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1. A Christmas Carol (1951)
directed by Brian Desmond Hurst
featuring Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns, Michael Hordern, Hermione BaddeleyWidely considered to be the definitive of the many film versions of Charles Dickens' classic novel is this 1951 British adaptation, starring Alastair ... More
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2. The Day of the Triffids (1963)
directed by Steve Sekely
featuring Howard Keel, Kieron Moore, Janette Scott, Nicole Maurey, Mervyn JohnsAdapted from the novel by John Wyndham, this intelligent British monster movie begins with a meteor shower so intensely bright that it blinds the ... More
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3. San Demetrio, London (1944)
directed by Charles Frend
featuring Walter Fitzgerald, Mervyn Johns, Ralph Michael, Robert Beatty, Gordon JacksonThe San Demetrio is a British Merchant Marine vessel, traversing the Atlantic shipping channels in early 1940. The ship is disabled at sea, and ... More
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4. Tony Draws a Horse (1951)
directed by John Paddy, John Paddy Carstairs
featuring Cecil Parker, Anne Crawford, Derek Bond, Barbara Murray, Mervyn JohnsThis lightweight British satire on Freudianism stars Cecil Parker as a prominent doctor and Anne Crawford as his psychiatrist wife. Parker and ... More
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5. The Bells Go Down (1943)
directed by Basil Dearden
featuring Tommy Trinder, James Mason, Mervyn Johns, Phillip Friend, Philippa Hiatt, Finlay Currie, William HartnellThe Bells Go Down is a dramatization of London firefighting efforts during the 1940 Blitz. In structure, the film is very much like any other smoke ... More
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6. Romeo and Juliet (1954)
directed by Renato Castellani
featuring John Gielgud, Laurence Harvey, Susan Shentall, Flora Robson, Mervyn Johns, Bill Travers, Sebastian Cabot, Norman WoolandGenerally forgotten today, Romeo and Juliet is a satisfactory, if perfunctory, adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal tragedy. Cast as the "star cross ... More
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7. The Captive Heart (1947)
directed by Basil Dearden
featuring Michael Redgrave, Rachel Kempson, Frederick Leister, Mervyn Johns, Jack Warner, Basil Radford, Rachel ThomasThe Captive Heart is set in a German POW camp for British soldiers. Michael Redgrave plays a Czech patriot, who has assumed the identity of a ... More
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8. Edward, My Son (1949)
directed by George Cukor
featuring Spencer Tracy, Deborah Kerr, Ian Hunter, James Donald, Mervyn Johns, Leucen MacGrathBusinessman Spencer Tracy is devoted beyond all reason to his son Edward. Tracy lies, cheats, steals, commits arson, and drives two people to suicide ... More
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9. My Learned Friend (1943)
directed by Basil Dearden, Will Hay
featuring Will Hay, Claude Hulbert, Mervyn Johns, Charles Victor, G.H. MulcasterWill Hay, he of the pince-nez, outraged sniff, and overall demeanor of dignified incompetence, stars in (and codirects) another of his popular ... More
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10. Dead of Night (1945)
directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, Basil Dearden, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer
featuring Mervyn Johns, Michael Redgrave, Sally Ann Howes, Mary Merrall, Roland CulverConsidered the greatest horror anthology film, the classic British chiller Dead of Night features five stories of supernatural terror from four ... More
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11. Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)
directed by Robert Hamer
featuring Mervyn Johns, Mary Merrall, Gordon Jackson, Sally Ann Howes, Googie WithersList of all editionsThe title is whimsical, but the storyline isn't. Googie Withers plays the frustrated wife of a 1880s Brighton tavern keeper, looking for an easy way ... More







