Search results for "Nigel Bruce"
Jalna

Jalna

Jalna
IMDb: 6.1
78

A young poet, accompanied by his new bride, returns home to his large family at their Canadian farm.

Genre: Drama, Romance
A Dispatch from Reuters

A Dispatch from Reuters

A Dispatch from Reuters
IMDb: 6.9
90

German Julius Reuter (Edward G. Robinson) sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.

Genre: Drama, History
Julia Misbehaves

Julia Misbehaves

Julia Misbehaves
IMDb: 6.9
99

Julia and William were married and soon separated by his snobbish family. They meet again many years later, when their daughter he has raised invites her mother to her wedding,…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
IMDb: 6.4
98

A chic jewel thief in England falls in love with one of her marks.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Gypsy Wildcat

Gypsy Wildcat

Gypsy Wildcat
IMDb: 5.9
77

In an unspecified Renaissance kingdom, no sooner has Anube’s gypsy tribe encamped near Baron Tovar’s village when Count Orso is found murdered. The wicked baron blames the gypsies and imprisons…

Genre: Adventure
The Exile

The Exile

The Exile
IMDb: 6.6
95

In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his country by militants working for rogue leader Oliver Cromwell. Charles ends up in the Netherlands,…

Susan and God

Susan and God

Susan and God
IMDb: 5.8
117

A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Lillian Russell

Lillian Russell

Lillian Russell
IMDb: 6.6
127

Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.

Genre: Drama, Music
The White Angel

The White Angel

The White Angel
IMDb: 6.7
92

In mid-nineteenth century England the medical establishment does not recognize the value of skilled nurses, cleanliness, nutrition and kindness. Florence Nightingale’s heroic measures slowly changes all of this.

Genre: Drama
Thunder in the City

Thunder in the City

Thunder in the City
IMDb: 6.2
87

A visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not seen.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Frenchman’s Creek

Frenchman’s Creek

Frenchman’s Creek
IMDb: 6.2
110

An English lady falls in love with a French Pirate after he kidnaps her from her ancestral home on the coast of Cornwall and swept off her feet into a…

The Blue Bird

The Blue Bird

The Blue Bird
IMDb: 6.4
83

An ungrateful girl and her little brother are transported in their dreams by a fairy to a wonderland, tasked with finding the mythical blue bird of happiness, meeting friends and…

Under Two Flags

Under Two Flags

Under Two Flags
IMDb: 6.5
98

Sergeant Victor comes to the French Foreign Legion after taking the blame for his brother’s crime. Cigarette falls in love with him though Major Doyle is in love with her….

Limelight

Limelight

Limelight
IMDb: 8.1
137

A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
The Pearl of Death

The Pearl of Death

The Pearl of Death
IMDb: 7.2
69

The famous Borgia Pearl, a valuable gem with a history of bringing murder and misfortune to its owner since the days of the Borgias, is brought to London, thanks in…

Suspicion

Suspicion

Suspicion
IMDb: 7.4
99

Wealthy, sheltered Lina McLaidlaw is swept off her feet by charming ne’er-do-well Johnnie Aysgarth. Though warned that Johnnie is little more than a fortune hunter, Lina marries him anyway and…

Lassie Come Home

Lassie Come Home

Lassie Come Home
IMDb: 7.1
88

Hard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, to the rich Duke of Rudling. Lassie, however, is unwilling to remain apart from…

Becky Sharp

Becky Sharp

Becky Sharp
IMDb: 5.9
84

The first feature length film to use three-strip Technicolor film. Adapted from a play that was adapted from William Makepeace Thackeray’s book “Vanity Fair”, the film looks at the English…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Rebecca

Rebecca

Rebecca
IMDb: 8.1
130

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several…

The Two Mrs. Carrolls

The Two Mrs. Carrolls

The Two Mrs. Carrolls
IMDb: 6.8
99

Struggling artist Geoffrey Carroll meets Sally while on holiday in the country. A romance develops, but he doesn’t tell her he’s already married. Suffering from mental illness, Geoffrey returns home…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
IMDb: 6.8
102

A well-established tale of a long-running feud between two mountain clans.

Play Girl

Play Girl

Play Girl
IMDb: 6.4
77

When a gold digger starts to get a little old to ply her trade, she teaches a younger woman all her tricks.

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
She

She

She
IMDb: 6.5
101

Leo Vincey, told by his dying uncle of a lost land visited 500 years ago by his ancestor, heads out with family friend Horace Holly to try to discover the…

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

Sherlock Holmes in Washington
IMDb: 6.8
71

In World War II, a British secret agent carrying a vitally important document is kidnapped en route to Washington. The British government calls on Sherlock Holmes to recover it.

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
IMDb: 6.6
68

In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he shortly falls into…

The Spider Woman

The Spider Woman

The Spider Woman
IMDb: 7.1
63

Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called “pajama suicides”. He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider. Based on “The…

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
IMDb: 7
68

During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime…

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
IMDb: 6.6
65

England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terror in England, just before…

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
IMDb: 7.4
85

Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, by making him fail to prevent the perfect crime….

The Woman in Green

The Woman in Green

The Woman in Green
IMDb: 6.7
68

Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of…

The Scarlet Claw

The Scarlet Claw

The Scarlet Claw
IMDb: 7.3
74

A woman is found dead — with her throat torn out. Villagers blame a supernatural source but Holmes has other ideas.

The House of Fear

The House of Fear

The House of Fear
IMDb: 7.3
69

The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing – solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their eldest member. All seems serene and…

Pursuit to Algiers

Pursuit to Algiers

Pursuit to Algiers
IMDb: 6.9
65

After the King of Ruthenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his son to Europe via Algiers, aboard a transatlantic ocean liner which also carries a…

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles
IMDb: 7.5
80

On his uncle’s death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from Canada to take charge of his ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire, and finds that Sherlock Holmes is there…

Suez

Suez

Suez
IMDb: 6.6
104

Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it’s just the place for a canal.

Terror by Night

Terror by Night

Terror by Night
IMDb: 6.8
60

Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging to an elderly woman of…

Journey for Margaret

Journey for Margaret

Journey for Margaret
IMDb: 7.2
81

An American newspaperman and his wife, end up in London after several retreats in the opening days of WWII. After a shrapnel wound and loss of her baby she returns…

Genre: Drama, War
World for Ransom

World for Ransom

World for Ransom
IMDb: 5.8
82

In Singapore, a private detective and the British authorities are on the trail of a crime syndicate that kidnaps a nuclear physicist with the aim of selling him to the…

The Corn Is Green

The Corn Is Green

The Corn Is Green
IMDb: 7.5
115

When a teacher reads an essay written by Morgan Evans, one of the boys, moved by his rough poetry she decides to hold classes in her house and believes that…

Genre: Drama
The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel
IMDb: 7.4
97

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 underground effort to free…

Genre: Adventure, Drama