Roland Culver — Actor (26)
cover
This England (1941) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
This England
director: David MacDonald actor: Emlyn Williams / John Clements …
Set in Claverly Village, it follows the fortunes of the Rookebys (Clements) and the ne'r-do-well Appleyards (Williams) from the time of the Normans, 1588, 1804, 1914, and 1940. Made to support morale during the war, its message is basically that you can't suppress the British; they've been there since the beginning; they'll be there to the end.
cover
The Great Lover (1949) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Great Lover
director: Alexander Hall actor: Bob Hope / Rhonda Fleming …
other title: 風流傻俠 / 风流傻侠 …
The French Surete and private eye Higgins are after a killer who uses innocent young Americans in a crooked gambling racket, and who sets sail on an ocean liner that also carries inept scoutmaster Freddie Hunter and his troop of boys. Freddie, who's been a "boy scout" too long, has designs on gorgeous Duchess Alexandria. The boys, far better organized than Freddie, are determined to save him from himself. But who will save Freddie from being the killer's next victim?
cover
French Without Tears (1940) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
French Without Tears
director: Anthony Asquith actor: Ray Milland / Ellen Drew …
other title: Coqueta hasta el fin / 法文课 …
It is based on the popular West End stage comedy by Terrence Rattigan. It all begins when Diana (Ellen Drew), the sister of a British boy studying in France, arrives in town to flirt with all of her brothers' schoolmates. Alan (Ray Milland), one of the students, successfully resists Diana's charms-meaning of course that Alan and Diana will be in each other's arms by fadeout time. (AllMovie)
cover
Old Bill and Son (1941) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Old Bill and Son
director: Ian Dalrymple actor: Morland Graham / John Mills …
Old Bill has grumbled his way through the trenches of the First World War. Now it is the Second and, envious of his son, Young Bill, he decides to enlist. He finally enters the Pioneer Corps, which is based near his son. When Young Bill goes missing during a raid, Old Bill shows that there's still life in the old dog yet!
cover
The Hour of 13 (1952) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Hour of 13
director: Harold French actor: Peter Lawford / Dawn Addams …
other title: La Treizième Heure / La hora 13
1890, London, and a serial killer known as The Terror is murdering policemen. When gentleman thief Nicholas Revel unwittingly becomes the chief suspect, he must use his guile and wits to prove he’s not the killer; whilst also not getting caught for a jewel robbery he has just committed.
cover
There Goes the Bride (1932) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
There Goes the Bride
director: Albert de Courville actor: Jessie Matthews / Owen Nares …
A businessman's daughter runs away from an arranged marriage, only to find herself penniless and suspected of theft after she becomes the victim of a bag thief in the train. When she refuses to tell him who she really is, her accuser decides to take her home where he can keep an eye on her until 12 o'clock the next day, the time at which she has calculated that it will be safe to tell the truth! But when his fiancée arrives unexpectedly and then his 'guest' is mistaken for her, it all gets rather embarrassing...
cover
Rough Shoot (1953) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Rough Shoot
director: Robert Parrish actor: Joel McCrea / Evelyn Keyes …
other title: Schuss im Dunkel / Un disparo en la mañana …
An American military officer and his wife move to a cottage in what they think is the peaceful English countryside, only to discover the area is a hotbed of spies and secret agents.
cover
Rockets Galore (1958) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Rockets Galore
director: Michael Relph actor: Donald Sinden / Jeannie Carson …
other title: Rockets Galore! / 火箭雌威 …
The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the government decides their little corner of the world would be the perfect place for a rocket launch site.
cover
Folly to Be Wise (1952) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Folly to Be Wise
director: Frank Launder actor: Alastair Sim / Elizabeth Allan …
other title: 愚蠢明智 / 畫裡真真 …
A newly-arrived army chaplain is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on a Brains Trust with local notables. Unfortunately for him, it emerges from a question on the rights and wrongs of marriage that there is more going on between three of the panelists than he wants to know about - though the audience obviously thinks differently.
cover
Singapore (1947) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Singapore
director: John Brahm actor: 弗莱德·麦克莫瑞 / Ava Gardner …
other title: Singapur / Singapour …
After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancée, alluring Linda, and her disappearance during the Japanese attack. But now Linda resurfaces...with amnesia and married to rich planter Van Leyden. Meanwhile, sinister fence Mauribus schemes to get Matt's pearls.
cover
Betrayed (1954) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Betrayed
director: 戈特弗里德·莱因哈特 actor: 克拉克·盖博 / 拉娜·特纳 …
other title: Verraten / Voyage au-delà des vivants …
When the Dutch resistance brings in Carla Van Oven to spy on the Nazis, Col. Pieter Deventer initially suspects she could be a double agent. Van Oven eventually convinces Deventer of her character, and when she is sent into occupied territory, she joins up with a rebel leader known as "The Scarf". As the resistance endures severe losses and their missions fail, Deventer starts to wonder whose side Van Oven is fighting on.
cover
The MacKintosh Man (1973) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The MacKintosh Man
director: 约翰·休斯顿 actor: 保罗·纽曼 / 多米尼克·桑达 …
other title: 맥킨토시의 사나이 / マッキントッシュの男 …
A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out and exposes him to the gang...
cover
On Approval (1944) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
On Approval
director: Clive Brook actor: Clive Brook / Beatrice Lillie …
other title: 试婚记 / Ehemann zur Ansicht
Two wealthy Victorian widows are courted tentatively by two impoverished British aristocrats. When one of the dowagers suggests that her beau go away with her for a month to see if they are compatible, the fireworks begin.