List of the best Roland Culver movies: Dead of Night(1945), Singapore(1947), The Emperor Waltz(1948), Give Us the Moon(1944), To Each His Own(1946), Term of Trial(1962), On Approval(1944), Spitfire(1942), The Great Lover(1949), Unpublished Story(1942), Secret Mission(1942), Vacation From Marriage(1945) ... ...
Horror
UK
1945
104 Minutes
Eliot Foley
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.
Adventure
USA
1947
79 Minutes
Michael Van Leyden
Fred MacMurray Ava Gardner Roland Culver Richard Haydn Thomas Gomez Spring Byington Porter Hall George Lloyd Maylia Lal Chand Mehra H.T. Tsiang
After WW2, an American skipper returns to Singapore to retrieve his hidden stash of pearls and finds his lost fiancee who now has amnesia.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1948
106 Minutes
Baron Holenia
Bing Crosby Joan Fontaine Roland Culver Richard Haydn Lucile Watson Sig Ruman Julia Dean Harold Vermilyea Roberta Jonay John Goldsworthy
salesman emperor franz josef countess baron guard veterinarian amusing charming vienna palace royalty class distinctions true love dogs deception gramophone love sacrifice 1900s
A brash American gramophone salesman tries to get Emperor Franz Joseph's endorsement in turn-of-the-century Austria.
Comedy
UK
1944
95 Minutes
Ferdinand
Margaret Lockwood Vic Oliver Roland Culver Peter Graves Frank Cellier Eliot Makeham George Relph Max Bacon Alan Keith Jean Simmons Iris Lang
war hero hotel owner pilot outcast russian amusing offbeat playful madcap united kingdom hotel club london secret society work quest transformation underdog 20th century
In Britain after the end of WWII, it is a time of general euphoria at having won the war, with full employment and general happiness for all (or nearly all). Peter, the young wastrel son of... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1946
122 Minutes
Lord Desham
Olivia de Havilland John Lund Mary Anderson Roland Culver Phillip Terry Bill Goodwin Virginia Welles Victoria Horne Griff Barnett Alma Macrorie Bill Ward
businesswoman pilot lord wife father son engaging fascinating intense london roof new york state pharmacy household train station illegitimate child adoption jealousy love world war ii
An unwed mother, forced to give up her child to avoid scandal, follows her son's life from afar even as she prospers in business.
Drama
UK
1962
113 Minutes
Trowman
Laurence Olivier Simone Signoret Sarah Miles Roland Culver Frank Pettingell Thora Hird Dudley Foster Norman Bird Newton Blick Allan Cuthbertson Nicholas Hannen
teacher wife student bleak somber school england household student-teacher relationship alcoholism guilt marital problems seduction revenge temptation 1960s
In Britain, a high-school girl becomes infatuated with her English teacher but, after he rejects her amorous advances, she goes to the police and accuses him of indecent assault.
Comedy
UK
1944
80 Minutes
Richard Halton
Clive Brook Beatrice Lillie Googie Withers Roland Culver O.B. Clarence Lawrence Hanray Elliott Mason Hay Petrie Marjorie Rhodes Molly Munks
duke friend heiress widow american man witty amusing scotland island castle inn marriage dating scandal role reversal isolation poverty love discovery
Two wealthy Victorian widows are courted tentatively by two impoverished British aristocrats. When one of the dowagers suggests that her beau go away with her for a month to see if they are compatible, the fireworks begin.
Biography
UK
1942
117 Minutes
Commander Bride
Leslie Howard David Niven Rosamund John Roland Culver Anne Firth David Horne J.H. Roberts Derrick de Marney Bernard Miles Patricia Medina George Skillan
inventor pilot wife daughter nurse military officer inspiring melodramatic germany england airplane engineering aviation nazism world war ii terminal illness discovery quest sacrifice 1940s
Aircraft designer/patriot R. J. Mitchell, alarmed at growing German militarism, works to perfect a defense against the German Messerschmidt at the cost of his health.
Comedy
USA
1949
80 Minutes
Grand Duke Maximillian
Bob Hope Rhonda Fleming Roland Young Roland Culver Richard Lyon Gary Gray Jerry Hunter Jackie Jackson Orley Lindgren Karl Wright Esser George Reeves
murderer private investigator con artist scout duchess love interest campy madcap winsome engaging cruise ship murder detective work murder plot teamwork race against time adventure mystery pursuit 1940s
On an ocean liner, an inept scoutmaster pursues a duchess while a killer pursues him.
War
UK
1942
91 Minutes
Richard Greene Valerie Hobson Basil Radford Roland Culver Brefni O'Rorke Miles Malleson Andre Morell Frederick Cooper Renee Gadd Henry Jorell
A journalist investigates a network of German fifth columnists operating in the midst of the Blitz.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1942
82 Minutes
Captain Red Gowan
Hugh Williams Carla Lehman James Mason Roland Culver Michael Wilding Herbert Lom Stewart Granger
agent resistance fighter partner bar owner officer captain confident tense engaging boat france normandy coast café forest espionage world war ii resistance deception betrayal nazis
Three British spies and a French resistance fighter sneak into occupied France to gather information about the German forces for a planned invasion.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1945
92 Minutes
Richard
Robert Donat Deborah Kerr Glynis Johns Ann Todd Roland Culver Elliott Mason Eliot Makeham Brefni O'Rorke Edward Rigby Muriel George Allan Jeayes
sailor wife friend nurse lover melodramatic emotional england london marriage war romance separation infidelity love transformation discovery 1940s
A dull married couple, separated by their enlistment during World War II, reunite after three years to find that they have become very different people.
Romance
UK
1940
67 Minutes
Cmdr. Bill Rogers
Ray Milland Ellen Drew Guy Middleton Janine Darcey Roland Culver David Tree Jim Gerald Kenneth Morgan Margaret Yarde Toni Gable
The love affairs of three young Englishmen at a language cramming school in the south of France. Diana, the sister of one of the boys, arrives in town to flirt with all of her brothers' schoolmates.
Horror
UK
1973
94 Minutes
Rudolph Deutsch
Pamela Franklin Roddy McDowall Clive Revill Gayle Hunnicutt Roland Culver Peter Bowles Michael Gough
scientist wife medium spiritualist millionaire ghost creepy frightful mansion bedroom haunted houses serial murders supernatural possession insanity mysterious past mystery pursuit discovery 1970s
A physicist, his wife and two mediums are hired to investigate the Belasco House, where 27 guests had inexplicably died in 1927, along with most of a team of paranormal investigators that was sent in the early 1950s.
Action
UK
1956
91 Minutes
Maj. Fordyce
Richard Attenborough George Baker Bill Owen Virginia McKenna Roland Culver Bernard Lee Ralph Truman
crew member naval officer ship owner murderer skipper smuggler engaging unrestrained patriotic england high seas ship seafaring life after wartime smuggling crime black market weapons transformation wretched excess
Boxing drama following the lives of five different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.
Musical
1948
87 Minutes
Majro Euclid Cameron
Veronica Lake Mona Freeman Mary Hatcher Billy De Wolfe Roland Culver Patric Knowles Richard Webb Pearl Bailey
A Southern major lives in circa-1900 Indiana with his three flirtatious daughters (Veronica Lake, Mona Freeman, Mary Hatcher).
Mystery & Thriller
1971
96 Minutes
Mr. Vellacot
David Hemmings Gayle Hunnicutt Flora Robson Wilfrid Hyde-White Daniel Massey Roland Culver Adolfo Celi Mona Washbourne
writer spinster aunt murder suspect murder victim amateur sleuth bleak brash disturbing gripping intense suspenseful italy amalfi, italy crime scene england city apartment murder investigation
An addict-turned-writer (David Hemmings) investigates the death of his aunt (Flora Robson), strangled in Pompeii.
Other, Drama
1952
83 Minutes
Lord B.
Ralph Richardson Celia Johnson Margaret Leighton Denholm Elliott Hugh Williams Roland Culver
priest daughter son sister cousin alcoholic charming emotional touching england countryside house christmas family celebration family dysfunction discovery transformation growing up 1950s
A British vicar's (Ralph Richardson) Christmas with his family finally brings him closer to his son and daughters (Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton).
Drama, War
1942
99 Minutes
Cmdr. Pittwaters
Ralph Richardson Deborah Kerr Hugh Williams Griffith Jones Francis L. Sullivan Roland Culver Finlay Currie Niall MacGinnis
journalist british man german woman daughter thrilling suspenseful emotional intense germany norway ship world war ii german occupation secrets romance danger rivalry love pursuit
An English journalist (Hugh Williams) and a Norwegian fisherman's daughter (Deborah Kerr) guide RAF bombers to a U-boat base.
Horror
1977
85 Minutes
Wallace
Peter Cushing Ray Milland Samantha Eggar Susan Penhaligon Donald Pleasence Joan Greenwood Roland Culver Simon Williams Alexandra Stewart Donald Pilon Chloe Franks
cat devil writer dark quirky united kingdom quebec supernatural death will and testament rivalry revenge 1970s
A writer (Peter Cushing) gives a publisher (Ray Milland) three examples to sell his story about a conspiracy of cats.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1940
93 Minutes
Roberts
Margaret Lockwood Rex Harrison Paul Henreid Basil Radford Naunton Wayne James Harcourt Felix Aylmer F. Wyndham Goldie Roland Culver Eliot Makeham Raymond Huntley
scientist daughter undercover agent czech nazi thrilling cheeky gutsy train concentration camp naval base germany prague england world war ii espionage scientific experiments nazism technology journey
After Germany invades Czechoslovakia, the German and the British intelligence services try to capture Czech scientist Dr. Axel Bomasch (James Harcourt), inventor of a new type of armor-plating.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1973
98 Minutes
Judge
Paul Newman Dominique Sanda James Mason Harry Andrews Ian Bannen Michael Hordern Nigel Patrick Peter Vaughan Roland Culver Percy Herbert Robert Lang
A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor.
Action
UK
1965
130 Minutes
Foreign Secretary
Sean Connery Claudine Auger Adolfo Celi Luciana Paluzzi Rik Van Nutter Martine Beswick Bernard Lee Lois Maxwell Desmond Llewelyn Roland Culver Guy Doleman
james bond mastermind secret agent mistress beautiful woman spectacular witty thrilling gripping bahamas swimming pool yacht ocean floor paris hospital extortion ransom nuclear weapons terrorism espionage
James Bond heads to the Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme.
Comedy
UK
1964
122 Minutes
Norwood
Rex Harrison Shirley MacLaine Ingrid Bergman Jeanne Moreau Edmund Purdom George C. Scott Omar Sharif Art Carney Alain Delon Roland Culver Wally Cox
marquess wife gangster girlfriend widow resistance fighter intricate emotional amusing offbeat london italy yugoslavia car marriage infidelity forbidden love crime nazi occupation cars
Anthology movie about three owners of a yellow Rolls-Royce. A British diplomat buys the car for his French wife. A mobster's girlfriend has an affair in Italy. An American woman drives a Yugoslavian partisan to Ljubljana on the eve of the Nazi invasion.
Drama
UK
1982
102 Minutes
Bishop of Paris
Anthony Hopkins Derek Jacobi Lesley-Anne Down Robert Powell John Gielgud David Suchet Gerry Sundquist Tim Pigott-Smith Alan Webb Roland Culver
quasimodo gypsy priest soldier poet melodramatic engaging paris notre dame cathedral france unrequited love obsession deformity romance misfits adventure forbidden love underdog rivalry rescue
Neville Harmer thinks his troubles are over when his wheel-chair bound father meets with an untimely death due to Neville's negligence leaving him with a hefty inheritance. But stipulations... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1982
90 Minutes
Michael Palin Maggie Smith Trevor Howard Denholm Elliott Michael Hordern Graham Crowden Phoebe Nicholls Tricia George Valerie Whittington Rosamund Greenwood David Suchet
reverend missionary wife wealthy woman prostitute campy lighthearted london africa slum brothel assignment sex prostitution secret past seduction murder plot adventure wretched excess 1900s
In 1905, after ten years of missionary work in Africa, the Reverend Charles Fortescue (Sir Michael Palin) is recalled to England, where his Bishop gives him his new assignment, to minister ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1978
106 Minutes
Anthony Quinn Jacqueline Bisset Edward Albert Raf Vallone James Franciscus Camilla Sparv Marilù Tolo Charles Durning Luciana Paluzzi Robin Clarke Kathryn Leigh Scott
The life of the Greek tycoon Theo Tomasis, based on Aristotle Onassis.
Drama
UK|USA
1958
94 Minutes
Deborah Kerr David Niven Jean Seberg Mylène Demongeot Geoffrey Horne Walter Chiari Martita Hunt Jean Kent David Oxley Elga Andersen Jeremy Burnham
adulterer playboy party girl mistress widower daughter brooding emotional french riviera loss grief sex jealousy love rivalry 1960s
Cecile, decadent young girl who lives with her rich playboy father Raymond. When Anne, Raymond's old love interest, comes to Raymond's villa, Cecile is afraid for her way of life.