Mervyn Johns

Peter Nichols adapted his own hit play to the screen, based on his experiences in hospitals. A riotous black comedy that’s as timely today ...

A scheming widow tries to persecute three old ladies, but fate takes its revenge on her.

Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf Pedersen in an effort to destroy the German ...

An American car salesman in London becomes mixed up in a series of fatal occurrences at a secluded mansion.

A doctor’s already-shaky marriage is tested to an even greater extent when he has to contend with a smallpox epidemic.

After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive ...

Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he’s feeling frustrated with his life and his personal as well as ...

In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and ...

In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revolutionary American Puritan, is mistaken for local ...

When Dr. Howard Latimer finds the German actress whom he had just met at the London Airport murdered in his flat, he is led into a world of ...

An escaped murderer flees France to England, where he forces an ex-forger, now established as a reputable estate owner, and the forger’s ...

In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain ...

In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

In Shakespeare’s classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son ...

Scottish highlander Jamie Durie falls into a life of piracy after joining the failed rebellion of Bonnie Prince Charlie against the British crown.

A family is torn apart when their eldest son is hanged for the murder of a young girl.

Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who ...

A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can’t seem to stop hiccuping.

Following the death of his only son, a ruthless businessman reflects on his life, his unhappy marriage and his questionable parenting skills.

Set in the diamond fields of South Africa, Stafford Parker is a lawman trying to maintain a semblance of law and order in the “Wild South”.

British drama documentary from 1943, based on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she ...

Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Capt. ...

A series of stories about the lives and loves of men in a Prisoner of War camp over five years. The main story is of Hasek (Redgrave) a Czech ...

Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her ...

Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring ...

An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the list, and co-opts Claude Hulbert to try and stop ...

A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain ...

Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of ...

The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England’s radar network ...

Lots of slogans such as “Be like Dad, Keep Mum” and “Keep it under your Hat” are visible on the walls in various scenes ...