List of the best Arthur Wontner movies: Sherlock Holmes' Fatal Hour(1931), The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes(1935), Storm in a Teacup(1937), Thunder in the City(1937), Sea Devils(1953), Three Cases of Murder(1953), Blanche Fury(1948) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1931
83 Minutes
Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Wontner Ian Fleming Minnie Rayner Leslie Perrins Jane Welsh Norman McKinnell Phillip Hewland Gordon Begg
diplomat sister doctor watson detective sidekick villain crafty engaging tense london office bank hideout extortion murder friendship sherlock holmes impersonation deception mystery
A card cheat is threatened with exposure into joining a criminal enterprise that Holmes believes is controlled by Professor Moriarty.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1935
84 Minutes
Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Wontner Ian Fleming Lyn Harding Leslie Perrins Jane Carr Charles Mortimer
sherlock holmes doctor watson professor police officer gangster wife melodramatic suspenseful witty intricate sussex, england london office apartment country house bar murder investigation partnership retirement crime
Holmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when.arch enemy Moriarty arranges with an American gang to kill one John Douglas, a country gentleman with a mysterious past. Holmes' ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1937
87 Minutes
Procurator Fiscal
Vivien Leigh Ian Dalrymple Rex Harrison Cecil Parker Sara Allgood Ursula Jeans Gus McNaughton Arthur Wontner Edgar K. Bruce Robert Hale Eliot Makeham
journalist politician daughter woman dog cheery charming scotland small town court journalism unlikely romance reputation scandal trial pets rivalry love 1930s
A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1937
86 Minutes
Sir Peter
Edward G. Robinson Nigel Bruce Ralph Richardson Luli Deste Constance Collier Annie Esmond Arthur Wontner Elizabeth Inglis Cyril Raymond Nancy Burne Elliott Nugent
salesman lady duke duchess singer love interest witty amusing engaging lighthearted passionate spirited england mistaken identity wealth aristocracy romance marketing salesman adventure
A visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not seen.
Adventure
UK
1953
90 Minutes
Baron de Baudrec
Yvonne De Carlo Rock Hudson Maxwell Reed Denis O'Dea Michael Goodliffe Bryan Forbes Jacques B. Brunius Ivor Barnard Arthur Wontner Gérard Oury Larry Taylor
Gilliat,a fisherman/smuggler is in jail, and is offered a pardon, if he undertakes a mission to sail to France to rescue Douchette, an English agent, whose cover has been blown,and who has now been jailed. Gilliat accepts the challenge.
Horror
1953
100 Minutes
Alan Badel David Eady Orson Welles Emrys Jones Hugh Pryse Elizabeth Sellars Jack Lambert Eddie Byrne Helen Cherry Peter Burton
friend love interest guard painter lord politician dark creative creepy eerie museum house restaurant hall murder magic dream vs. reality friendship jealousy nightmares
A trilogy of strange tales features too-real art, a crime of passion and a man who seeks revenge through deadly dreams.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1948
95 Minutes
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.