Frank Pettingell Movies

Thomas Becket, Henry II's longtime advisor, finds his friendship with the debauched king corroding when he is unwillingly appointed as Archbishop of...

Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the...

A British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott

Set in Claverly Village, it follows the fortunes of the Rookebys (Clements) and the ne'r-do-well Appleyards (Williams) from the time of the Normans,...

A crowded inn means that a man and a woman must share the same room for a night. One problem is that they are both married - to other people. The...

A British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott

In 1840s London, Dr. Thomas Bolton [Boris Karloff] dares to dream the unthinkable: experimenting with anesthesia gases to make surgery pain-free....

A charming and ambitious young man finds many ways to raise himself through the ranks in business and social standing - some honest, some not quite...

This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24.

'Colonel thinks he has killed superior while hunting ghost.' (British Film Catalogue)

Adapted from Lady Eleanor Smith’s novel, this 1934 feature tells the story of Joe Prince, an orphan child of circus people who, after many...

The Captain of a tramp steamer is forced by his ship's owner to smuggle some priceless pearls, and take them to Singapore.

During the Second World War, a German spy goes on the run, carrying important news about a U-Boat campaign. The ship he is traveling aboard is hit by...

A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl.

Lilian has an illegitimate war-baby which is then adopted by a wealthy spinster.

The life of Irishman George Howard who buys an English theatre and strives to improve the standard of musical entertainment. Set in the late 19th and...

When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the...

An Italian musician begins to steal his brother's compositions after he is jailed for shooting a prince.

A British comedy about a blacksmith who in looking to get away from his wife discovers a talent for rugby league.

Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new...