List of the best John Clements movies: The Four Feathers(1939), They Came to a City(1944), At Dawn We Die(1943), Ships With Wings(1941), Convoy(1940), The Silent Enemy(1958), Train of Events(1952), Oh! What a Lovely War(1969), South Riding(1938), Rembrandt(1936), Knight Without Armor(1937) ... ...
Adventure
UK
1939
115 Minutes
John Clements Ralph Richardson C. Aubrey Smith June Duprez Allan Jeayes Jack Allen Donald Gray Frederick Culley Amid Taftazani Henry Oscar John Laurie
military officer friend girlfriend soldier emotional melodramatic africa desert war zone armed conflict expedition imperialism deception honor redemption quest adventure discovery transformation 1890s
A timid British Army officer has quit and burns his last day summons to a war in Egypt. Calling him a coward, his girl friend and 3 officer friends give him a white feather. In redemption, he shadows his friends in war to save their lives.
Fantasy, Drama
UK
1944
78 Minutes
John Clements Googie Withers Raymond Huntley Renee Gadd A.E. Matthews Mabel Terry-Lewis Ada Reeve Norman Shelley Frances Rowe
Adapted from a J.B. Priestley play with many of the original actors. The tale of various people who have come to live in an "ideal" city and their hopes and reasons for doing so.
Drama
UK
1943
85 Minutes
Jean Baptiste
John Clements Godfrey Tearle Hugh Sinclair Greta Gynt Judy Kelly Yvonne Arnaud
frenchman nazi soldier british man intense brooding gory brutal melodramatic village france great britain world war ii journey nazis new life adventure discovery rescue rise
Mayor's daughter poses as collaborator to help British agent escape to England with vital information to help the allied war effort.
War
UK
1941
89 Minutes
Lt. Dick Stacey
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 »
War
1940
95 Minutes
skipper boat captain american officer british general enemy american soldier suspenseful thrilling intense patriotic gory brooding ship sea battleship war zone cruiser world war ii convoy battle
The captain (Clive Brook) of a British cruiser pulls out of a cargo convoy to fight a Nazi battleship.
Adventure
UK
1958
92 Minutes
The Admiral
Laurence Harvey Dawn Addams John Clements Michael Brill Gianna Maria Canale Michael Craig
explosives expert diver chief petty officer lieutenant seaman admiral tense suspenseful engaging thrilling intense gritty gibraltar navy world war ii bombing allied forces secret documents bravery discovery
In the Mediterranean in 1941 the Italians start using underwater chariots to mine the undersides of allied ships. Explosives expert Lionel Crabbe arrives in Gibraltar to organise defenses, ... See full summary »
Drama
1952
88 Minutes
Raymond Hillary
actor prisoner of war composer estranged wife brooding suspenseful tense engaging intense train england point-of-view flashbacks train travel train crash stories discovery fall love mystery
An English train wreck links four stories: "The Engine Driver," "The Prisoner of War," "The Actor," "The Composer."
Musical, Comedy
UK
1969
144 Minutes
Gen. von Moltke
Ralph Richardson Laurence Olivier John Gielgud Kenneth More John Clements Ian Holm Meriel Forbes Wensley Pithey Ruth Kettlewell Paul Daneman Corin Redgrave
recruiter soldier singer archduke franz ferdinand quirky profound emotional disheartening pier stage trenches united kingdom belgium brighton, england world war i family song and dance anti-war class distinctions growing up
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
Drama
UK
1938
84 Minutes
Joe Astell
Ralph Richardson Edna Best Edmund Gwenn Ann Todd John Clements Marie Lohr Milton Rosmer Glynis Johns
"Winifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:- but 'the front-line defence thrown up by humanity against its common enemies of sickness, ... See full summary »
Biography
UK
1936
86 Minutes
Govaert Flinck
Charles Laughton Elsa Lanchester Gertrude Lawrence Edward Chapman Roger Livesey Raymond Huntley John Clements Marius Goring Abraham Sofaer
housekeeper maid beggar rembrant van rijn charming engaging tender holland amsterdam art historical events scandal painting commercialism discovery pursuit love 17th century
The respected painter takes to drink and faces down scandal after his wife dies.
Drama
UK
1937
107 Minutes
Poushkoff
Marlene Dietrich Robert Donat Irene Vanbrugh Herbert Lomas Austin Trevor Basil Gill David Tree John Clements
double agent aristocrat bolshevik spy police officer soldier melodramatic engaging russia train countryside england hideout revolution communism espionage escape pursuit 1910s
After two years as a Czarist British agent posing as a Russian Commissar, he rescues a Russian countess from her Bolshevik captors.