Movies: Lesley Brook

  • 1943
    The Bells Go Down

    The Bells Go Down (1943)

    The Bells Go Down

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    Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WWII....

    The Bells Go Down
  • 1938
    The Viper

    The Viper (1938)

    The Viper

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    Crime comedy sequel to The Vulture (1937). Amateur sleuth, Cedric Gull, takes on another case....

    The Viper
  • 1943
    Variety Jubilee

    Variety Jubilee (1943)

    Variety Jubilee

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    This domestic melodrama chronicles three generations of a family of music-hall owners. In the early 1900s, two variety stars, Kit Burns and Joe Swann, are staunch friends even when Kit marries Joe's dancing partner Evelyn. Joe fights in the Boer War...

    Variety Jubilee
  • 1939
    The Nursemaid Who Disappeared

    The Nursemaid Who Disappeared (1939)

    The Nursemaid Who Disappeared

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    An overheard conversation leads to clues that a kidnapping plot is afoot....

    The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
  • 1943
    When We Are Married

    When We Are Married (1943)

    When We Are Married

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    The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that their marriages may not be valid. On hand are an outrageous housekeeper and a photographer....

    When We Are Married
  • 1948
    House of Darkness

    House of Darkness (1948)

    House of Darkness

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    In this psychological thriller, an avaricious man covets his stepbrother's home. The greedy fellow knows that his stepbrother has a heart condition and so sets off a fatal attack by smashing a beloved violin. However, his actions do not come without ...

    House of Darkness
  • 1940
    The Briggs Family

    The Briggs Family (1940)

    The Briggs Family

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    During the Second World War, a special constable and former solicitor is called upon to defend his son who is accused of the theft of a car...

    The Briggs Family
  • 1938
    Night Alone

    Night Alone (1938)

    Night Alone

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    Charles and Barbara are a devoted couple who, in seven years' marriage, have never spent a night apart. When they come up to town for a family engagement, an urgent business appointment obliges Charles to let Barbara go on without him. Left alone an...

    Night Alone
  • 1938
    Dead Men Tell No Tales

    Dead Men Tell No Tales (1938)

    Dead Men Tell No Tales

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    The middle aged matron at a Norwich school wins a large prize in a French lottery. She is murdered in London and the murderer's secretary impersonates her and draws the old lady's prize money. There follows a series of killings until the murderer rea...

    Dead Men Tell No Tales
  • 1943
    I'll Walk Beside You

    I'll Walk Beside You (1943)

    I'll Walk Beside You

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    John meets Ann at a music shop where she works. Love blossoms briefly before John is called away to serve on his naval ship. John suffers severe memory loss when his ship is sunk and Ann believing John is dead throws herself into nursing - will they ...

    I'll Walk Beside You
  • 1938
    Quiet, Please

    Quiet, Please (1938)

    Quiet, Please

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    “Comedy of a little man forced by chance into a big jewel robbery.” - BFI....

    Quiet, Please
  • 1945
    What's the Next Job?

    What's the Next Job? (1945)

    What's the Next Job?

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    Ministry of Information dramatized vocational film on assistance in finding jobs after the Second World War....

    What's the Next Job?
  • 1937
    Side Street Angel

    Side Street Angel (1937)

    Side Street Angel

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    “Comedy of a rich man who poses as a poor man and is taken by a convict into a hostel and given a job by the chief assistant.” - BFI....

    Side Street Angel
  • 1946
    The Trojan Brothers

    The Trojan Brothers (1946)

    The Trojan Brothers

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    Opposing ends of a pantomime horse where the 'head' dates a society lady while the 'tail' is unhappily married....

    The Trojan Brothers
  • 1938
    The Dark Stairway

    The Dark Stairway (1938)

    The Dark Stairway

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    “Professional jealousy over the discovery of a formula for an anaesthetic leads to murder in a hospital.” - BFI....

    The Dark Stairway
  • 1937
    The Man Who Made Diamonds

    The Man Who Made Diamonds (1937)

    The Man Who Made Diamonds

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    “Professor Calthrop, actuated only by scientific motives, and his assistant, out for his own gain, have invented a system for the manufacture of diamonds.” - BFI....

    The Man Who Made Diamonds
  • 1937
    The Vulture

    The Vulture (1937)

    The Vulture

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    An amateur detective tracks down a gang of diamond thieves to Chinatown....

    The Vulture
  • 1945
    For You Alone

    For You Alone (1945)

    For You Alone

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    Wartime romantic melodrama, suggested by a popular song of the same title, with a young woman torn between her love for a naval officer and duty to an injured admirer....

    For You Alone
  • 1938
    The Return of Carol Deane

    The Return of Carol Deane (1938)

    The Return of Carol Deane

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    The Return of Carol Deane