John Bentley
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1916-12-02
Locus Natus: Sparkhill, Birmingham, England, UK
Et ut:
Dial 999
A man tells his wife that the police are after him for having killed a bookie during an alcoholic binge, but that he is innocent and is being framed...
release : 1955.12.01popularis : 1.757
The Big Frame
An ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night before but he later finds out that a man he got into...
release : 1952.09.01popularis : 1.862
Confession
A confession to a priest from a thief leads to the priest's life being threatened by his gang.
release : 1955.06.01popularis : 1.341
Submarine Seahawk
For his first command in the Pacific war a by-the-book officer is ordered to take his submarine on a reconnaissance mission to locate a fleet of...
release : 1958.12.01popularis : 1.41
The Happiest Days of Your Life
Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted with due to wartime restrictions. The...
release : 1950.03.08popularis : 6.797
Black Orchid
Caught in a loveless marriage, Dr. John Winnington (Ronald Howard) can't stop himself from falling for his wife's (Mary Laura Wood) younger sister,...
release : 1953.02.01popularis : 1.968
River Beat
British diamond smugglers use the radiowoman (Phyllis Kirk) from a freighter docked on the Thames to unwittingly "mule" their swag, hidden in...
release : 1954.02.01popularis : 1.079
The Singer Not the Song
A Roman Catholic priest defies a Mexican bandit whose gang kills villagers in alphabetical order.
release : 1961.01.05popularis : 2.471
Final Appointment
A pair of reporters try to discover the link between three unsolved, seemingly isolated murders. The only connection between them is they all took...
release : 1954.10.01popularis : 2.832
Sacred Waters
Water is a scarce and sometimes dangerous resource in the Swiss Mountain Village. Anytime the wooden pipe is damaged and the supply breaks, one man...
release : 1960.12.23popularis : 1.35
Tread Softly
Story of a chorus girl who is "discovered" and finds romance during the unraveling of a mystery in a once derelict theatre.
release : 1952.12.01popularis : 2.685
The Front
A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
release : 1976.09.17popularis : 9.867
Mary Had a Little...
A theatrical impresario tries to win a bet with a psychiatrist over the production of a perfect baby.
release : 1961.07.25popularis : 1.53
Istanbul
A suspected diamond smuggler returns to Istanbul and finds the lady love he thought was dead...or does he?
release : 1957.01.23popularis : 7.333
Bait
John Bentley stars as a man who returns home to claim his inheritance. He soon learns his half brother has spent his fortune and is mixed up with...
release : 1950.01.31popularis : 0.893
Paul Temple Returns
A serial killer terrorizes London. Each victim is found with a telegram signed "The Marquis." There seems to be no other common thread between the...
release : 1952.11.24popularis : 1.532
She Shall Have Murder
A clerk in a law office investigates a murder, and finds that nearly all her colleagues at work have a motive.
release : 1950.12.01popularis : 1.385
The Flaw
A race car driver marries a woman for her money and plans to murder her. An old suitor steps in to help her but the driver takes steps to eliminate...
release : 1955.09.30popularis : 2.413
The Scarlet Spear
In colonial Kenya, chief's son believes he must kill another tribe's chief in ancient ritual before he can claim father's throne; district officer...
release : 1954.03.01popularis : 0.864
The Sinister Man
When a corpse is found in the Thames, the only clue is that the dead man was killed by a karate or judo expert.
release : 1961.12.01popularis : 0.67
Stolen Assignment
Henry Crossley is an artist whose wife is spending a week's holiday with her aunt. But when her aunt comes to see him, worried because her niece has...
release : 1955.08.01popularis : 0.683
Calling Paul Temple
Paul Temple is called in to help Scotland Yard track down a serial killer who has murdered several wealthy women.
release : 1948.04.29popularis : 0.743
Paul Temple's Triumph
A husband-and-wife detective team look into the murder of one of her friends, whose father--a prominent scientist--has been kidnapped. They find...
release : 1950.05.31popularis : 0.974
The Woman's Angle
The organising force of a family of musical prodigies, Robert Mansell is a frustrated composer in seach of one thing personal happiness. This search,...
release : 1952.02.12popularis : 0.892
Ten Little Indians
Ten people are invited to a summer party on an island oft the Devon coast. They are an extremely varied group from a blustering major to a frigid...
release : 1949.08.20popularis : 1.084
Golden Ivory
Set amid the magnificent scenery of the Kenyan bush, this safari adventure from 1954 depicts the many dangers faced by a group of British settlers in...
release : 1954.10.03popularis : 0.961
Men Against the Sun
An adventure story dealing with the building of a railway in Africa at the turn of the century.
release : 1952.01.01popularis : 1.368
Alice Through the Looking Box
A Christmas TV special in which Alice does not go through a looking glass, but through a TV set.
release : 1960.12.25popularis : 1.132
Salute the Toff
The Toff solves the mystery of a missing employer. One of the BFi's most wanted films.
release : 1952.12.02popularis : 2.796
Torment
A story of two brothers, both writers of crime novels, one a fine, upstanding gentleman and the other a moody, neurotic, psychopath. The other is...
release : 1950.02.03popularis : 1.931
Profile
The editor of a magazine falls in love with the publisher's daughter. The only trouble is that the publisher's wife quite fancies him as well. Then...
release : 1954.06.16popularis : 1.06
Flight from Vienna
A Hungarian Secret Service official attempts to defect the country and earn political asylum in the West.
release : 1956.01.31popularis : 0.735
A Christmas Carol
On Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his...
release : 1950.12.27popularis : 1.808
Double Exposure
A chance photograph may reveal a murderer's identity - and someone's after the photographer!
release : 1954.03.01popularis : 1.731
The Hills of Donegal
Eileen Hannay (Dinah Sheridan) is the singing star of an Irish operatic society but gives up to marry Terry O'Keefe (John Bentley).
release : 1947.09.01popularis : 2.377
Hammer the Toff
A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula.
release : 1952.05.01popularis : 1.784
Shadow of Treason
Steve, newly arrived in Trieste, saves Tina from being shot in her own night-club. She engages him as a bodyguard come detective, giving him a list...
release : 1963.06.01popularis : 1.697