John Slater Movies

  • 1958
    Violent Playground

    Violent Playground

    Violent Playground

    71958HD

    A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.

    Violent Playground
  • 1941
    'Pimpernel' Smith

    'Pimpernel' Smith

    'Pimpernel' Smith

    7.141941HD

    Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his...

    'Pimpernel' Smith
  • 1954
    Star of India

    Star of India

    Star of India

    3.7141954HD

    Squire Pierre St. Laurent returns from wars in India to 17th-century provincial France to find his estate confiscated by governor Narbonne, for back...

    Star of India
  • 1963
    A Place to Go

    A Place to Go

    A Place to Go

    6.21963HD

    Set in contemporary Bethnal Green in east London, A Place to Go charts the dramatic changes that were happening in the lives of the British...

    A Place to Go
  • 1966
    The Yellow Hat

    The Yellow Hat

    The Yellow Hat

    01966HD

    When an exclusive designer hat blows off the head of the milliner's assistant who borrowed it, the quest to recover it leads her to find love.

    The Yellow Hat
  • 1942
    Went the Day Well?

    Went the Day Well?

    Went the Day Well?

    7.21942HD

    The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in...

    Went the Day Well?
  • 1953
    Operation Malaya

    Operation Malaya

    Operation Malaya

    01953HD

    Docudrama recreating events in the Malayan Emergency

    Operation Malaya
  • 1945
    Read All About It

    Read All About It

    Read All About It

    4.61945HD

    An account of the technique of reading the tabloid press in an intelligent manor via differing editorial techniques that leads to three styles of...

    Read All About It
  • 1952
    Night Call

    Night Call

    Night Call

    51952HD

    Demonstrating the work of the British police force, based on actual incidents from the files of Brighton Borough Police, and illustrated through a...

    Night Call
  • 1952
    The Promise

    The Promise

    The Promise

    3.51952HD

    A much loved Prison Missioner has died. His replacement struggles to live up to his predecessor's saintly reputation until he receives inspiration...

    The Promise
  • 1948
    Escape

    Escape

    Escape

    5.4061948HD

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

    Escape
  • 1948
    Noose

    Noose

    Noose

    4.8331948HD

    Set in post Second World War Britain, Noose is the story of black market racketeers who face attempts to bring them to justice by an American fashion...

    Noose
  • 1955
    Cine Gazette No. 14: Do You Remember?

    Cine Gazette No. 14: Do You Remember?

    Cine Gazette No. 14: Do You Remember?

    01955HD

    The operation of the London Transport central Lost Property Office at Baker Street. Collected in BFI's "London on the Move."

    Cine Gazette No. 14: Do You Remember?
  • 1959
    Hot Summer Night

    Hot Summer Night

    Hot Summer Night

    01959HD

    Jacko, a respected union man, is fighting for the promotion of a Jamaican colleague to chargehand, but when his daughter brings home her black...

    Hot Summer Night
  • 1956
    Johnny, You're Wanted

    Johnny, You're Wanted

    Johnny, You're Wanted

    51956HD

    Returning late to London, Johnny gives a lift to an attractive female hitch-hiker. Some distance on, he stops to make a phone call and buy a coffee,...

    Johnny, You're Wanted
  • 1957
    Thark

    Thark

    Thark

    01957HD

    As legal guardian of Kitty Stratton, Sir Hector Benbow arranges for her large country house, Thark, to be sold to the nouveau riche Mrs Frush. Frush...

    Thark
  • 1961
    Nothing Barred

    Nothing Barred

    Nothing Barred

    6.51961HD

    Penniless Lord Whitebait's plan to save his sinking fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor to the public. But the public ignores his gesture,...

    Nothing Barred
  • 1943
    Millions Like Us

    Millions Like Us

    Millions Like Us

    5.51943HD

    When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a...

    Millions Like Us
  • 1941
    Love on the Dole

    Love on the Dole

    Love on the Dole

    5.51941HD

    Depressing and realistic family drama about the struggles of unemployment and poverty in 1930s Lancashire. The 20-year-old Kerr gives an emotionally...

    Love on the Dole
  • 1945
    Murder in Reverse?

    Murder in Reverse?

    Murder in Reverse?

    6.51945HD

    Tom Masterick, a dock worker, is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is commuted to a long prison term. When released as an...

    Murder in Reverse?