List of the best John Loder movies: The Brighton Strangler(1945), The Mysterious Doctor(1943), A Game of Death(1945), Adventure in Iraq(1943), Sing as We Go(1934), Non-Stop New York(1937), The Silent Passenger(1935), Lorna Doone(1935), Love, Life and Laughter(1934), Owd Bob(1938), The First Born(1928), Java Head(1934) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1945
67 Minutes
Reginald Parker, Edward Grey
John Loder June Duprez Michael St. Angel Miles Mander Rose Hobart Gilbert Emery Rex Evans Matthew Boulton Olaf Hytten Lydia Bilbrook Ian Wolfe
After suffering a head injury during the Blitz, an actor comes to believe himself to be the Brighton Strangler, the murderer he was playing onstage.
Horror
USA
1943
57 Minutes
Sir Henry Leland
villager doctor traveler fool niece young woman eerie engaging thrilling moor village england cornwall, england mine world war ii supernatural haunting nazi collaboration murder investigation schemes
The citizens of a tiny Cornish village are tormented during World War II by a headless ghost which is haunting the local tin mine.
Horror
USA
1945
72 Minutes
Don Rainsford
A remake of Richard Connell's famous short story, "The Most Dangerous Game," about a madman who hunts human prey on his personal island habitat.
Adventure
USA
1943
65 Minutes
John Loder Ruth Ford Warren Douglas Paul Cavanagh Barry Bernard Peggy Carson Bill Crago Martin Garralaga Bill Edwards Dick Botiller Eugene Borden
Five Allied soldiers in an airplane flying to Egypt crash-land in Iraq. They are taken in by a local sheik, but soon begin to suspect that he may not be quite as friendly as he appears to be.
Comedy
UK
1934
80 Minutes
Hugh Phillips
Gracie Fields John Loder Dorothy Hyson Stanley Holloway Frank Pettingell Lawrence Grossmith Morris Harvey Arthur Sinclair Maire O'Neil Ben Field Olive Sloane
When the textile mill closes, putting her out of work, Gracie finds herself experiencing all of the amusements of Blackpool.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1937
71 Minutes
Inspector Jim Grant
Anna Lee John Loder Francis L. Sullivan Alexander Sarner
A young woman finds herself as the intended victim of a murder plot on a transatlantic flight from London to New York.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1935
75 Minutes
lord peter wimsey killer detective husband murder suspect blackmailer engaging tense intricate train crime scene great britain english channel seaside murder investigation blackmail crime false accusations frame-up
A really well made British murder mystery. Story opens with a dead body found in a trunk. Who's the cold-blooded killer?
Adventure
UK
1935
90 Minutes
John Ridd
Victoria Hopper John Loder Margaret Lockwood Roy Emerson Edward Rigby Mary Clare Roger Livesey George Curzon D.A. Clarke-Smith Laurence Hanray Amy Veness
farmer mother sister love interest romantic rival lawyer gripping tense devonshire, england farm household countryside road family outlaws feud jealousy murder romance adventure
High drama, set in the English moorland of the 1600's. John Ridd wants revenge on the criminal Doone family, but falls in love with the daughter of the family, Lorna.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1934
88 Minutes
Gracie Fields John Loder Ivor Barnard Alan Aynesworth Fred Duprez Esme Percy Veronica Brady Horace Kenny Rob Wilton Norah Howard A. Bromley Davenport
Gracie plays a London publican's daughter named after Nell Gwynn, who much like the original, becomes romantically involved with a King(John Loder). This one however, isn't English, but ... See full summary »
Drama
1938
75 Minutes
David Moore
Will Fyffe John Loder Margaret Lockwood Graham Moffatt Moore Marriott Wilfred Walter A. Bromley Davenport H.F. Maltby Edmond Breon
A farmer (Will Fyffe) in Scotland goes bankrupt when his prize animal loses the local sheepdog trials.
Drama
UK
1928
101 Minutes
Lord David Harborough
Miles Mander Madeleine Carroll John Loder Ella Atherton Margot Armand Ivo Dawson Marjorie Roach John St. John Naomi Jacobs
A beautiful young woman marries a wealthy man, but he turns out to be a cad who mistreats her and cheats on her at every opportunity.
Romance
UK
1934
70 Minutes
Gerrit Ammidon
The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. The owner has two sons. One, a handsome seafarer, is in love with a local girl, but cannot... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
UK
1936
61 Minutes
Dick Haslewood
Boris Karloff Anna Lee John Loder Frank Cellier Donald Calthrop Cecil Parker Lyn Harding
Dr. Laurience, a brilliant but unstable scientist experimenting with transferring minds, becomes vengeful when his magnate patron withdraws his support.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
85 Minutes
Felix Courtland
Hedy Lamarr Dennis O'Keefe John Loder William Lundigan Natalie Schafer Paul Cavanagh
art designer advertiser secretary psychiatrist neighbor friend bleak melodramatic new york city office stork club apartment house court disillusionment sex mental breakdown attempted suicide blackmail murder
A beautiful editor at a fashion magazine has a breakdown due to the pressures of her work and her disappointing love life. A psychiatrist recommends that she start life fresh by moving into a smaller apartment and under another name.
Drama
UK
1936
70 Minutes
County Inspector Hanney
John Lodge Walter Summers Antoinette Collier John Loder Niall MacGinnis Clifford Evans Jerry Verno Maire O'Neill E.J. Kennedy Pat Noonan
1921: as Irish nationalists battle with British Forces, a young girl is torn between loyalty to her brother, unbeknownst to her an IRA leader, her fiance, a police inspector, and his comrade and rival in love, a British Army captain.
Drama
USA
1944
90 Minutes
Tony Lazar
William Bendix Susan Hayward John Loder Dorothy Comingore Roman Bohnen Tom Fadden Alan Napier Charles Cane
socialite engineer laborer beautiful woman tender uneasy dark ship new york city forbidden love class conflict working class loneliness identity self-esteem forbidden love quest 1940s
During the 1940s, social class conflict is depicted when a spoiled socialite, traveling on a freighter, calls the ship's head stoker a hairy ape, provoking him into stalking the rich woman once ashore in New York.
Crime, Drama
1929
70 Minutes
Carl Weild
Ann Harding Harry Bannister John Loder Kay Hammond Arthur Hoyt William Orlamond Lawford Davidson Elmer Ballard Frank Reicher
extortionist husband judge gigolo wife butler tense emotional vienna mansion austria restaurant courtroom blackmail false accusations troubled marriage accidental killing moral dilemma infidelity forbidden love
Police arrest a valet (Elmer Ballard) after the wife (Ann Harding) of a judge (Harry Bannister) shoots a blackmailer.
Comedy, Drama
1957
60 Minutes
Mr. Finch
Gordon Harker Marie Lohr John Loder Irene Handl Janet Munro Billie Whitelaw Ruth Trouncer Francis Matthews
hotel manager waiter waitress hotel guest amusing cheery engaging lighthearted witty hotel small town england united kingdom hotel business retirement business underdog 1950s
The unusual inmates of a not-too-prosperous hotel are worried when headquarters sends an efficiency expert to visit.
Adventure
1937
80 Minutes
Denis Cobtree
priest smuggler wife naval officer villager thrilling melodramatic kent high seas ship village double life pirates schemes smuggling helping others revenge pursuit transformation rivalry
An English pirate turns up 20 years later as a vicar (George Arliss), smuggling for the good of his parish.
Drama
USA
1943
110 Minutes
Preston Drake
Bette Davis Miriam Hopkins Gig Young John Loder Dolores Moran Philip Reed Roscoe Karns Anne Revere
writer author husband daughter lover melodramatic playful united states house jealousy success book publishing divorce friendship rivalry forbidden love wretched excess revenge 1920s
Old friends Kit Marlowe and Millie Drake adopt contrasting lifestyles: Kit is a single, critically acclaimed author while married Millie writes popular pulp novels.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1936
76 Minutes
Detective Sgt. Ted Spencer
Sylvia Sidney Oscar Homolka Desmond Tester John Loder Joyce Barbour Matthew Boulton S.J. Warmington William Dewhurst Austin Trevor Torin Thatcher Aubrey Mather
saboteur detective wife brother professor dark intense suspenseful london movie theater sabotage terrorism lie bomb working undercover mystery discovery 1930s
A Scotland Yard undercover detective is on the trail of a saboteur who is part of a plot to set off a bomb in London. But when the detective's cover is blown, the plot begins to unravel.
Comedy
USA
1944
80 Minutes
Aussie Sgt. Cyril North
William Bendix Helen Walker Dennis O'Keefe John Loder John Abbott
marine best friend soldier pretty woman physician sergeant spirited lighthearted unrestrained ship australia household barracks garden bazaar marines americans abroad impersonation father/daughter relationship mistaken identity
Two Marines are let loose in Australia.
Action
USA
1942
104 Minutes
Carlton De Witt
Errol Flynn Alexis Smith Jack Carson Alan Hale John Loder William Frawley Minor Watson Ward Bond Madeleine LeBeau Rhys Williams Arthur Shields
boxer girlfriend club owner friend rival amusing brash melodramatic san francisco boxing ring boxing romance social standing pride competition rise pursuit transformation 1890s
As bareknuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the top of the boxing world.
Romance
USA
1941
97 Minutes
Cmdr. Peter Walmsley
Fred MacMurray Madeleine Carroll Patricia Morison Billie Burke John Loder Dame May Whitty Edmund Gwenn Reginald Denny Billy Gilbert Marcel Dalio
A Texas pilot courts a British aristocrat in London amid bombing and in Portugal amid spies.
Drama
USA
1942
117 Minutes
Elliot Livingston
Bette Davis Claude Rains Paul Henreid Gladys Cooper Bonita Granville John Loder Ilka Chase Lee Patrick Mary Wickes Janis Wilson
heiress mother architect wife child widower melodramatic emotional inspiring boston house sanatorium ship rio de janeiro mental illness rehabilitation romance travel mother/daughter relationship love
A frumpy spinster blossoms under therapy and becomes an elegant, independent woman.
Drama
USA
1941
118 Minutes
Ianto Morgan
Walter Pidgeon Maureen O'Hara Roddy McDowall Donald Crisp Anna Lee John Loder Sara Allgood Barry Fitzgerald Patric Knowles Rhys Williams Evan S. Evans
father mother brother sister coal miner preacher emotional melodramatic wales small town family coal mining labor strike love triangle growing up quest forbidden love victorian era
At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.
Crime, Drama
UK
1970
101 Minutes
Routledge
Chad Everett Anjanette Comer Keith Barron Joanne Dainton Rupert Davies John Loder
insurance investigator journalist photographer engaging gripping intricate spirited thrilling london united kingdom arson investigation journalism mystery romance love pursuit 1970s
Insurance investigator must find out who is setting fires. Along the way he meets and works with a beautiful newspaper reporter and falls in love.
Drama
USA
1946
88 Minutes
Owen Arthur
Ann Sheridan Dennis Morgan Alexis Smith Jack Carson Jane Wyman Reginald Gardiner John Loder Marjorie Gateson Thurston Hall John Abbott Marjorie Hoshelle
Shiftless playboy Tom Collier lives to jump from party to party--until he meets photographer Christie Sage. Through Christie, Tom takes over the ownership of The Bantam, a liberal magazine ... See full summary »
Drama, History
USA
1933
92 Minutes
Peynell
Charles Laughton Elsa Lanchester Binnie Barnes Robert Donat Merle Oberon Miles Mander Wendy Barrie John Loder
anne boleyn wife queen king cheeky melodramatic emotional england royal court castle king henry viii marriage royalty death infidelity forbidden love love 16th century
Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local militiaman jealously makes things hard for him while he's a prisoner of war.
War
USA
1931
89 Minutes
Franz Shiller
George O'Brien Marion Lessing Mona Maris Walter C. Kelly Walter McGrail Larry Kent Steve Pendleton Henry Victor John Loder Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
Working under cover, Tex goes south of the border and joins Rand's gang where he befriends gang member Kansas. He plans to lead the gang into the Sheriff's trap, but hopes to spare his new friend.
War
USA
1944
110 Minutes
Manning
Humphrey Bogart Michèle Morgan Claude Rains Philip Dorn Sydney Greenstreet Peter Lorre George Tobias Victor Francen Helmut Dantine John Loder Konstantin Shayne
captain prisoner leader major convict gripping spirited thrilling ship prison marseilles, france world war ii prison break patriotism blackmail murder redemption sacrifice escape 1930s
Five patriotic convicts are helped to escape imprisonment in Devil's Island so they can fight for occupied Free French forces against the Nazis.
Musical
USA
1940
94 Minutes
Captain Reginald "Reggie" Carstair
Alice Faye Betty Grable Jack Oakie John Payne Allen Jenkins Esther Ralston Fayard Nicholas Harold Nicholas Ben Carter John Loder Elisha Cook Jr.
singer songwriter musician boxer melodramatic charming new york city stage tin pan alley show business romance songwriting vaudeville world war i love rise quest 1910s
Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new song to Nora Bayes. All are reunited ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
UK|USA
1958
91 Minutes
Jack Hawkins Dianne Foster Cyril Cusack Anna Lee Anna Massey Andrew Ray James Hayter Ronald Howard Howard Marion-Crawford Laurence Naismith Derek Bond
scotland yard detective daughter police officer brash confident engaging frenetic gutsy witty london office crime bribery pursuit 1950s
A typical day for Scotland Yard Chief Inspector George Gideon consists of working on several cases at the same time.