Franklin Dyall

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Alibi
8

Alibi

Apr 28, 1931
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot investigates a mysterious suicide at a country house.
Crime
Le passé ne meurt pas
5.1
Laurita s'éprend d'un artiste qui se tue. Elle part en voyage et rencontre un jeune homme, John Wittaker, qui l'épouse. Mais, la famille de John n'apprécie guère le mariage avec Laurita et contraint le jeune couple au divorce.
Romance
Yellow Canary
5.1

Yellow Canary

Dec 13, 1943
A socialite poses as a Nazi spy to mask her activities as a British agent.
Drama
Called Back
1

Called Back

Jun 05, 1933
'Spain. Revolutionary doctor foiled by blind man and amnesiac girl.' (British Film Catalogue)
Drama
The Conquest of the Air
4.2
This early docudrama uses dramatic reenactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930s.
History
Bonnie Prince Charlie
4.4

Bonnie Prince Charlie

Oct 26, 1948
Scotland, 1745. After decades of exile, Prince Charles Edward Stuart secretly lands with the purpose of revolting the Highland chieftains against the German House of Hanover, ruler of Great Britain.
Drama
A Night in Montmartre
5

A Night in Montmartre

Jul 16, 1931
A young couple live under a café in Paris that, unknown to them, is owned by a brutal blackmailer. When he is murdered, they fall under suspicion. However, the husband's father, an amateur detective, believes in their innocence and sets out to find who really killed the blackmailer.
Mystery
The Ringer
1

The Ringer

Mar 31, 1931
Scotland Yard detectives hunt for a dangerous criminal who has recently returned to England.
Thriller
Men of Steel
1

Men of Steel

Sep 01, 1932
James Harg and his father work in a steelmaking plant which is incompetently run, with scant attention being paid to worker safety. In his own time, Harg works on ideas for a revolutionary new manufacturing process for hard steel. When his father is badly injured in a workplace accident resulting from employer negligence, Harg uses some of the compensation payment to develop his invention to a stage where it can be tested in practice. It is a huge success and Harg patents his process. He rises to a position on the board of the company, before staging a coup to oust his former employer and take over the business himself.
Drama
Atlantic
4.9

Atlantic

Nov 15, 1929
English-language version. "Atlantic" is a drama film based on the sinking of the RMS "Titanic" and set aboard a fictional ship, called the "Atlantic". The main plotline revolves around a man who has a shipboard affair with a fellow passenger, which is eventually discovered by his wife. The ship also has aboard an elderly couple, the Rools, who are on their anniversary cruise. Midway across the Atlantic Ocean, the "Atlantic" strikes an iceberg and is damaged to the point where it is sinking into the Atlantic.
Drama