Philip Friend Movies

  • 1953
    Background

    Background

    Background

    61953HD

    Two years of deterioration sees John and Barbara Lomax's marriage reduced to bitter sniping and "keeping up appearances" for the sake of the...

    Background
  • 1943
    Warn That Man

    Warn That Man

    Warn That Man

    5.31943HD

    At the height of World War II, the Germans discover that a certain British personage is to stay at the country house of Lord Buckley. They devise a...

    Warn That Man
  • 1943
    The Flemish Farm

    The Flemish Farm

    The Flemish Farm

    5.61943HD

    Wartime commando story based on fact. Allied airman risks return (on the ground) to occupied France for the honour of his regiment.

    The Flemish Farm
  • 1948
    My Own True Love

    My Own True Love

    My Own True Love

    5.51948HD

    Following World War II, a woman tries to help her fiance understand his son's traumatic experience as a G.I., during which he lost a leg and was...

    My Own True Love
  • 1943
    The Bells Go Down

    The Bells Go Down

    The Bells Go Down

    7.11943HD

    Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London...

    The Bells Go Down
  • 1942
    Back-Room Boy

    Back-Room Boy

    Back-Room Boy

    6.51942HD

    Jilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam gets a job as far away from women as possible. Alone in a lighthouse, he soon finds that 12 other people end up...

    Back-Room Boy
  • 1951
    The Highwayman

    The Highwayman

    The Highwayman

    01951HD

    The Highwayman
  • 1958
    The Solitary Child

    The Solitary Child

    The Solitary Child

    51958HD

    A young woman marries a gentleman farmer who may have murdered his first wife.

    The Solitary Child
  • 1966
    The Vulture

    The Vulture

    The Vulture

    41966HD

    A mad scientist turns himself into a half-man, half-bird monster to avenge the death of his ancestor.

    The Vulture
  • 1941
    Old Bill and Son

    Old Bill and Son

    Old Bill and Son

    6.51941HD

    Old Bill has grumbled his way through the trenches of the First World War. Now it is the Second and, envious of his son, Young Bill, he decides to...

    Old Bill and Son
  • 1949
    Sword in the Desert

    Sword in the Desert

    Sword in the Desert

    7.31949HD

    First American film about the conflict between Jewish nationalists and the British in the creation of the state of Israel.

    Sword in the Desert
  • 1950
    Spy Hunt

    Spy Hunt

    Spy Hunt

    61950HD

    Roger Quain, escorting two zoo-bound black panthers on the train from Milan to Paris, is unaware that a Western agent, Catherine Ullven, has hidden...

    Spy Hunt
  • 1958
    Son of Robin Hood

    Son of Robin Hood

    Son of Robin Hood

    4.41958HD

    Ten years after the death of Robin Hood, the bandit of Sherwood Forest and defender of the Crown, the power-mad Duke Simon Des Roches plots to seize...

    Son of Robin Hood
  • 1951
    Smuggler's Island

    Smuggler's Island

    Smuggler's Island

    3.51951HD

    An adventurer about to lose his sloop and diving equipment agrees to dive for illegal gold.

    Smuggler's Island
  • 1959
    Web of Suspicion

    Web of Suspicion

    Web of Suspicion

    01959HD

    Schoolteacher Bradley Wells is wrongly accused of murdering a girl pupil, and is nearly lynched by angry townspeople.

    Web of Suspicion
  • 1939
    Inquest

    Inquest

    Inquest

    61939HD

    A woman is suspected of killing her husband after a revolver is found in her attic. A coroner is determined to prove that she did it, but thanks to...

    Inquest
  • 1941
    Sheepdog of the Hills

    Sheepdog of the Hills

    Sheepdog of the Hills

    71941HD

    Farmers are all losing their Sheep, all except 'Riggy's'. Is it because of his great sheepdog or something more sinister.

    Sheepdog of the Hills
  • 1940
    Bits of Our Aircraft are Missing

    Bits of Our Aircraft are Missing

    Bits of Our Aircraft are Missing

    61940HD

    British Air Ministry short film highlighting the need for the public to stay clear of aircraft wreckage during World War II.

    Bits of Our Aircraft are Missing