Movies: Charles Rolfe

  • 1938
    The Lady Vanishes

    The Lady Vanishes (1938)

    The Lady Vanishes

    7.41938HD

    On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to fi...

    The Lady Vanishes
  • 1941
    49th Parallel

    49th Parallel (1941)

    49th Parallel

    6.91941HD

    In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by commanding officer Lieutenant Hirth attempts to cross the border into the United States, which has not ...

    49th Parallel
  • 1945
    Caesar and Cleopatra

    Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)

    Caesar and Cleopatra

    6.11945HD

    The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play....

    Caesar and Cleopatra
  • 1947
    Jassy

    Jassy (1947)

    Jassy

    5.41947HD

    In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight. Pursued by superstitious villagers, she is rescued by the son of the owner of Mordelaine, a vast stately home. Unfortunately, his father's drinking and gambli...

    Jassy
  • 1948
    Miranda

    Miranda (1948)

    Miranda

    6.21948HD

    A young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives into her request to be taken to see London. Comedy and romantic entanglements ensue....

    Miranda
  • 1941
    Cottage to Let

    Cottage to Let (1941)

    Cottage to Let

    6.71941HD

    Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight....

    Cottage to Let
  • 1940
    Convoy

    Convoy (1940)

    Convoy

    5.41940HD

    A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII....

    Convoy
  • 1941
    'Pimpernel' Smith

    'Pimpernel' Smith (1941)

    'Pimpernel' Smith

    7.11941HD

    Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of th...

    'Pimpernel' Smith
  • 1940
    The Stars Look Down

    The Stars Look Down (1940)

    The Stars Look Down

    6.41940HD

    Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with Jenny who gets him to marry her and return home as local schoolteacher before finishing...

    The Stars Look Down
  • 1940
    Crook's Tour

    Crook's Tour (1940)

    Crook's Tour

    5.71940HD

    Charters and Caldicott are touring the Middle East. After visiting Saudi Arabia they find themselves in Bagdad where they are mistaken by a group of German spies for the messengers who are to carry a song record by beautiful singer La Palermo which c...

    Crook's Tour
  • 1933
    Crime on the Hill

    Crime on the Hill (1933)

    Crime on the Hill

    6.51933HD

    In this murder mystery, Vicar Casson looks into the poisoning of a wealthy man. He soon finds that the man they convicted, the fiance of the rich man's niece, was innocent....

    Crime on the Hill
  • 1942
    The Next of Kin

    The Next of Kin (1942)

    The Next of Kin

    5.71942HD

    Lots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the walls in various scenes to reinforce the plot of this British wartime movie illustrating how gossipy talk can result in unknowingly giving valuable infor...

    The Next of Kin
  • 1938
    They Drive by Night

    They Drive by Night (1938)

    They Drive by Night

    5.81938HD

    “Shorty” Matthews having recently been released from prison visits his girlfriend in London only to discover her murdered. Fearing he will be wrongly accused of being the culprit he disappears amongst the long-distance lorry driving community. Meanwh...

    They Drive by Night
  • 1947
    The Man Within

    The Man Within (1947)

    The Man Within

    5.71947HD

    A man goes on the run from hardened smugglers....

    The Man Within
  • 1945
    Johnny Frenchman

    Johnny Frenchman (1945)

    Johnny Frenchman

    61945HD

    The fisherman from a Cornish village have a friendly rivalry with the fishermen (and one formidable woman) from a French port. Then war comes and they must all rethink their petty differences....

    Johnny Frenchman
  • 1939
    The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

    The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939)

    The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

    6.61939HD

    During a charity football match between Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan's new star player collapses and dies. Inspector Slade of Scotland Yard is called in and declares it was murder. It takes all his ingenuity and another death ...

    The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
  • 1943
    Headline

    Headline (1943)

    Headline

    5.51943HD

    A crime reporter begins to investigate the disappearance of his bosses wife who had witnessed a murder....

    Headline
  • 1947
    Dear Murderer

    Dear Murderer (1947)

    Dear Murderer

    5.71947HD

    When a man discovers his wife is having an affair, he commits the perfect crime....

    Dear Murderer
  • 1946
    A Girl in a Million

    A Girl in a Million (1946)

    A Girl in a Million

    5.51946HD

    A young scientist freed by divorce from a nagging wife, isolates himself from women. His peace is broken by a lovely young girl to whom he is forced to give shelter. He marries her and finds that his dumb wife is not so dumb....

    A Girl in a Million
  • 1936
    Windbag the Sailor

    Windbag the Sailor (1936)

    Windbag the Sailor

    7.51936HD

    Will Hay plays a bragging sea captain whose maritime experience actually extends to navigating a coal barge down inland waterways. His tall tales catch him out when he is co-erced into commanding an unseaworthy ship by an unscrupulous shipping agent ...

    Windbag the Sailor