List of the best Felix Aylmer movies: Mr. Emmanuel(1945), The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp(1954), Eye Witness(1950), Never Take Candy From a Stranger(1960), Hostile Witness(1968), The Running Man(1963), The Chalk Garden(1964), The Ghost of St. Michael's(1941), The Paris Express(1952), Knights of the Round Table(1953), A Man About the House(1947), Spellbound(1941) ... ...
Drama
UK
1945
97 Minutes
Mr. Emmanuel
jew old man refugee mother police officer nazi bleak disturbing somber melodramatic england germany city nazism separation anti-semitism torture journey reunion rescue
An elderly Jew travels from Britain to pre-war Nazi Germany to find out what's really going on.
Fantasy
1954
76 Minutes
Joshua Webman
angel pawnbroker good samaritan local sergeant young woman dreamy engaging inspiring winsome spirited incredible london angels mission good deeds working class romance fantasy discovery
An angel (Diane Cilento) comes to Earth on a goodwill mission and befriends an elderly London pawnbroker (Felix Aylmer).
Crime, Drama
UK
1950
104 Minutes
The British Judge
Robert Montgomery Felix Aylmer Leslie Banks Patricia Wayne Andrew Cruickshank Harcourt Williams Jenny Laird Michael Ripper Ann Stephens Wylie Watson James Hayter
lawyer defendant witness friend suspenseful engaging new york city england courtroom crime friendship murder mystery pursuit 1950s
In 1949, when his former British war buddy is charged with murder, American lawyer Adam Hayward goes to England to see if he can help.
Drama
UK
1960
81 Minutes
Clarence Olderberry Sr.
Gwen Watford Patrick Allen Felix Aylmer Alison Leggatt Bill Nagy Michael Gwynn Janina Faye Estelle Brody Robert Arden Vera Cook Gaylord Cavallaro
Peter Carter meets official resistance when he finds his 9 year old daughter has been the victim of the pedophile patriarch of the town's most powerful family.
Drama
1968
101 Minutes
Justice Osborne
lawyer daughter judge neighbor intense emotional england courtroom household trial murder obsession grief investigation false accusations mystery discovery 1960s
A shaken barrister (Ray Milland) stands trial for supposedly avenging his daughter's hit-and-run death.
Drama
UK
1963
103 Minutes
Parson
Laurence Harvey Lee Remick Alan Bates Felix Aylmer Eleanor Summerfield Allan Cuthbertson Harold Goldblatt Noel Purcell Ramsay Ames Fernando Rey Juan José Menéndez
pilot wife insurance investigator thrilling suspenseful england malaga, spain gibraltar insurance fraud plane crash chase schemes new identity escape wretched excess 1960s
An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death, but is soon pursued by an insurance investigator.
Drama
UK|USA
1964
106 Minutes
Judge McWhirrey
Deborah Kerr Hayley Mills John Mills Edith Evans Felix Aylmer Elizabeth Sellars Lally Bowers Tonie MacMillan
wealthy woman ex-convict governess granddaughter butler judge disturbing emotional engaging family home england secret past troubled youth gardening gossip second chance discovery rivalry transformation 1960s
An elderly woman hires a governess with a mysterious past to look after her disturbed and spoiled teenage granddaughter, who eventually understands the meaning of self-sacrifice, as an example of love, and grows into a better person.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1941
82 Minutes
Dr. Winter
Will Hay Claude Hulbert Charles Hawtrey Raymond Huntley Felix Aylmer Elliott Mason John Laurie Hay Petrie Roddy Hughes Manning Whiley Derek Blomfield
science teacher headmaster schoolboy undercover agent sergeant ghost creepy amusing witty madcap thrilling engaging scotland school ancient curse school nazis murder survival suspicion
A hapless teacher named Will Lamb is hired by a grim school in Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost, whose spectral bagpipes signal the death of one of the ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1952
80 Minutes
Mr. Merkemans
Claude Rains Märta Torén Marius Goring Michael Nightingale Felix Aylmer Herbert Lom Gibb McLaughlin Lucie Mannheim Joan St. Clair Robin Alalouf Ferdinand Mayne
A Dutch company's owner bankrupts his own company, burns the incriminating ledgers and plans to run to Paris with the company payroll but he is caught in the act by his accountant who challenges his actions, leading to a reversal of roles.
Adventure
USA
1953
115 Minutes
Merlin
Robert Taylor Ava Gardner Mel Ferrer Stanley Baker Felix Aylmer Anne Crawford Maureen Swanson Gabriel Woolf
king arthur lancelot guinevere nemesis knight gripping engaging camelot england kingdom countryside love triangle battle government loyalty love fall sacrifice 6th century
King Arthur's rule is threatened by the adulterous love between Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere, a relationship the king's enemies hope to exploit.
Drama
UK|Italy
1947
99 Minutes
Richard Sanctuary
Margaret Johnston Dulcie Gray Kieron Moore Guy Middleton Felix Aylmer Lilian Braithwaite Jone Salinas Marisa Finiani
spinster british woman sister husband italian doctor bleak disturbing gripping intense italy coast house cliff villa strange behavior marriage illness plot rightful ownership
Agnes and Ellen Isit, two poor English sisters, unexpectedly inherit from their uncle a rich estate near Naples, complete with big villa and manly Italian majordomo. The latter, Salvatore, ... See full summary »
Drama
1941
75 Minutes
Mr. Morton
Derek Farr Vera Lindsay Frederick Leister Hay Petrie Felix Aylmer Diana King W.G. Fay Winifred Davis Enid Hewitt Gibb McLaughlin Cameron Hall
Horror
1960
95 Minutes
Dr. Francis Cochrane
Mel Ferrer Lucile Saint-Simon Christopher Lee Dany Carrel Felix Aylmer Basil Sydney Donald Wolfit Donald Pleasence
A pianist (Mel Ferrer) thinks surgery his fiancee (Lucile Saint-Simon) arranged has left him with the hands of an executed strangler.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1947
86 Minutes
Dr. Martin
John Mills Joan Greenwood Edward Chapman Joyce Carey Kay Walsh Felix Aylmer Juliet Mills
scientist doctor girlfriend boss boarder landlady dark gritty uneasy england bus hospital boardinghouse park memory murder investigation mental illness romance mystery
When the murder of a young woman happens, her next-door neighbor is under suspicion due to his previous stay in a mental hospital.
Drama
USA
1956
105 Minutes
Chamberlain
Ingrid Bergman Yul Brynner Helen Hayes Akim Tamiroff Martita Hunt Felix Aylmer Sacha Pitoeff Ivan Desny Natalie Schafer
refugee military officer prince empress czar nicholas ii emotional melodramatic royal court paris copenhagen, denmark royalty amnesia fortune missing persons quest rise 1920s
An opportunistic businessman tries to pass off a mysterious impostor as the Grand Duchess Anastasia, and she is so convincing that even the biggest skeptics believe her.
Adventure
East Germany
1953
89 Minutes
Lord Durrisdeer
Errol Flynn Roger Livesey Anthony Steel Beatrice Campbell Yvonne Furneaux Felix Aylmer Mervyn Johns Charles Goldner Ralph Truman
For the corpulent nobleman, Sir John Falstaff, the inn in the small English town of Windsor is the best of all places. Here he can indulge in excessive dining and intemperate drinking, as ... See full summary »
Drama, History
USA|UK
1957
110 Minutes
Inquisitor
Jean Seberg Richard Widmark Richard Todd Anton Walbrook John Gielgud Felix Aylmer Archie Duncan Harry Andrews
In 1456, French King Charles VII recalls the story of how he met the seventeen-year-old peasant girl Joan of Arc, entrusted her with the command of the French Army, and ultimately burned her at the stake as a heretic.
Romance
UK
1939
72 Minutes
The Proctor
Arthur Askey Richard Murdoch Graham Moffatt Moore Marriott J.H. Roberts Felix Aylmer Wally Patch Phyllis Calvert Jeanne de Casalis Elliott Mason Donald Calthrop
Taking inspiration from a well-known Victorian play, a modern-day prankster poses as a wealthy woman in a ploy to prevent him and his friends from being expelled from college.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1933
68 Minutes
Coroner
Henry Kendall Ida Lupino John Mills Victor Stanley George Merritt Felix Aylmer
chemist amateur sleuth young woman detective coroner maid suspenseful chilling gripping engaging tense melodramatic england seaside murder investigation amateur detectives photograph search jewelry theft missing persons
As part of Rainey's circus, Dad Denton returns to the town where he is supposedly wanted for murder. When his old enemy McDonald spots him with out his clown makeup, he sets his men up to ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1937
94 Minutes
Sir Robert Blaker
Elisabeth Bergner Raymond Massey Romney Brent Joyce Bland Charles Carson Felix Aylmer
Tragic story of the wife of a violin player in a famous orchestra, who falls in love with her husband's friend, and finally drowns herself.
Drama
1938
92 Minutes
Lord Palmerston
Anna Neagle Anton Walbrook C. Aubrey Smith Walter Rilla Charles Carson Felix Aylmer Lewis Casson Pamela Standish Gordon McLeod Henry Hallett F. Wyndham Goldie
Scenes from the reign of Queen Victoria (Anna Neagle) focus on her life with her husband, Prince Albert (Anton Walbrook).
Romance
1943
115 Minutes
Mr. Runalow
Laurence Olivier Penelope Dudley Ward Marjorie Fielding Margaret Rutherford Felix Aylmer Edie Martin Joyce Grenfell Jack Watling Miles Malleson John Laurie Wilfrid Hyde-White
russian landlady englishman scientist inventor communist cheeky winsome england apartment building russia cross-cultural romance culture clash inventions immigration allied forces world war ii love rivalry discovery
The Russian inventor (Laurence Olivier) of a new marine propeller falls in love with a woman (Penelope Ward) in 1939 London.
Mystery & Thriller
1940
75 Minutes
Dr. Amersham
Marius Goring Helen Haye Penelope Dudley Ward Patrick Barr John Warwick Felix Aylmer Ronald Shiner George Merritt Roy Emerton
young man cousin architect murderer murder suspect intense shocking suspenseful thrilling profound family home great britain murder arranged marriage investigation adventure discovery rescue escape love
A woman (Helen Haye) tries to protect her family's name when one relative (Marius Goring) becomes a murderer.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1940
93 Minutes
Dr. John Fredericks
Margaret Lockwood Rex Harrison Paul Henreid Basil Radford Naunton Wayne James Harcourt Felix Aylmer F. Wyndham Goldie Roland Culver Eliot Makeham Raymond Huntley
scientist daughter undercover agent czech nazi thrilling cheeky gutsy train concentration camp naval base germany prague england world war ii espionage scientific experiments nazism technology journey
After Germany invades Czechoslovakia, the German and the British intelligence services try to capture Czech scientist Dr. Axel Bomasch (James Harcourt), inventor of a new type of armor-plating.
Adventure
USA
1949
107 Minutes
Count Marc Antonio Verano
Tyrone Power Orson Welles Wanda Hendrix Marina Berti Everett Sloane Katina Paxinou Felix Aylmer Leslie Bradley
ambassador nobleman count wife sister thrilling italy provincial town venice, italy power struggle corruption revolution torture love metamorphosis rescue rise renaissance
An unscrupulous agent for the Borgias suffers a change of heart when asked to betray a noble count and his much younger, very beautiful wife.
Drama
UK
1945
137 Minutes
Archbishop of Canterbury
Laurence Olivier Robert Newton Renee Asherson Leslie Banks Esmond Knight Leo Genn Felix Aylmer Ralph Truman Harcourt Williams Ivy St. Helier Ernest Thesiger
soldier king leader military officer queen creative intense england france war marriage military royalty empowerment fall rise rivalry 16th century
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
Adventure
UK
1946
104 Minutes
Hogarth
Margaret Lockwood James Mason Patricia Roc Griffith Jones Enid Stamp-Taylor Michael Rennie Felix Aylmer David Horne Martita Hunt Amy Dalby Beatrice Varley
noblewoman captain friend magistrate sister-in-law stranger brash striking unrestrained melodramatic england estate secret life crime spree femme fatales bad behavior class distinctions marriage wretched excess temptation
A noblewoman begins to lead a dangerous double life in order to alleviate her boredom.
Comedy
USA
1942
85 Minutes
Anne Crawford Donald Stewart Renee Houston Oliver Wakefield Charles Heslop William Hartnell Felix Aylmer Charles Victor Joss Ambler Paul Sheridan
The ignored wife of an industrialist hatches a plot to make him pay more attention to her.
Comedy
UK
1954
89 Minutes
Winant
David Niven Peggy Cummins Anne Vernon Herbert Lom Charles Victor Gordon Jackson Felix Aylmer Hugh McDermott Stanley Maxted June Clyde John Chandos
movie star actor love interest lover beautiful woman amusing hilarious cheeky lighthearted playful great britain hollywood italy attraction relationships comedy romance fun adventure discovery
An American WWII veteran goes back to England after the war only to discover that his wartime sweetheart has got mixed up with a dangerous spy ring.
Drama
1949
112 Minutes
Mr. Hanray
Spencer Tracy Deborah Kerr Ian Hunter Leueen MacGrath James Donald Mervyn Johns Felix Aylmer Walter Fitzgerald Tilsa Page Ernest Jay Colin Gordon
father mother son lover doctor dark melodramatic disturbing london family father/son relationship alcoholism self-destruction fall wretched excess forbidden love 1930s
A businessman's desire to protect his corrupt son's fortune leads to tragedy in this adaptation of the British play.
Drama
USA
1958
99 Minutes
Mr. Fowler
David Niven Burt Lancaster Deborah Kerr Rita Hayworth Wendy Hiller Gladys Cooper Cathleen Nesbitt Felix Aylmer Rod Taylor Audrey Dalton May Hallatt
manager retiree major general ex-wife ex-husband daughter tender endearing intricate melodramatic england seaside hotel secret vacation loneliness love relationships discovery love
The stories of several people are told as they stay at a seaside hotel in Bournemouth which features dining at "Separate Tables."
Adventure
UK|USA
1952
106 Minutes
Isaac
Robert Taylor Elizabeth Taylor Joan Fontaine George Sanders Emlyn Williams Robert Douglas Finlay Currie Felix Aylmer Francis De Wolff Guy Rolfe Norman Wooland
knight king prince pretty woman robin hood engaging spirited england castle wilderness forest rescue romance competition kidnapping adventure rivalry rescue love 12th century
A knight seeks to free the captive King Richard (Norman Wooland) and put him back on the throne.
Musical, Comedy
UK
1962
91 Minutes
Grand Lama
Bing Crosby Bob Hope Joan Collins Dorothy Lamour Robert Morley Walter Gotell Peter Sellers Felix Aylmer
con artist partner spy agent scientist madcap campy hilarious outlandish tibet underwater headquarters rocket outer space travel memory formula espionage space travel survival
Mistaken identity and the acquisition of a rare Tibetan herb put two buffoonish con men on the wrong side of a secret organization geared toward world domination.
Drama, History
UK
1934
88 Minutes
Lord Uxbridge
George Arliss Gladys Cooper Emlyn Williams Ellaline Terriss A.E. Matthews Alan Aynesworth Lesley Wareing Felix Aylmer Norma Varden
duke king inspiring fascinating england france belgium battlefield battle ambition courage heroism arthur wellesley, duke of wellington war quest rivalry rise 19th century
Chronicling the life of Arthur Wellesley the first duke of Wellington, who faced down Napoleon's armies at Waterloo, and served as prime minister.
Musical, Comedy
UK
1941
81 Minutes
Arthur Askey Richard Murdoch Lily Morris Moore Marriott Graham Moffatt Peter Gawthorne Kathleen Harrison Felix Aylmer
entertainer agent cook socialite patron singer amusing madcap melodramatic london office air-raid shelter music hall estate underground theater production class distinctions world war ii assumed identity fundraising
Struggling entertainers who are trying to put on a show pose as servants to wealthy woman in hopes of raising the money.
Comedy
UK
1936
96 Minutes
Duke Frederick
Elisabeth Bergner Laurence Olivier Sophie Stewart Henry Ainley Richard Ainley Leon Quartermaine Mackenzie Ward Felix Aylmer Aubrey Mather Austin Trevor
A Duke usurps his brother's land and power, banishing him and his entourage into the forest of Arden. The banished Duke's daughter, Rosalind, remains with her cousin Celia. She has fallen ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
UK
1935
66 Minutes
Lord Yarleigh
Michael Hogan Dorothy Boyd Richard Cooper Jane Carr Geraldine Fitzgerald Michael Shepley Sebastian Shaw Felix Aylmer
The wife of a candidate for Parliament is having an affair with the brother of her husband's rival. The rival candidate, Trent, is running for election on a promise of building a railway ... See full summary »
War
1945
109 Minutes
Rev. Charles Moss
John Mills Michael Redgrave Rosamund John Douglass Montgomery Renee Asherson Stanley Holloway Basil Radford Felix Aylmer
pilot wife friend american officer airman confident emotional solemn england air force base village hotel household airplane hangar world war ii air force home front death family
Drama
UK
1937
83 Minutes
Sir Eustace Cunninghame
Clive Brook Ann Todd Margueretta Scott Arthur Margetson Ronald Squire Athole Stewart Percy Marmont Francis L. Sullivan Felix Aylmer Googie Withers
A bankrupt officer, accused of cheating at cards, defends his honour with a writ.
Drama
USA
1960
144 Minutes
James Duncan MacHardie
Paul Newman Joanne Woodward Myrna Loy Ina Balin Leon Ames Elizabeth Allen Barbara Eden George Grizzard Patrick O'Neal Felix Aylmer Raymond Greenleaf
careerist socialite sweetheart financier magnate business partner melodramatic passionate fiery gripping new york city pennsylvania mansion bedroom park social climbing adultery scandal career vs. love ethics
An ambitious young executive chooses a loveless marriage and an unfulfilling personal life in exchange for a successful Wall Street career.
Drama, History
USA
1960
207 Minutes
Dr. Lieberman
Paul Newman Eva Marie Saint Ralph Richardson Peter Lawford Lee J. Cobb Sal Mineo John Derek Hugh Griffith Gregory Ratoff Felix Aylmer David Opatoshu
soldier nurse refugee young girl emotional gripping passionate israel ship cyprus palestine war holocaust journey redemption quest escape rescue 1940s
The state of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors.
Drama
1936
85 Minutes
Police Commissioner
Ronald Squire Jane Baxter Arthur Macrae Anthony Bushell Athole Stewart Katie Johnson Margaret Rutherford Davina Craig Austin Trevor Felix Aylmer
ex-convict nephew criminal counterfeiter detective intense suspenseful thrilling touching gory switzerland scotland yard london prison family past crimes forgery crime ring investigation rescue
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1940
80 Minutes
Gordon Harker Elizabeth Allan Mervyn Johns Joyce Barbour Anna Konstam Cyril Raymond Judy Campbell Al Millen Norman Pierce Alec Clunes Mavis Villiers
landlord customer local barmaid bookie bleak brooding disturbing engaging gritty rousing pub england murder suspicion hanging justice execution mystery underdog
Against a background of Christmas and the pending arrival of another baby for the landlord, a group of pub locals lead by bookie Joe Harris set out to prove that former customer Eddie ... See full summary »
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.
Drama
UK
1938
112 Minutes
Robert Donat Rosalind Russell Rex Harrison Ralph Richardson Emlyn Williams Penelope Dudley Ward Francis L. Sullivan Mary Clare Cecil Parker Nora Swinburne Edward Chapman
doctor wife miner gutsy engaging inspiring moving wales london mining town hypocrisy tuberculosis medicine aspirations wretched excess underdog 1930s
Andrew Manson (Robert Donat), a young, enthusiastic doctor takes his first job in a Welsh mining town, and begins to wonder at the persistent cough many of the miners have. When his ... See full summary »
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1965
102 Minutes
Cliff Robertson Jack Hawkins Marisa Mell Michel Piccoli Bill Fraser Christopher Witty Tutte Lemkow Keith Pyott Jose Burgos Charles Gray John Le Mesurier
colonel american prince woman accomplice amusing madcap spirited canyon spain duplicity oil kidnapping political intrigue negotiation temptation adventure rescue escape 1960s
The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.
Drama
1937
94 Minutes
Geraldine Fitzgerald Frank Lawton Victoria Hopper Fay Compton James Mason Griffith Jones Sam Livesey Pauline de Chalus Mary Clare Athene Seyler Martita Hunt
owner solicitor daughter son mother melodramatic emotional tense england household river feud family scandal romance flooding forbidden love rivalry 19th century
A lawyer's crippled son (Frank Lawton) loves the daughter (Geraldine Fitzgerald) of a millowner ruined by his father in 19th-century England.
Drama
UK
1948
120 Minutes
Harold French Ralph Smart Dirk Bogarde Francoise Rosay Mervyn Johns Ian Fleming James Robertson Justice Mai Zetterling Bernard Lee Cecil Parker
tennis player father pianist colonel mistress poet amusing lighthearted charming england paris monte carlo, monaco hobby tennis poetry piano sacrifice transformation adventure 1940s
Four of W. Somerset Maugham's short stories are brought to the screen with each introduced by the author. In the first story, "The Facts of Life", a young man with great potential on the ... See full summary »
Drama, History
UK
1946
135 Minutes
Vivien Leigh Claude Rains Stewart Granger Flora Robson Francis L. Sullivan Basil Sydney Cecil Parker Raymond Lovell Anthony Eustrel Ernest Thesiger Anthony Harvey
julius caesar cleopatra ptolemy military officer engaging calm alexandria, egypt royal palace political intrigue family imperialism growing up transformation ancient egypt
At the height of the Roman Civil War, a young Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh) meets a middle-aged Julius Caesar (Claude Rains), who teaches her how to rule Egypt.