Crimes at the Dark House
The Giggling Strangler. A complete scoundrel steals another man's "inheritance" and tries to fool London society into believing that he is a gentleman. There is nothing he won't do or...
George King
Filmography
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Scarlet Heaven
After the war, Jim Harding (Douglass Montgomery) is desperate to put his knowledge of chemistry to good use but his wife's greed forces him to sell potions for baldness and stomach disorders in a fairground booth on Blackpool's Golden Mile. His marriage hits rock bottom when his wife Diana...Watch Movie
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The Shop at Sly Corner
Desius Heiss is the French-born owner of an antique shop on Sly Corner who bears a grudge against society. His imprisonment and tortue on Devil's Island has left him with scars down his back from repeated whippings. With little care for the authorities, Heiss has allowed his...Watch Movie
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Gaiety George
Matinee idol Richard Greene stars in this spectacular musical romance based on the true-life story of London's first theatrical impresario, George Edwardes. The dashing entrepreneur buys a run-down music hall in the capital and fills it with musical comedies, much to the delight of his audiences....Watch Movie
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Tomorrow We Live
Whilst the Germans scour a French town for saboteurs, the Mayor (Godfrey Tearle) and his daughter Marie (Greta Gynt) collaborate with the German Occupation. But unknown to both the Germans and the French villagers, they are leaders of the resistance organization. When a young...Watch Movie
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The Case of the Frightened Lady
The ancient and mysterious house of Mark's Priory is the family seat of the Lebanon family. Lady Lebanon is desperate to have an heir to carry on the family name and has told her son, Lord William, that he must marry his niece, Isla Crane. But Lord William has no intention of...Watch Movie
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The Face at the Window
Tod Slaughter was never well-known in the U.S. However, before Hammer Studios revived the genre in the late-1950s, Slaughter was British cinema's biggest (if also only) horror star. He'd successfully toured numerous grisly, vintage Victorian melodramas on the stage circuit for...Watch Movie
Genres
- Action/Adventure / Manhunt
- Adaptation / Theatrical
- Adaptation / Theatrical / Stage
- Classic / Classic Crime
- Classic / Classic Drama
- Crime / Mystery/Whodunit
- Crime / Transgression / Blackmail
- Crime / Transgression / Espionage
- Crime / Transgression / Murder
- Crime / Transgression / Thievery
- Cult / Schlock
- Drama / Dysfunctional Family
- Drama / Melodrama
- Drama / Romantic Drama
- Fantasy / Therianthrope / Werewolf
- Horror / Old Dark House
- International / Americas / North American / American
- International / European / United Kingdom / British
- Music / Musical
- Suspense
- Suspense / Psychological
- Suspense / Psychological / Compulsion
- War / WWII
Recent Reviews
Scarlet Heaven
This guy is a frustrated chemist working a carnival act with a total b.... of a wife. He falls for the cotton candy gal and decides to dispatch the wife...
The Case of the Frightened Lady
The Lebanon's have been around since Cesaer it seems however there is a problem in the heir department. Seems the only son is barking mad as was his papa, so...
The Face at the Window
A delightfully camp romp through fin de siècle Paris, complete with plummy English accents, terrifically bad acting and a moustachioed, caped, top-hat-wearing villain who actually says "MUHAHAHAHAHA" after every wicked...
The Shop at Sly Corner
Well done little crime story. Diana Dors, as an added bonus.