List of the best Thorold Dickinson movies: The Queen of Spades(1949), The High Command(1937), The Arsenal Stadium Mystery(1939), Secret People(1952), The Prime Minister(1941), Men of Two Worlds(1946), Next of Kin(1942), Gaslight(1940) ... ...
Fantasy
UK
1949
95 Minutes
Director
Anton Walbrook Edith Evans Yvonne Mitchell Ronald Howard Mary Jerrold Anthony Dawson Miles Malleson Michael Medwin Athene Seyler Ivor Barnard Valentine Dyall
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An elderly countess strikes a bargain with the devil and exchanges her soul for the ability to always win at cards. An army officer, who is also a fanatic about cards, murders her for the ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1937
90 Minutes
Director
Lionel Atwill Lucie Mannheim James Mason Steven Geray Leslie Perrins Allan Jeayes Kathleen Gibson Philip Strange Wally Patch
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A general of the old school, who believes strongly in his own honour and sense of duty, must come to terms with a crime he commited years earlier, during the Irish War for Independence in 1921.
Crime, Drama
UK
1939
84 Minutes
Director
Leslie Banks Greta Gynt Ian MacLean
During a charity soccer match between top professional side Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan's new star player collapses. When he dies, Inspector Slade of Scotland Yard ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1952
96 Minutes
Director
Valentina Cortesa Serge Reggiani Audrey Hepburn Charles Goldner Megs Jenkins Irene Worth
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This tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the police apprehend the conspirators after an innocent bystander is accidentally killed.
Drama
UK
1941
94 Minutes
Director
John Gielgud Diana Wynyard Fay Compton Will Fyffe Owen Nares Pamela Standish Stephen Murray Frederick Leister
A biopic of the legendary Benjamin Disraeli, his rise from a foppish young novelist to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and confidante of Queen Victoria.
Drama
UK
1946
109 Minutes
Director
Phyllis Calvert Eric Portman Robert Adams
An African music student returns home and has to defeat the witch doctor who dominates his tribe and take them to healthier land.
War, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
1942
102 Minutes
Director
Mervyn Johns John Chandos Nova Pilbeam Reginald Tate Stephen Murray Geoffrey Hibbert
Mystery & Thriller
1940
88 Minutes
Director
Anton Walbrook Diana Wynyard Frank Pettingell Cathleen Cordell Robert Newton Jimmy Hanley
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A schizoid Victorian (Anton Walbrook) tries to drive his wife (Diana Wynyard) mad; a Scotland Yard detective (Frank Pettingell) figures out why.