List of the best A.E. Matthews movies: Aunt Clara(1954), The Million Pound Note(1953), They Came to a City(1944), Castle in the Air(1952), The Iron Duke(1934), Men Are Not Gods(1936), The Forbidden Street(1949), Laughter in Paradise(1951), Inn for Trouble(1960), The Great Mr. Handel(1942), Thunder Rock(1942), Three Men in a Boat(1956) ... ...
Comedy
UK
1954
84 Minutes
Simon Hilton
Margaret Rutherford Ronald Shiner A.E. Matthews Fay Compton Nigel Stock Jill Bennett
A wealthy old man dies and leaves his holdings - including a brothel, a gambling den, racing greyhounds, and a sleazy bar - to his eccentric niece Clara Hilton (Dame Margaret Rutherford). ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1953
92 Minutes
Duke of Frognal
Gregory Peck Jane Griffiths Ronald Squire A.E. Matthews Wilfrid Hyde-White Reginald Beckwith
seaman millionaire brother niece duke strong man amusing cheeky madcap england london restaurant shop hotel financial windfall wager class distinctions aristocracy wealth rags to riches
A Scotsman abruptly breaks off his engagement to pretty Kitty and moves to his uncle's castle in the Scottish highlands. Kitty and her aunt follow Gerald a few weeks later, and discover he ... See full summary »
Fantasy, Drama
UK
1944
78 Minutes
Sir George Gedney
John Clements Googie Withers Raymond Huntley Renee Gadd A.E. Matthews Mabel Terry-Lewis Ada Reeve Norman Shelley Frances Rowe
Adapted from a J.B. Priestley play with many of the original actors. The tale of various people who have come to live in an "ideal" city and their hopes and reasons for doing so.
Comedy
UK
1952
89 Minutes
Blair
David Tomlinson Helen Cherry Margaret Rutherford Barbara Kelly A.E. Matthews Patricia Dainton Ewan Roberts Brian Oulton Clive Morton
earl assistant historian divorcée ghost government official engaging amusing crafty castle scotland bed and breakfast estate bedroom haunting land dispute heritage tourism relationships business
The near-bankrupt Earl of Locharne must contend with a government agent trying to requisition his ancestral Scottish castle, as well as a beautiful American woman who wants to buy the place - to say nothing of the resident ghost.
Drama, History
UK
1934
88 Minutes
Lord Hill
George Arliss Gladys Cooper Emlyn Williams Ellaline Terriss A.E. Matthews Alan Aynesworth Lesley Wareing Felix Aylmer Norma Varden
duke king inspiring fascinating england france belgium battlefield battle ambition courage heroism arthur wellesley, duke of wellington war quest rivalry rise 19th century
Chronicling the life of Arthur Wellesley the first duke of Wellington, who faced down Napoleon's armies at Waterloo, and served as prime minister.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1936
82 Minutes
Frederick Skeates
Miriam Hopkins Gertrude Lawrence Sebastian Shaw Rex Harrison A.E. Matthews Val Gielgud Lawrence Grossmith Laura Smithson
secretary actor actress critic boyfriend intricate emotional tense london theater trafalgar square leicester square hyde park tower bridge theater criticism love triangle william shakespeare betrayal rivalry
Ann Williams (Miriam Hopkins), secretary to eccentric drama critic T.H. Skeates (A.E. Matthews), is persuaded to alter a ruinous review of Shakespearean actor Edmond Davey (Sebastian Shaw) ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1949
91 Minutes
Mr. Bly
Dana Andrews Maureen O'Hara Sybil Thorndike Wilfrid Hyde-White Fay Compton A.E. Matthews Diane Hart Anne Butchart
wife artist lawyer neighbor mother father melodramatic touching mushy london theater apartment staircase england class distinctions unlikely romance accidental death poverty blackmail alcoholism
A rich woman in Victorian England marries a poor artist from the wrong side of the track, and finds herself the victim of a blackmailing plot.
Comedy
UK
1951
93 Minutes
Sir Charles Robson
Alastair Sim Fay Compton Beatrice Campbell Veronica Hurst Guy Middleton George Cole A.E. Matthews Joyce Grenfell Anthony Steel John Laurie Eleanor Summerfield
writer snob bachelor bank teller millionaire housekeeper offbeat cheeky mansion bank prison england inheritance practical jokes life lessons money family quest transformation 1960s
When a millionaire practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs who must carry out his zany instructions to cash in.
Comedy
1960
90 Minutes
Sir Hector Gore-Blandish
Peggy Mount David Kossoff Leslie Phillips Glyn Owen Yvonne Monlaur Charles Hawtrey A.E. Matthews Shaun O'Riordan Ronan O'Casey Irene Handl Esma Cannon
A rival schemes against a London couple (Peggy Mount, David Kossoff) who inherited a pub in the country.
Biography
UK
1942
103 Minutes
Charles Jennens
Wilfrid Lawson Elizabeth Allan Malcolm Keen Michael Shepley Max Kirby Hay Petrie Morris Harvey A.E. Matthews Frederick Cooper Andrew Leigh Trefor Jones
A lavish period drama produced in 1942 by Lord Rank's G.H.W. Productions Ltd.
Fantasy, Drama
USA
1942
110 Minutes
Michael Redgrave Barbara Mullen James Mason Lilli Palmer Finlay Currie Frederick Valk Frederick Cooper Jean Shepherd Miles Malleson Barry Morse George Carney
journalist ship captain daughter immigrant passenger ghost dreamy eerie emotional england movie theater lighthouse michigan lake ghosts second chance political unrest visions world war ii journalism
Attracted by a picture of Maybelle Pembroke, the Range Busters, bantering between themselves, head for the Pembroke ranch separetely. Crash arrives posing as a dude while Dusty arrives ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1956
84 Minutes
Laurence Harvey Jimmy Edwards David Tomlinson Shirley Eaton Jill Ireland Lisa Gastoni Martita Hunt Campbell Cotts Joan Haythorne Adrienne Corri Noelle Middleton
friend sister rich girl photographer young man love interest airy cheery playful amusing thames river oxford, england camp maze boat sailing journey friendship flirtation relationships
Three London gentlemen take vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way.
Mystery & Thriller
1941
122 Minutes
Leslie Howard Mary Morris Francis L. Sullivan Hugh McDermott Raymond Huntley Manning Whiley Peter Gawthorne Allan Jeayes Dennis Arundell Joan Kemp-Welch Philip Friend
father nazi archaeologist political prisoner student spy lighthearted thrilling suspenseful amusing germany concentration camp archaeological dig persecution nazis holocaust undercover operations father/daughter relationship unlikely allies escape
A British archaeology professor (Leslie Howard) smuggles refugees past a Gestapo chief (Francis Sullivan) near the Swiss border.