List of the best Allan Jeayes movies: Elephant Boy(1937), The Four Feathers(1939), The Stars Look Down(1939), Crown vs. Stevens(1936), The Camels Are Coming(1934), They Drive by Night(1938), The High Command(1937), The Green Cockatoo(1937), The Proud Valley(1940), Sanders of the River(1936), The Hidden Room(1949), Blanche Fury(1948) ... ...
Adventure, Drama
UK
1937
80 Minutes
Machua Appa
Robert Flaherty Sabu Walter Hudd Allan Jeayes W.E. Holloway Bruce Gordon D.J. Williams
young boy father elephant english gentleman driver trainer heartwarming suspenseful uplifting india village jungle road coming of age grief human-animal friendship colonialism search orphans growing up
This black and white movie is based on Rudyard Kipling's "Toomai, of the Elephants", in which a small native lad claims he knows the congregating place of the elephant hordes.
Adventure
UK
1939
115 Minutes
General Faversham
John Clements Ralph Richardson C. Aubrey Smith June Duprez Allan Jeayes Jack Allen Donald Gray Frederick Culley Amid Taftazani Henry Oscar John Laurie
military officer friend girlfriend soldier emotional melodramatic africa desert war zone armed conflict expedition imperialism deception honor redemption quest adventure discovery transformation 1890s
A timid British Army officer has quit and burns his last day summons to a war in Egypt. Calling him a coward, his girl friend and 3 officer friends give him a white feather. In redemption, he shadows his friends in war to save their lives.
Drama
UK
1939
110 Minutes
Richard Barras
Michael Redgrave Margaret Lockwood Emlyn Williams Nancy Price Allan Jeayes Edward Rigby Cecil Parker Linden Travers Milton Rosmer George Carney Ivor Barnard
teacher wife businessperson wealthy man bleak emotional melodramatic england small town blue collar coal mining love triangle aspirations class distinctions sacrifice underdog rivalry 1930s
Davey Fenwick (Sir Michael Redgrave) leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK
1936
66 Minutes
Beatrix Thomson Patric Knowles Reginald Purdell Glennis Lorimer Allan Jeayes Frederick Piper Googie Withers Mabel Poulton Morris Harvey Billy Watts Davina Craig
When an ex-dancer marries a man for his money she is suprised find he is a real skinflint. She owes a lot of money to a loan-shark who is after her. However, her husband does carry a lot of... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1934
80 Minutes
Sheikh
Jack Hulbert Anna Lee Hartley Power Harold Huth Allan Jeayes Peter Gawthorne
A British officer in the Camel Corps in Egypt goes undercover to investigate a gang of drug smugglers. He enlists the aid of a female pilot to help break up the gang.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1938
84 Minutes
Joe Cunningham William Hartnell Michael Martin Harvey Anthony Holles Allan Jeayes George Merritt Ronald Shiner Emlyn Williams Anna Konstam Yolande Terrell
truck driver waitress humphrey bogart suspenseful fiery california los angeles love triangle murder unrequited love mystery 1940s
Drama
UK
1937
90 Minutes
H.E.
Lionel Atwill Lucie Mannheim James Mason Steven Geray Leslie Perrins Allan Jeayes Kathleen Gibson Philip Strange Wally Patch
major captain father daughter judge governor melodramatic tense gripping west africa ireland courtroom doctor's office plantation scandal honor affair british empire secret past blackmail
A general of the old school, who believes strongly in his own honour and sense of duty, must come to terms with a crime he commited years earlier, during the Irish War for Independence in 1921.
Crime, Drama
USA
1937
65 Minutes
The Detective Inspector
John Mills Rene Ray Robert Newton Charles Oliver Bruce Seton Julian Vedey Allan Jeayes Frank Atkinson
God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black Americans.
Drama
UK
1940
77 Minutes
Mr Trevor
Paul Robeson Edward Chapman Simon Lack Rachel Thomas Edward Rigby Clifford Evans Allan Jeayes George Merritt Edward Lexy Noel Howlett
african-american miner singer choir director charming endearing heartwarming patriotic wales mine working class class struggle mining race relations choir sacrifice underdog 1940s
In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.
Adventure
UK
1936
98 Minutes
Father O'Leary
Paul Robeson Leslie Banks Nina Mae McKinney Robert Cochran Martin Walker Richard M. Grey Allan Jeayes Orlando Martins Eric Maturin Charles Carson Marquis de Portago
british government official tribal leader rebel wife officer engaging patriotic tense nigeria river village headquarters hospital native people colonialism tribal life rebellion kidnapping murder adventure
A British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1949
98 Minutes
Clubman
Robert Newton Sally Gray Naunton Wayne Phil Brown Olga Lindo Ronald Adam James Harcourt Allan Jeayes Russell Waters
psychiatrist wife lover scotland yard detective butler american chilling tense london office household hideout scotland yard infidelity attempted murder investigation torture psychiatry schemes revenge
Clive Riordan plans a devilish revenge against his wife's lover.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1948
95 Minutes
Mr. Weatherby
Stewart Granger Valerie Hobson Walter Fitzgerald Michael Gough Maurice Denham Sybilla Binder Edward Lexy Allan Jeayes Suzanne Gibbs Ernest Jay George Woodbridge
stableman cousin uncle governess daughter husband dark eerie passionate tense estate england stable curse class distinctions wealth murder plot ambition love triangle forbidden love
The childless widow of Allan Fury bequeaths the Fury estate to her Fuller relatives but Allan's illegitimate son who masquerades as a servant hopes to grab the estate for himself.
Mystery & Thriller
1941
122 Minutes
Dr. Benckendorf
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.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1945
92 Minutes
Robert Donat Deborah Kerr Glynis Johns Ann Todd Roland Culver Elliott Mason Eliot Makeham Brefni O'Rorke Edward Rigby Muriel George Allan Jeayes
sailor wife friend nurse lover melodramatic emotional england london marriage war romance separation infidelity love transformation discovery 1940s
A dull married couple, separated by their enlistment during World War II, reunite after three years to find that they have become very different people.
Drama, History
1934
94 Minutes
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Elisabeth Bergner Flora Robson Gerald du Maurier Irene Vanbrugh Griffith Jones Joan Gardner Dorothy Hale Gibb McLaughlin Clifford Heatherley Lawrence Hanray
empress duke duchess princess emotional melodramatic russia st. petersburg, russia royal palace ambition royalty revolution marriage social change catherine the great rise transformation 18th century
Taken to Russia to marry Grand Duke Peter (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), German Princess Catherine (Elisabeth Bergner) kicks him out and becomes empress.
Horror
UK
1945
104 Minutes
Charles Crichton Mervyn Johns Basil Dearden Michael Redgrave Roland Culver Mary Merrall Frederick Valk Renee Gadd Antony Baird Judy Kelly
architect host psychiatrist race car driver golfer ventriloquist creepy eerie frightening england farm household accident psychoanalysis superhuman abilities dreams ghosts paranoia discovery mystery
Architect Walter Craig (Mervyn Johns) senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality. The guests at the country house encourage him to stay as they take turns telling supernatural tales.