List of the best Joseph Tomelty movies: Breaking the Sound Barrier(1952), Tread Softly Stranger(1958), A Prize of Gold(1955), Devil Girl From Mars(1954), Simba(1955), Bedevilled(1955), Upstairs and Downstairs(1961), Sword of Lancelot(1963), Odd Man Out(1947), A Kid for Two Farthings(1956) ... ...
Adventure
1952
115 Minutes
Will Sparks
Ralph Richardson Ann Todd Nigel Patrick John Justin Joseph Tomelty Denholm Elliott Jack Allen Ralph Michael
pilot oil baron designer daughter wife son inspiring dark airplane household england airplane hangar aviation marriage father/daughter relationship death sound barrier quest sacrifice rise
A British manufacturer (Ralph Richardson) loses a son and a son-in-law (Nigel Patrick) trying to fly faster than the speed of sound.
Crime, Drama
UK
1958
90 Minutes
Joe Ryan
Diana Dors George Baker Terence Morgan Patrick Allen Jane Griffiths Joseph Tomelty Thomas Heathcote Russell Napier
young man brother girlfriend gripping gutsy tense suspenseful uneasy yorkshire england flat steel mill debt theft gambling plot growing up quest temptation wretched excess
An irresistible temptress causes trouble between two brothers when the more handsome charismatic ones turns up, leading to robbery and death.
Action
USA
1955
98 Minutes
Uncle Dan
Richard Widmark Mai Zetterling Nigel Patrick George Cole Donald Wolfit Joseph Tomelty
soldier refugee sergeant pilot orphan thief brooding crafty germany berlin war vulnerability heist gold salvation love sacrifice adventure temptation 1940s
Sgt. Joe Lawrence is an American Army officer who falls in love with a refugee trying to raise enough money to move a group of German orphans to South America, where they can start life ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
UK
1954
77 Minutes
Prof. Arnold Hennessey
Hazel Court Patricia Laffan Hugh McDermott Peter Reynolds Adrienne Corri Joseph Tomelty Sophie Stewart John Laurie Anthony Richmond James Edmund Stuart Hibberd
martian husband wife robot scientist ex-convict engaging melodramatic campy scotland inn living room outer space mars alien landing population reproduction mission alien/human relationship marriage
An uptight, leather-clad female alien, armed with a ray gun and accompanied by a menacing robot, comes to Earth to collect Earth's men as breeding stock.
Drama
1955
98 Minutes
Dr. Hughes
Dirk Bogarde Donald Sinden Virginia McKenna Basil Sydney Marie Ney Joseph Tomelty
englishman african native colonist woman doctor rebel thrilling emotional wild kenya farm village hut racism culture clash rebellion colonialism nationalism farming rivalry
Natives help an English farmer (Dirk Bogarde) and his white friends fight Mau Mau terrorists in Kenya.
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
85 Minutes
Father Cunningham
Anne Baxter Steve Forrest Simone Renant Victor Francen Maurice Teynac Robert Christopher Ina de la Hye Joseph Tomelty Olivier Hussenot Jean Ozenne
Nightclub singer fleeing the scene of a murder is protected by a young man who is studying for the priesthood.
Comedy
1961
100 Minutes
Arthur Farringdon
Michael Craig Anne Heywood Mylène Demongeot James Robertson Justice Claudia Cardinale Sidney James Joan Hickson Joan Sims Joseph Tomelty Nora Nicholson Daniel Massey
British newlyweds (Michael Craig, Anne Heywood) discover hiring suitable servants is harder than they think.
Adventure
UK
1963
116 Minutes
Cornel Wilde Jean Wallace Brian Aherne George Baker Archie Duncan Adrienne Corri Michael Meacham Iain Gregory Mark Dignam Reginald Beckwith John Barrie
lancelot king arthur guinevere knight rival confident suspenseful melodramatic castle battlefield bedroom camelot affair honor war duty round table love triangle discovery rivalry
Lancelot is King Arthur's most valued Knight of the Round Table and a paragon of courage and virtue. Things change, however, when he falls in love with Queen Guinevere.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1947
115 Minutes
James Mason Robert Newton Kathleen Ryan Robert Beatty William Hartnell F.J. McCormick Fay Compton Beryl Measor Cyril Cusack Dan O'Herlihy Roy Irving
fugitive daughter mother soldier dark gritty belfast, northern ireland hideout family home robbery crime irish republican army injury pursuit 1940s
A wounded Irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police following a failed robbery in Belfast.
Fantasy
UK
1956
91 Minutes
Celia Johnson Diana Dors David Kossoff Joe Robinson Jonathan Ashmore Brenda De Banzie Vera Day Primo Carnera Sydney Tafler Sidney James Daphne Anderson
son mother tailor goat charming touching spirited london childhood mother/child relationship poverty wishes animals growing up discovery underdog 1950s
In a lower-class London community of small shops, open-air vendors and flea-marketers, Joe, a small boy, lives with his mother, Joanne, who works in and rooms above the Kandinsky tailor ... See full summary »