Hay Petrie Movies

Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of...

A London cabby uncovers the city's secret nightlife in this surprising plug for post-war National Savings.

A steelworker rises through the ranks to become manager of three steel mills, but ruthless ambition overwhelms him.

George Pearson, an employee at an underwear factory, is caught between his modern wife and his meddling mother. After buying a special yarn and...

Dramatised short about the advantages of gas appliances in the home, with music.

During early World War II, a Danish sea captain, delayed in a British port, tangles with German spies.

In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a...

When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place,...

A German-born woman works as a spy for the French in Switzerland during the First World War, and has to marry an interned French lieutenant in order...

King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. They soon become close, the King preferring her feisty irreverent...

A musical set during the French Revolution.

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...

'Farm life on the South Downs. A gentleman farmer beats his unscrupulous rival in sheepdog trials.' (British Film Institute)

A man ignores a warning to stay away from a sinister house on marshland near Liverpool; when someone drowns close by, he finds the evidence...

The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights...

Will Hay, back in his role as a hapless teacher, is hired by a grim school in remotest Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary...

A young man's fiancé dies after contracting a terminal illness, and in his efforts to contact her he gets involved with a group of...

In 1931, Sir Malcolm Sargent – then a rising young conductor – acted as musical director for this first filmed musical version of Prosper...

Phillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, hero-worships his father's butler Baines. His perception of the man changes when he accidentally...

A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay...