Alf Goddard
Actor · 1896 – 1981 · Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK
Movies23
Movie7.4ComedyDramaPickpocket Libby is protected by aging street performer Charles, who takes her into his troupe. Libby's dancing leads her to meet songwriter Harley and launch a stage career, while Charles is seemingly spurned by the waif he has helped.
St. Martin's Lane
1938 · 28 votes
Movie5.4ActionAdventureWhite hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.
King Solomon's Mines
1937 · 28 votes
Movie5.6RomanceDramaAdam McAdam is an old, dour sheepherder whose life is devoted to his faithful dog, the whiskey bottle and his daughter, Jeannie. And a conflict that arises when the other sheep-men of the district try every means within their power to have his dog, accused of being a sheep-killer, destroyed.
Owd Bob
1938 · 9 votes
Movie6.3RomanceCrimeLondon's jewel thieves are under the thumb of a mysterious fence, who ruthlessly exposes any thief who crosses him. Desperate, Scotland Yard re-hires ex-Inspector Barrabal who, as a known drunkard, is ideally suited to go undercover with a faked criminal record (which may spoil his chances with lovely Carol Stedman).
The Squeaker
1937 · 7 votes
Movie9.0War'Admiral's son loves girl who becomes spy, and dies foiling her schemes.' (British Film Catalogue)
Carry On!
1927 · 1 votes
Movie5.6DramaWarA 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
Movie6.0DramaWarLife on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed.
The Way to the Stars
1945 · 32 votes
Movie8.0MusicA producer makes a star of the cockney waif who tried to rob him.
The Nipper
1930 · 1 votes
Movie6.2DramaHistoryIn 1783 England, King George III appoints William Pitt only 24 years old, as PM. When members of Parliament refuse to take Pitt seriously, he calls for a general election and wins. Pitt works to reform England, focusing on rebuilding the navy while across the sea in France, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his conquest of Europe.
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942 · 9 votes
- Movie10.0Drama
A man loves a dancer who becomes a producer's mistress.
White Heat
1927 · 1 votes
Movie6.5DramaWarA mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casualties at Dunkirk.
The Way Ahead
1944 · 42 votes
Movie7.0ComedyDramaYou Know What Sailors Are
1928 · 1 votes
Movie6.5DramaFarewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people they've left. Given a six-hour pass after a tour of duty in India, several British Tommies (among them Robert Newton, Sebastian Shaw and Anthony Bushell) try to unravel their domestic tribulations before having to ship out again. American expatriate Tim Whelan was the directorial hand who kept the various plot threads from entangling, while another Hollywood vet, James Wong Howe, manned the cameras. The film became instantly dated with the advent of World War II, but in its own time Farewell Again was a box-office smash. The film was issued in the US as Troopship.
Farewell Again
1937 · 2 votes
Movie6.2ThrillerA man witnesses a murder that isn't a murder, only to get involved with the magician and his wife who created the illusion. The insanely jealous magician husband eventually kills his wife, making for complications in life of unhappily married man who is now involved more than he ever thought he would be.
A Window in London
1940 · 7 votes
Movie5.7DramaWhen school captain Roddy Berwick takes the blame for his friend’s scandal, he is expelled and disowned by his family. Cast out of his privileged world, Roddy drifts through a series of humiliations—from waiter to penniless actor to gigolo—descending ever further into ruin and self-disgust.
Downhill
1927 · 101 votes
Movie6.2MusicComedyAn Irishman sets out to become famous as a singer on the radio. Due to a mix up he is instead entered as a contestant on a quiz show.
Let's Be Famous
1939 · 3 votes
Movie6.5MusicIn turn-of-the-century London a young music publisher fights both competitors and piracy in a time where author's royalties were still unprotected.
I'll Be Your Sweetheart
1945 · 2 votes
- Movie9.0Comedy
Enemy of the Police
1933 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyDramaA young English reporter makes a bet with a wealthy publisher that he can disappear for a month. In his absence the publisher makes much of the mysterious disappearance in an attempt to boost the circulation of his newspaper.
It's a Bet
1935 · 2 votes
- Movie9.0Comedy
'1914. Knight poses as rating aboard son's cruiser and helps Q-ship sink U-boat.' (British Film Catalogue)
Sailors Don't Care
1928 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaWith Britain on the brink of war, an enemy spy plans to steal secret documents and lay the blame on Clive Stanton.
Luck of the Navy
1938 · 2 votes
Movie6.3MysteryRomanceA Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him into revealing some military secrets and he is court martial. He vows to track her and her accomplices down.
They Met in the Dark
1943 · 15 votes
Movie6.4MysteryDramaAn 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