Hugh Pryse

'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

Jassy (1947)

In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight. Pursued by superstitious villagers, she is rescued by the son of the owner of Mordelaine, a vast stately home. Unfortunately, his father's drinking and gambling threaten the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Knowles
CAST:  Margaret Lockwood  •  Patricia Roc  •  Dennis Price  •  Basil Sydney

In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight. Pursued by superstitious villagers, she is rescued by the son of the owner of Mordelaine, a vast stately home. Unfortunately, his father's drinking and gambling threaten the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Knowles
CAST:  Margaret Lockwood  •  Patricia Roc  •  Dennis Price  •  Basil Sydney

The Good Beginning (1953)

After their honeymoon, Johnny Lipton and his wife Kit move into their small apartment. Kit runs the flat on a tight budget, for she hopes that one day with her support her husband will eventually run his own business. A lack of understanding of each other s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilbert Gunn
CAST:  John Fraser  •  Eileen Moore  •  Peter Reynolds  •  Humphrey Lestocq

After their honeymoon, Johnny Lipton and his wife Kit move into their small apartment. Kit runs the flat on a tight budget, for she hopes that one day with her support her husband will eventually run his own business. A lack of understanding of each other s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilbert Gunn
CAST:  John Fraser  •  Eileen Moore  •  Peter Reynolds  •  Humphrey Lestocq

Roadhouse Girl (1953)

A middle-aged garage owner's life is turned upside down when his new mechanics gets it on with his sexy younger wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolf Rilla
CAST:  Sandra Dorne  •  Maxwell Reed  •  Leslie Dwyer  •  Vida Hope

A middle-aged garage owner's life is turned upside down when his new mechanics gets it on with his sexy younger wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolf Rilla
CAST:  Sandra Dorne  •  Maxwell Reed  •  Leslie Dwyer  •  Vida Hope

Calling Paul Temple (1948)

Paul Temple is called in to help Scotland Yard track down a serial killer who has murdered several wealthy women.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maclean Rogers
CAST:  John Bentley  •  Dinah Sheridan  •  Margaretta Scott  •  Alan Wheatley

Paul Temple is called in to help Scotland Yard track down a serial killer who has murdered several wealthy women.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maclean Rogers
CAST:  John Bentley  •  Dinah Sheridan  •  Margaretta Scott  •  Alan Wheatley

The Three Weird Sisters (1948)

Three older sisters live on their family estate in Wales. This household once proudly reigned over a mining town, but the mines dried up and the estate and the town have fallen on hard times. When the land crumbles and a number of homes in the town are destroyed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Birt
CAST:  Nancy Price  •  Mary Clare  •  Mary Merrall  •  Nova Pilbeam

Three older sisters live on their family estate in Wales. This household once proudly reigned over a mining town, but the mines dried up and the estate and the town have fallen on hard times. When the land crumbles and a number of homes in the town are destroyed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Birt
CAST:  Nancy Price  •  Mary Clare  •  Mary Merrall  •  Nova Pilbeam

Botany Bay (1952)

Based on the story of Australia's colonization, this atmospheric drama stars Alan Ladd as Hugh Tallant, an American medical student falsely convicted of robbery and sent on a torturous voyage with other prisoners to the penal colony at Botany Bay. Because of his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Farrow
CAST:  Alan Ladd  •  James Mason  •  Patricia Medina  •  Cedric Hardwicke

Based on the story of Australia's colonization, this atmospheric drama stars Alan Ladd as Hugh Tallant, an American medical student falsely convicted of robbery and sent on a torturous voyage with other prisoners to the penal colony at Botany Bay. Because of his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Farrow
CAST:  Alan Ladd  •  James Mason  •  Patricia Medina  •  Cedric Hardwicke

Port of Escape (1956)

Two sailors dock in London in search of a good time. But when one of them fatally stabs a man during a scuffle in a bar, the pair flee the scene, commandeer a boat and take the three women on board hostage as they try to outrun the law.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Young
CAST:  Googie Withers  •  John McCallum  •  Bill Kerr  •  Joan Hickson

Two sailors dock in London in search of a good time. But when one of them fatally stabs a man during a scuffle in a bar, the pair flee the scene, commandeer a boat and take the three women on board hostage as they try to outrun the law.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Young
CAST:  Googie Withers  •  John McCallum  •  Bill Kerr  •  Joan Hickson

School for Secrets (1946)

Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of Britain against the might of the Nazi Luftwaffe. Without it the little island could well have been overrun.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Ustinov
CAST:  Ralph Richardson  •  Raymond Huntley  •  John Laurie  •  Ernest Jay

Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of Britain against the might of the Nazi Luftwaffe. Without it the little island could well have been overrun.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Ustinov
CAST:  Ralph Richardson  •  Raymond Huntley  •  John Laurie  •  Ernest Jay

Christopher Columbus (1949)

Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David MacDonald
CAST:  Fredric March  •  Florence Eldridge  •  Francis L. Sullivan  •  Kathleen Ryan

Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David MacDonald
CAST:  Fredric March  •  Florence Eldridge  •  Francis L. Sullivan  •  Kathleen Ryan

Easy Money (1948)

A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an unhappy argumentative lot until it is discovered the coupon apparently didn't get posted. A mild-mannered clerk worries about how to tell his overbearing boss he is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Knowles
CAST:  Jack Warner  •  Marjorie Fielding  •  Yvonne Owen  •  Jack Watling

A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an unhappy argumentative lot until it is discovered the coupon apparently didn't get posted. A mild-mannered clerk worries about how to tell his overbearing boss he is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Knowles
CAST:  Jack Warner  •  Marjorie Fielding  •  Yvonne Owen  •  Jack Watling

Dark Secret (1949)

A young couple move into a charming rural cottage. They become fixated upon the mysterious death of the earlier female occupant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maclean Rogers
CAST:  Dinah Sheridan  •  Emrys Jones  •  Irene Handl  •  Hugh Pryse

A young couple move into a charming rural cottage. They become fixated upon the mysterious death of the earlier female occupant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maclean Rogers
CAST:  Dinah Sheridan  •  Emrys Jones  •  Irene Handl  •  Hugh Pryse

Three Cases of Murder (1955)

Three stories of murder and the supernatural: A museum worker is introduced to a world behind the pictures he sees every day. When two lifelong friends fall in love with the same woman and she is killed, they are obvious suspects. Is their friendship strong enough ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George More O'Ferrall  •  David Eady  •  Wendy Toye
CAST:  Orson Welles  •  John Gregson  •  Elizabeth Sellars  •  Emrys Jones

Three stories of murder and the supernatural: A museum worker is introduced to a world behind the pictures he sees every day. When two lifelong friends fall in love with the same woman and she is killed, they are obvious suspects. Is their friendship strong enough ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George More O'Ferrall  •  David Eady  •  Wendy Toye
CAST:  Orson Welles  •  John Gregson  •  Elizabeth Sellars  •  Emrys Jones