John Turnbull

A talented American actress enlists the help of the famed Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, to negotiate a divorce from her husband, Lord Edgware,...

Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it...

Unsuccessful writer Aylmer Franklyn takes the chance to change identities after he discovers a corpse. However, he soon finds himself accused of the...

Holmes takes a vacation and visits his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville. His vacation ends when he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a...

A group of people in an old dark house are terrorized by a mysterious hooded figure dressed in black who proceeds to kill them off one by one.

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

A steelworker rises through the ranks to become manager of three steel mills, but ruthless ambition overwhelms him.

During a holiday by the British seaside, Hornleigh and Bingham grow bored and turn their hand to investigating a local crime.

A mill-owner's ambitious daughter almost ruins her husband's political career.

A complicated adventure involving twin brothers and the Foreign Office trying to thwart the ambitions of a hostile sheikh.

Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted with due to wartime restrictions. The...

A gang of crooks uses the legend of a ghost haunting an old dark mansion to help them kidnap a rich man.

In this mystery, ace detective Sexton Blake returns to solve the puzzling murder of a prominent violinist.

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to...

An inventor of a deadly weapon to be used against the allies is injured in a crash. Surgeon, Sir James (Sebastian Shaw) saves his life but learns of...

After the Local council he works for decides to replace its horse-drawn services with motor vehicles, one of the drivers spends his savings to buy...

Make-Up is a 1937 British drama film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Nils Asther, June Clyde and Judy Kelly. It was a circus film made by an...

There are two clubs in London called Moons; one in Mayfair and one in Soho. Mary Dorland is singing at the cheap one, but her father, who does not...

Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of...

In this comedy-mystery, a private detective helps three businessmen get even with the man who misused their investments. The detective plans to...

Sir Percy Newbiggin visits the fleet to find ways to economize Naval expenditures. Daughter Celia tags along and organizes a morale-boosting show...

The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.

Pre-war intelligence man Tommy Blythe interrupts his honeymoon to investigate the discovery of vital Air Ministry blueprints on a woman killed in a...

A mysterious barber hides a secret identity that eventually leads to tragedy.

The tenants of an old London boarding house spend their time in petty bickering and sniping until a mysterious stranger arrives at their door.

A well-known actor is murdered. Another performer becomes an amateur sleuth so she can prove her sister is innocent of the crime.

'Escaped convict blackmails murderous doctor into helping him.' (British Film Catalogue)

George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned...

Charles and Barbara are a devoted couple who, in seven years' marriage, have never spent a night apart. When they come up to town for a family...

A comedy of mistaken identities aboard a cruise ship, in which several people are thrown together by the matrimonial magazine Get Together: Dick...

A cinema organist carries out a series of grisly murders.

A man steals a priceless diamond, but returns it when an innocent man is arrested for the theft.

A major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner party. The publishers secretary is the obvious...

Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre company in England.

A lovely English village is threatened with "development" by a speculative builder. The annual cricket match with another village shall decide its...

A millionaire bets £25,000 that he can earn his own living for six months.

British crime film directed by Ralph Ince

Set 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...

A through-the-years story with songs and sentiments. A sailor rises from first officer to captain, gets married and has a son, but loses his command...

The Common Touch is a 1941 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Geoffrey Hibbert, Harry Welchman, Greta Gynt and Joyce Howard. On...

Two thieves are released from prison; one of them has an umbrella with jewels hidden in its handle.

When a 'man about town' takes a young lady back to his house they are both surprised to find that it has been turned into an illegal casino in his...

A debt-ridden inventor has to pretend to be his cousin to avoid his creditors.

The arrival of Mr. Knox, the new sports instructor at a British public school, heralds trouble. He imposes his dominant personality to influence...

A carefree aristocrat becomes involved with a woman suspected of murder, and assists her in proving her innocence.

A detective matches wits with a group of thieves out to steal a priceless amulet.

A butler is found murdered in an unfurnished mansion house.

'Crooks steal pearls and helicopter plans.' (British Film Catalogue)

The granddaughter of an old showman is kept away from him by his daughter, ashamed of their background. But the girl is phenomenally talented by...

A novelist imagines the murders of his fellow tenants...

A British crime film directed by William C. McGann

A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for a year without touching his inheritance.

A murder at a country house centres around the whereabouts of a horde of stolen diamonds and the unmasking of people who are not as they at first...

An elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to live with the pair as a companion for the wife....

The film stars Edmund Gwenn, who plays a chemist, whose son Lawrence (played by Barry MacKay) is attacked on a train. He appears to have shot the man.

Will Hay plays the pennyless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to find his insolent office boy (Graham Moffatt) with...

The woman who will become Catherine the Great marries into the Russian royal family when she weds Grand Duke Peter, the nephew of Empress Elizabeth....

A psychic goes to the home of a woman who wants him to contact her dead fiancée, even though she has already remarried. Later, she ends up...

A patriotic, cinematic salvo, this wartime production tells the story of the owner of a shipbuilding company doing his best to contribute to the...

For ten years, The Terror has laughed at both police and public. And for ten years, two of his erstwhile associates, Joe Conner and 'Soapy' Marks,...

A rare film put out by Twickenham Film Studios which includes many original music hall acts.

When a small English town is dragged out into space by the force of a 'dead star' passing Earth, the populace try to organise a local government...

"Priest - a miracle please" - The young Italian priest Don Alberto is sent to New York where he is alone and suffers the typical indifference of the...

A lawyer receives a note telling him that he'll be dead in 48 hours - and Scotland Yard must work fast to uncover the serial killer known as 'The...

Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds...

A stray World War Two bomb releases the ghost of the 3rd Earl of Chaunduyt after 400 years. A visiting professor, while wooing the beautiful Lady...

A medium is murdered and suspicion falls on his niece.

Mother Riley takes over a circus on the point of closing down, and makes it a success.

18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an...

A character study depicting the life of Rembrandt Van Rijn at the height of his fame in the mid 1600s. Beginning with the death of his wife,...