Bruce Lester
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1912-06-06
Locus Natus: Johannesburg, South Africa
Et ut: Bruce Lister, Bruce Somerset Lister
Above Suspicion
Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.
release : 1943.05.31popularis : 7.178
Pride and Prejudice
Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. When the rich single...
release : 1940.07.26popularis : 9.995
Without Reservations
Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who...
release : 1946.05.13popularis : 5.069
Secrets of Monte Carlo
A U.S. businessman abroad is the patsy for the theft of a rajah's jewels.
release : 1951.06.20popularis : 4.151
The Letter
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.
release : 1940.11.21popularis : 15.835
Shadows on the Stairs
Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.
release : 1941.03.01popularis : 3.273
British Intelligence
During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a high-placed British official where...
release : 1939.11.10popularis : 2.744
King Richard and the Crusaders
Based on Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman, this is the story of the romantic adventures of Christians and Muslims during the battle for the Holy Land...
release : 1954.08.07popularis : 3.336
Old Roses
An elderly man assists the police in solving a murder, but accidentally reveals his own criminal past in the process.
release : 1935.01.01popularis : 0.616
The Mysterious Doctor
The citizens of a tiny Cornish village are tormented during World War II by a headless ghost which is haunting the local tin mine.
release : 1943.03.03popularis : 1.94
Golden Earrings
A British colonel escapes from the Gestapo to the Black Forest and poses as a Gypsy's mate.
release : 1947.08.27popularis : 6.631
If I Were King
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the...
release : 1938.09.28popularis : 4.568
The Witness Vanishes
In this mystery, a newspaper executive and three of his colleagues conspire to have the owner of the highly-respected London Sun committed to an...
release : 1939.09.22popularis : 3.902
The Scarlet Coat
An American officer goes undercover to unmask a Revolutionary War traitor.
release : 1955.07.29popularis : 1.588
Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora
An actress, urged by her detective boyfriend, takes a job as housekeeper for a wealthy elderly woman. The woman's new young husband claims she's ill...
release : 1949.08.29popularis : 1.847
Shining Victory
In a Scottish sanitarium, a brilliant research psychiatrist works on a treatment for dementia praecox. He falls for his altruistic female lab...
release : 1941.05.30popularis : 4.484
All That Is England
Austin promotional short, showing a tour around the country by many Austin models, from the Seven to the Ascot.
release : 1932.07.25popularis : 0.288
Boy Meets Girl
Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to be pregnant. This gives them the idea for a movie...
release : 1938.08.27popularis : 2.712
A Yank in the R.A.F.
An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.
release : 1941.09.26popularis : 4.43
The Tenth Man
George Winter, a self-made businessman and MP, lets nothing get in the way of his climb to the top. Certain in his belief in the corruptible and...
release : 1936.08.12popularis : 1.625
The Invisible Man Returns
The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.
release : 1940.01.12popularis : 9.834
Ourselves Alone
One of the most significant films ever made about the Troubles in Ireland, a powerful story of love and conflicting loyalties set against the battle...
release : 1936.04.27popularis : 0.955
My Son, My Son!
A self-made success is determined to give his son the lavish upbringing he himself was denied. Not surprisingly, the son grows up to be spoiled...
release : 1940.03.21popularis : 1.419
Badger’s Green
A lovely English village is threatened with "development" by a speculative builder. The annual cricket match with another village shall decide its...
release : 1934.03.11popularis : 0.315
To Be a Lady
Misadventures of a country girl who comes to the city, and falls in love with a musician.
release : 1935.01.28popularis : 0.846
Tarzan and the Trappers
Tarzan goes up against a baddie by the name of Schroeder, who is trapping animals and selling them illegally to zoos. A twist is thrown into the plot...
release : 1958.01.01popularis : 2.259
A Star Fell from Heaven
In this comedy, a talented singer is hired to dub the voice of a star who has lost his own. During the film's premiere, news that he sang the songs...
release : 1936.06.08popularis : 0.358
Mayfair Melody
“Romantic comedy of a motor factory mechanic encouraged to train his voice by the daughter of the magnate.” - BFI.
release : 1937.08.23popularis : 1.683
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....
release : 1937.09.13popularis : 0.846
Thistledown
The Viennese bride of a Scottish peer is driven away by suspicion and unfriendliness from his family. Famous, she buys the estate and her husband...
release : 1938.01.01popularis : 0.458
Quiet, Please
“Comedy of a little man forced by chance into a big jewel robbery.” - BFI.
release : 1938.06.27popularis : 0.304
Hail and Farewell
“A troopship bringing home a battalion from Bermuda docks at Southampton and the men are granted only 6 hours leave. The film shows how some of...
release : 1936.09.30popularis : 1.174
Tales of Robin Hood
The story of Robin Hood, how he met his Merry Men and Maid Marian, and saved England from Sir Guy de Clairmont and his henchman. Compiled from the...
release : 1951.12.21popularis : 0.976
Crime Over London
With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they plan a major robbery on a department store.
release : 1936.10.21popularis : 2.568
Strange Journey
Reformed racketeer "Lucky" Leeds flees from the police when he thinks they are about to arrest him for a murder he didn't commit. He and his wife...
release : 1946.10.03popularis : 2.583
Eagle Squadron
An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in love with a beautiful English girl.
release : 1942.06.16popularis : 0.901
Singapore Woman
A fallen woman seeks redemption at a Singapore rubber plantation. Melodrama.
release : 1941.05.17popularis : 2.279
Charade
This is an anthology film with three stories. In "Portrait of a Murderer", a female artist draws sketches of a mysterious neighbor. She is unaware...
release : 1953.09.16popularis : 2.219
Death at Broadcasting House
An actor is murdered live on air whilst a play is being broadcast. Everyone in the play and broadcasting house fall under suspicion.
release : 1934.11.01popularis : 1.905
The Pathfinder
Pathfinder, a white man raised by the Mohican Indians, joins forces with the British army to avenge himself on the Mingo warriors and the French, who...
release : 1952.12.09popularis : 3.203
Man Hunt
Shortly before the start of WW2, renown British big-game hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten,...
release : 1941.06.13popularis : 5.614
I Walk Alone
Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a...
release : 1947.12.31popularis : 5.407
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
The son of the notorious Dr. Henry Jekyll is determined to prove that his father's reputation has been unjustly deserved. He sets out to develop his...
release : 1951.10.31popularis : 4.669