Horace Hodges

En ce début du XIXe siècle, la taverne de la Jamaïque a une très mauvaise réputation. Ses clients ont la fâcheuse habitude de cacher la lumière du phare par temps de tempête et, ainsi, de faire échouer les navires sur les récifs, particulièrement nombreux à cet endroit de la côte de Cornouailles. Sir Humphrey, le juge de paix local, dirige le groupe et l'informe du passage des navires. N'ayant plus de famille en Irlande, Mary Yellard rejoint sa tante Patience, mariée à Joss, l'aubergiste de la taverne de la Jamaïque. Elle découvre la bande de naufrageurs qui occupe les lieux. Jem Trehearne, un nouveau membre, doit être pendu après une dispute. Mary parvient à le délivrer et tous deux s'échappent de cet endroit sinistre. Où iront-ils se réfugier ?

An elderly man assists the police in solving a murder, but accidentally reveals his own criminal past in the process.

An impoverished duchess arranges a marriage for her daughter to a wealthy working-class London barber.

A mill worker with show biz dreams catches a big break when she's discovered by an ailing composer who's seeking the right singer for his songs.

The Three Maxims are trapeze artists Pat (Anna Neagle), Toni (Tuilio Carminati) and Mac (Leslie Banks). After spending most of their careers in the small time, the threesome finally get their big chance in Paris, at which point Mac realizes he's in love with Pat.

Jacqueline intrigues a diplomat, so unbeknown to her he finds her an apartment and finances her musical training. She ends up falling in love with one of his underlings. It turns out that he is no good, will the diplomat save her?

Hugo Carmody, the impoverished secretary to Lord Emsworth falls for Millicent the boss's niece, and steals his Lordship's prize pig in a scheme to raise funds to marry her.

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.

A father takes the blame for a crime committed by his daughter.

If it wasn't British, this would be in the Forgotten Horrors book. Hugh (Inspector Holt in HUMAN MONSTER) has some valuable jewels stolen. They're hidden in the back of an old clock in an antique shop. When the thieves return for them, the clock has been sold! They trace it to a creepy country estate. When Hugh and the niece of one of the crooks also show up, things get hairy.

A sausage-making tycoon rents a castle from an impoverished aristocrat.

When Matt Denant (Gerald de Maurier) finds himself wrongly imprisoned for manslaughter, he takes an opportunity to escape from jail during a foggy day and is forced to rely on the goodwill of local people to remain a fugitive of the law.

An irascible retired old lawyer exposes a diamond thief.