, makes a bold decision that will change his life forever.
Clive of India
1935 · 12 votes
Movie5.8ActionAdventureChristopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.
Christopher Columbus
1949 · 15 votes
Movie10.0RomanceThe young Lord Sloane marries a musical comedy actress, much to his parents' disappointment. The actress's brother-in-law gets into betting difficulties so she obtains money from her husband to help him.
Brown Sugar
1931 · 1 votes
Movie5.7ComedyWith a title like Jack's the Boy, is it any surprise that the star of this breezy quota quickie is British music-hall favorite Jack Hulbert? The star plays the son of a celebrated Scotland Yard detective, who joins the force in hopes of following his father's footsteps. Unfortunately, Jack is something of a screw-up, and before long he has become the laughing stock of the force.
Jack's the Boy
1932 · 3 votes
Movie6.0CrimeDramaA London nightclub hostess pretends to fall for the mobster who killed her husband.
Murder in Soho
1939 · 2 votes
Movie7.3HistoryRomanceThe cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.
Cardinal Richelieu
1935 · 6 votes
Movie9.0ComedyA butcher and a draper stand for election to the local council.
Hawleys of High Street
1933 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0Comedy
'Comedy concerning a bank clerk who uses his inheritance to fund a serious drams which, ironically, succeeds as a burlesque.' (BFI)
Up to the Neck
1933 · 1 votes
Movie7.0CrimeMysteryJewel thieves kill a rich widow and frame a fake medium.
At the Villa Rose
1930 · 1 votes
Movie10.0DramaA doctor learns his pregnant patient is engaged to his son.
Should a Doctor Tell?
1923 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0DramaWar
A woman leaves her husband to run a Paris boarding house, and reunites with her sister after the war.
The Old Wives' Tale
1921 · 1 votes
Movie5.3DramaEnglish-language version. "Atlantic" is a drama film based on the sinking of the RMS "Titanic" and set aboard a fictional ship, called the "Atlantic". The main plotline revolves around a man who has a shipboard affair with a fellow passenger, which is eventually discovered by his wife. The ship also has aboard an elderly couple, the Rools, who are on their anniversary cruise. Midway across the Atlantic Ocean, the "Atlantic" strikes an iceberg and is damaged to the point where it is sinking into the Atlantic.
Atlantic
1929 · 12 votes
Movie6.4CrimeMysteryA young woman becomes a murder target after inheriting her estranged father's estate.
Home to Danger
1951 · 8 votes
- Movie9.0Comedy
An engaged to marry duke causes an infatuated heiress to return to her soldier sweetheart.
The Fortune of Christina McNab
1921 · 1 votes
Movie10.0DramaA colonel's bastard son pretends his cowardly brother died a hero.
The Unwanted
1924 · 1 votes
Movie4.5DramaCrimeThe dramatic story of a normal, intelligent man of good principles driven to contemplate thoughts of murder.
Living Dangerously
1936 · 4 votes
Movie6.0DramaCrimePat Heaton may be the best crime reporter in town but his fiancée Claire, despairing of the more tawdry aspects of his profession, makes him promise to give the job up. When a pretty waitress is found murdered, however, Pat falls in line with the rest of the 'Murder Gang' the pack of reporters who gather to glean stories by fair means or foul!
Sensation
1936 · 2 votes
Movie9.0ComedyDivorce barrister Logan arrives back in London from a trip overseas to find the whole city fogbound. Unable to reach his flat, he books into the exclusive Royal Parks Hotel. Leslie sweet-talks Logan into letting her stay in his suite, and although the pair are attracted to each other, the night passes innocently. On arriving at Chambers, Logan is asked to act as counsel for Lord Rockburn, who is seeking a divorce from his wife. Logan accepts the brief, but then discovers to his horror that Lady Rockburn was a guest at the Royal Parks Hotel ball the previous night, and a cornerstone of the case is alleged impropriety after a maid observed a man leaving her room that morning......
Counsel's Opinion
1933 · 1 votes