Search results for "Felix Aylmer"
Young Man’s Fancy

Young Man’s Fancy

Young Man’s Fancy
IMDb: 5.9
77

An aristocrat falls in love with a human cannonball

The Vicar of Bray

The Vicar of Bray

The Vicar of Bray
IMDb: 5.4
68

The Vicar of Bray is a satirical description of an individual fundamentally changing his principles to remain in ecclesiastical office as external requirements change around him. The religious upheavals in…

Genre: Drama, History
Seven Sinners

Seven Sinners

Seven Sinners
IMDb: 6.7
67

Ed Harwood, a wisecracking private investigator from New York, discovers a crime at an hotel in Nice during a carnival. The unraveling of the mystery which lies behind will lead…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Sixty Glorious Years

Sixty Glorious Years

Sixty Glorious Years
IMDb: 6.6
95

Continuing the story of ‘Victoria the Great’.

Genre: History
The Clairvoyant

The Clairvoyant

The Clairvoyant
IMDb: 6.6
81

A fake psychic suddenly turns into the real thing when he meets a young beauty. (TCM)

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Tudor Rose

Tudor Rose

Tudor Rose
IMDb: 6.5
80

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

Genre: Drama, History
The Ghost of St. Michael’s

The Ghost of St. Michael’s

The Ghost of St. Michael’s
IMDb: 6.9
82

Will Hay, back in his role as a hapless teacher, is hired by a grim school in remotest Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost,…

Genre: Comedy
Charley’s (Big-Hearted) Aunt

Charley’s (Big-Hearted) Aunt

Charley’s (Big-Hearted) Aunt
IMDb: 6
75

Charley’s (Big-Hearted) Aunt is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde starring Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch as Oxford ‘scholars’. The film is one of many to be…

Genre: Comedy
The Demi-Paradise

The Demi-Paradise

The Demi-Paradise
IMDb: 6.2
114

Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naïve about British people…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
The October Man

The October Man

The October Man
IMDb: 7.1
95

Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash , is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met…

The Doctor’s Dilemma

The Doctor’s Dilemma

The Doctor’s Dilemma
IMDb: 5.9
99

About a young artist, his wife and a doctor who, when the artist suffers from consumption, uses his limited serum on a more worthwhile case. (BFI Website)

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Trio

Trio

Trio
IMDb: 7.1
91

W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.

Genre: Drama
The Case of the Frightened Lady

The Case of the Frightened Lady

The Case of the Frightened Lady
IMDb: 6.4
81

A classic British thriller set in a sinister old house, based on a story by Edgar Wallace. AKA “Scarf Murder Mystery.”

Victoria the Great

Victoria the Great

Victoria the Great
IMDb: 6.4
112

The film biography of Queen Victoria focussing initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule after Albert’s death in 1861.

Genre: Drama, History
The Boys

The Boys

The Boys
IMDb: 7.2
123

A night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the crime. Witnesses and suspects give differing accounts of the lead-up to…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Knights of the Round Table

Knights of the Round Table

Knights of the Round Table
IMDb: 6.2
115

In Camelot, kingdom of Arthur and Merlin, Lancelot is well known for his courage and honor. But one day he must quit Camelot and the Queen Guinevere’s love, leaving the…

The Young Mr. Pitt

The Young Mr. Pitt

The Young Mr. Pitt
IMDb: 6.7
118

This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24.

Genre: Drama, History
The Way to the Stars

The Way to the Stars

The Way to the Stars
IMDb: 7.3
109

Life 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…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
MXC

MXC

MXC
TMDb: 6
N/A

The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.

Status: Released
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
IMDb: 7.3
81

Peter Carter, his wife Sally and their young daughter Jean move to a sleepy Canadian village, where Peter has been hired as a school principal. Their idyll is shattered when…

Anastasia

Anastasia

Anastasia
IMDb: 7.1
105

Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute, suicidal girl to pose as heir to the Russian throne. While…

The Lady with a Lamp

The Lady with a Lamp

The Lady with a Lamp
IMDb: 6.5
110

Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale (Anna Neagle), the young 19th-century Englishwoman famously drawn to…

Genre: Drama
Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis
IMDb: 7.2
171

Set against the back drop of Rome in crisis, General Marcus Vinicius returns to the city from the battle fields and falls in love with a Christian woman, Lygia. Caught…

Prince of Foxes

Prince of Foxes

Prince of Foxes
IMDb: 7
107

In 1500, Duke Cesare Borgia hopes to marry his sister to the heir apparent of Ferrara, which impedes his conquest of central Italy. On this delicate mission he sends Andrea…

The Two-Headed Spy

The Two-Headed Spy

The Two-Headed Spy
IMDb: 7
93

Wartime thriller with film noir elements based on a true story as written in A.P. Scotland’s autobiography “The London Cage”. The plot has greatly exaggerated the actual events of A.P….

Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Dusty Ermine

Dusty Ermine

Dusty Ermine
IMDb: 6.3
84

A forger returns to his family when he leaves jail vowing to go straight. Although approached by an international counterfeiting gang he keeps his word only to find his nephew…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe
IMDb: 6.8
106

Sir Walter Scott’s classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of King Richard the Lionheart.

As You Like It

As You Like It

As You Like It
IMDb: 5.9
96

Film version of Shakespeare’s comedy of a young woman who disguises herself as a man to win the attention of the one she loves.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Wicked Lady

The Wicked Lady

The Wicked Lady
IMDb: 6.8
104

A married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways.

Genre: Adventure, Drama
Edward, My Son

Edward, My Son

Edward, My Son
IMDb: 6.6
112

Following the death of his only son, a ruthless businessman reflects on his life, his unhappy marriage and his questionable parenting skills.

Genre: Drama
Legend of the Champions

Legend of the Champions

Legend of the Champions
IMDb: 7.7
92

A secret agent is interrogated by his superiors on suspicion of being a double agent and being involved with a Tibetan guru who has supernatural powers.

Masquerade

Masquerade

Masquerade
IMDb: 5.7
102

The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.

The Black Sheep of Whitehall

The Black Sheep of Whitehall

The Black Sheep of Whitehall
IMDb: 6.8
80

A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America.

Genre: Comedy
Exodus

Exodus

Exodus
IMDb: 6.7
208

Based on Leon Uris’ novel, this historical epic provides a dramatic backstory to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, in the aftermath of World War II. Ari…

Genre: Action, History, War
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By

The Man Who Watched Trains Go By

The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
IMDb: 6.3
82

A meek teller thinks he’s killed his boss. He flees with a box of cash hoping for a new life with his younger mistress.

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Road to Hong Kong

The Road to Hong Kong

The Road to Hong Kong
IMDb: 6.2
91

Bob Hope and Bing Crosby return as con men Chester Babcock and Harry Turner, in the last of their road movies. When Chester accidentally memorizes and destroys the only copy…

Genre: Comedy
The Running Man

The Running Man

The Running Man
IMDb: 6.5
103

An insurance man (Alan Bates) gets chummy in Spain with a couple (Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick) who have collected on a fake death.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Separate Tables

Separate Tables

Separate Tables
IMDb: 7.4
100

Boarders at an English resort struggle with emotional problems.

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Mummy

The Mummy

The Mummy
IMDb: 6.7
88

One by one the archaeologists who discover the 4,000-year-old tomb of Princess Ananka are brutally murdered. Kharis, high priest in Egypt 40 centuries ago, has been brought to life by…

Genre: Horror
Thursday’s Child

Thursday’s Child

Thursday’s Child
IMDb: 6.2
82

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

Genre: Drama