List of the best Mervyn Johns movies: Valley of Song(1953), Dead of Night(1945), Pink String and Sealing Wax(1945), Next of Kin(1942), The Half-Way House(1943), San Demetrio, London(1943), Went the Day Well?(1942), Quartet(1948), My Learned Friend(1943), Saloon Bar(1940), The Counterfeit Plan(1957), Helter Skelter(1949) ... ...
8.0/10
Drama
UK
1953
74 Minutes
Minister Griffiths
Mervyn Johns Clifford Evans Hugh Pryse Rachel Thomas John Fraser Maureen Swanson
Rivalry among members of the male voice choir!
7.6/10
Horror
UK
1945
104 Minutes
Walter Craig
Charles Crichton Mervyn Johns Basil Dearden Michael Redgrave Roland Culver Mary Merrall Frederick Valk Renee Gadd Antony Baird Judy Kelly
architect host psychiatrist race car driver golfer ventriloquist creepy eerie frightening england farm household accident psychoanalysis superhuman abilities dreams ghosts paranoia discovery mystery
Architect Walter Craig (Mervyn Johns) senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality. The guests at the country house encourage him to stay as they take turns telling supernatural tales.
Crime, Drama
1945
75 Minutes
Edward Sutton
wife bar owner son pharmacist couple family suspenseful tense intricate engaging tavern united kingdom pharmacy brighton, england marriage relationships adultery poison revenge victorian era
An innkeeper's wife (Googie Withers) poisons him, then tries to frame someone for it in Victorian England.
War, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
1942
102 Minutes
No 23: Mr Davis
Mervyn Johns John Chandos Nova Pilbeam Reginald Tate Stephen Murray Geoffrey Hibbert
6.8/10
Fantasy
UK
1943
78 Minutes
Rhys
Francoise Rosay Mervyn Johns Glynis Johns Tom Walls Alfred Drayton Sally Ann Howes
A group of travellers, all with something to hide in their past, take shelter from a storm in an old inn. The inn-keeper seems a little mysterious...
6.7/10
War
UK
1943
93 Minutes
Walter Fitzgerald Mervyn Johns Ralph Michael Arthur Young Neville Mapp Barry Letts Michael Allen Frederick Piper Herbert Cameron
ship captain sailor engineer officer german soldier patriotic suspenseful fiery tense atlantic ocean ship lifeboat seafaring world war ii battle disaster teamwork leadership escape underdog
The San Demetrio of the title is a British merchant ship in an Atlantic convoy in 1940. Disabled and left to the mercy of patrolling U-boats the crew must keep her afloat and out of harms ... See full summary »
Drama
1942
96 Minutes
Leslie Banks Mervyn Johns Marie Lohr C.V. France Valerie Taylor Basil Sydney
villager soldiers german german officer german soldier thrilling tense suspenseful village small town england trust captivity disguise soldiers british life world war ii rivalry sacrifice 1940s
Residents of an English village unwittingly welcome Nazi soldiers who intend to take over their town.
7.2/10
Drama
UK
1948
120 Minutes
Samuel Sunbury
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 »
7.1/10
Comedy
UK
1943
74 Minutes
Grimshaw
Will Hay Claude Hulbert Mervyn Johns Laurence Hanray Aubrey Mallalieu Charles Victor Derna Hazell Leslie Harcourt
An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Fitch is on the list, and co-opts Claude Babbington to try and stop him from meeting a grisly end.
6.9/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1940
80 Minutes
Wickers
Gordon Harker Elizabeth Allan Mervyn Johns Joyce Barbour Anna Konstam Cyril Raymond Judy Campbell Al Millen Norman Pierce Alec Clunes Mavis Villiers
landlord customer local barmaid bookie bleak brooding disturbing engaging gritty rousing pub england murder suspicion hanging justice execution mystery underdog
Against a background of Christmas and the pending arrival of another baby for the landlord, a group of pub locals lead by bookie Joe Harris set out to prove that former customer Eddie ... See full summary »
6.0/10
Crime, Drama
UK
1957
87 Minutes
Louie Bernard
Zachary Scott Peggie Castle Mervyn Johns Sydney Tafler Lee Patterson David Lodge Mark Bellamy Chili Bouchier Robert Arden Eric Pohlmann Aubrey Dexter
forger murderer counterfeiter tense suspenseful mansion blackmail crime counterfeit money wretched excess 1950s
A reformed forger runs into an acquaintance from his past, now an escaped murderer, who blackmails him into resuming his criminal career.
5.6/10
Comedy
UK
1949
84 Minutes
Ernest Bennett
Carol Marsh David Tomlinson Mervyn Johns Peter Hammond Richard Hearne Peter Haddon
detective socialite radio host psychiatrist amusing cheeky lighthearted madcap nightclub haunted house psychiatrist's office studio london england romance love growing up adventure 20th century
A radio 'detective' gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping due to the machinations of a ghostly cupid who works his magic to cause mayhem and laughter throughout the film.
6.8/10
Comedy, Drama
UK
1943
90 Minutes
Sam
Tommy Trinder James Mason Philip Friend Mervyn Johns William Hartnell Finlay Currie
Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire... See full summary »
6.8/10
Drama
UK
1944
95 Minutes
Rhys
Francoise Rosay Glynis Johns Tom Walls Mervyn Johns Alfred Drayton Esmond Knight
stranger ghost mysterious drifter suspenseful engaging inn hotel countryside strangers secret loss storm escape discovery 1940s
A group of travellers, all with something to hide in their past, take shelter from a storm in an old inn. The inn-keeper seems a little mysterious...
6.7/10
Drama
UK
1961
110 Minutes
Charlie Young
Peter Finch Stanley Holloway Mary Peach Mervyn Johns Donald Pleasence Dennis Price Oliver Reed
politician model wife neighbor somber intricate england parliament party marital problems aging career vs. love estrangement failing career communism love temptation 1960s
After winning re-election, British Labour Party M.P. Johnnie Byrne faces a series of setbacks in his political career, as well as in his marriage, and must act wisely in order to save both.
Drama, History
1947
94 Minutes
Watty Connell
Stewart Granger Kathleen Ryan Cecil Parker Mervyn Johns Alastair Sim Robert Donat
farmer landowner priest irishman love interest patriotic tense ireland village historical events rebellion poverty greed courage rise love underdog 19th century
An Irish tenant farmer (Stewart Granger) leads others against a land agent (Cecil Parker) threatening eviction.
7.0/10
Sci-Fi
UK
1956
91 Minutes
Jones
Edmond O'Brien Michael Redgrave Jan Sterling David Kossoff Mervyn Johns Donald Pleasence Carol Wolveridge Ernest Clark Patrick Allen Ronan O'Casey Michael Ripper
In a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
7.0/10
Drama
UK
1946
108 Minutes
Pte. Evans
Michael Redgrave Rachel Kempson Jack Warner Frederick Leister Mervyn Johns Rachel Thomas Gladys Henson Gordon Jackson Elliott Mason Robert Wyndham Basil Radford
soldier prisoner of war czech wife impostor nazi gripping touching dark prison camp germany great britain assumed identity world war ii prisoners of war deception on the run marriage escape love
In 1940, a concentration-camp escapee assumes the identity of a dead British officer, only to become a prisoner of war.
6.5/10
Drama, War
UK
1965
131 Minutes
Col. Wilkinson
Kirk Douglas Richard Harris Ulla Jacobsson Michael Redgrave Mervyn Johns Eric Porter
resistance fighter physicist ex-wife uncle british intelligence agent nazi thrilling suspenseful patriotic telemark, norway factory mountain ski slopes river england world war ii resistance fighters atomic bomb secret mission race against time
Norwegian resistance tries to stop German efforts to produce an atomic bomb component during World War II.
Sci-Fi
1963
93 Minutes
Mr. Coker
Howard Keel Nicole Maurey Janette Scott Kieron Moore Mervyn Johns Janina Faye Alison Leggatt Ewan Roberts Collette Wilde Carol Ann Ford Geoffrey Matthews
military officer scientist wife young girl creature campy suspenseful engaging london hospital france island alien invasion scientific experiments resistance survival blindness plants quest pursuit
A Navy officer (Howard Keel) and others (Nicole Maurey, Janette Scott) not blinded by meteorites seek a way to stop cosmic plants from killing people.
7.1/10
Crime, Drama
UK
1963
90 Minutes
Alfie Barnes
Richard Todd Peter Sellers Elizabeth Sellars Adam Faith Carol White Mervyn Johns Noel Willman David Lodge Peter Jones John Bailey Nigel Stock
A cosmetic salesman sets out to prove to himself and his wife that he is not a failure.
5.5/10
Horror, Comedy
UK|USA
1963
86 Minutes
Petiphar Femm
Tom Poston Robert Morley Janette Scott Joyce Grenfell Peter Bull Mervyn Johns Fenella Fielding Danny Green
car salesman relative millionaire twin serial killer hysterical eerie mansion england murder murder plot murderous rampage mystery 1960s
In England, an American car salesman ends-up spending a stormy night at the mysterious and deadly mansion of a client's family.
Drama
1949
112 Minutes
Harry Sempkin
Spencer Tracy Deborah Kerr Ian Hunter Leueen MacGrath James Donald Mervyn Johns Felix Aylmer Walter Fitzgerald Tilsa Page Ernest Jay Colin Gordon
father mother son lover doctor dark melodramatic disturbing london family father/son relationship alcoholism self-destruction fall wretched excess forbidden love 1930s
A businessman's desire to protect his corrupt son's fortune leads to tragedy in this adaptation of the British play.
6.8/10
Adventure
East Germany
1953
89 Minutes
MacKellar
Errol Flynn Roger Livesey Anthony Steel Beatrice Campbell Yvonne Furneaux Felix Aylmer Mervyn Johns Charles Goldner Ralph Truman
For the corpulent nobleman, Sir John Falstaff, the inn in the small English town of Windsor is the best of all places. Here he can indulge in excessive dining and intemperate drinking, as ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Biography
USA
1961
106 Minutes
Brother Juniper
Bradford Dillman Dolores Hart Stuart Whitman Pedro Armendáriz Cecil Kellaway Eduard Franz Athene Seyler Finlay Currie Mervyn Johns Russell Napier John Welsh
god saint nun priest merchant inspiring powerful italy assisi religion catholic church canonization charity sacrifice rise metamorphosis 13th century
In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his own religious order, sanctioned by the Pope.
6.4/10
Adventure
UK
1939
99 Minutes
Thomas
Charles Laughton Maureen O'Hara Leslie Banks Emlyn Williams Robert Newton Wylie Watson Marie Ney Morland Graham Stephen Haggard Mervyn Johns
young woman gentleman aunt uncle peddler lawyer dark bleak tense cornwall, england road inn ship coast pirates family impersonation kidnapping dark secrets police work
In Cornwall, 1819, a young woman discovers she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit.
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