Hay Petrie Movies

List of the best Hay Petrie movies: Battle for Music(1945), The Old Curiosity Shop(1935), Contraband(1940), Spellbound(1941), The Great Mr. Handel(1942), A Canterbury Tale(1944), On Approval(1944), The Spy in Black(1939), The Ghost of St. Michael's(1941), Hard Steel(1942), The Ghost Goes West(1936), Cottage to Let(1941) ... ...

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Battle for Music

A docu-drama about the troubles of the London Philharmonic Orchestra during World War II.

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The Old Curiosity Shop

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.

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Contraband

A ship's captain gets caught up in a German spy ring when he follows two people who stole his shore passes.

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Spellbound

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The Great Mr. Handel

A lavish period drama produced in 1942 by Lord Rank's G.H.W. Productions Ltd.

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A Canterbury Tale

A U.S. soldier (John Sweet), a British sergeant and a London girl (Sheila Sim) see minor miracles and catch a prude (Eric Portman).

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On Approval

Two wealthy Victorian widows are courted tentatively by two impoverished British aristocrats. When one of the dowagers suggests that her beau go away with her for a month to see if they are compatible, the fireworks begin.

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The Spy in Black

A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.

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The Ghost of St. Michael's

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 »

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Hard Steel

A ruthless steelworks foreman alienates his workers and indirectly causes the death of one of his men.

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The Ghost Goes West

A haunted Scottish castle is dismantled and transported to Florida, bringing the family ghost along with it.

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Cottage to Let

A British agent (Alastair Sim) foils a Nazi plot to steal an inventor's (Leslie Banks) design for a bombsight.

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Freedom Radio

A German doctor (Clive Brook), disillusioned with Nazi propaganda and philosophies, creates a secret radio-feed condemning the movement.

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Wings and the Woman

The story of flyer Amy Johnson who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was ... See full summary »

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