List of the best Bernard Miles movies: Tawny Pipit(1944), In Which We Serve(1942), Never Let Me Go(1953), The Guinea Pig(1948), Fame Is the Spur(1947), The Man Who Knew Too Much(1956), One of Our Aircraft Is Missing(1942), Sapphire(1959), The Magic Box(1951), Heavens Above!(1963), The Smallest Show on Earth(1957), The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby(1947) ... ...
Comedy
1944
81 Minutes
Director
Bernard Miles Rosamund John Niall MacGinnis Jean Gillie Lucie Mannheim Christopher Steele George Carney Wylie Watson
villager bird fighter pilot friend nurse charming emotional endearing heartwarming moving village countryside field farm england village life animal welfare relationships cooperation war effort
Britons (Bernard Miles, Rosamund John, Niall MacGinnis) rally to save two rare birds nesting in a wheat field during World War II.
War, Drama
UK
1942
114 Minutes
CPO Walter Hardy
Noel Coward Noel Coward John Mills Bernard Miles Celia Johnson Kay Walsh Joyce Carey Michael Wilding James Donald Richard Attenborough
captain military officer sailor wife mother heartwarming patriotic ship military base london egypt world war ii quest escape 1930s
This "story of a ship", the British destroyer H.M.S. Torrin, is told in flashbacks by survivors as they cling to a life raft.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1953
94 Minutes
Joe Brooks
Clark Gable Gene Tierney Bernard Miles Richard Haydn Kenneth More Belita Theodore Bikel
An American reporter stationed in post-war Moscow marries a ballet dancer, but their relationship is threatened by the country's political volatility.
Drama
1948
97 Minutes
Mr. Read
Richard Attenborough Sheila Sim Bernard Miles Robert Flemyng Cecil Trouncer Edith Sharpe
teen boy schoolmaster schoolteacher father student poor boy brooding uplifting moving england school classroom student-teacher relationship class distinctions bullying mentorship school coming of age growing up underdog
An experiment sets the son (Richard Attenborough) of a British shopkeeper (Bernard Miles) in an exclusive boys school.
Drama
1947
116 Minutes
Tom Hannaway
Michael Redgrave Rosamund John Bernard Miles Anthony Wager Brian Weske Hugh Burden Jean Shepherd Guy Verney Percy Walsh Carla Lehman Seymour Hicks
british man politician liberal conservative english gentleman engaging patriotic tense united kingdom london england great britain politics power rise to power british life political campaign rise transformation 1940s
A British politician (Michael Redgrave) changes from rabble-rouser of the working class to stodgy Member of Parliament.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1956
120 Minutes
Edward Drayton
James Stewart Doris Day Brenda De Banzie Bernard Miles Ralph Truman Daniel Gélin Mogens Wieth Alan Mowbray Hillary Brooke Chris Olsen Reggie Nalder
kidnapper mother father son spy tense gripping melodramatic africa morocco london opera house murder espionage kidnapping family rescue pursuit adventure 1950s
A tale of innocent American tourists in Morocco whose son's kidnapping sets off a twisting plot of international intrigue.
War
UK
1942
106 Minutes
Geoff Hickman
Godfrey Tearle Emeric Pressburger Eric Portman Hugh Williams Bernard Miles Hugh Burden Emrys Jones Googie Withers Pamela Brown
pilot co-pilot gunner schoolteacher resistance fighter nazi patriotic thrilling holland countryside farm small town school resistance world war ii nazi occupation air raids plane crash escape 1940s
During a raid on Germany a British bomber crew is forced to bail out after their plane is damaged. They land in Holland and are aided by Dutch civilians.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1959
92 Minutes
Ted Harris
Nigel Patrick Yvonne Mitchell Michael Craig Paul Massie Bernard Miles Earl Cameron Rupert Davies Yvonne Buckingham
pregnant woman fiancé brother police detective police officer cool engaging nightclub london police station apartment murder racism investigation jazz mystery quest 1950s
The murder of a young woman in London exposes deep racial tensions and prejudices inherent in the area.
Biography
USA
1951
103 Minutes
Cousin Alfred
Robert Donat Maria Schell Margaret Johnston Janette Scott Bernard Miles Frederick Valk John Howard Davies Eric Portman Richard Attenborough
inventor photographer family wife somber solemn moving england inventions movie camera family dysfunction quest fall love victorian era
Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Comedy
UK
1963
105 Minutes
Simpson
Peter Sellers Roy Boulting Cecil Parker Isabel Jeans Eric Sykes Bernard Miles Ian Carmichael Irene Handl Brock Peters William Hartnell Roy Kinnear
reverend parishioner churchwarden christian homeless person widow amusing cheeky offbeat engaging england village christianity class distinctions morality socialism rivalry wretched excess 1960s
A minister is accidentally appointed to a snobbish parish.
Comedy
1957
80 Minutes
Old Tom, Bijou Janitor
Bill Travers Virginia McKenna Peter Sellers Margaret Rutherford Bernard Miles Leslie Phillips Francis De Wolff
husband wife owner cashier projectionist usher charming lighthearted winsome amusing england small town movie theater movies small-town life competition small business rivalry rescue 1950s
British newlyweds (Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna) inherit a shabby movie house and its eccentric staff of three.
Drama
UK
1947
108 Minutes
Newman Noggs
Derek Bond Cedric Hardwicke Sybil Thorndike Alfred Drayton Cyril Fletcher Bernard Miles Sally Ann Howes Mary Merrall Vera Pearce Cathleen Nesbitt Athene Seyler
young man sister uncle headmaster love interest charming england london school reunion separation family honor class distinctions poverty adventure growing up underdog love victorian era
A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1958
95 Minutes
Mr. Jerome
Jack Hawkins Arlene Dahl Dennis Price Violet Farebrother Ian Hunter Christopher Lee Bernard Miles Greta Gynt
insurance investigator old flame blackmailer suspenseful passionate uneasy manor fire love mystery love 1950s
An insurance investigator runs into an ex-girlfriend, who is still as beautiful as he remembered her, but is now married. He soon finds himself involved in arson, blackmail, and murder.
Kids & Family, Fantasy
UK|USA
1958
92 Minutes
Jonathan
Russ Tamblyn Alan Young Terry-Thomas Peter Sellers Jessie Matthews June Thorburn Bernard Miles Ian Wallace Peter Butterworth Peter Bull
tiny person adoptive mother fairy shoemaker thief playful lighthearted village fair forest swamp adoption magic theft underdog adventure unknown era
A boy, no bigger than a thumb, manages to outwit two thieves determined to make a fortune from him.
Romance
UK
1935
63 Minutes
Allan
Judy Gunn Louis Hayward David Hutcheson Googie Withers Morris Harvey Aubrey Dexter Eve Turner Bernard Miles Jack Knight Gilbert Davies
Mary Lee is the new head of a Chemistry Laboratory. Thompson and his work-mates are resentful of her appointment and try to make her fall in love with John in the hope that this will make ... See full summary »
Biography
UK
1942
117 Minutes
Lady Houston's Agent
Leslie Howard David Niven Rosamund John Roland Culver Anne Firth David Horne J.H. Roberts Derrick de Marney Bernard Miles Patricia Medina George Skillan
inventor pilot wife daughter nurse military officer inspiring melodramatic germany england airplane engineering aviation nazism world war ii terminal illness discovery quest sacrifice 1940s
Aircraft designer/patriot R. J. Mitchell, alarmed at growing German militarism, works to perfect a defense against the German Messerschmidt at the cost of his health.
UK
1940
95 Minutes
Wilfrid Lawson Nova Pilbeam Seymour Hicks Marius Goring Brian Worth Percy Walsh Lina Barrie Eliot Makeham Peter Cotes Edmund Willard Bernard Miles
This film is based on the true story of Pastor Martin Neimuller, who was sent to Dachau concentration camp for criticising the Nazi party. The small German village of Altdorf in the 1930's ... 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 »