Joan Dowling

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Les Trafiquants du Dunbar
6.4

Les Trafiquants du Dunbar

Feb 20, 1951

Les Trafiquants du Dunbar
1951 85 min 31 vues
Deux marins en permission se retrouvent mêlés à un trafic de diamants. L’un, Johnny, d’origine jamaïcaine, tombe amoureux. Ce conte dramatique nous montre Londres à travers les yeux d’un jeune Noir, qui découvre une ville interdite, hostile. La question raciale est au centre de ce thriller réaliste, devenu un document exceptionnel…
Crime
À cor et à cri
6.2

À cor et à cri

Feb 01, 1947

À cor et à cri
1947 82 min 43 vues
Des gamins des rues, avec à leur tête Joe Kirby, tentent de mettre fin aux agissements d'un escroc qui réussit à pirater les bandes dessinées d'un journal pour transmettre des messages codés à une bande de gangsters. Une bagarre mémorable, à laquelle tous les gosses du quartier prennent part, permettra d'arrêter le faussaire et ses acolytes.
Comedy
Murder Without Crime
5.6

Murder Without Crime

Oct 01, 1950

Murder Without Crime
1950 78 min 8 vues
A man gets in trouble when he accidentally kills and covers up a murder of a girl he meets after a big fight with his wife.
Crime
Train of Events
6.2

Train of Events

Jan 18, 1949

Train of Events
1949 88 min 10 vues
A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.
Drama
Bond Street
6.8

Bond Street

May 12, 1948

Bond Street
1948 109 min 3 vues
Charts the events occurring during a typical 24-hour period on London’s thoroughfare Bond Street. Linking the four stories together is the impending wedding of society girl Hazel Court and Robert Flemyng.
Drama
For Them That Trespass
5.2

For Them That Trespass

Apr 21, 1949

For Them That Trespass
1949 95 min 11 vues
In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examining his subjects first-hand. This leads him to begin wandering about the seamiest side of town where he witnesses a murder. When an innocent man is arrested, the writer refuses to assist him as the knowledge that he has been "slumming" could destroy his career. The young man is sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Drama
Landfall
7

Landfall

Sep 30, 1949

Landfall
1949 86 min 4 vues
A British coastal command pilot is charged with neglect when it is thought that he has sunk a British submarine rather than a German U-boat. Unable to live with his actions, he volunteers for a deadly mission. His girlfriend meanwhile tries to prove that he is innocent.
War
Women of Twilight
5.3

Women of Twilight

Jan 16, 1953

Women of Twilight
1953 89 min 6 vues
When a nightclub singer is arrested for murder, his pregnant girlfriend moves into a boarding house for women, but the mother-to-be soon discovers that her new lodgings harbors a horrific secret.
Drama
A Man's Affair
5

A Man's Affair

Jan 01, 1949

A Man's Affair
1949 65 min 1 vues
A miner, played by Scottish singer Hamish Menzies, meets a holidaying secretary on the Kent coast and love blossoms.
Drama