Movies: John Carol

During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance....

A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII....

Jaap van Leyden is in charge of a shipyard in newly occupied Holland. At first he collaborates with the Germans because it is the easiest course to follow. Later a child's rhyme reminds him of his patriotic duty, but how best to resist the Nazis with...

"The Spider and the Fly is set in Paris during the cloud-cuckoo days before WW I. The storyline intertwines the destinies of three people. Guy Rolfe plays Phillipe de Ledocq, a resourceful safecracker who always manages to elude arrest. Eric Portman ...

Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkard husband. (The title is from the way pharmacists used to wrap parcels containing poison)....

Government information film on how to get maximum wear from a man's suit, narrated by one such suit in the form of an autobiography....

An operation of counterfeit five pound notes is discovered at a variety theater, leading to murder during the performance....

American chorus-girl Mamie Wallace (Farrell) travels to Paris with a ramshackle touring musical revue. The company runs out of money, and it looks as though Mamie and her dancing colleagues are going to be stranded in Europe with no way home. Luckily...

“Professional jealousy over the discovery of a formula for an anaesthetic leads to murder in a hospital.” - BFI....

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. However, she is in love with one of them and helps them....