Ernest Butcher
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Dear Murderer
Jun 23, 1947When a man discovers his wife is having an affair, he commits the perfect crime.
Thriller
The Years Between
Jul 08, 1946Michael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson, Flora Robson and Felix Aylmer star in this moving and sophisticated story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the Second World War and based on the play by Daphne du Maurier. After hearing news that her officer husband has been killed in battle, Diana Wentworth forges a new life for herself, becoming an MP and learning to love again. Then, out of the blue comes the shattering news that her husband is not dead after all.
Drama
Meet Simon Cherry
Nov 01, 1949Meet Simon Cherry was based on a popular BBC radio program of the 1940s titled Meet the Rev. Hugh Moxey plays the title role, a Father Brown-style clergyman who solves crimes when he isn't saving souls
Crime
It Happened One Sunday
Jul 28, 1944A young woman who comes to Liverpool for domestic employment and finds romance with a young sailor who winds up in hospital after a fight.
Comedy
Talking Feet
Jul 26, 1937An east London fishmonger's young daughter (Hazel Ascot) is so grateful to Dr Hood (John Stuart) for saving her dog Patch after a road accident that she persuades her dad and various friends to help stage a concert at the local Hippodrome to raise money to save the local hospital.
All That Is England
Jul 25, 1932Austin promotional short, showing a tour around the country by many Austin models, from the Seven to the Ascot.
Documentary
The Desperate Man
Dec 01, 1959Two reporters are held hostage in old castle, by thief, looking for jewels, that he had buried, after robbing a local house.
Crime
Song of the Road
Aug 08, 1937After the Local council he works for decides to replace its horse-drawn services with motor vehicles, one of the drivers spends his savings to buy the horse. Together they search the countryside looking for work, and meeting an assorted group of characters on the way.
Drama
While I Live
Oct 07, 1947In 1922, young pianist and composer Olwen Trevelyan, troubled and sleepless over her inability to finish the final notes of her composition, falls to her death from the cliffs of Cornwall. 25 years on, Olwen has gained posthumous fame as a result of her tragic death and her haunting uncompleted composition 'The Dream of Olwen'. Her reclusive sister Julia (Sonia Dresdel), who has never come to terms with Olwen's death, becomes convinced that Olwen has returned when she meets an amnesiac woman who looks like her.
Thriller
My Brother Jonathan
Feb 05, 1948Jonathan 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
For Them That Trespass
Apr 21, 1949In 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
Candles at Nine
Jan 01, 1944A rich but miserly old man taunts his relatives about who will get his money when he dies, and is soon mysteriously murdered. It turns out that he has left his estate to a beautiful young actress whom the other relatives didn't know was related to him. Several attempts on her life are thwarted by a detective, who sets out to discover who's behind the scheme to kill her.
Mystery
It's in the Bag
Feb 07, 1944Gert and Daisy attempt to retrieve an old dress containing £2,000. They have to impersonate two thespians, and bring all sorts of trouble to a stage-play.
Comedy
Background
Nov 09, 1953Two years of deterioration sees John and Barbara Lomax's marriage reduced to bitter sniping and "keeping up appearances" for the sake of the children. When John's old friend Bill professes his love for Barbara, the marriage finally breaks up – causing their three children to react in different ways and their son secretly determined to do Bill harm.
Drama
Black Eyes
Apr 08, 1939Ivan Petrov has one weakness in his life, and one love: his little black-eyed daughter, Tania. In fact, his entire career is devoted to her future happiness, though Tania remains ignorant as to his vocation. Done with cool deliberation, Petrov's all-consuming fear is that one day his lovely daughter will discover his true profession, and despise him for it...
Romance
M. Smith Agent Secret
Jul 28, 1941Excentrique archéologue Cambridge Horatio Smith (Howard) prend un groupe d'étudiants en archéologie britannique et américaine de pré-guerre, l'Allemagne nazie pour aider dans ses fouilles. Sa recherche est soutenue par les nazis, car il prétend être à la recherche des preuves des origines aryennes de la civilisation allemande. Cependant, il a un agenda secret: pour libérer les détenus des camps de concentration.
Adventure
Freedom Radio
Feb 04, 1941Hitler's doctor is gradually realising that the Nazi regime isn't as good as it pretends to be when his friends start to "disappear" into the camps. His wife is courted by the party and accepts a political post in Berlin. Meanwhile Dr Karl decides to try to do something to counteract the Nazi propaganda and with the help of an engineer and a few friends he sets up the Freedom Radio to counteract the Nazi propaganda.
Drama
Tawny Pipit
Apr 28, 1944Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run in with the army, and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the village people and the Ornithology Society, help the eggs to hatch. A wonderful look at life in a small village, during World War II.
Drama
Les Forbans de la nuit
Jun 15, 1950Londres. Harry Fabian, un petit truand paranoïaque et mégalomane, plus ambitieux qu'intelligent, exerce les fonctions de rabatteur pour le compte de Phil Nosseross, patron du Silver Fox, une boîte de nuit du quartier de Soho, à Londres. Dans l'espoir de faire rapidement fortune, il décide d'organiser des combats de lutte gréco-romaine truqués. Un vieux lutteur, le Grand Gregorius, et la femme de son patron, qui tous deux poursuivent leur propre chimère, l'aident à trouver des fonds. Mais Harry s'attaque au monopole de Kristo. Et celui-ci, qui se trouve être le père de Gregorius, n'entend pas que quelqu'un d'autre le concurrence sur ce terrain...
Drama
Diamond City
Sep 20, 1949Set in the diamond fields of South Africa, Stafford Parker is a lawman trying to maintain a semblance of law and order in the "Wild South".
Western
Old Mother Riley in Business
Apr 11, 1941
Easy Money
Jan 20, 1948A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an unhappy argumentative lot until it is discovered the coupon apparently didn't get posted. A mild-mannered clerk worries about how to tell his overbearing boss he is quitting. A double-bass player finds life without the orchestra lacks something. The lure of the big money even turns some people into criminals, as when a coupon checker is tempted by his night-club singer girlfriend to cheat the company. Written by Jeremy Perkins
Crime
Appointment with Crime
May 13, 1946Le voleur de bijoux à la petite semaine Leo Martin est abandonné par ses complices, le propriétaire du club Gus Loman et le chauffeur Hatchett, lorsque le vol qu'ils commettent tourne mal. Après avoir purgé sa peine de prison, Leo revient avec un plan de vengeance complexe.
Crime
No Trace
Sep 08, 1950A famous mystery writer uses his own plot tricks to murder a blackmailer in this British thriller.
Crime
When We Are Married
Jul 12, 1943The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that their marriages may not be valid. On hand are an outrageous housekeeper and a photographer.
Comedy
When We Are Married
Nov 16, 1938The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that their marriages may not be valid. On hand are an outrageous housekeeper and a photographer. The first play in history to ever be televised complete and unedited direct from the theatre. It is now believed to be lost. The BBC would make another television film version of this play in 1949 with several of the same actors from this film including Raymond Huntley, Ernest Butcher, Patricia Hayes, George Carney and Lloyd Pearson.
Comedy
When We Are Married
Jul 10, 1949The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that their marriages may not be valid. On hand are an outrageous housekeeper and a photographer. This was the second television film version of the J.B. Priestley play made by the BBC.
Comedy
Highly Dangerous
Dec 06, 1950A US newsman and a British entomologist spy on germ-warfare research in a mythical country.
Thriller
