John Laurie
Ezaguna: Acting
Urtebetetzea: 1897-03-24
Jaioterria: Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK
Ezaguna ere: John Lawrie, John Paton Laurie
The 39 Steps
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...
Askatu : 1935.06.06Ospea : 19.9
The Prisoner of Zenda
Anthony Hope's classic tale gets a decidedly 'un-classic' treatment at the hands of Peter Sellers. Following the story somewhat, friends of the new...
Askatu : 1979.08.17Ospea : 4.198
The Four Feathers
A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.
Askatu : 1939.04.20Ospea : 12.812
Dad's Army
Dad's Army was a 1971 feature film based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. Directed by Norman Cohen, it was filmed between series three and...
Askatu : 1971.03.12Ospea : 8.291
Hamlet
Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version...
Askatu : 1948.12.10Ospea : 16.154
Devil Girl from Mars
Eight people at a remote Scottish inn find themselves confronted by a woman from Mars, who has landed her flying saucer for repairs but intends to...
Askatu : 1954.05.01Ospea : 5.702
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered...
Askatu : 1943.07.26Ospea : 11.579
The Way Ahead
A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to...
Askatu : 1944.06.09Ospea : 5.242
The Reptile
Harry and Valerie Spalding arrive in the remote Cornish village to an unwelcoming and suspicious population. Harry's brother dies suddenly, bitten by...
Askatu : 1966.03.06Ospea : 8.604
The Edge of the World
A way of life is dying on a remote Scottish island, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland.
Askatu : 1937.09.10Ospea : 3.37
As You Like It
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.
Askatu : 1936.09.02Ospea : 4.165
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Pandora Reynolds is a woman who has never fallen in love – but one who men kill and die for. When she meets dashing and mysterious ship's...
Askatu : 1951.04.13Ospea : 9.569
The Brothers
An orphan wreaks havoc on a remote Scottish island when she causes an age-old feud to be reignited.
Askatu : 1947.05.07Ospea : 2.024
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
After a team of surgeons botches his beloved wife's operation, the distraught Dr. Phibes unleashes a score of Old-Testament atrocities on his enemies.
Askatu : 1971.05.18Ospea : 15.994
Juno and the Paycock
During the Irish revolution, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life, forgetting what the most important values of life...
Askatu : 1929.12.30Ospea : 6.139
No Trace
A famous mystery writer uses his own plot tricks to murder a blackmailer in this British thriller.
Askatu : 1950.09.08Ospea : 1.875
Uncle Silas
Following her father's death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke and schemes to murder his niece for her vast...
Askatu : 1947.10.08Ospea : 6.978
School for Secrets
Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of...
Askatu : 1946.12.23Ospea : 3.585
Dangerous Moonlight
Stefan Radetzky, a Polish pilot and famous concert pianist, is hospitalised in England from injuries sustained while in combat, and having lost his...
Askatu : 1941.06.26Ospea : 5.11
I Know Where I'm Going!
Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by...
Askatu : 1945.11.16Ospea : 7.095
Campbell's Kingdom
Given only six months to live, Englishman Bruce Campbell goes to Canada to claim "Campbell's Kingdom", the land he inherited from his grandfather. In...
Askatu : 1957.09.03Ospea : 6.661
The Fake
Someone is stealing priceless paintings from the great museums of the world and replacing them with nearly flawless forgeries. Leonardo da Vinci's...
Askatu : 1953.09.25Ospea : 4.015
Bees on the Boat-Deck
Television broadcast of Bees on the Boat-Deck by J.B. Priestley.
Askatu : 1939.01.11Ospea : 1.942
Rig 20
A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at how Myron Kinley and his team extinguished an out of control oil installation fire at Naft Safidi in...
Askatu : 1952.01.01Ospea : 0.337
Painter and Poet No. 1
An illustrated version of Twa Corbies made as the BFI’s contribution to the Festival of Britain. Enlivened by the distinctive voice of John...
Askatu : 1970.01.01Ospea : 2.605
Tread Softly
Story of a chorus girl who is "discovered" and finds romance during the unraveling of a mystery in a once derelict theatre.
Askatu : 1952.12.01Ospea : 1.702
Fanny by Gaslight
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...
Askatu : 1944.05.08Ospea : 4.433
Saturday Island
When their hospital ship sinks in the South Pacific during World War II, military nurse Elizabeth Smythe (Linda Darnell) and Marine Michael Dugan...
Askatu : 1952.03.20Ospea : 3.241
Strange Stories
'Strange Stories' consists of two stories, 'The Strange Mr Bartleby' and 'The Strange Journey'. The stories were sometimes shown individually on...
Askatu : 1953.01.01Ospea : 2.073
Old Mother Riley's Ghosts
Old Mother Riley gets involved in a plot to steal an invention
Askatu : 1941.06.08Ospea : 3.759
Floodtide
David Shields refuses to go into agriculture and opts instead for ship building
Askatu : 1949.03.15Ospea : 2.873
The Demi-Paradise
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...
Askatu : 1943.11.18Ospea : 4.704
The Face of Scotland
The history of Scotland and the factors that have shaped the character of its people.
Askatu : 1938.05.04Ospea : 1.361
Jassy
In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight. Pursued by superstitious villagers, she is rescued by the...
Askatu : 1947.08.13Ospea : 1.822
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Scotland, 1745. After decades of exile, Prince Charles Edward Stuart secretly lands with the purpose of revolting the Highland chieftains against the...
Askatu : 1948.10.26Ospea : 2.034
Kidnapped
Kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite adventurer, Alan Breck Stewart. Falsely accused of murder,...
Askatu : 1960.02.24Ospea : 3.225
The Lamp Still Burns
A tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II.
Askatu : 1943.11.29Ospea : 2.594
The Ghost of St. Michael's
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...
Askatu : 1941.04.01Ospea : 2.46
Laughter in Paradise
When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they can collect the cash they must each do something...
Askatu : 1951.06.01Ospea : 8.848
Richard III
Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for...
Askatu : 1955.12.13Ospea : 10.223
The Great Game
The wealthy chairman of First Division Football Club, Burnville United, makes an unethical approach to a star player of another club, and the ensuing...
Askatu : 1953.01.01Ospea : 2.129
Jericho
An unjustly condemned corporal flees to Africa, chased by the captain blamed for his escape.
Askatu : 1937.08.23Ospea : 3.118
The Ware Case
An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of the aristocrat's house
Askatu : 1938.12.02Ospea : 2.988
Murder Reported
Ace reporter Jeff Holly is assigned to investigate the murder of a politician whose body was found stashed in a trunk. Holly's enthusiasm soon wanes...
Askatu : 1957.04.28Ospea : 0.66
Siege of the Saxons
King Arthur learns one of his knights is plotting to take over and marry his daughter. After the King's death, the Knight wishing to marry the...
Askatu : 1963.07.01Ospea : 10.115
Tudor Rose
The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.
Askatu : 1936.09.01Ospea : 1.763
Q Planes
In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test...
Askatu : 1939.02.21Ospea : 3.982
Mine Own Executioner
Fearing her husband could become a killer, a woman seeks a psychiatrist's help.
Askatu : 1947.11.22Ospea : 2.5
Steel
A colorful British documentary about the manufacturing of steel.
Askatu : 1945.07.12Ospea : 1.133
Justice Is a Woman
Julia Stafford is asked to defend a posh youth, an outsider in a conservative Scottish town, who is accused of murdering a girl.
Askatu : 1969.07.14Ospea : 5.321
Convoy
A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII.
Askatu : 1940.09.28Ospea : 6.513
Next to No Time
Unassuming planning engineer David Webb finds himself on the Queen Elizabeth to New York with instructions to negotiate a high-powered loan. His lack...
Askatu : 1958.08.04Ospea : 2.111
Return to the Edge of the World
Essentially a re-release of Michael Powell's 'The Edge of the World (1937)' , but with colour 'bookends' in which director and actors revisit the...
Askatu : 1978.10.02Ospea : 0.927
Laugh It Off
As WWII begins, vaudeville entertainer Tommy Towers is called up to serve. He arranges a job for his girlfriend at the local pub. To keep moral up,...
Askatu : 1940.03.09Ospea : 1.235
Hobson's Choice
Henry Hobson owns and tyrannically runs a successful Victorian boot maker’s shop in Salford, England. A stingy widower with a weakness for...
Askatu : 1954.04.19Ospea : 27.264
Medal for the General
A retired general helps out by sheltering some evacuees during WWII.
Askatu : 1944.11.06Ospea : 1.847
Eagle Rock
A young lad attempts to climb Eagle Rock by himself and learns the hard way that sometimes teamwork is the best way to do things.
Askatu : 1964.01.01Ospea : 2.51
The Open Door
Colonel Mortimer returns to his family after a long spell in India to find his young son in bed ill, and tormented by a wailing voice... but is it in...
Askatu : 1966.02.19Ospea : 1.364
The Agitator
The Agitator is a 1945 British drama film directed by John Harlow and starring William Hartnell, Mary Morris and John Laurie. Its plot follows a...
Askatu : 1945.01.24Ospea : 4.521
Sailors Three
Three sailors get drunk while on shore leave and end up on the wrong ship. When they realise their mistake they scramble off it and onto their...
Askatu : 1940.12.14Ospea : 2.703
The Black Knight
John, a blacksmith and swordsmith, is tutored at Camelot. As a commoner, he can't hope to win the hand of Lady Linet, daughter of the Earl of...
Askatu : 1954.08.26Ospea : 5.582
The Best of Morecambe and Wise
Compilation of sketches featuring the much-loved funnymen Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. Includes 'Anthony and Cleopatra' with Glenda Jackson, 'Monty...
Askatu : 2001.10.01Ospea : 3.251
Henry V
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
Askatu : 1944.11.24Ospea : 9.522
Farewell Again
Farewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people they've left. Given a six-hour pass after a tour of duty...
Askatu : 1937.01.05Ospea : 4.046
The New Lot
A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment, is shaped into an efficient fighting unit.
Askatu : 1943.01.01Ospea : 2.092
The Windmill
The German adopted-daughter of a Belgian innkeeper is threatened with internment by him if she reveals to the British billetees that he is a spy....
Askatu : 1937.09.13Ospea : 1.784
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
"The Claydon Treasure Mystery" stars reliable John Stuart as an engineer (Peter Kerrigan) interested in solving mysteries, who becomes involved in...
Askatu : 1938.09.04Ospea : 0.58
Ships with Wings
Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade...
Askatu : 1941.11.10Ospea : 4.158
Treasure Island
Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a...
Askatu : 1950.07.19Ospea : 11.172
East Meets West
The story of an Eastern sultan who is inordinately proud of his son. The young man bids fair to break his father's heart by conducting an affair with...
Askatu : 1936.08.26Ospea : 3.003
Love in Pawn
A British comedy about a struggling artist and his wife living on a houseboat. To raise money she pawns him! His new family takes a liking to him...
Askatu : 1953.11.23Ospea : 1.645
Born That Way
A Scottish woman tries to take her brother-in-law's wild living children in hand.
Askatu : 1936.07.29Ospea : 0.298
Encore
Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham: "The Ant and the Grasshopper", directed by...
Askatu : 1951.06.11Ospea : 1.671
Trio
W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.
Askatu : 1950.10.10Ospea : 3.51
Read All About It
An account of the technique of reading the tabloid press in an intelligent manor via differing editorial techniques that leads to three styles of...
Askatu : 1945.04.08Ospea : 1.288
Her Last Affaire
Desperate to prove his father innocent of treason, a secretary arranges a clandestine assignation with his employer's wife in order to get the proof...
Askatu : 1935.10.21Ospea : 0.313
Gaiety George
The life of Irishman George Howard who buys an English theatre and strives to improve the standard of musical entertainment. Set in the late 19th and...
Askatu : 1946.07.15Ospea : 3.457
The Gentle Sex
During the War seven women from very different backgrounds find themselves together in the Auxiliary Territorial Services. They are soon drilling,...
Askatu : 1943.05.23Ospea : 1.666
Ladies Who Do
The "Ladies Who Do" are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make a fortune. They then make good use of it to save...
Askatu : 1963.11.01Ospea : 3.021
Red Ensign
David Barr is the manager and chief designer of a British shipyard in decline. The shipyard is in financial trouble but Barr has a design for a new...
Askatu : 1934.06.17Ospea : 1.905
Mister Ten Per Cent
Percy Pointer's passion in life is the theatre, and all his spare time is devoted to the play he is writing.When it's finished it arrives on the desk...
Askatu : 1967.01.01Ospea : 1.754
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of...
Askatu : 1975.07.09Ospea : 4.324
Madeleine
The middle-class family of a young woman cannot understand why she delays in marrying a respectable young man. They know nothing about her...
Askatu : 1950.02.16Ospea : 4.508
Rockets Galore
The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the government decides their little corner of the world...
Askatu : 1958.10.19Ospea : 4.022
Caesar and Cleopatra
The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play.
Askatu : 1945.12.11Ospea : 11.285
Don't Bother to Knock
An Edinburgh travel agent loses his keys and his fiancé in one night. A friend finds the keys and makes loads of copies with his address...
Askatu : 1961.05.28Ospea : 4.795
Johnny on the Run
A Polish boy runs away from his unkind foster mother in Edinburgh and finds a new home in a lakeside village for orphans of all nations, after...
Askatu : 1953.06.01Ospea : 1.131
Great Day
An impending V.I.P. visit causes bustle in an English village, while the Ellis family struggles with private problems.
Askatu : 1945.07.09Ospea : 1.044
A Royal Divorce
The love affair between the French Emperor Napoleon and the lady Josephine leads through Napoleon's rise to power and their eventual divorce.
Askatu : 1938.09.21Ospea : 2.265