Peter Hobbes

6.964

Rendez-vous avec la peur

Nov 09, 1957

Rendez-vous avec la peur

1957 96 min 272 vues

Le professeur Harrington trouve la mort dans de mystérieuses circonstances après avoir publiquement accusé le docteur Karswell, spécialiste en sciences occultes, de charlatanisme. Un confrère de la victime, l’éminent savant américain John Holden, enquête sur sa disparition. Lorsqu’il rencontre Karswell, celui-ci tente de l’effrayer : il ne lui resterait que 3 jours à vivre…

Fantasy

6.1

Un mari idéal

Nov 14, 1947

Un mari idéal

1947 96 min 11 vues

1895. Mrs. Laura Cheveley, une jeune femme au passé trouble, est de retour à Londres après des années d'absence. Elle profite d'un secret découvert sur Sir Robert Chiltern pour le faire chanter : soit il couvre un scandale financier, soit elle révèle l'origine frauduleuse de sa fortune, ruinant ainsi sa réputation et l'amour de sa femme, qui l'idéalise en « mari parfait ». Heureusement, le Vicomte Arthur Goring surveille tout cela de près et à un plan pour empêcher son ancienne maîtresse de nuire.

Comedy

6.7

Il marchait la nuit

Feb 06, 1949

Il marchait la nuit

1949 79 min 91 vues

Ray Morgan, un cambrioleur réputé, s'est trouvé dans l'obligation de tuer un officier de police. Pour les autorités, une chasse à l'homme a commencé.

Drama

7.284

Le Danseur du dessus

Aug 29, 1935

Le Danseur du dessus

1935 101 min 287 vues

Jerry Travers, danseur américain, fait une démonstration à son producteur britannique. C'est ainsi qu'il réveille sa voisine du dessous. Celle-ci, Dale Tremont, descend d'un étage et proteste. Pour Jerry, c'est un coup de foudre...

Music

6.75

My Brother Jonathan

Feb 05, 1948

My Brother Jonathan

1948 108 min 4 vues

Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work as a partner in a poor general practice in the Black Country. Edie falls in love with Jonathan's brother, Harold, who is killed in the Great War, and Jonathan marries her as planned. It is only afterwards that he realises he now loves another.

Drama

6

Kidnapped

May 27, 1938

Kidnapped

1938 90 min 2 vues

Robert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century Scotland.

Adventure

1

Meet Maxwell Archer

Feb 17, 1940

Meet Maxwell Archer

1940 73 min 1 vues

Maxwell Archer, a private detective, attempts to clear a young man wrongly accused of murder.

Mystery

6.7

Britannia Mews

Mar 31, 1949

Britannia Mews

1949 90 min 6 vues

In Victorian London, young Adelaide is born into luxury, but marries starving artist Henry. His alcoholism and their lack of money lead to many quarrels. During one such fight, Henry slips down a flight of stairs and dies. A neighbor, Mrs. Mounsey, is the only witness, and she blackmails the young widow by threatening to tell the cops that Adelaide killed her husband. Luckily, lawyer Gilbert swoops in to help Adelaide.

Drama

6

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

Sep 21, 1934

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

1934 109 min 18 vues

Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henrietta, but feels stifled by the domestic tyranny of her wealthy widowed father. When she meets fellow poet Robert Browning in a romantic first encounter, her heart belongs to him. However, her controlling father has no intention of allowing her out of his sight.

Drama

7.1

I Live in Grosvenor Square

Jul 20, 1945

I Live in Grosvenor Square

1945 114 min 8 vues

The WW II romance set in Grosvenor square aka Eisenhower's home where the GIs stayed in London. Neagle loves Harrison. There arrives patriot GI Dean Jagger to rouse things up in the square. Snotty British Neagle and Jagger clash and fall for each other. What will Harrison have to say or do about these? What will the consequences be? Will the three finally become two and which two in this extremely patriotic love and war story.

Comedy

5.5

The Lady with a Lamp

Sep 22, 1951

The Lady with a Lamp

1951 110 min 5 vues

Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale, the young 19th-century Englishwoman famously drawn to a career in nursing. Traveling to Turkey during the Crimean War, Florence gains a reputation for being devoted to the care of wounded soldiers and for pioneering higher standards for sanitary hospital conditions.

Drama