Aubrey Mallalieu

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The Wicked Lady (1945)

A married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Arliss
CAST:  Margaret Lockwood  •  James Mason  •  Patricia Roc  •  Griffith Jones

A married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Arliss
CAST:  Margaret Lockwood  •  James Mason  •  Patricia Roc  •  Griffith Jones

The Goose Steps Out (1942)

Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new secret weapon, causing chaos in a Hitler Youth school in the process.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Basil Dearden  •  Will Hay
CAST:  Will Hay  •  Frank Pettingell  •  Julien Mitchell  •  Charles Hawtrey

Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new secret weapon, causing chaos in a Hitler Youth school in the process.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Basil Dearden  •  Will Hay
CAST:  Will Hay  •  Frank Pettingell  •  Julien Mitchell  •  Charles Hawtrey

My Learned Friend (1943)

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 him from meeting a grisly end.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Basil Dearden  •  Will Hay
CAST:  Will Hay  •  Claude Hulbert  •  Mervyn Johns  •  Laurence Hanray

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 him from meeting a grisly end.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Basil Dearden  •  Will Hay
CAST:  Will Hay  •  Claude Hulbert  •  Mervyn Johns  •  Laurence Hanray

'Pimpernel' Smith (1941)

Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Howard
CAST:  Leslie Howard  •  Francis L. Sullivan  •  Mary Morris  •  Hugh McDermott

Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Howard
CAST:  Leslie Howard  •  Francis L. Sullivan  •  Mary Morris  •  Hugh McDermott

Champagne Charlie (1944)

A man from the countryside becomes London’s newest music hall sensation, and competes with a rival music hall performer for the audience’s attention.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Cavalcanti
CAST:  Stanley Holloway  •  Betty Warren  •  Tommy Trinder  •  Jean Kent

A man from the countryside becomes London’s newest music hall sensation, and competes with a rival music hall performer for the audience’s attention.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Cavalcanti
CAST:  Stanley Holloway  •  Betty Warren  •  Tommy Trinder  •  Jean Kent

The Last Journey (1935)

Bob Holt's last journey as a Railway engine driver before his retirement, a journey disturbed by his distress at leaving the Railway, and his suspicions of the relationship between his wife and his fireman. Aboard the train are a pair of pickpockets, a honeymoon ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Vorhaus
CAST:  Godfrey Tearle  •  Hugh Williams  •  Judy Gunn  •  Mickey Brantford

Bob Holt's last journey as a Railway engine driver before his retirement, a journey disturbed by his distress at leaving the Railway, and his suspicions of the relationship between his wife and his fireman. Aboard the train are a pair of pickpockets, a honeymoon ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Vorhaus
CAST:  Godfrey Tearle  •  Hugh Williams  •  Judy Gunn  •  Mickey Brantford

The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942)

A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Basil Dearden  •  Will Hay
CAST:  Will Hay  •  John Mills  •  Basil Sydney  •  Felix Aylmer

A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Basil Dearden  •  Will Hay
CAST:  Will Hay  •  John Mills  •  Basil Sydney  •  Felix Aylmer

Keep Fit (1937)

A weak, cowardly barber gets fit to win over a beautiful woman. However, she prefers his muscle-bound rival until George challenges him to a boxing match.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Kimmins
CAST:  George Formby  •  Kay Walsh  •  Guy Middleton  •  Gus McNaughton

A weak, cowardly barber gets fit to win over a beautiful woman. However, she prefers his muscle-bound rival until George challenges him to a boxing match.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Kimmins
CAST:  George Formby  •  Kay Walsh  •  Guy Middleton  •  Gus McNaughton

Back-Room Boy (1942)

Jilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam gets a job as far away from women as possible. Alone in a lighthouse, he soon finds that 12 other people end up living on the tiny island. Thirteen is an unlucky number; and one-by-one they disappear ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Mason
CAST:  Arthur Askey  •  Moore Marriott  •  Graham Moffatt  •  Googie Withers

Jilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam gets a job as far away from women as possible. Alone in a lighthouse, he soon finds that 12 other people end up living on the tiny island. Thirteen is an unlucky number; and one-by-one they disappear ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Mason
CAST:  Arthur Askey  •  Moore Marriott  •  Graham Moffatt  •  Googie Withers

Save a Little Sunshine (1938)

Dave Smalley buys a lost Archaeopteryx fossil by accident at an auction and uses the reward money for this to buy a share in his landlady's lodging- house. She turns him into an exploited man-of-all-work about the house, but after a lady guest persuades him that he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Lee
CAST:  Dave Willis  •  Pat Kirkwood  •  Tommy Trinder  •  Max Wall

Dave Smalley buys a lost Archaeopteryx fossil by accident at an auction and uses the reward money for this to buy a share in his landlady's lodging- house. She turns him into an exploited man-of-all-work about the house, but after a lady guest persuades him that he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Lee
CAST:  Dave Willis  •  Pat Kirkwood  •  Tommy Trinder  •  Max Wall

Let the People Sing (1942)

An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a village hall.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Baxter
CAST:  Alastair Sim  •  Fred Emney  •  Edward Rigby  •  Oliver Wakefield

An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a village hall.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Baxter
CAST:  Alastair Sim  •  Fred Emney  •  Edward Rigby  •  Oliver Wakefield

Salvage with a Smile (1940)

Wartime propaganda short in which a professor enlists the help of a dustman to explain the importance of saving paper, bones and metal to help the war effort.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adrian Brunel
CAST:  Kathleen Harrison  •  Aubrey Mallalieu  •  Phyllis Morris  •  Ronald Shiner

Wartime propaganda short in which a professor enlists the help of a dustman to explain the importance of saving paper, bones and metal to help the war effort.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adrian Brunel
CAST:  Kathleen Harrison  •  Aubrey Mallalieu  •  Phyllis Morris  •  Ronald Shiner

Cross Currents (1935)

A Devon Vicar mistakenly comes under suspicion of murdering a rival in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adrian Brunel
CAST:  Ian Colin  •  Marjorie Hume  •  Evelyn Foster  •  Frank Birch

A Devon Vicar mistakenly comes under suspicion of murdering a rival in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adrian Brunel
CAST:  Ian Colin  •  Marjorie Hume  •  Evelyn Foster  •  Frank Birch

Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light (1941)

Humorously using the arrogant and bumbling Mr. Proudfoot, this film serves a dual purpose of emphasizing the importance of obeying blackout hours, as well as easing the stress of the time period by encouraging laughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Mason
CAST:  Sydney Howard  •  Muriel George  •  Wylie Watson  •  Noel Dainton

Humorously using the arrogant and bumbling Mr. Proudfoot, this film serves a dual purpose of emphasizing the importance of obeying blackout hours, as well as easing the stress of the time period by encouraging laughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Mason
CAST:  Sydney Howard  •  Muriel George  •  Wylie Watson  •  Noel Dainton

Thank Evans (1938)

An impoverished racetrack tout discovers that a crooked trainer is about to throw a race involving a nobleman's horse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy William Neill
CAST:  Hal Walters  •  Max Miller  •  Polly Ward  •  Albert Whelan

An impoverished racetrack tout discovers that a crooked trainer is about to throw a race involving a nobleman's horse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy William Neill
CAST:  Hal Walters  •  Max Miller  •  Polly Ward  •  Albert Whelan

29 Acacia Avenue (1945)

The Robinsons are two respectable middle class parents living with their children in a suburban house in Acacia Avenue. Preferring to holiday every year in Bognor, they are pressed into booking a cruise for their annual vacation and thereby leaving their teenage ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Cass
CAST:  Gordon Harker  •  Betty Balfour  •  Jimmy Hanley  •  Carla Lehmann

The Robinsons are two respectable middle class parents living with their children in a suburban house in Acacia Avenue. Preferring to holiday every year in Bognor, they are pressed into booking a cruise for their annual vacation and thereby leaving their teenage ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Cass
CAST:  Gordon Harker  •  Betty Balfour  •  Jimmy Hanley  •  Carla Lehmann

Murder in Reverse? (1945)

Tom Masterick, a dock worker, is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is commuted to a long prison term. When released as an old man, he vows to find the real killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Montgomery Tully
CAST:  William Hartnell  •  Jimmy Hanley  •  Chili Bouchier  •  Brefni O'Rorke

Tom Masterick, a dock worker, is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is commuted to a long prison term. When released as an old man, he vows to find the real killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Montgomery Tully
CAST:  William Hartnell  •  Jimmy Hanley  •  Chili Bouchier  •  Brefni O'Rorke

Asking for Trouble (1942)

A London fishmonger helps a young woman evade her unwanted upcoming marriage by pretending to be her fiancé, a big game hunter from Africa. Comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oswald Mitchell
CAST:  Max Miller  •  Carole Lynne  •  Mark Lester  •  Wilfrid Hyde-White

A London fishmonger helps a young woman evade her unwanted upcoming marriage by pretending to be her fiancé, a big game hunter from Africa. Comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oswald Mitchell
CAST:  Max Miller  •  Carole Lynne  •  Mark Lester  •  Wilfrid Hyde-White

Bedelia (1946)

Bedelia Carrington is living happily, it appears, in Monte Carlo with her husband Charlie Carrington. But a cultivated young artist, Ben Chaney, begins probing into her past with curious concern. Chaney, who is really a detective, learns that Bedelia's obsession ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lance Comfort
CAST:  Margaret Lockwood  •  Ian Hunter  •  Barry K. Barnes  •  Anne Crawford

Bedelia Carrington is living happily, it appears, in Monte Carlo with her husband Charlie Carrington. But a cultivated young artist, Ben Chaney, begins probing into her past with curious concern. Chaney, who is really a detective, learns that Bedelia's obsession ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lance Comfort
CAST:  Margaret Lockwood  •  Ian Hunter  •  Barry K. Barnes  •  Anne Crawford

Broken Blossoms (1936)

A Chinese missionary comes to England. He helps a young girl ill-treated by her father. A remake of D. W. Griffith's Masterpiece.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Brahm
CAST:  Emlyn Williams  •  Dolly Haas  •  Arthur Margetson  •  Gibb McLaughlin

A Chinese missionary comes to England. He helps a young girl ill-treated by her father. A remake of D. W. Griffith's Masterpiece.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Brahm
CAST:  Emlyn Williams  •  Dolly Haas  •  Arthur Margetson  •  Gibb McLaughlin
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