List of the best Edward Rigby movies: Let the People Sing(1942), There Ain't No Justice(1939), Young and Innocent(1937), The Happiest Days of Your Life(1950), The Proud Valley(1940), Lorna Doone(1935), They Met in the Dark(1943), The Stars Look Down(1939), Quiet Weekend(1946), When Thief Meets Thief(1937), A Yank at Oxford(1938), Vacation From Marriage(1945) ... ...
Comedy
UK
1942
105 Minutes
Timmy Tiverton
Alastair Sim Fred Emney Edward Rigby Oliver Wakefield Patricia Roc Annie Esmond Marian Spencer Olive Sloane Maire O'Neill Gus McNaughton
A Czech political exile and a washed-up music hall comedian form an unlikely partnership to try and save a town's concert hall from the planners, businessmen, and bureaucrats.
Drama
UK
1939
83 Minutes
Pa Mutch
Michael Wilding Jill Furse Jimmy Hanley Edward Rigby Mary Clare Phyllis Stanley Edward Chapman Richard Ainley Gus McNaughton Michael Hogarth Richard Norris
A young boxer falls in with a crooked fight promoter.
Mystery & Thriller
1937
80 Minutes
Old Will the China Mender
Derrick de Marney Nova Pilbeam Percy Marmont Edward Rigby Mary Clare John Longden George Curzon Basil Radford Pamela Carme George Merritt J.H. Roberts
actress police chief man suspect aunt murderer tense crafty thrilling england police station on the run hotel mystery mistaken identity framed for murder escape discovery quest 1930s
A Cornish constable's (Percy Marmont) teenage daughter (Nova Pilbeam) helps a man (Derrick de Marney) accused of strangling an actress.
Comedy
UK
1950
81 Minutes
Rainbow
Alastair Sim Margaret Rutherford Joyce Grenfell Guy Middleton Edward Rigby Muriel Aked John Bentley Bernadette O'Farrell Richard Wattis Patricia Owens
headmaster headmistress athletic director porter student inspector witty frenetic england countryside school blitz of london mix-up secrets argument discipline world war ii underdog rise 1940s
Chaos ensues for staff and students alike when an all-boys and an all-girls school are amalgamated into one.
Drama
UK
1940
77 Minutes
Bert
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
1935
90 Minutes
Reuben `'Uncle Ben'` Huckaback
Victoria Hopper John Loder Margaret Lockwood Roy Emerson Edward Rigby Mary Clare Roger Livesey George Curzon D.A. Clarke-Smith Laurence Hanray Amy Veness
farmer mother sister love interest romantic rival lawyer gripping tense devonshire, england farm household countryside road family outlaws feud jealousy murder romance adventure
High drama, set in the English moorland of the 1600's. John Ridd wants revenge on the criminal Doone family, but falls in love with the daughter of the family, Lorna.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
1943
95 Minutes
Mansel
James Mason Joyce Howard Tom Walls Phyllis Stanley Edward Rigby Ronald Ward David Farrar Karel Stepanek Betty Warren Walter Crisham Patricia Medina
naval officer young woman agent nazi police officer engaging thrilling england cottage theater inn dance hall sabotage world war ii naval warfare deception espionage court-martial pursuit love
Nazi spies trick a British naval commander with information, he later learns, picked up at a nightclub/dancing school for sailors.
Drama
UK
1939
110 Minutes
Robert Fenwick
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 »
Comedy
UK
1946
90 Minutes
Sam Pecker
Derek Farr Frank Cellier Marjorie Fielding George Thorpe Barbara White Helen Shingler Edward Rigby Josephine Wilson Owen Whitby Ballard Berkeley Judith Furse
family friend socialite quirky amusing airy cheeky lighthearted spirited country house poaching romance vacation adventure 1940s
The ordinary and extraordinary adventures of a British family and their various guests during a weekend in their country cottage : the son and his socialite flirt hated by his adoring ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1937
85 Minutes
Sanders
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Valerie Hobson Alan Hale Jack Melford Anthony Ireland Barbara Everest Edward Rigby Esme Percy Basil Radford Leo Genn Ian Fleming
A London cat burglar (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) falls for the girlfriend (Valerie Hobson) of a stockbroker (Alan Hale) who used to be his partner.
Comedy
UK
1938
100 Minutes
Scatters
Robert Taylor Lionel Barrymore Maureen O'Sullivan Griffith Jones Vivien Leigh Edmund Gwenn C.V. France Edward Rigby Morton Selten Claude Gillingwater Tully Marshall
aristocrat student professor administrator amusing spirited oxford, england oxford university college honor romance sports culture clash growing up transformation rivalry love 1930s
A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1945
92 Minutes
Charlie
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
UK
1947
89 Minutes
Stuppeny
Googie Withers Charles Frend Jean Kent John McCallum Derek Bond Henry Mollison Chips Rafferty Sonia Holm Josephine Stuart Edward Rigby Frederick Piper
farmer young woman suitor love interest heir confident endearing engaging heartwarming inspiring powerful farm rural community united kingdom independence farming breaking rules love work life
On Romney Marsh at the turn of the century, a woman farmer has three suitors.
Drama
UK|USA
1951
99 Minutes
The Watchman
Irene Dunne Alec Guinness Andrew Ray Finlay Currie Beatrice Campbell Anthony Steel Raymond Lovell Marjorie Fielding Ronan O'Casey Edward Rigby
In 1875 London, young Wheeler (who lives by scavenging) finds a cameo of Queen Victoria, which he thinks so beautiful, he risks his life to save it. Possessed of a desire to see the Queen, ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
UK
1935
80 Minutes
Grandfather
George Formby Florence Desmond Howard Douglas Beatrix Fielden-Kaye Peter Gawthorne Alf Goddard Florence Gregson Jack Hobbs Eve Lister Edward Rigby Evelyn Roberts
George Shuttleworth is convinced that he has the talent to win the Isle of Man TT races, despite what his neighbours back home in Wigan may think. During the trials, the brakes go on ... See full summary »
Biography
UK
1941
79 Minutes
Clifford Evans Deborah Kerr Dennis Arundell Aubrey Mallalieu D.J. Williams O.B. Clarence James Harcourt Charles Carson Henry Oscar Max Adrian John Stuart
king charles ii admiral quaker wife military officer explorer somber spirited powerful london royal court pennsylvania countryside england united states william penn religious persecution colonization father/son relationship religious conversion
William Penn's heroic deeds, on the European and American continents, are told in this portrait of the founding father of both the Quakers and the Pennsylvania colony. Based on C.E. Vulliamy's biography "William Penn."
Biography
UK
1949
104 Minutes
Fredric March Florence Eldridge Francis L. Sullivan Kathleen Ryan Derek Bond Nora Swinburne Abraham Sofaer Linden Travers James Robertson Justice Dennis Vance Richard Nugent
explorer queen courtier priest sailor inspiring striking spain boat monastery west indies royal court beach discovery journey spanish inquisition christopher columbus gold mutiny quest
Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.