List of the best Valerie Hobson movies: The Rocking Horse Winner(1949), The Interrupted Journey(1949), Meet Me Tonight(1952), August Week-end(1936), Train of Events(1952), Murder Will Out(1952), The Small Voice(1948), The Years Between(1946), Blanche Fury(1948), Unpublished Story(1942), When Thief Meets Thief(1937), Contraband(1940) ... ...
Drama
UK
1949
91 Minutes
Hester Grahame
Valerie Hobson John Howard Davies John Mills Ronald Squire Hugh Sinclair Charles Goldner Susan Richards
boy mother father gardener dark eerie intense sad racetrack house bedroom england greed gambling family poverty horse racing growing up sacrifice wretched excess
A young boy receives a rocking horse for Christmas and soon learns that he is able to pick the winning horse at the races.
Crime, Drama
UK
1949
80 Minutes
Valerie Hobson Richard Todd Christine Norden Tom Walls Alexander Gauge Ralph Truman Vida Hope
writer mistress wife publisher husband frenetic shocking train england family home train depot café murder train crash affair investigation deception temptation mystery 1940s
A writer eloping with his mistress by train has second thoughts, pulls the emergency brake, bails out and witnesses the train's collision with another train, events eventually leading to murder and a police manhunt.
Comedy
UK
1952
81 Minutes
Stella Cartwright
husband wife performer widow daughter mother-in-law cheeky witty stage family home french riviera mansion domestic life marriage schemes show business marital problems love rivalry temptation
A television given as a retirement present is sold on to different households, causing misery each time.
Drama
USA
1936
70 Minutes
Claire Barry
Valerie Hobson G.P. Huntley Jr. Paul Harvey Betty Compson Claire McDowell Frank Melton Dorothea Kent Maynard Holmes Edgar Norton Gigi Parrish Howard C. Hickman
At a high-society dinner party, a wealthy, older and married man sets his sights on a beautiful young girl who's loved by a younger and not-so-wealthy man.
Drama
1952
88 Minutes
Stella
actor prisoner of war composer estranged wife brooding suspenseful tense engaging intense train england point-of-view flashbacks train travel train crash stories discovery fall love mystery
An English train wreck links four stories: "The Engine Driver," "The Prisoner of War," "The Actor," "The Composer."
Mystery & Thriller
1952
83 Minutes
Alycia Roche
wife writer author police detective publisher suspect engaging suspenseful melodramatic house office police station murder infidelity investigation unhappy marriage murder plot crime discovery mystery
The wife (Valerie Hobson) of a British literary giant (James Robertson Justice) loves a minor mystery writer (Edward Underdown) struck by bad luck.
Mystery & Thriller
1948
85 Minutes
Eleanor Byrne
Valerie Hobson James Donald Howard Keel David Greene Michael Balfour Joan Young Angela Fouldes Glyn Dearman
convict partner writer wife housekeeper superintendent tense emotional great britain countryside cottage hostage situation fugitives desperation car crash escape rescue 1940s
An escaped convict (Harold Keel) and his henchmen hold a British playwright (James Donald) and his wife (Valerie Hobson) hostage.
Drama
UK
1946
100 Minutes
A Member of Parliament, who had been reportedly killed in action during World War II, unexpectedly returns to his family, only to find that his wife has been persuaded to take his seat in the House of Commons.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1948
95 Minutes
Stewart Granger Valerie Hobson Walter Fitzgerald Michael Gough Maurice Denham Sybilla Binder Edward Lexy Allan Jeayes Suzanne Gibbs Ernest Jay George Woodbridge
stableman cousin uncle governess daughter husband dark eerie passionate tense estate england stable curse class distinctions wealth murder plot ambition love triangle forbidden love
The childless widow of Allan Fury bequeaths the Fury estate to her Fuller relatives but Allan's illegitimate son who masquerades as a servant hopes to grab the estate for himself.
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.
Drama
UK
1937
85 Minutes
Glory Fane
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Valerie Hobson Alan Hale Jack Melford Anthony Ireland Barbara Everest Edward Rigby Esme Percy Basil Radford Leo Genn Ian Fleming
A London cat burglar (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) falls for the girlfriend (Valerie Hobson) of a stockbroker (Alan Hale) who used to be his partner.
Adventure
1940
91 Minutes
Mrs.Sorensen
Conrad Veidt Valerie Hobson Hay Petrie Joss Ambler Raymond Lovell Esmond Knight Charles Victor Phoebe Kershaw Harold Warrender John Longden Eric Maturin
A ship's captain gets caught up in a German spy ring when he follows two people who stole his shore passes.
Mystery & Thriller
1943
103 Minutes
Robert Donat Valerie Hobson Walter Rilla Phyllis Morris Glynis Johns Martin Miller Anthony Eustrel Percy Walsh Friedrich Richter John Penrose
spy soldier nazi pretty woman gutsy suspenseful tense romania czechoslovakia factory deception espionage world war ii nazism dangerous assignment adventure quest 1940s
A British spy (Robert Donat) helps the Czech underground blow up a Nazi poison-gas factory in Prague.
Drama, History
1941
108 Minutes
The MacIver brothers (Michael Redgrave, Griffith Jones) build the first ship to cross the Atlantic by steam power alone.
Comedy, Crime, Drama
UK
1949
104 Minutes
Edith D'Ascoyne
Alec Guinness Dennis Price Valerie Hobson Joan Greenwood Miles Malleson Hugh Griffith Jeremy Spenser Arthur Lowe
murderer wealthy man girlfriend admiral minister lady cheeky madcap england castle prison death family ambition class distinctions revenge fall 1900s
A distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.
Comedy
UK
1952
89 Minutes
Countess of Chell
Alec Guinness Glynis Johns Valerie Hobson Petula Clark Edward Chapman Veronica Turleigh George Devine Joan Hickson Frank Pettingell Gibb McLaughlin
promoter mother countess dance instructor girl employer witty cheeky playful staffordshire, england school office dance hall car government building ambition class distinctions manipulation money schemes
In Edwardian Staffordshire, charming rogue Edward "Denry" Machin (Alec Guinness), the son of a washerwoman, believes he must give destiny a hand to rise in the world.
War
UK
1939
82 Minutes
The School Mistress
Conrad Veidt Sebastian Shaw Valerie Hobson Marius Goring June Duprez Helen Haye Cyril Raymond Hay Petrie
A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.
Comedy, Drama
France|UK
1954
85 Minutes
Catherine Ripois
Gérard Philipe Natasha Parry Valerie Hobson Joan Greenwood Margaret Johnson Germaine Montero Julie Anslow Mae Bacon
husband wife boss best friend young woman wealthy woman witty amusing emotional london apartment household bus office england infidelity marriage romance deception sexual conquests
A philanderer fakes suicide with unexpected consequences.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1939
78 Minutes
Kay Lawrence
Laurence Olivier Ralph Richardson Valerie Hobson George Curzon David Tree George Merritt Gus McNaughton Sandra Storme
A quirky British Secret Service Agent named Major Hammond tries to discover who is using a secret weapon to steal experimental planes.
Horror
1935
75 Minutes
Lisa Glendon
Henry Hull Warner Oland Valerie Hobson Lester Matthews Lawrence Grant Spring Byington Clark Williams J.M. Kerrigan Charlotte Granville Ethel Griffies Zeffie Tilbury
botanist assistant wife scientist nephew police chief dark frightening melodramatic london laboratory street estate hotel tibet werewolves flowers murder investigation metamorphosis
An Asian werewolf (Warner Oland) bites a botanist (Henry Hull) in Tibet and rivals him for the antidote in London.
Horror
USA
1935
75 Minutes
Elizabeth Frankenstein
Boris Karloff Elsa Lanchester Colin Clive Valerie Hobson O.P. Heggie Una O'Connor Ernest Thesiger Gavin Gordon Douglas Walton E.E. Clive Lucien Prival
monster mad scientist fiancée blind person hunter bride witty brooding chilling countryside castle hideout death accident meaning of life guilt pursuit transformation sacrifice 19th century
Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Dr. Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.
Adventure
UK
1938
96 Minutes
Mrs. Carruthers
Sabu Raymond Massey Roger Livesey Valerie Hobson Desmond Tester Martin Walker David Tree Francis L. Sullivan Roy Emerton Edward Lexy Julien Mitchell
british soldier ruler prince brother benefactor native engaging intense india battlefield household palace revolution imperialism friendship loyalty duplicity assassination adventure rescue
During the British Raj, Captain Carruthers works under cover to track smuggled shipments of arms on the restless Northwest Frontier of India. He fears a full-scale rebellion is brewing. To ... See full summary »