Search results for "Eric Portman"
The Blind Goddess

The Blind Goddess

The Blind Goddess
IMDb: 6.3
87

Justice, the poets have it, is a blind goddess. Eric Portman stars as the lawyer defending a lord, Hugh Williams, accused by his secretary Michael Dennison of having diverted public…

Genre: Drama
The Mark of Cain

The Mark of Cain

The Mark of Cain
IMDb: 6.2
88

An attractive young French girl instigates rivalry between two brothers when she becomes the bride of the younger one. As the situation festers it leads to murder…

Genre: Crime, Drama
We Dive at Dawn

We Dive at Dawn

We Dive at Dawn
IMDb: 6.7
98

A gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor, a British submarine Captain. The crew of the Sea Tiger are summoned from…

Genre: War
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke

The Crimes of Stephen Hawke

The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
IMDb: 5.6
69

The film begins in a BBC studio with the 100th edition of “In Town Tonight”. Flotsam and Jetsom open with a “topical number”. Then there is an interview with a…

Genre: Horror, Mystery
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn

Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn

Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
IMDb: 5.8
67

In 1820s rural England, a young girl is tricked by tales of marriage from a villainous Squire. When she becomes pregnant and disappears, a gipsy lad is blamed.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Abdul the Damned

Abdul the Damned

Abdul the Damned
IMDb: 5.8
111

In 1908, Sultan Abdul Hamid rules the Turkish Empire, but he is faced with the threat of revolt by the Young Turk party. He allows Hilmi Pasha, the leader of…

Genre: Drama, History
The Man Who Finally Died

The Man Who Finally Died

The Man Who Finally Died
IMDb: 6.1
98

Joe Newman, a naturalised Briton, is telephoned by his German father, whom he believed long dead, at the same time as a funeral is taking place in Bavaria – with…

Genre: Thriller
Assignment to Kill

Assignment to Kill

Assignment to Kill
IMDb: 6
102

A private eye is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping magnate suspected of deliberately sinking his own ships for the insurance money. He finds himself involved in…

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Naked Edge

The Naked Edge

The Naked Edge
IMDb: 6.7
99

Michael Anderson’s 1961 suspense thriller stars Deborah Kerr as a London wife who suspects her wealthy husband (Gary Cooper) might be a murderer. The cast also includes Eric Portman, Diane…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
South of Algiers

South of Algiers

South of Algiers
IMDb: 5.3
88

Archaeologists Van Heflin and Eric Portman undertake an expedition in Tunisia in search of an ancient mask.

Genre: Adventure, Drama
The Spider and the Fly

The Spider and the Fly

The Spider and the Fly
IMDb: 6.8
94

“The Spider and the Fly is set in Paris during the cloud-cuckoo days before WW I. The storyline intertwines the destinies of three people. Guy Rolfe plays Phillipe de Ledocq,…

49th Parallel

49th Parallel

49th Parallel
IMDb: 7.3
123

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…

The Whisperers

The Whisperers

The Whisperers
IMDb: 7.2
105

The Whisperers tells the story of an impoverished old woman living alone in a seedy apartment who enjoys a rich fantasy life as an heiress. When she discovers stolen money…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
The Bedford Incident

The Bedford Incident

The Bedford Incident
IMDb: 7.4
102

During a routine patrol, a reporter is given permission to interview a hardened cold-war warrior and captain of the American destroyer USS Bedford. The reporter gets more than he bargained…

The Colditz Story

The Colditz Story

The Colditz Story
IMDb: 7
94

Allied prisoners of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an “escape-proof” German P.O.W. camp housed in a Medieval castle.

Genre: Drama, War
Corridor of Mirrors

Corridor of Mirrors

Corridor of Mirrors
IMDb: 6.5
105

A man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life.

Millions Like Us

Millions Like Us

Millions Like Us
IMDb: 6.9
103

Millions Like Us is a 1943 British propaganda film, showing life in a wartime aircraft factory in documentary detail. It stars Patricia Roc, Eric Portman, Megs Jenkins, and Anne Crawford,…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
The Prince and the Pauper

The Prince and the Pauper

The Prince and the Pauper
IMDb: 7.2
118

Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when young teenage Tom sneaks into the palace garden, he meets…

Freud: The Secret Passion

Freud: The Secret Passion

Freud: The Secret Passion
IMDb: 7.3
140

An examination of Czech-Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud’s career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.

Genre: Drama
Deadfall

Deadfall

Deadfall
IMDb: 5.7
120

Cat burglar Henry Clarke and his accomplices the Moreaus attempt to steal diamonds from the chateau of millionaire Salinas.

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
A Canterbury Tale

A Canterbury Tale

A Canterbury Tale
IMDb: 7.5
124

Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Wanted for Murder

Wanted for Murder

Wanted for Murder
IMDb: 6.8
101

The son of a notorious hangman is gradually becoming insane and he finds himself unable to resist the urge to strangle women to death.

Genre: Crime, Drama
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
IMDb: 7
102

During the Allied Bombing offensive of World War II the public was often informed that “A raid took place last night over …, One (or often more) of Our Aircraft…

Genre: Drama, War
Dear Murderer

Dear Murderer

Dear Murderer
IMDb: 6.9
90

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

Genre: Thriller
West 11

West 11

West 11
IMDb: 6.5
93

Joe Beckett, seasoned citizen of the bedsitter belt, aged about 22, is the renegade son of modest, respectable parents and, to use his own description, ‘an emotional leper’. He decides…

Genre: Crime, Drama