Anthony Holles

Movies24

• Movie6.2

  DramaHistory

  At the height of the Roman Civil War, an aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra, whom he teaches how to rule Egypt.

  Caesar and Cleopatra

  1945 · 59 votes

• Movie6.5

  DramaScience Fiction

  The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.

  Things to Come

  1936 · 228 votes

• Movie6.5

  ThrillerWar

  British double agent Madeleine Goddard meets and falls in love with German spy Baron Karl Von Marwitz during World War I.

  Dark Journey

  1937 · 34 votes

• Movie8.0

  Drama

  The Will

  1921 · 1 votes

• Movie8.0

  Drama

  'Broke major attends reunion and gives last pound to help corporal.' (British Film Catalogue)

  Reunion

  1932 · 1 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

• Movie6.9

  MysteryWar

  Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.

  A Canterbury Tale

  1944 · 132 votes

• Movie6.6

  WarDrama

  British World War II film set in occupied France, portraying the activities of members of the French Resistance and the Nazi tactic of taking and shooting innocent hostages in reprisal for acts of sabotage. The opening credits acknowledge "the official co-operation of General de Gaulle and the French National Committee". It was released as "At Dawn We Die" in the US.

  Tomorrow We Live

  1943 · 7 votes

• Movie6.0

  CrimeThriller

  “Shorty” Matthews having recently been released from prison visits his girlfriend in London only to discover her murdered. Fearing he will be wrongly accused of being the culprit he disappears amongst the long-distance lorry driving community. Meanwhile, the real killer, unassuming ex-schoolteacher Walter Hoover, continues to prey on London women. As Shorty had feared he has become the main suspect. He returns to London with old flame Molly to prove his innocence.

  They Drive by Night

  1938 · 17 votes

• Movie6.5

  Drama

  A strange and tragic tale of a young boy who is able to predict race winners at the horse track by riding his own rocking horse to aid his parents out of their endless round of debts.

  The Rocking Horse Winner

  1949 · 25 votes

• Movie5.4

  ActionThriller

  An elderly couple's lodger, a British musician (Ivor Novello), becomes the suspect in a series of killings.

  The Lodger

  1932 · 14 votes

• Movie6.3

  MysteryRomance

  A 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

• Movie4.9

  Comedy

  A formerly wealthy man and his daughter try to regain wealth by selling a scheme to some investors, when they come upon a huge amount of unclaimed cash that a young electrician has in his toolbox.

  Cash

  1933 · 8 votes

• Movie5.3

  ComedyMusic

  Gutsy lass Gracie rallies fellow stall-holders at Birkenhead Market to prevent its takeover and demolition by a department store chain. She invokes the Market's foundation by Royal Charter just before an inadvertent gas leak provides an explosive climax.

  Look Up and Laugh

  1935 · 3 votes

• Movie6.7

  History

  King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. They soon become close, the King preferring her feisty irreverent company to that of the aristocratic French Duchess of Portsmouth. Nell becomes his most loyal subject, while ever-ready to take the Duchess down a peg. But the actress can never hope to be fully accepted by the King's circle despite his constant attentions.

  Nell Gwyn

  1934 · 6 votes

• Movie7.0

  DramaCrime

  A houseguest at an upper-class gathering, wealthy Jew Ferdinand de Levis, is robbed of £1,000 with evidence pointing towards the guilt of another guest, Captain Dancy. Instead of supporting De Levis, the host attempts to hush the matter up and when this fails, he sides with Dancy and subtly tries to destroy de Levis' reputation. When Dancy is later exposed, and commits suicide, de Levis is blamed for his demise.

  Loyalties

  1933 · 3 votes

• Movie7.0

  Comedy

  Lady Torrent attempts to sell some of her best Parisian gowns to get back into her husband's good books. Confusion ensues following a misunderstanding over an advertisement.

  Borrowed Clothes

  1934 · 1 votes

• Movie5.4

  HistoryDocumentary

  This early docudrama uses dramatic reenactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930s.

  The Conquest of the Air

  1931 · 5 votes

• Movie5.8

  MusicDrama

  Biography of the famous Italian violinist Nicola Paganini which focuses as much on the musician's romances as it does on his craft. Phyllis Calvert plays Jeanne de Vermond, the aristocratic French woman who captures Paganini's heart, and real-life violin virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin supplies the breathtaking Paganini solos.

  The Magic Bow

  1946 · 9 votes

• Movie6.2

  ThrillerCrime

  Ed Harwood, a wisecracking private investigator from New York, discovers a crime at a hotel in Nice during a carnival. The unraveling of the mystery which lies behind will lead him and Caryl Fenton, a female insurance agent, who will become his companion, first to Paris, then to London, later through the English countryside and finally to Southampton, in search of a criminal train wrecker.

  Seven Sinners

  1936 · 12 votes

• Movie5.8

  Drama

  A couple's little girl becomes a movie star, but all it seems to bring is trouble.

  Thursday's Child

  1943 · 4 votes

• Movie4.6

  Drama

  An account of the technique of reading the tabloid press in an intelligent manor via differing editorial techniques that leads to three styles of newspapers giving varying accounts of a strip-tease act.

  Read All About It

  1945 · 9 votes

• Movie6.3

  Comedy

  While Lady Christabel Beauclark, a bird fancier, is scurrying about demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her Ladyship's niece is falling in love with the family butler, Tom Gilbey. The birds are forgotten when war breaks out, and Gilbey now finds himself in love with the niece whose love was previously unrequited. Written by Les Adams

  English Without Tears

  1944 · 7 votes

• Movie7.0

  ComedyMusic

  The owner of a fish-and-chips shop in the Billingsgate area of London harbors a secret ambition: to become a movie star. It turns out that she has a beautiful singing voice, and when that fact comes to the attention of a movie studio, it begins to turn her and her family's lives upside down.

  Britannia of Billingsgate

  1933 · 3 votes