Search results for "John Mills"
Above Us the Waves

Above Us the Waves

Above Us the Waves
IMDb: 6.6
99

In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to attack by conventional means,…

Genre: War
Hobson’s Choice

Hobson’s Choice

Hobson’s Choice
IMDb: 7.7
107

Henry Hobson owns and tyrannically runs a successful Victorian boot maker’s shop in Salford, England. A stingy widower with a weakness for overindulging in the local Moonraker Public House, he…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Mr. Denning Drives North

Mr. Denning Drives North

Mr. Denning Drives North
IMDb: 6.7
93

When well-off aircraft designer Denning finds his daughter’s current boyfriend is a nasty character he tries to buy him off, ending up hitting him and causing his death when he…

Genre: Drama
The Long Memory

The Long Memory

The Long Memory
IMDb: 7
96

An innocent man is released from prison after 12 years and tracks down the witnesses who lied about him in court.

Genre: Crime, Thriller
The Gentle Gunman

The Gentle Gunman

The Gentle Gunman
IMDb: 6.4
86

The relationship between brothers Terry and Matt, both active in the IRA, comes under strain when Terry begins to question the use of violence.

The Rocking Horse Winner

The Rocking Horse Winner

The Rocking Horse Winner
IMDb: 7.2
91

A strange and tragic tale of a young boy who is able to predict race winners at the horse track by riding his own rocking horse to aid his parents…

Genre: Drama
Morning Departure

Morning Departure

Morning Departure
IMDb: 7
102

The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air?

Genre: Drama
Scott of the Antarctic

Scott of the Antarctic

Scott of the Antarctic
IMDb: 7
111

The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole – only to find…

So Well Remembered

So Well Remembered

So Well Remembered
IMDb: 7
114

A mill-owner’s ambitious daughter almost ruins her husband’s political career.

Genre: Drama, Romance
The October Man

The October Man

The October Man
IMDb: 7
95

Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Great Expectations

Great Expectations

Great Expectations
IMDb: 7.8
118

In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham,…

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Way to the Stars

The Way to the Stars

The Way to the Stars
IMDb: 7.3
109

Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
This Happy Breed

This Happy Breed

This Happy Breed
IMDb: 7.3
115

In 1919, Frank Gibbons returns home from army duty and moves into a middle-class row house, bringing with him wife Ethel, carping mother-in-law Mrs. Flint, sister-in-law Sylvia and three children….

Genre: Drama
We Dive at Dawn

We Dive at Dawn

We Dive at Dawn
IMDb: 6.7
98

A gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor, a British submarine Captain. The crew of the Sea Tiger are summoned from…

Genre: Action, Drama, War
The Young Mr. Pitt

The Young Mr. Pitt

The Young Mr. Pitt
IMDb: 6.8
118

This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24.

Genre: Drama, History
In Which We Serve

In Which We Serve

In Which We Serve
IMDb: 7.2
115

The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship’s first and only commanding officer is Captain…

Genre: Drama, War
The Big Blockade

The Big Blockade

The Big Blockade
IMDb: 5.4
73

Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.

Genre: Drama, War
Cottage to Let

Cottage to Let

Cottage to Let
IMDb: 6.7
90

Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor’s nearly perfected bomb sight.

The Black Sheep of Whitehall

The Black Sheep of Whitehall

The Black Sheep of Whitehall
IMDb: 6.7
80

A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America.

Genre: Comedy
Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Goodbye, Mr. Chips
IMDb: 7.9
114

A shy British teacher looks back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who touched his life.

Genre: Drama, Romance
O.H.M.S.

O.H.M.S.

O.H.M.S.
IMDb: 5.6
87

American racketeer Jimmie Dean travels to England, where he assumes the identity of a Canadian whom he has been falsely accused of murdering. Jimmie is then forced to join the…

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
The Green Cockatoo

The Green Cockatoo

The Green Cockatoo
IMDb: 5.8
65

A young girl is travelling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man who has been stabbed by a member of a gang of crooks…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Tudor Rose

Tudor Rose

Tudor Rose
IMDb: 6.5
80

The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.

Genre: Drama, History