List of the best Philip Friend movies: Spy Hunt(1950), The Bells Go Down(1943), The Flemish Farm(1943), Sword in the Desert(1949), Thunder on the Hill(1951), The Vulture(1967), Son of Robin Hood(1959), Great Day(1945), Enchantment(1948), Pimpernel Smith(1941) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1950
75 Minutes
Chris Denson
During the Cold War, a microfilm concealed in the collar of a panther, transported by freight rail, is sought after by several spies when the animal escapes its cage after the train's derailment in Switzerland.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1943
90 Minutes
Bob
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 »
Drama
UK
1943
82 Minutes
Fernard Matagne
Clive Brook Jane Baxter Clifford Evans Philip Friend Brefni O'Rorke Wylie Watson
pilot nurse nazi squadron leader child intense melodramatic gory patriotic suspenseful france belgium england air force base world war ii nazis survival false identity pursuit rescue
Wartime commando story based on fact. Allied airman risks return (on the ground) to occupied Belgium for the honour of his regiment.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1949
100 Minutes
Lt. Ellerton
Dana Andrews Märta Torén Stephen McNally Jeff Chandler Philip Friend Hugh French Liam Redmond Lowell Gilmore Stanley Logan Hayden Rorke George Tyne
captain rebel smuggler jew british soldier powerful intense unrestrained palestine freighter city street israel refugees smuggling dangerous mission world war ii religion quest transformation
In 1947, with only months remaining until the partition of British-administered Palestine, an American freighter captain smuggles European Jewish refugees ashore under the nose of the British authorities.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
84 Minutes
Sidney Kingham
Claudette Colbert Ann Blyth Robert Douglas Anne Crawford Philip Friend Gladys Cooper Michael Pate John Abbott Connie Gilchrist Gavin Muir Phyllis Stanley
Convicted murderess Valerie Carns (Ann Blyth) is being transported to Norwich to be executed when a flood strands her and her guards at a convent hospital. Nurse Sister Mary (Claudette ... See full summary »
Horror
UK|Canada|USA
1967
91 Minutes
The Vicar
Robert Hutton Akim Tamiroff Broderick Crawford Dane Clark Philip Friend Patrick Holt
A mad scientist turns himself into a half-man, half-bird monster to avenge the death of his ancestor.
Adventure
1959
81 Minutes
Dorchester
Al Hedison June Laverick David Farrar Marius Goring Philip Friend Delphi Lawrence George Coulouris George Woodbridge
daughter son duke earl bandit leader thrilling spirited sherwood forest england castle prison family bloodline battle of sexes rebellion class conflict deception leadership rivalry transformation
The merry men find a man (Al Hedison) to lead them once they learn Robin's son is actually a daughter (June Laverick).
Drama
UK
1945
82 Minutes
Geoffrey Winthrop
Eric Portman Flora Robson Sheila Sim Isabel Jeans Walter Fitzgerald Philip Friend Marjorie Rhodes Margaret Withers Beatrice Varley
An impending V.I.P. visit causes bustle in an English village, while the Ellis family struggles with private problems.
Romance
USA
1948
102 Minutes
Pelham Dane
David Niven Teresa Wright Evelyn Keyes Farley Granger Jayne Meadows Leo G. Carroll Philip Friend Shepperd Strudwick Henry Stephenson
general soldier american woman love interest pilot emotional melodramatic london house world war ii jealousy loneliness regret love transformation 20th century
Uncle Rollo finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love, Lark, he does not want to be disturbed in his last days. However, the appearance of his ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1941
122 Minutes
Leslie Howard Mary Morris Francis L. Sullivan Hugh McDermott Raymond Huntley Manning Whiley Peter Gawthorne Allan Jeayes Dennis Arundell Joan Kemp-Welch Philip Friend
father nazi archaeologist political prisoner student spy lighthearted thrilling suspenseful amusing germany concentration camp archaeological dig persecution nazis holocaust undercover operations father/daughter relationship unlikely allies escape
A British archaeology professor (Leslie Howard) smuggles refugees past a Gestapo chief (Francis Sullivan) near the Swiss border.