List of the best Frank Pettingell movies: The Goose Steps Out(1942), Gaslight(1940), Term of Trial(1962), Sing as We Go(1934), Trial and Error(1962), Sailing Along(1938), The Good Companions(1933), Ships With Wings(1941), The Promoter(1952), The Crimson Pirate(1952) ... ...
Comedy
UK
1942
79 Minutes
Will Hay Frank Pettingell Julien Mitchell Raymond Lovell Charles Hawtrey Barry Morse Peter Croft Anne Firth Aubrey Mallalieu Peter Ustinov
british man teacher spy nazi adolf hitler hitler youth suspenseful thrilling disturbing disheartening intense profound united kingdom nazi germany school spying nazis world war ii secret weapon adventure
A bumbling teacher turns out to be the double of a German general. He is flown into Germany to impersonate the general and cause chaos and hilarity in a Hitler Youth college.
Mystery & Thriller
1940
88 Minutes
B.G. Rough
Anton Walbrook Diana Wynyard Frank Pettingell Cathleen Cordell Robert Newton Jimmy Hanley
wife detective husband maid cook brooding crafty suspenseful mansion london street deception murder exploitation jewelry theft double life investigation discovery mystery 1930s
A schizoid Victorian (Anton Walbrook) tries to drive his wife (Diana Wynyard) mad; a Scotland Yard detective (Frank Pettingell) figures out why.
Drama
UK
1962
113 Minutes
Ferguson
Laurence Olivier Simone Signoret Sarah Miles Roland Culver Frank Pettingell Thora Hird Dudley Foster Norman Bird Newton Blick Allan Cuthbertson Nicholas Hannen
teacher wife student bleak somber school england household student-teacher relationship alcoholism guilt marital problems seduction revenge temptation 1960s
In Britain, a high-school girl becomes infatuated with her English teacher but, after he rejects her amorous advances, she goes to the police and accuses him of indecent assault.
Comedy
UK
1934
80 Minutes
Uncle Murgatroyd Platt
Gracie Fields John Loder Dorothy Hyson Stanley Holloway Frank Pettingell Lawrence Grossmith Morris Harvey Arthur Sinclair Maire O'Neil Ben Field Olive Sloane
When the textile mill closes, putting her out of work, Gracie finds herself experiencing all of the amusements of Blackpool.
Drama
UK
1962
88 Minutes
Tuppy Morgan
Peter Sellers Richard Attenborough Beryl Reid David Lodge Frank Pettingell Tristram Jellinek Audrey Nicholson Eric Woodburn John Waite Patrick Newell Henry Kay
An incompetent barrister is assigned to defend an accused wife murderer.
Musical, Romance
UK
1938
80 Minutes
Skipper Barnes
Jessie Matthews Roland Young Barry MacKay Jack Whiting Noel Madison Frank Pettingell Alastair Sim Athene Seyler Margaret Vyner William Dewhurst Peggy Novak
barge worker millionaire entertainer financier agent chorus girl charming melodramatic endearing london thames river barge tower bridge music hall nightclub ambition working class romance show business success
Kay, who works on a Thames River barge, and Steve are secretly in love with each other but do their best to hide it. Kay wants desperately to be a music-hall star and Steve wants to be a ... See full summary »
Musical, Romance, Comedy
UK
1933
95 Minutes
Sam Oglethorpe
Jessie Matthews Edmund Gwenn John Gielgud Mary Glynne Percy Parsons A.W. Baskcomb Florence Gregson Frank Pettingell
Musical taken from J.B. Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.
War
UK
1941
89 Minutes
Fields, Commandant Helsing
John Clements Leslie Banks Jane Baxter Ann Todd Basil Sydney Edward Chapman Hugh Williams Frank Pettingell Michael Wilding Michael Rennie Frank Cellier
pilot naval officer nazi british soldier brash tense gripping aircraft carrier airplane mediterranean sea ocean liner island world war ii navy battle redemption airplane crash adventure transformation rise
Lt. Dick Stacey is dismissed from the Fleet Air Arm for poor discipline. He joins the Aircraft Carrier "HMS Ark Royal" (The Ship with Wings). When they go into battle in the Mediterranean ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1952
89 Minutes
Police Superintendent
Alec Guinness Glynis Johns Valerie Hobson Petula Clark Edward Chapman Veronica Turleigh George Devine Joan Hickson Frank Pettingell Gibb McLaughlin
promoter mother countess dance instructor girl employer witty cheeky playful staffordshire, england school office dance hall car government building ambition class distinctions manipulation money schemes
In Edwardian Staffordshire, charming rogue Edward "Denry" Machin (Alec Guinness), the son of a washerwoman, believes he must give destiny a hand to rise in the world.
Adventure
USA|UK
1952
104 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Nick Cravat Eva Bartok Torin Thatcher Christopher Lee James Hayter Leslie Bradley Margot Grahame Noel Purcell Frederick Leister Eliot Makeham
pirate resistance leader daughter lieutenant crew member love interest airy lighthearted spirited caribbean island ship revolution piracy romance seafaring reward schemes discovery adventure
During the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda, and a beautiful courtesan named Consuelo.