Mervyn Johns Movies

  • 1944
    The Halfway House

    The Halfway House

    The Halfway House

    6.51944HD

    A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness...

    The Halfway House
  • 1945
    Pink String and Sealing Wax

    Pink String and Sealing Wax

    Pink String and Sealing Wax

    6.21945HD

    In Victorian Brighton, a scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkard husband....

    Pink String and Sealing Wax
  • 1948
    Quartet

    Quartet

    Quartet

    6.31948HD

    Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."

    Quartet
  • 1949
    Edward, My Son

    Edward, My Son

    Edward, My Son

    6.51949HD

    Following the death of his only son, a ruthless businessman reflects on his life, his unhappy marriage and his questionable parenting skills.

    Edward, My Son
  • 1960
    Once More, with Feeling!

    Once More, with Feeling!

    Once More, with Feeling!

    6.41960HD

    The wife of brilliant, but boisterous and ill-tempered conductor of the London Symphony puts up with his childishness, but the last straw is drawn...

    Once More, with Feeling!
  • 1947
    Captain Boycott

    Captain Boycott

    Captain Boycott

    7.21947HD

    In 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Captain Charles Boycott band together to assert their rights,...

    Captain Boycott
  • 1942
    The Foreman Went to France

    The Foreman Went to France

    The Foreman Went to France

    6.61942HD

    Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment.

    The Foreman Went to France
  • 1937
    The Last Curtain

    The Last Curtain

    The Last Curtain

    6.71937HD

    An insurance investigator tracks a series of robberies to a gang who are hiding the stolen jewels in the produce of a bakery.

    The Last Curtain
  • 1966
    Who Killed the Cat?

    Who Killed the Cat?

    Who Killed the Cat?

    81966HD

    A scheming widow tries to persecute three old ladies, but fate takes its revenge on her.

    Who Killed the Cat?
  • 1961
    A Call on Kuprin: Part 1

    A Call on Kuprin: Part 1

    A Call on Kuprin: Part 1

    01961HD

    Russia's Space Race success is mainly due to a brilliant rocket scientist, Kuprin. But a journalist and a politician in London remember him as a...

    A Call on Kuprin: Part 1
  • 1955
    The Blue Peter

    The Blue Peter

    The Blue Peter

    71955HD

    A Merchant Navy hero of the Korean War returns to England after three years of captivity in Communist hands, his mind confused by brain-washing and...

    The Blue Peter
  • 1953
    The Oracle

    The Oracle

    The Oracle

    61953HD

    An Irish "oracle" foretells the next day's track results to a newspaperman, resulting in a national uproar.

    The Oracle
  • 1943
    San Demetrio London

    San Demetrio London

    San Demetrio London

    7.21943HD

    Based on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle of the...

    San Demetrio London
  • 1946
    They Knew Mr. Knight

    They Knew Mr. Knight

    They Knew Mr. Knight

    6.21946HD

    After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on the beneficence of the great financier. A developing...

    They Knew Mr. Knight
  • 1957
    The Counterfeit Plan

    The Counterfeit Plan

    The Counterfeit Plan

    6.21957HD

    An escaped murderer flees France to England, where he forces an ex-forger, now established as a reputable estate owner, and the forger's daughter who...

    The Counterfeit Plan
  • 1963
    80,000 Suspects

    80,000 Suspects

    80,000 Suspects

    7.21963HD

    A doctor's already-shaky marriage is tested to an even greater extent when he has to contend with a smallpox epidemic.

    80,000 Suspects
  • 1961
    A Call on Kuprin: Part 2

    A Call on Kuprin: Part 2

    A Call on Kuprin: Part 2

    01961HD

    Smith and Laye-Parker meet Kuprin and find he is less anxious to leave Russia than they supposed.

    A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
  • 1952
    Tall Headlines

    Tall Headlines

    Tall Headlines

    6.81952HD

    A family is torn apart when their eldest son is hanged for the murder of a young girl.

    Tall Headlines
  • 1936
    Dishonour Bright

    Dishonour Bright

    Dishonour Bright

    6.51936HD

    A man is cited as the co-respondent in a divorce case, but is cheerfully unashamed when he appears in court.

    Dishonour Bright
  • 1949
    Diamond City

    Diamond City

    Diamond City

    61949HD

    Set in the diamond fields of South Africa, Stafford Parker is a lawman trying to maintain a semblance of law and order in the "Wild South".

    Diamond City