Cyril Smith
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1892-04-03
Locus Natus: Peterhead, Scotland, UK
Et ut: Gunner Cyril Smith, Cyril Edward Bruce-Smith
The Roof
Inspector Darrow investigates the death of a wealthy man.
release : 1933.01.01popularis : 0.692
Mystery Junction
In this crime drama, an escaped convict is recaptured and charged with killing two people in a lonely waystation during a snowstorm. Fortunately, a...
release : 1951.09.01popularis : 1.768
The Rocking Horse Winner
A strange and tragic tale of a young boy who is able to predict race winners at the horse track by riding his own rocking horse to aid his parents...
release : 1949.11.30popularis : 1.991
The Dark Man
A killer called 'The Dark Man' commits double murder. This is witnessed by the young aspiring actress Molly Lester. The Dark Man tries everything to...
release : 1951.01.22popularis : 3.013
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 : 2.472
Conspirator
A newlywed suspects her husband of being a Communist spy.
release : 1949.07.28popularis : 3.473
Appointment with Crime
Small-time jewel thief Leo Martin is deserted by his partners-in-crime, club owner Gus Loman and driver Hatchett, when the robbery they are...
release : 1946.05.13popularis : 2.734
Daughter of Darkness
In Ballyconnen, Emmy Baudine is a beautiful but disturbed young woman who works for the local priest. When the carnival comes to town, she encounters...
release : 1948.01.21popularis : 1.71
The Echo Murders
Detective Sexton Blake takes on Nazi spies while solving a series of crimes.
release : 1945.12.17popularis : 0.952
Green Grow the Rushes
Efforts to move Britain into the modern age don't sit well with the people of the small village of Anderia Marsh, who have claimed a right (going...
release : 1951.11.06popularis : 1.49
Burnt Evidence
Duncan Lamont plays Jane Hylton's jealous husband. In a confrontation, Lamont accidentally shoots Hylton's lover. Convinced that he's a murderer, he...
release : 1954.07.05popularis : 1.935
The Black Abbot
A gang of crooks uses the legend of a ghost haunting an old dark mansion to help them kidnap a rich man.
release : 1934.06.10popularis : 0.683
Wild Boy
This film is a caper story of greyhound racing and the efforts of a crooked dog owner to stop a rival's dog, Wild Boy, from running in the Greyhound...
release : 1934.01.01popularis : 0.383
She Knows Y'Know
Comedy about a protective mother whose dull son seems to have become wayward with the local bottle blonde.
release : 1962.06.01popularis : 1.311
Meet Sexton Blake
The famous detective and his trusty side-kick, Tinker, are called in by the War Office to find some important papers that were stolen from a man...
release : 1945.02.05popularis : 4.092
The Interrupted Journey
When John North, a budding author, pulls the communication cord of a late night train that is taking him away on a weekend with his publishers wife,...
release : 1949.10.11popularis : 2.083
Me and Marlborough
A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.
release : 1935.07.22popularis : 0.683
The Challenge
Dramatization of the first climbing of the Matterhorn in 1865.
release : 1938.09.14popularis : 2.04
The Last Journey
Bob Holt's last journey as a Railway engine driver before his retirement, a journey disturbed by his distress at leaving the Railway, and his...
release : 1935.10.01popularis : 1.254
Jack of All Trades
In this he's on the dole, hungry and ready to do any job but quickly light-heartedly scams his way into society and a highly regarded position at a...
release : 1936.12.30popularis : 0.619
O.H.M.S.
American racketeer Jimmie Dean travels to England, where he assumes the identity of a Canadian whom he has been falsely accused of murdering. Jimmie...
release : 1937.01.01popularis : 0.972
The Man from Toronto
According to the terms of a will two strangers must marry. Leila (Jessie Matthews) is an English widow, and Fergus (Ian Hunter) is a Canadian...
release : 1933.01.01popularis : 3.091
Bulldog Jack
While filling in for injured supersleuth Bulldog Drummond (Atholl Fleming), world-class cricket player Jack Pennington (Jack Hulbert) attempts to...
release : 1935.09.01popularis : 1.082
Calling Bulldog Drummond
Bulldog Drummond leaves retirement to help a Scotland Yard Sergeant catch thieves armed with radar.
release : 1951.07.02popularis : 5.429
Sword of Honour
A recruit at Sandhurst initially makes a poor impression, but goes on to prove himself by riding in the Grand National.
release : 1939.08.13popularis : 0.56
Pot Luck
A retired Scotland Yard detective, Patrick Fitzpatrick (Tom Walls) comes back to take one final case, tracking down a missing vase which has been...
release : 1936.04.01popularis : 0.426
The Flying Squad
Inspector Bradley of Scotland Yard is on the trail of the murderous ringleader of a smuggling organization in London.
release : 1940.10.12popularis : 1.255
Traitor Spy
A British man is hunted by British and German spies when he tries to sell blueprints.
release : 1939.12.01popularis : 3.657
Hello, Sweetheart
A young poultry farmer is flattered and persuaded into financing a film production. He attempts to interfere in the direction, is swindled and left...
release : 1935.05.30popularis : 0.293
Brown on Resolution
Forever England gives John Mills his first leading role as Brown. Born after a brief affair between his mother and a naval officer, he joins the...
release : 1935.05.15popularis : 1.674
Class and No Class
A rich coster's daughter loves a steward who is blamed for killing a blackmailing tramp.
release : 1921.11.01popularis : 0.293
They Flew Alone
The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights...
release : 1942.06.29popularis : 3.55
Light Up the Sky!
Chaos ensues when a bunch of misfits man a British searchlight battery during World War II.
release : 1960.07.05popularis : 0.596
One Exciting Night
A young singer meets a man who is the victim of a kidnap plot, and is assumed by the gang to be his girlfriend.
release : 1944.12.04popularis : 1.618
The Third Visitor
Suave supercilious Carling (Karel Stepanek) receives several callers to his isolated house, all of whom hold a grudge against him. Next morning a...
release : 1951.01.31popularis : 0.842
His First Car
A husband wins £200 and buys a car.
release : 1930.05.01popularis : 0.644
Sailor Beware
Battle-axe Emma Hornett dominates her hen-pecked husband Henry, his meek sister Edie and daughter Shirley. Shirley is to marry young sailor...
release : 1956.09.04popularis : 1.859
The Mayor's Nest
A trombonist becomes mayor of a small town, but he struggles to cope with municipal issues.
release : 1932.06.27popularis : 0.572
The Innocents of Chicago
A British comedy film directed by Lupino Lane
release : 1932.03.20popularis : 0.521
Retribution
Sheila sees the folly of her ways when husband, John, is to be hanged for murdering her paramour, but once trusty Bill from the CID is on the case,...
release : 1931.12.31popularis : 0.185
Stolen Face
A plastic surgeon changes the face of a female convict to match that of the beautiful woman who broke his heart and left him. He marries the convict...
release : 1952.05.01popularis : 1.754
St. Martin's Lane
On the sidewalks of the London theater district the buskers (street performers) earn enough coins for a cheap room. Charles, who recites dramatic...
release : 1938.10.18popularis : 2.865
Storm in a Teacup
A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.
release : 1937.02.25popularis : 4.792
Hindle Wakes
During a holiday to the beach Jenny meets Alan and agrees to spend the week with him. Wanting to keep this a secret from her parents Jenny gets help...
release : 1952.11.10popularis : 1.284
The Return of the Frog
The film concerns a police hunt for the criminal known as The Frog.
release : 1938.11.24popularis : 1.94
Lucky Girl
Stephan Gregorovitch, the unwilling king of a bankrupt Ruritanian country, along with his hucksterish chancellor and musically-inclined bodyguard,...
release : 1932.06.01popularis : 0.392
They Made Me a Fugitive
After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
release : 1947.06.24popularis : 11.789
On the Fiddle
Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy...
release : 1961.10.10popularis : 2.628
Women of Twilight
When a nightclub singer is arrested for murder, his pregnant girlfriend moves into a boarding house for women, but the mother-to-be soon discovers...
release : 1953.01.16popularis : 4.577
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...
release : 1946.12.23popularis : 2.432
Watch It, Sailor!
Sailor Albert gets a message from the Navy saying he can't marry for certain unexplained legal reasons. Everyone, including his domineering...
release : 1961.08.14popularis : 2.387
Night Was Our Friend
Martin's plane crashes in the jungle of Brazil. Nobody believes he survived. In the meantime his wife, Sally, has fallen in love with another man,...
release : 1951.12.01popularis : 1.485
It's Hard to be Good
A do-gooder ex-army officer finds his attempts to improve the world leads invariably to disasters.
release : 1948.11.10popularis : 1.305
Romance on the High Seas
Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband...
release : 1948.06.25popularis : 4.619
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...
release : 1944.05.08popularis : 5.631
Waltzes from Vienna
Johann Strauss Jr. is forced by his father to forget music and to work in a bakery, where he falls in love with Resi, the baker's daughter. The girl...
release : 1934.03.15popularis : 2.055
On Stage Everybody
Radio's miracle show is on the screen.
release : 1945.07.13popularis : 0.503
Don Chicago
Timid Don Chicago yearns to follow in the footsteps of his gangster mother, but is forced by the Mulligan Gang to leave America. In England, he...
release : 1945.08.06popularis : 0.346
Svengali
A man hypnotizes a young woman into being an opera singer.
release : 1954.09.01popularis : 1.492
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...
release : 1945.01.24popularis : 4.136
Value for Money
A wealthy young man from Yorkshire visits a London nightclub and meets a performer. She decides to take him for every penny he is worth, and he...
release : 1955.08.09popularis : 6.399
When We Are Married
The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that...
release : 1943.07.12popularis : 1.184
Lend Me Your Wife
'Bachelor has his friend's wife pose as his own to fool rich uncle.' (British Film Catalogue)
release : 1935.10.01popularis : 0.617
The Fortunate Fool
A wealthy author, looking for material, 'adopts' an incorrigible thief he finds in the streets, together with an attractive typist who is down on her...
release : 1933.12.13popularis : 0.37
Sailor Beware!
BBC television adaptation of the Philip King and Falkland L. Cary play about an imminent wedding becoming endangered by a domineering matriarch.
release : 1955.06.05popularis : 0.888
Friday the Thirteenth
It is pouring with rain at one minute to midnight on Friday the thirteenth, and the driver of a London bus is peering through his blurred windscreen...
release : 1933.11.01popularis : 4.029