Derek Blomfield Movies

Erich Kästner’s beloved novel has been adapted for film or television six times since its publication in 1929; this 1935 British version...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: John Williams

A jeweller is killed in a gang robbery leaving the daughter as the only witness. When the police can't build a case against him she decides to go...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Kieron Moore

When a mail bag full of post that was taken in a robbery is discovered fifteen years later, a Post Office employee and local reporter decide to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ronald Howard

Allied propaganda in the form of cartoons and newsreels shows the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Robert Beatty

Turn of the Tide is a 1935 British film directed by Norman Walker. It was the first feature film made by J. Arthur Rank. It is set in a North...

Genre: Romance

Cast: John Garrick

The dining room of the Jolly Fiddler has long been presided over by Albert, an aged but very shrewd waiter. A past master of the gentle art of...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Gordon Harker

Henry Hobson owns and tyrannically runs a successful Victorian boot maker’s shop in Salford, England. A stingy widower with a weakness for...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Charles Laughton

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Charles Laughton

The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing...

Genre: War

Cast: Kenneth More

Two friends get drunk and decide to switch identities. One is a Parliamentary Secretary, and the other is the captain of a ship. The former's lack...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: David Tomlinson

A department store assistant becomes publicity conscious.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jack Hulbert

A through-the-years story with songs and sentiments. A sailor rises from first officer to captain, gets married and has a son, but loses his command...

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Cast: John Garrick

Will Hay, back in his role as a hapless teacher, is hired by a grim school in remotest Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Will Hay

IT’S GREAT TO A YOUNG stars John Mills as Dingle an easygoing high school teacher. When autocratic new headmaster Frome (Cecil Parker) begins...

Genre: Music

Cast: John Mills

An unemployed actor hires out as a bodyguard-companion for a woman and finds himself involved in murder.

Genre: Crime

Cast: June Thorburn

Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Richard Widmark

Two men working on the docks close to London's Tower Bridge find the body of an unidentified man floating in the Thames. The police later identify...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Dermot Walsh

On a journey from Paris to London, a Briton, a Frenchman and an American bond with each other and indulge in a romantic fantasy about a girl they see.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Burgess Meredith

An account of the technique of reading the tabloid press in an intelligent manor via differing editorial techniques that leads to three styles of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: John Laurie

Turn of the Tide is a 1935 British film directed by Norman Walker. It was the first feature film made by J. Arthur Rank. It is set in a North...

Genre: Romance

Cast: John Garrick

At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. However, someone realises that a prize cow is on...

Genre: Romance

Cast: David Niven