List of the best Valentine Dyall movies: Dr. Morelle(1949), The Ghost of Rashmon Hall(1947), Vengeance Is Mine(1948), Room to Let(1949), Hammer the Toff(1952), I Know Where I'm Going!(1945), Horror Hotel(1960), Brief Encounter(1945), Corridor of Mirrors(1948), The Final Test(1953), Hotel Reserve(1944), The Queen of Spades(1949) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1949
73 Minutes
Dr. Morelle
Valentine Dyall Julia Lang
A young woman goes missing under strange circumstances. A friend of hers tries to find out what happened and it almost leads to another case of a missing young woman. Dr. Morrell has his hands full trying to solve this case.
Horror
UK
1947
50 Minutes
Dr. George Clinton
Valentine Dyall Anne Howard Alec Faversham Howard Douglas Arthur Brander Antony Baird Frank Dunlop Monti DeLyle John Desmond Beatrice Marsden David Keir
A doctor is summoned to an old dark house to rid it of evil spirits.
Drama
1948
59 Minutes
Charles Heywood
Valentine Dyall Anne Firth Richard Goolden Sam Kydd Arthur Brander Alex Wright
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1949
68 Minutes
Dr. Fell
Jimmy Hanley Valentine Dyall Christine Silver Merle Tottenham Constance Smith Charles Hawtrey Aubrey Dexter
widow daughter physician reporter doctor killer suspenseful frightful eerie london boardinghouse asylum room street fear communal living suspicion investigation disappearance murder
In London in 1904, neighbours begin to suspect that a very strange man calling himself Dr. Fell may in fact be the infamous Jack the Ripper.
Crime, Drama
1952
90 Minutes
Patricia Dainton John Robinson Valentine Dyall Lockwood West Katharine Blake John Bentley
detective missing person thief kidnapper woman young woman suspenseful thrilling engaging gripping carriage england train great britain theft secret formula mystery shoot out danger fear
An upper class British detective known as Toff befriends a distressed lady and helps her to reunite with her missing uncle who's been targeted by criminals that are after his secret formula.
Romance
1945
91 Minutes
Mr. Robinson
Emeric Pressburger Wendy Hiller Roger Livesey Pamela Brown Finlay Currie Valentine Dyall Petula Clark
fiancée military officer friend sailor boyfriend girlfriend airy charming lighthearted castle small town isle of mull, scotland love ambition marriage social standing love transformation 1940s
A young Englishwoman (Wendy Hiller) aims to marry a tycoon but finds love with a naval officer (Roger Livesey) instead.
Horror
1960
76 Minutes
Jethrow Keane
Patricia Jessel Christopher Lee Betta St. John Dennis Lotis Venetia Stevenson Valentine Dyall Norman Macowan Ann Beach Tom Naylor Fred Johnson
professor student witch virgin brother innkeeper chilling dark suspenseful massachusetts whitewood hotel witchcraft research the devil sacrifice immortality reincarnation discovery escape
A professor (Christopher Lee) sends a coed to a Massachusetts village where he and a witch (Patricia Jessel) lead the living dead.
Romance, Drama
UK
1945
86 Minutes
Stephen Lynn, Alec's `Friend' (uncredited)
Celia Johnson Trevor Howard Stanley Holloway Cyril Raymond Joyce Carey Everley Gregg Marjorie Mars Margaret Barton Dennis Harkin Valentine Dyall Nuna Davey
wife husband doctor friend somber mushy cafeteria train family home suburbia england infidelity marriage love forbidden love 1940s
Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.
Drama
UK
1948
105 Minutes
Counsel for Defence
Eric Portman Edana Romney Barbara Mullen Hugh Sinclair Bruce Belfrage Joan Maude Alan Wheatley Leslie Weston Lois Maxwell Valentine Dyall Christopher Lee
artist wealthy man beautiful woman lover eerie tense england mansion museum reincarnation romance obsession wealth art history mystery discovery fall 1940s
A man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life.
Comedy
1953
91 Minutes
Man in Black
Jack Warner Robert Morley Brenda Bruce George Relph Adrianne Allen Ray Jackson Stanley Maxted Joan Swinstead Richard Bebb Valentine Dyall
cricket player poet son father athlete spirited charming engaging cricket match house england cricket sports father/son relationship difficult decision poetry family discovery quest rise
An English cricket player (Jack Warner) plays his last game in front of his son and a distinguished poet.
Mystery & Thriller
1944
79 Minutes
James Mason Victor Hanbury Lucie Mannheim Herbert Lom Raymond Lovell Julien Mitchell Clare Hamilton Martin Miller Frederick Valk Ivor Barnard
medical student intelligence officer hotel owner publisher fisherman newlywed frenetic suspenseful french riviera hotel shop espionage mistaken identity citizenship world war ii mystery pursuit 1940s
An Austrian medical student (James Mason) is mistaken for a Nazi spy at a hotel on the prewar Riviera.
Fantasy
UK
1949
95 Minutes
Anton Walbrook Edith Evans Yvonne Mitchell Ronald Howard Mary Jerrold Anthony Dawson Miles Malleson Michael Medwin Athene Seyler Ivor Barnard Valentine Dyall
countess gambler soldier pretty woman creepy eerie russia ambition deception gambling showdown murder quest discovery fall revenge 19th century
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
1945
137 Minutes
Laurence Olivier Robert Newton Renee Asherson Leslie Banks Esmond Knight Leo Genn Felix Aylmer Ralph Truman Harcourt Williams Ivy St. Helier Ernest Thesiger
soldier king leader military officer queen creative intense england france war marriage military royalty empowerment fall rise rivalry 16th century
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
Adventure
1943
98 Minutes
Anna Neagle Richard Greene Nova Pilbeam Lucie Mannheim Albert Lieven Cyril Fletcher Margaret Rutherford Claude Bailey Patric Curwen Marjorie Fielding David Horne
During World War II, a double agent from Britain exposes a Nazi plot to blow up a shipping port in Nova Scotia.
Adventure
UK|USA
1952
106 Minutes
Robert Taylor Elizabeth Taylor Joan Fontaine George Sanders Emlyn Williams Robert Douglas Finlay Currie Felix Aylmer Francis De Wolff Guy Rolfe Norman Wooland
knight king prince pretty woman robin hood engaging spirited england castle wilderness forest rescue romance competition kidnapping adventure rivalry rescue love 12th century
A knight seeks to free the captive King Richard (Norman Wooland) and put him back on the throne.
War
1943
88 Minutes
Ralph Richardson Gordon Wellesley Googie Withers Esmond Knight Beresford Egan Frederick Burtwell Kathleen Byron Willem Akkerman Dorothy Gordon Charles Victor John Longden
Considered a traitor for helping Nazis construct submarines, a Dutch engineer (Ralph Richardson) later redeems himself.
Comedy
UK
1966
105 Minutes
John Mills Ralph Richardson Michael Caine Nanette Newman Peter Cook Dudley Moore Tony Hancock Peter Sellers Cicely Courtneidge Wilfrid Lawson Thorley Walters
student brother butler foster daughter strangler nephew madcap hilarious london train household lottery family dysfunction rivalry 1890s
In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other, or can be made to have seemed to do so.
Drama, History
UK
1946
135 Minutes
Vivien Leigh Claude Rains Stewart Granger Flora Robson Francis L. Sullivan Basil Sydney Cecil Parker Raymond Lovell Anthony Eustrel Ernest Thesiger Anthony Harvey
julius caesar cleopatra ptolemy military officer engaging calm alexandria, egypt royal palace political intrigue family imperialism growing up transformation ancient egypt
At the height of the Roman Civil War, a young Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh) meets a middle-aged Julius Caesar (Claude Rains), who teaches her how to rule Egypt.