Wilfrid Caithness

Checkmate (1935)

A fence for a gang of jewel thieves comes under suspicion from the police.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Pearson
CAST:  Maurice Evans  •  Felix Aylmer  •  Evelyn Foster  •  Sally Gray

A fence for a gang of jewel thieves comes under suspicion from the police.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Pearson
CAST:  Maurice Evans  •  Felix Aylmer  •  Evelyn Foster  •  Sally Gray

A Man About the House (1947)

Handsome Italian laborer Kieron Moore works as caretaker of the Neopolitan villa inherited by plain-Jane Englishwomen Margaret Johnston and Dulcie Gray. Johnston is swept off her feet by the raffishly charming Moore, and before long they are wed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Arliss
CAST:  Margaret Johnston  •  Dulcie Gray  •  Kieron Moore  •  Guy Middleton

Handsome Italian laborer Kieron Moore works as caretaker of the Neopolitan villa inherited by plain-Jane Englishwomen Margaret Johnston and Dulcie Gray. Johnston is swept off her feet by the raffishly charming Moore, and before long they are wed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Arliss
CAST:  Margaret Johnston  •  Dulcie Gray  •  Kieron Moore  •  Guy Middleton

Treasure Hunt (1952)

Short of money the owners of Ballyroden Hall must attempt to run it as a guest house, but not everyone is happy about the plan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Paddy Carstairs
CAST:  Jimmy Edwards  •  Martita Hunt  •  Naunton Wayne  •  Miles Malleson

Short of money the owners of Ballyroden Hall must attempt to run it as a guest house, but not everyone is happy about the plan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Paddy Carstairs
CAST:  Jimmy Edwards  •  Martita Hunt  •  Naunton Wayne  •  Miles Malleson

The Man Behind the Mask (1936)

A young couple attend a masked ball before their planned (but secret) elopement. Suddenly everything goes wrong when the young woman is attacked and held hostage by a crazed attacker.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Powell
CAST:  Hugh Williams  •  Jane Baxter  •  Ronald Ward  •  Maurice Schwartz

A young couple attend a masked ball before their planned (but secret) elopement. Suddenly everything goes wrong when the young woman is attacked and held hostage by a crazed attacker.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Powell
CAST:  Hugh Williams  •  Jane Baxter  •  Ronald Ward  •  Maurice Schwartz

Brandy for the Parson (1952)

A young couple get involved with a smuggler  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Eldridge
CAST:  James Donald  •  Kenneth More  •  Charles Hawtrey  •  Jean Lodge

A young couple get involved with a smuggler  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Eldridge
CAST:  James Donald  •  Kenneth More  •  Charles Hawtrey  •  Jean Lodge

Blanche Fury (1948)

Penniless governess Blanche Fullerton takes a job at the estate of her rich relations, the Fury family. To better her position in life, Blanche marries her dull cousin, Laurence Fury, with whom she has a daughter. But before long, boredom sets in, and Blanche ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Allégret
CAST:  Valerie Hobson  •  Stewart Granger  •  Michael Gough  •  Walter Fitzgerald

Penniless governess Blanche Fullerton takes a job at the estate of her rich relations, the Fury family. To better her position in life, Blanche marries her dull cousin, Laurence Fury, with whom she has a daughter. But before long, boredom sets in, and Blanche ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Allégret
CAST:  Valerie Hobson  •  Stewart Granger  •  Michael Gough  •  Walter Fitzgerald

Once Upon a Dream (1949)

An officer's wife has a romantic dream about her husband's man (servant) and comes to believe it is true. Meanwhile the husband has asked his servant to help him, after the war, to suggest ways to ignite the romance he and his wife had before the war, as well as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Thomas
CAST:  Googie Withers  •  Griffith Jones  •  Guy Middleton  •  Betty Lynne

An officer's wife has a romantic dream about her husband's man (servant) and comes to believe it is true. Meanwhile the husband has asked his servant to help him, after the war, to suggest ways to ignite the romance he and his wife had before the war, as well as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Thomas
CAST:  Googie Withers  •  Griffith Jones  •  Guy Middleton  •  Betty Lynne

A Voice Said Goodnight (1932)

A British crime film directed by William C. McGann  (more)

DIRECTION:  William C. McGann
CAST:  Nora Swinburne  •  Jack Trevor  •  D.A. Clarke-Smith  •  John Turnbull

A British crime film directed by William C. McGann  (more)

DIRECTION:  William C. McGann
CAST:  Nora Swinburne  •  Jack Trevor  •  D.A. Clarke-Smith  •  John Turnbull

Juggernaut (1936)

An evil doctor and the greedy wife of a rich man plot to poison him so they can get their hands on his money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Edwards
CAST:  Boris Karloff  •  Joan Wyndham  •  Arthur Margetson  •  Mona Goya

An evil doctor and the greedy wife of a rich man plot to poison him so they can get their hands on his money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Edwards
CAST:  Boris Karloff  •  Joan Wyndham  •  Arthur Margetson  •  Mona Goya

D’Ye Ken John Peel? (1935)

Major John Peel returns to England, following Napoleon's Waterloo defeat, and renews his acquaintance with Lucy Merrall, but she tells him she is engaged to be married. He later learns that, Cravens, the man she is to marry already has a wife. He also learns that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Edwards
CAST:  John Garrick  •  Winifred Shotter  •  Stanley Holloway  •  John Stuart

Major John Peel returns to England, following Napoleon's Waterloo defeat, and renews his acquaintance with Lucy Merrall, but she tells him she is engaged to be married. He later learns that, Cravens, the man she is to marry already has a wife. He also learns that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Edwards
CAST:  John Garrick  •  Winifred Shotter  •  Stanley Holloway  •  John Stuart

Calling Scotland Yard: Falstaff's Fur Coat (1954)

Because of his luxurious fur coat, a hammy actor becomes involved with crooks. His coat resembles the one that a gang's fence wears, and he is continually finding stolen jewelry in his coat pockets. When the gang learns that he is planning to turn the loot over to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Dickson
CAST:  Paul Douglas  •  Robert Adair  •  Peter Bathurst  •  Wilfrid Caithness

Because of his luxurious fur coat, a hammy actor becomes involved with crooks. His coat resembles the one that a gang's fence wears, and he is continually finding stolen jewelry in his coat pockets. When the gang learns that he is planning to turn the loot over to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Dickson
CAST:  Paul Douglas  •  Robert Adair  •  Peter Bathurst  •  Wilfrid Caithness

The Improper Duchess (1936)

The King of Moldavia tries to negotiate a loan from the United States in return for oil concessions, with the wily assistance of the Duchess of Tann.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Hughes
CAST:  Yvonne Arnaud  •  Hugh Wakefield  •  Wilfrid Caithness  •  Arthur Finn

The King of Moldavia tries to negotiate a loan from the United States in return for oil concessions, with the wily assistance of the Duchess of Tann.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Hughes
CAST:  Yvonne Arnaud  •  Hugh Wakefield  •  Wilfrid Caithness  •  Arthur Finn