Search results for "Maurice Denham"
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington

Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington

Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
IMDb: 7.6
110

Travelling on the 4.50 from Paddington, Mrs McGillicuddy witnesses a murder on a passing train – but where is the body?

The Blind Goddess

The Blind Goddess

The Blind Goddess
IMDb: 6.3
87

Justice, the poets have it, is a blind goddess. Eric Portman stars as the lawyer defending a lord, Hugh Williams, accused by his secretary Michael Dennison of having diverted public…

Genre: Drama
The Net

The Net

The Net
IMDb: 5.6
86

A secret jet aircraft capable of traveling three times the speed of sound is being developed by a group of scientists. On the day of the test flight, one of…

Don’t Ever Leave Me

Don’t Ever Leave Me

Don’t Ever Leave Me
IMDb: 6.6
85

Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is “not past it,” decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous actor. When Harry loses…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Two Way Stretch

Two Way Stretch

Two Way Stretch
IMDb: 6.9
84

Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning…

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
It’s Not Cricket

It’s Not Cricket

It’s Not Cricket
IMDb: 6.2
77

Kicked out of Army Intelligence, a pair of upper class twits set up as private detectives. The result is refined English chaos. ” This is the regettable story of two…

Genre: Adventure, Comedy
The Long Duel

The Long Duel

The Long Duel
IMDb: 5.9
115

An idealistic colonial police officer is sent to capture a rebel leader who threatens the stability of the Raj’s north-west frontier. Despite his official colonial capacity, the policeman is impressed…

Simon and Laura

Simon and Laura

Simon and Laura
IMDb: 6.4
91

Bickering married performers agree to star in a “Mr. and Mrs.” TV show. Director Muriel Box’s 1956 British comedy also stars Muriel Pavlow, Ian Carmichael, Maurice Denham and Richard Wattis.

Genre: Comedy
Time Bomb

Time Bomb

Time Bomb
IMDb: 6.1
72

When a saboteur places an explosive device on a train full of sea mines, the authorities call for bomb expert Peter Lyncort to diffuse the situation, unaware that he has…

Genre: Thriller
Eight O’Clock Walk

Eight O’Clock Walk

Eight O’Clock Walk
IMDb: 6.7
87

Only a British cabdriver’s (Richard Attenborough) wife (Cathy O’Donnell) and lawyer (Derek Farr) believe him innocent of killing a little girl.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Madness of the Heart

Madness of the Heart

Madness of the Heart
IMDb: 6.1
91

A blind Englishwoman weds a French nobleman and moves into his family’s chateau, but she quickly realizes someone there wants her out of the way.

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Spider and the Fly

The Spider and the Fly

The Spider and the Fly
IMDb: 6.8
94

“The Spider and the Fly is set in Paris during the cloud-cuckoo days before WW I. The storyline intertwines the destinies of three people. Guy Rolfe plays Phillipe de Ledocq,…

Hysteria

Hysteria

Hysteria
IMDb: 6
85

An American wakes up in an English hospital unable to remember anything of his life before a recent car accident. With only a photograph torn from a newspaper to guide…

84 Charing Cross Road

84 Charing Cross Road

84 Charing Cross Road
IMDb: 7.5
100

When a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature for a bookstore in London that does mail order, she begins a…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Sunday Bloody Sunday

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Sunday Bloody Sunday
IMDb: 7.1
110

Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artist Bob Elkin, fully aware that he’s also intimately involved with middle-aged doctor Daniel Hirsh. For both…

Genre: Drama
The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal
IMDb: 7.8
143

An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.

Genre: Action, Thriller
Countess Dracula

Countess Dracula

Countess Dracula
IMDb: 6
93

Hungary, XVII century. After being widowed, the old countess Elizabeth Nádasdy, of the Báthory lineage, fortunately discovers a way to become young again; but the price to be paid by…

Genre: Drama, Horror
Some Girls Do

Some Girls Do

Some Girls Do
IMDb: 5.6
88

A series of unexplainable accidents befall the people and companies responsible for developing the world’s first supersonic airliner. A British agent is sent to investigate and with the help of…

H.M.S. Defiant

H.M.S. Defiant

H.M.S. Defiant
IMDb: 7.1
101

Defiant’s crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant’s first…

Sink the Bismarck!

Sink the Bismarck!

Sink the Bismarck!
IMDb: 7.1
97

The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz,…

Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Animal Farm

Animal Farm

Animal Farm
IMDb: 7.2
72

A successful farmyard revolution by the resident animals vs. the farmer goes horribly wrong when corrupt pigs hijack it for their personal gain.

Genre: Animation, Drama
The Purple Plain

The Purple Plain

The Purple Plain
IMDb: 6.5
98

A RAF airfield in Burma in 1945, during World War II. Canadian bomber pilot Bill Forrester is a bitter man who lives haunted by a tragic past. He has became…

Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Barnacle Bill

Barnacle Bill

Barnacle Bill
IMDb: 6.9
87

A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Released in the U.S. as ‘All at Sea’

Genre: Comedy
Landfall

Landfall

Landfall
IMDb: 6.9
86

A British coastal command pilot is charged with neglect when it is thought that he has sunk a British submarine rather than a German U-boat. Unable to live with his…

Genre: Drama, War
Danger Route

Danger Route

Danger Route
IMDb: 5.6
92

Jonas Wilde, a British secret agent licensed to kill, wants to resign from his murderous work, but his superiors pressure him into taking on a new assignment-the assassination of a…

The Alphabet Murders

The Alphabet Murders

The Alphabet Murders
IMDb: 5.4
90

The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The Uncle

The Uncle

The Uncle
IMDb: 6.8
87

Gus is a seven-year-old uncle who struggles with the responsibility placed upon him when his nephew Tom comes to spend the summer holidays with his family.

Genre: Drama
Downfall

Downfall

Downfall
IMDb: 6.8
59

Harold Crossley is a barrister and respected intellectual, but proves no match to his scheming young wife

Genre: Drama
The Captain’s Table

The Captain’s Table

The Captain’s Table
IMDb: 5.9
90

A captain is promoted by his company from tramp steamers to their flagship passenger liner. Although he is a thoroughly competent sailor ready to take charge of such a ship,…

Genre: Comedy
The 7th Dawn

The 7th Dawn

The 7th Dawn
IMDb: 6.4
123

Political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of the Second World War.

Genre: Action
Take My Life

Take My Life

Take My Life
IMDb: 6.9
79

When her husband is wrongly accused of murder, an opera singer sets out to find the real culprit.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Torture Garden

Torture Garden

Torture Garden
IMDb: 6.2
96

Five people visit a fairground sideshow run by the sinister Dr. Diabolo. Having shown them a handful of haunted-house-style attractions, he promises them a genuinely scary experience if they will…

Genre: Horror
Shout at the Devil

Shout at the Devil

Shout at the Devil
IMDb: 6.2
147

During World War One an English adventurer, an American elephant poacher and the latter’s attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battle-cruiser which is awaiting repairs in an…

Genre: Adventure
Paranoiac

Paranoiac

Paranoiac
IMDb: 6.8
80

Simon Ashby is a wealthy psychotic who is is coddled by his aunt in their palatial mansion outside of London. One day, Ashby’s long lost brother mysteriously arrives at the…

The Nanny

The Nanny

The Nanny
IMDb: 7.2
91

Nanny, a London family’s live-in maid, brings morbid 10-year-old Joey back from the psychiatric ward he’s been in for two years, since the death of his younger sister. Joey refuses…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
The Million Pound Note

The Million Pound Note

The Million Pound Note
IMDb: 6.9
90

An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds….

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Greengage Summer

The Greengage Summer

The Greengage Summer
IMDb: 6.7
100

Sensitive story of a British girl’s awakening from childhood into life and love on vacation in France.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Invasion Quartet

Invasion Quartet

Invasion Quartet
IMDb: 5.3
91

This British men-on-a-mission spoof set during World War II finds intrepid officer Bill Travers leading three colorful compatriots into Nazi-occupied France to destroy an obnoxiously large, loud, and destructive enemy…

Genre: Comedy
23 Paces to Baker Street

23 Paces to Baker Street

23 Paces to Baker Street
IMDb: 7
103

Philip Hannon, a blind playwright living in London, overhears part of a conversation , that leads him into a desperate race, to find a kidnapped child. When he gets no…