An ex army officer is forced to resort to a life of crime.
Social & External
Sir Charles Murdoch
Miriam Sinclair
Joan Collinson
Captain James Kent
Slim Barrett
Joseph Garstin
Inspector Hilton
Hugh Weldon
Crabby
John Morland
Susie
A crime film directed by Herbert Wynne
The Callbox Mystery (1932) is a British quota quickie crime film about a detective investigating murders linked to a mysterious callbox, likely involving suspects from a will, with a newspaper woman assisting and uncovering deeper secrets behind the apparent financial motives.
A crime film directed by Leslie Howard Gordon...
James Harg and his father work in a steelmaking plant which is incompetently run, with scant attention being paid to worker safety. In his own time, Harg works on ideas for a revolutionary new manufacturing process for hard steel. When his father is badly injured in a workplace accident resulting from employer negligence, Harg uses some of the compensation payment to develop his invention to a stage where it can be tested in practice. It is a huge success and Harg patents his process. He rises to a position on the board of the company, before staging a coup to oust his former employer and take over the business himself.
A British crime thriller film directed by William C. McGann
A Scottish woman tries to take her brother-in-law's wild living children in hand.
A bank manager who has successfully bought into a lucrative gold mine manages to foil the plot of some confidence tricksters who plan to swindle him out of his investment.
Publisher John Gillespie faces a financial crisis after his business partner skips town with all the firm's assets. Facing ruin, he reluctantly approaches a wealthy aunt for assistance but is met with a stony-faced refusal.
A British drama film directed by Widgey R. Newman
A novelist living in a boarding house imagines a murder that involves his fellow boarders.
A comedy film directed by Harry Revier.
A musical film directed by Fred Paul
A married couple accidentally become mixed up with a bank robber.
A British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott
A romance occurs between an impoverished tourist and a surprisingly wealthy Germany waitress.
A comedy film directed by George King.
When a small English town is dragged out into space by the force of a 'dead star' passing Earth, the populace try to organise a local government based on equal rights for all, but conflicts arise between the local aristocracy and the villagers.
Taxi driver Jim befriends Ruritanian child King Ludwig while the latter is on a visit to London. A plot is afoot by sinister forces to kidnap Ludwig, and Jim becomes caught up in the drama. After the child is abducted Jim uses all his ingenuity, including cross-dressing as a Countess and becoming involved in a car chase, to rescue him from his captors.
A bus conductor and his driver manage to round up a gang of criminals.