List of the best Reginald Purdell movies: Crown vs. Stevens(1936), Bell-Bottom George(1943), We Dive at Dawn(1943), 2,000 Women(1944), The Old Curiosity Shop(1935) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK
1936
66 Minutes
Beatrix Thomson Patric Knowles Reginald Purdell Glennis Lorimer Allan Jeayes Frederick Piper Googie Withers Mabel Poulton Morris Harvey Billy Watts Davina Craig
When an ex-dancer marries a man for his money she is suprised find he is a real skinflint. She owes a lot of money to a loan-shark who is after her. However, her husband does carry a lot of... See full summary »
Comedy, War
UK
1943
97 Minutes
Birdie Edwards
George Formby Anne Firth Reginald Purdell Peter Murray Hill Charles Farrell Eliot Makeham
waiter sailor german spy nazi wren admiral witty engaging lighthearted madcap amusing hilarious england mistaken identity career aspirations world war ii musical performance navy humor adventure
Nazi spies are out to destroy a new submarine killer, the "Firefly", being developed by the British navy. A hapless waiter named George, after being rejected for military service three ... See full summary »
War
UK
1943
98 Minutes
Dabbs
Eric Portman John Mills Leslie Weston Reginald Purdell Niall MacGinnis Joan Hopkins Josephine Wilson Louis Bradfield Ronald Millar Jack Watling Caven Watson
commanding officer sailor military officer enemy resistance fighter patriotic underwater military base england denmark world war ii submarine military engagement chase pursuit escape 1940s
All leave is cancelled so that a British submarine can be sent after a new German warship. They chase it so far that they have no fuel to get home.
War
1944
97 Minutes
Flora Robson Phyllis Calvert Patricia Roc Renee Houston Reginald Purdell Anne Crawford Jean Kent James McKechnie Robert Arden Carl Jaffe Muriel Aked
prisoner nazi guard stripper journalist pilot melodramatic patriotic hotel france bedroom prison life escape teamwork world war ii women escape rivalry quest 1940s
A lavish old hotel is turned into an internment camp for women during the Battle of France. The inhabitants, including a British nun, conceal downed airmen from the Nazis, hoping to smuggle them to safety.
Drama
UK
1935
90 Minutes
Dick Swiveller
Ben Webster Elaine Benson Hay Petrie Beatrix Thompson Gibb McLaughlin Lily Long Reginald Purdell
shop owner landlord granddaughter dwarf engaging spirited shop england debt gambling eviction pursuit pursuit 1930s
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.