List of the best J.H. Roberts movies: Charley's Big-Hearted Aunt(1939), The Divorce of Lady X(1938), Spitfire(1942), Juggernaut(1937), Young and Innocent(1937), Courageous Mr. Penn(1941), Quartet(1948) ... ...
Romance
UK
1939
72 Minutes
Dean of Bowgate
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.
Comedy
UK
1938
91 Minutes
Slade
Merle Oberon Laurence Olivier Ralph Richardson Binnie Barnes Morton Selten J.H. Roberts Gertrude Musgrove Gus McNaughton Eileen Peele Hugh McDermott H.B. Hallam
lawyer guest lord judge wife cheeky charming hilarious london hotel office divorce impersonation stranded nobility romance infidelity forbidden love temptation discovery
Divorce lawyer Everard Logan thinks the woman who spent the night in his hotel room is the erring wife of his new client.
Biography
UK
1942
117 Minutes
Sir Robert McLean
Leslie Howard David Niven Rosamund John Roland Culver Anne Firth David Horne J.H. Roberts Derrick de Marney Bernard Miles Patricia Medina George Skillan
inventor pilot wife daughter nurse military officer inspiring melodramatic germany england airplane engineering aviation nazism world war ii terminal illness discovery quest sacrifice 1940s
Aircraft designer/patriot R. J. Mitchell, alarmed at growing German militarism, works to perfect a defense against the German Messerschmidt at the cost of his health.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1937
74 Minutes
Chalmers
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.
Mystery & Thriller
1937
80 Minutes
Derrick de Marney Nova Pilbeam Percy Marmont Edward Rigby Mary Clare John Longden George Curzon Basil Radford Pamela Carme George Merritt J.H. Roberts
actress police chief man suspect aunt murderer tense crafty thrilling england police station on the run hotel mystery mistaken identity framed for murder escape discovery quest 1930s
A Cornish constable's (Percy Marmont) teenage daughter (Nova Pilbeam) helps a man (Derrick de Marney) accused of strangling an actress.
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."
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 »