John Warwick
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1905-01-04
Locus Natus: Bellengen River, New South Wales, Australia
Et ut:
The Long Arm
Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. The...
release : 1956.06.01popularis : 3.294
The Case of the Frightened Lady
A classic British thriller set in a sinister old house, based on a story by Edgar Wallace.
release : 1940.09.28popularis : 1.726
Dead Men Are Dangerous
Unsuccessful writer Aylmer Franklyn takes the chance to change identities after he discovers a corpse. However, he soon finds himself accused of the...
release : 1939.02.01popularis : 2.361
The Face at the Window
In 1880, the criminal called The Wolf is responsible for a murderous rampage in France. When the Brisson Bank is robbed in Paris and the employee...
release : 1939.04.07popularis : 1.949
The Square Peg
Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale are council workmen mending the road outside an Army base when they come into conflict with the military. Shortly...
release : 1958.12.04popularis : 10.621
Horrors of the Black Museum
A writer of murder mysteries finds himself caught up in a string of murders in London.
release : 1959.04.29popularis : 7.533
Dangerous Voyage
A yacht in the English Channel is helped to port - when the police arrive there are no crew, no papers and no clues. What is the mystery of the ghost...
release : 1954.09.03popularis : 4.6
Dancing with Crime
When his best friend is murdered inside a London dancehall, a cab driver and his girlfriend involve themselves in the investigation and discover a...
release : 1947.06.25popularis : 3.872
That Lady from Peking
Max Foster (Carl Betz), an American newspaper reporter, is in Hong Kong to assist a defecting Russian diplomat. In return for arranging an escape,...
release : 1975.11.13popularis : 3.965
The Saint's Vacation
While on vacation, the Saint discovers a much-sought-after music box.
release : 1941.05.09popularis : 2.085
The Ticket of Leave Man
A man is accused of a series of murders that were actually committed by a crazed killer called "The Tiger." He must prove his innocence and catch the...
release : 1937.10.01popularis : 1.948
In the Wake of the Bounty
The film explores the story of the Bounty and is based on the 1932 novel Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall.
release : 1933.03.14popularis : 2.505
Passenger to London
A government agent is returning from France with secret blueprints that were stolen from his government. On the train ride home, thieves break into...
release : 1937.01.01popularis : 4.14
This Man Is News
A newspaper reporter keeps beating the police to clues in a current murder case. This makes the police think he may be involved in the crime.
release : 1938.09.16popularis : 1.283
The Squatter's Daughter
A story of rival sheep stations and of the strong-willed squatter’s daughter who wants to unite them.
release : 1933.09.23popularis : 0.479
Danny Boy
A remake of Oswald Mitchell's own 1934 production, a story of Jayne Kaye (Ann Todd), a successful singer in America who returns to Britain during the...
release : 1941.08.25popularis : 2.92
Murder at Site 3
Sexton Blake tracks down a gang who have stolen secrets from a rocket site.
release : 1958.01.01popularis : 0.794
Bad Boy
Nick plans to go to Canada after being released from prison, but his old gang will not share out the loot from their last job.
release : 1938.01.01popularis : 1.201
The Desperate Man
Two reporters are held hostage in old castle, by thief, looking for jewels, that he had buried, after robbing a local house.
release : 1959.12.01popularis : 0.902
Lucky Jade
Betsy, a housemaid and aspiring actress, throws a party in her employer's house while he's away. Guests include agents and producers; but her...
release : 1937.07.19popularis : 0.735
The Franchise Affair
An English country lawyer weighs the case of a schoolgirl who claims she was kidnapped by two women.
release : 1951.02.19popularis : 1.074
Pool of London
Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.
release : 1951.02.20popularis : 2.627
While I Live
In 1922, young pianist and composer Olwen Trevelyan, troubled and sleepless over her inability to finish the final notes of her composition, falls to...
release : 1947.10.07popularis : 2.44
High Treason
Men from Scotland Yard and military intelligence build a dossier on a sabotage ring.
release : 1951.11.13popularis : 2.085
Demonstrator
The story of a university student who leads a protest against an Asian security conference in Canberra which has been organised by his father the...
release : 1971.04.05popularis : 1.207
After the Show
Young Victor Liebig returns from the theatre with his eccentric Aunt, when he receives a call summoning them to the flat of his Uncle's suicidal...
release : 1959.09.20popularis : 0.414
Spare a Copper
George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned...
release : 1940.12.02popularis : 2.481
21 Days Together
After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and...
release : 1940.01.07popularis : 5.4
The Gentle Gunman
The relationship between brothers Terry and Matt, both active in the IRA, comes under strain when Terry begins to question the use of violence.
release : 1952.10.23popularis : 6.374
Never Look Back
Anne Maitland, a female lawyer, receives an unexpected late-night visit from ex-boyfriend Guy Ransome. She agrees to let him sleep on the sofa but he...
release : 1952.01.01popularis : 3.387
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
John Halifax
Adapted from the novel by Elizabeth Craik it tells the story of John Halifax who, despite humble beginnings, becomes a highly respected local...
release : 1938.03.01popularis : 0.967
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
Street Corner
London policewomen handle rescues and larceny as they go about their work in Chelsea.
release : 1953.03.17popularis : 3.317
Bang! You're Dead
Two small boys are playing in a wood. The younger boy has a revolver and, not understanding that the gun differs from his toy pistol, plays...
release : 1954.03.15popularis : 1.142
Law and Disorder
When Percy Brand, a habitual confidence trickster, keeps being sent down, he goes to great lengths to ensure that his son Colin, does not find out...
release : 1958.06.09popularis : 3.173
Escape Route
When nuclear scientists are kidnapped and smuggled behind the Iron Curtain, an FBI man and a British agent are assigned to catch the kidnappers.
release : 1952.12.01popularis : 2.517
The Missing Million
Rex Walton, millionaire man-about-town, mysteriously disappears on the eve of his wedding after an attempt at blackmail by infamous criminal The...
release : 1942.03.01popularis : 1.233
Trouble in Store
Norman is working in the stock room of a large London department store, but he has ambition (doesn't he always !!), he wants to be a window dresser...
release : 1953.12.14popularis : 4.203
Catch as Catch Can
Undercover agent Robert Leyland entraps crooks trying to sneak expensive goods past customs on transatlantic crossings. After Leyland falls for...
release : 1937.07.01popularis : 1.333
Circumstantial Evidence
Long after being deserted by her husband, Linda Harrison will soon be free to marry her lover, Michael Carteret. But when her husband suddenly...
release : 1952.10.16popularis : 0.833
Riding High
Popular comedian Claude Dampier is seen at his best here, as he disrupts the sedate peace of Victorian England in his attempt to help a village...
release : 1939.12.04popularis : 3.099
This England
Set in Claverly Village, it follows the fortunes of the Rookebys (Clements) and the ne'r-do-well Appleyards (Williams) from the time of the Normans,...
release : 1941.07.22popularis : 4.305
Contraband Spain
An FBI agent goes to the French-Spanish border to round up some smugglers and counterfeiters after his brother is murdered.
release : 1955.03.15popularis : 1.861