List of the best Frederick Leister movies: Spellbound(1941), The Captive Heart(1946), Before I Wake(1955), The Prime Minister(1941), Goodbye, Mr. Chips(1939), Dinner at the Ritz(1937), The Crimson Pirate(1952), 60 Glorious Years(1938), The Naked Edge(1961), Dear Mr. Prohack(1949), Quartet(1948) ... ...
Drama
1941
75 Minutes
Mr. Vincent
Derek Farr Vera Lindsay Frederick Leister Hay Petrie Felix Aylmer Diana King W.G. Fay Winifred Davis Enid Hewitt Gibb McLaughlin Cameron Hall
Drama
UK
1946
108 Minutes
Mr. Mowbray
Michael Redgrave Rachel Kempson Jack Warner Frederick Leister Mervyn Johns Rachel Thomas Gladys Henson Gordon Jackson Elliott Mason Robert Wyndham Basil Radford
soldier prisoner of war czech wife impostor nazi gripping touching dark prison camp germany great britain assumed identity world war ii prisoners of war deception on the run marriage escape love
In 1940, a concentration-camp escapee assumes the identity of a dead British officer, only to become a prisoner of war.
Mystery & Thriller
1955
76 Minutes
Dr. Elder
Mona Freeman Jean Kent Maxwell Reed Hugh Miller Gretchen Franklin Frederick Leister Alexander Gauge Josephine Middleton Frank Forsyth Frank Atkinson Philip Ray Robert Sansom
No one believes a young woman's claims that her stepmother, a pillar of the community, is plotting her murder.
Drama
UK
1941
94 Minutes
Lord Melbourne
John Gielgud Diana Wynyard Fay Compton Will Fyffe Owen Nares Pamela Standish Stephen Murray Frederick Leister
A biopic of the legendary Benjamin Disraeli, his rise from a foppish young novelist to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and confidante of Queen Victoria.
Drama
UK
1939
114 Minutes
Marsham
Robert Donat Greer Garson Terry Kilburn John Mills Paul Henreid Judith Furse Lyn Harding Milton Rosmer Frederick Leister Louise Hampton Austin Trevor
teacher suffragette friend student heartwarming boarding school classroom england austria school love war transformation growing up 1930s
An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his personal life over the decades.
Crime, Drama
UK
1937
75 Minutes
Tarade
Annabella David Niven Paul Lukas Romney Brent Francis L. Sullivan Stewart Rome Nora Swinburne Tyrrell Davis Frederick Leister William Dewhurst Vivienne Chatterton
beautiful woman father fiancé police detective government agent jewelry dealer charming intricate paris ocean liner monte carlo, monaco yacht cannes, france london financial scheme murder investigation impersonation travel romance
The daughter of a murdered financier is working as a jewelry salesperson while she tracks those among her father's colleagues who plotted against him.
Adventure
USA|UK
1952
104 Minutes
Sebastian
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.
Drama
1938
92 Minutes
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).
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1961
99 Minutes
Gary Cooper Deborah Kerr Eric Portman Diane Cilento Hermione Gingold Peter Cushing Michael Wilding Ronald Howard Ray McAnally Sandor Eles Wilfrid Lawson
suspect employee business partner wife blackmailer husband engaging suspenseful office courtroom household blackmail murder case husband/wife relationship investigation false accusations quest mystery 1960s
Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the crime.
Romance
UK
1949
91 Minutes
Cecil Parker Glynis Johns Hermione Baddeley Dirk Bogarde Sheila Sim Heather Thatcher Frances Waring Charles Goldner Elwyn Brook-Jones Campbell Cotts Denholm Elliott
treasury agent civil servant amusing lighthearted engaging offbeat treasury department united kingdom inheritance money morality wretched excess 20th century
Arthur Prohack (Cecil Parker) is an official in the Treasury Department with a reputation for fiscal efficiency and running a tight ship. One day he finds out that a struggling businessman ... See full summary »
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 »