List of the best Desmond Roberts movies: The Haunted Strangler(1958), Christopher Strong(1933), But the Flesh Is Weak(1932), Blind Adventure(1933), Under the Red Robe(1937), Cavalcade(1933) ... ...
Horror
UK
1958
81 Minutes
Dr. Johnson
Boris Karloff Anthony Dawson Elizabeth Allan Jean Kent Vera Day Tim Turner Diane Aubrey Dorothy Gordon Desmond Roberts Peggy Ann Clifford
A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.
Comedy
USA
1933
77 Minutes
Bryce Mercer
Katharine Hepburn Colin Clive Billie Burke Helen Chandler Ralph Forbes Jack LaRue Irene Browne Gwendolyn Logan Desmond Roberts Agostino Borgato Margaret Lindsay
pilot married man wife daughter aunt parliament member emotional sad spectacular cannes, france new york city san francisco airplane party affair marriage pregnancy flying contest romance
A famous female flier and a member of Parliament drift into a potentially disastrous affair.
Comedy, Drama
1932
77 Minutes
Findley
Robert Montgomery C. Aubrey Smith Nora Gregor Heather Thatcher Edward Everett Horton Nils Asther Frederick Kerr Eva Moore Forrester Harvey Desmond Roberts
A poor-but-charming father (C. Aubrey Smith) and son (Robert Montgomery) try to enter high society by marrying rich English widows.
Crime, Drama
USA
1933
65 Minutes
Robert Armstrong Helen Mack Roland Young Ralph Bellamy John Miljan Laura Hope Crews Henry Stephenson Phyllis Barry John Warburton Marjorie Gateson Beryl Mercer
An American in London stumbles on a criminal ring.
Adventure
UK|USA
1937
82 Minutes
Annabella Conrad Veidt Raymond Massey Romney Brent Sophie Stewart F. Wyndham Goldie Lawrence Grant Baliol Holloway Haddon Mason J. Fisher White Ben Soutten
cardinal swordsman duke duchess pickpocket rebel wild amusing spectacular france royal court castle prison political intrigue espionage loyalty dueling rebellion forbidden love pursuit
Cardinal Richelieu spares the life of a convicted duelist (Veidt) provided he will capture the leader of the Huguenots.
Drama
USA
1933
109 Minutes
Diana Wynyard Clive Brook Una O'Connor Herbert Mundin Beryl Mercer Irene Browne Tempe Pigott Merle Tottenham Frank Lawton Ursula Jeans Margaret Lindsay
child soldier mother father servant touching inspiring heartwarming london ocean liner nightclub aging alcoholism class distinctions family world war i growing up transformation 1930s
A portrayal of the triumphs and tragedies of two English families, the upper-crust Marryots and the working-class Bridgeses, from 1899 to 1933.