Philip Friend
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1915-02-20
Locus Natus: Horsham, Sussex, England, UK
Et ut:
Enchantment
Roland Dane finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love Lark, he does not want to be disturbed in his last...
release : 1948.12.25popularis : 2.745
Back-Room Boy
Jilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam gets a job as far away from women as possible. Alone in a lighthouse, he soon finds that 12 other people end up...
release : 1942.04.15popularis : 5.701
Buccaneer's Girl
A New Orleans performer loves a pirate who robs only from the shipowner who ruined his father.
release : 1950.03.01popularis : 4.438
The Diamond Wizard
While in London trying to nab several fugitives who stole a million dollars from a U.S. Treasury vault, American federal agent Dennison (Dennis...
release : 1954.04.01popularis : 4.645
Bits of Our Aircraft are Missing
British Air Ministry short film highlighting the need for the public to stay clear of aircraft wreckage during World War II.
release : 1940.01.01popularis : 1.563
Thunder on the Hill
Sister Mary presides over a convent where a convicted murderess, who is being escorted to Death Row, is stranded by bad weather. She is slowly...
release : 1951.10.17popularis : 5.08
My Own True Love
Following World War II, a woman tries to help her fiance understand his son's traumatic experience as a G.I., during which he lost a leg and was...
release : 1948.07.01popularis : 2.085
Danger List
When a pharmacist accidentally prescribes poison instead of painkillers, the race is on to find the killer pills.
release : 1957.12.26popularis : 0.798
Desperate Moment
Story of a Dutchman's flight across post-war Germany trying to locate the man who alone can clear him of a false murder charge. (BFI Website)
release : 1953.03.17popularis : 7.157
The Betrayal
Fourteen years after he was blinded in a WWII concentration camp, a Canadian perfume executive travels to London on business and recognizes the voice...
release : 1957.01.01popularis : 2.04
The Bells Go Down
Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London...
release : 1943.05.16popularis : 6.553
Inquest
A woman is suspected of killing her husband after a revolver is found in her attic. A coroner is determined to prove that she did it, but thanks to...
release : 1939.12.01popularis : 2.249
In Which We Serve
The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only...
release : 1942.09.17popularis : 10.556
Son of Robin Hood
Ten years after the death of Robin Hood, the bandit of Sherwood Forest and defender of the Crown, the power-mad Duke Simon Des Roches plots to seize...
release : 1958.11.01popularis : 1.868
Warn That Man
At the height of World War II, the Germans discover that a certain British personage is to stay at the country house of Lord Buckley. They devise a...
release : 1943.07.13popularis : 1.534
The Flemish Farm
Wartime commando story based on fact. Allied airman risks return (on the ground) to occupied France for the honour of his regiment.
release : 1943.09.06popularis : 5.613
Smuggler's Island
An adventurer about to lose his sloop and diving equipment agrees to dive for illegal gold.
release : 1951.05.18popularis : 1.028
The Solitary Child
A young woman marries a gentleman farmer who may have murdered his first wife.
release : 1958.12.09popularis : 1.177
Background
Two years of deterioration sees John and Barbara Lomax's marriage reduced to bitter sniping and "keeping up appearances" for the sake of the...
release : 1953.11.09popularis : 0.686
The Next of Kin
Lots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the walls in various scenes to reinforce the plot of...
release : 1942.06.15popularis : 3.045
'Pimpernel' Smith
Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his...
release : 1941.07.28popularis : 3.761
Old Bill and Son
Old Bill has grumbled his way through the trenches of the First World War. Now it is the Second and, envious of his son, Young Bill, he decides to...
release : 1941.03.01popularis : 2.162
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...
release : 1941.06.26popularis : 5.11
The Midas Touch
A Film Directed by David MacDonald ....
release : 1940.05.04popularis : 2.353
Stranglehold
A movie star is typecast as a ruthless gangster. His troubles begin when he gets reality confused with his job and becomes deluded into believing...
release : 1962.01.01popularis : 1.17
The Vulture
A mad scientist turns himself into a half-man, half-bird monster to avenge the death of his ancestor.
release : 1966.12.23popularis : 4.2
Spy Hunt
Roger Quain, escorting two zoo-bound black panthers on the train from Milan to Paris, is unaware that a Western agent, Catherine Ullven, has hidden...
release : 1950.06.08popularis : 2.127
The Day Will Dawn
Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Langedal his boat...
release : 1942.06.08popularis : 3.673
Sheepdog of the Hills
Farmers are all losing their Sheep, all except 'Riggy's'. Is it because of his great sheepdog or something more sinister.
release : 1941.12.22popularis : 0.907
Great Day
An impending V.I.P. visit causes bustle in an English village, while the Ellis family struggles with private problems.
release : 1945.07.09popularis : 1.044
Dick Turpin: Highwayman
A Hammer Films short recounting the adventures of Dick Turpin.
release : 1956.01.01popularis : 0.7
Sword in the Desert
First American film about the conflict between Jewish nationalists and the British in the creation of the state of Israel.
release : 1949.08.24popularis : 3.223
Cloak Without Dagger
A British Intelligence officer fails a mission during WW2. Years later whilst working in a hotel he bumps into an old flame who is desperate to...
release : 1956.05.31popularis : 4.585