List of the best Gibb McLaughlin movies: The Mistress of Atlantis(1932), The Old Curiosity Shop(1935), Where There's a Will(1936), Little Friend(1934), The Paris Express(1952), The Church Mouse(1934), Sea Wife(1957), Inspector Hornleigh(1939), Broken Blossoms(1936), Juggernaut(1937), Hey! Hey! USA(1938), Catherine the Great(1934) ... ...
Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
1932
81 Minutes
Count Velovsky
Brigitte Helm John Stuart Gustav Diessl Gibb McLaughlin Mathias Wieman Florelle Tela Tchaï Georges Tourreil
Two soldiers are on a search for the Atlantis in the Sahara; they are captured by raiders from the lost city and they are taken before its beautiful queen.
Drama
UK
1935
90 Minutes
Sampson Brass
Ben Webster Elaine Benson Hay Petrie Beatrix Thompson Gibb McLaughlin Lily Long Reginald Purdell
shop owner landlord granddaughter dwarf engaging spirited shop england debt gambling eviction pursuit pursuit 1930s
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
Comedy
1936
80 Minutes
Martin, the Butler
Will Hay Peggy Simpson John Turnbull Davina Craig Norma Varden Gibb McLaughlin Gina Malo Hartley Power H.F. Maltby Sybil Brooke Hal Walters
thief american solicitor police captain airy amusing suspenseful thrilling charming law office united kingdom theft criminals christmas investigation adventure discovery pursuit quest rise
Drama
UK
1934
85 Minutes
Thompson
Matheson Lang Lydia Sherwood Nova Pilbeam Arthur Margetson Jean Cadell Jimmy Hanley Gibb McLaughlin Diana Cotton
A girl becomes an unwilling witness in her parents' scandalous divorce case.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1952
80 Minutes
Julius de Koster, Sr
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.
Romance
UK
1934
76 Minutes
Thomas Stubbings
Laura La Plante Ian Hunter Edward Chapman Jane Carr Clifford Heatherley John Batten Gibb McLaughlin Monty Banks
When banker Jonathan Steele fires a flirtatious secretary, efficient unemployed Betty Miller gets a tip to get the job. In becoming indispensable she also falls in love with him, even if he... See full summary »
Romance
UK
1957
82 Minutes
Club Porter
Joan Collins Richard Burton Basil Sydney Cy Grant Ronald Squire Harold Goodwin Gibb McLaughlin Roddy Hughes Lloyd Lamble Ronald Adam Nicholas Hannen
nun officer seaman racist melodramatic emotional ship ocean island london hospital survival love bigotry cooperation love adventure escape rescue 1940s
In 1942, a cargo ship jammed with British evacuees from Singapore is sunk by a Japanese sub. A small lifeboat carries a beautiful woman, an army officer, a bigoted administrator, and a ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
UK
1939
76 Minutes
Alfred Cooper
Gordon Harker Alastair Sim Miki Hood Hugh Williams Wally Patch Steven Geray Edward Underdown Gibb McLaughlin Ronald Adam Eliot Makeham
inspector detective thief murderer sergeant government official witty suspenseful amusing england crime scene scam murder theft investigation stocks mystery pursuit 1930s
Inspector Hornleigh and his assistant Sergeant Bingham are called in to investigate a murder that involves the theft of government secrets.
Drama
UK
1936
70 Minutes
Evil Eye
Dolly Haas Emlyn Williams Arthur Margetson Ernest Sefton C.V. France Ernest Jay Bertha Belmore Gibb McLaughlin Donald Calthrop Kathleen Harrison Kenneth Villiers
missionary young girl abusive father buddhist boxer high priest tense suspenseful intense brooding engaging gritty london buddhism saving the day protecting girlfriend child abuse pre-war britain vengeance rescue
A Chinese missionary comes to England. He helps a young girl ill-treated by her father. A remake of D. W. Griffith's "Masterpiece".
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1937
74 Minutes
Jacques
Boris Karloff Joan Wyndham Mona Goya Arthur Margetson Anthony Ireland Morton Selten Nina Boucicault Gibb McLaughlin J.H. Roberts Victor Rietti
evil doctor lady husband son nurse captain tense suspenseful chilling dark melodramatic engaging england murder plot crime prevention greed double-cross wealth poison mystery
An evil doctor and the greedy wife of a rich man plot to poison him so they can get their hands on his money.
Comedy
UK
1938
92 Minutes
Will Hay Edgar Kennedy David Burns Edmon Ryan Fred Duprez Paddy Reynolds Tommy Bupp Arthur Goullet Gibb McLaughlin Eddie Pola
Dr Twist has to pose on a liner as a famous professor and is asked to tutor Bernie, the son of a millionaire. To avoid awkward US immigration questions, Twist enlists the help of a gangster... See full summary »
Drama, History
1934
94 Minutes
Bestujhev
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Elisabeth Bergner Flora Robson Gerald du Maurier Irene Vanbrugh Griffith Jones Joan Gardner Dorothy Hale Gibb McLaughlin Clifford Heatherley Lawrence Hanray
empress duke duchess princess emotional melodramatic russia st. petersburg, russia royal palace ambition royalty revolution marriage social change catherine the great rise transformation 18th century
Taken to Russia to marry Grand Duke Peter (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), German Princess Catherine (Elisabeth Bergner) kicks him out and becomes empress.
Comedy
UK
1952
89 Minutes
Emery
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.
Drama
1941
75 Minutes
Gibb
Derek Farr Vera Lindsay Frederick Leister Hay Petrie Felix Aylmer Diana King W.G. Fay Winifred Davis Enid Hewitt Gibb McLaughlin Cameron Hall
War
1941
83 Minutes
Dr. Weiner
Clive Brook Diana Wynyard Raymond Huntley Derek Farr Joyce Howard Howard Marion-Crawford John Penrose Morland Graham Ronald Squire Gibb McLaughlin Muriel George
nazi doctor radio host wife engineer resistance fighter tense inspiring suspenseful intense gripping engaging nazi germany berlin radio station resistance subterfuge radio propaganda world war ii
A German doctor (Clive Brook), disillusioned with Nazi propaganda and philosophies, creates a secret radio-feed condemning the movement.
Adventure
USA|UK
1950
120 Minutes
Tyrone Power Orson Welles Cecile Aubry Jack Hawkins Michael Rennie Finlay Currie Herbert Lom Mary Clare Robert Blake Alfonso Bedoya Gibb McLaughlin
nobleman best friend mysterious woman warlord enemy striking melodramatic england europe china countryside war father/son relationship illegitimate child crusade adventure escape 13th century
A disinherited 13th Century Saxon nobleman leaves Norman England with an archer friend to seek his fortune in the Far East.
Comedy
UK
1951
78 Minutes
Alec Guinness Stanley Holloway Sidney James Alfie Bass Marjorie Fielding John Gregson Edie Martin Clive Morton Ronald Adam Sydney Tafler Meredith Edwards
bank robbers police officer schoolgirl artist inspector petty criminal witty cheeky charming london paris bank robbery scams adventure pursuit underdog 1950s
A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers.
Comedy
UK
1939
91 Minutes
George Formby Joss Ambler Dirk Bogarde Davy Burnaby George Carney Syd Crossley Meriel Forbes Hal Gordon George "Gabby" Hayes James Hayter Patricia Kirkwood
George (George Formby) is an old stable hand and is the only one who can control a jittery racehorse.
Comedy
UK
1944
95 Minutes
Margaret Lockwood Vic Oliver Roland Culver Peter Graves Frank Cellier Eliot Makeham George Relph Max Bacon Alan Keith Jean Simmons Iris Lang
war hero hotel owner pilot outcast russian amusing offbeat playful madcap united kingdom hotel club london secret society work quest transformation underdog 20th century
In Britain after the end of WWII, it is a time of general euphoria at having won the war, with full employment and general happiness for all (or nearly all). Peter, the young wastrel son of... 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."