Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter (13 June 1900 – 22 September 1975) was a British character actor. Among dozens of film roles, his best-remembered appearances include That Certain Woman (1937) with Bette Davis, The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938, as King Richard the Lionheart), The Little Princess (1939, as Captain Reginald Crewe) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941, as Dr. Lanyon). Hunter returned to the Robin Hood legend in the 1955 TV series The Adventures of Robin Hood in the recurring role of Sir Richard of the Lea. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian Hunter, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Ian Hunter
  • Popularity: 3.71
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1900-06-13
  • Place of Birth: Cape Town, South Africa
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Ian Hunter Movies

  • 1941
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    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    6.433 1941 HD

    Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible...

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  • 1938
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    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    7.452 1938 HD

    Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.

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  • 1941
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    Come Live with Me

    Come Live with Me

    6.9 1941 HD

    Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.

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  • 1939
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    The Little Princess

    The Little Princess

    6.7 1939 HD

    A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War.

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  • 1932
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    The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case

    The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case

    4.5 1932 HD

    A young woman turns to Holmes for protection when she's menaced by an escaped killer seeking missing treasure. However, when the woman is kidnapped,...

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  • 1939
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    Tarzan Finds a Son!

    Tarzan Finds a Son!

    6.1 1939 HD

    A young couple die in a plane crash in the jungle. Their son is found by Tarzan and Jane who name him Boy and raise him as their own. Five years...

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  • 1939
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    Tower of London

    Tower of London

    5.9 1939 HD

    In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne,...

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  • 1927
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    The Ring

    The Ring

    5.8 1927 HD

    Both Jack Sander and Bob Corby are boxers in love with Mabel. Jack and Mabel wed, but their marriage is flat. The young wife looks to Bob for comfort.

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  • 1928
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    Easy Virtue

    Easy Virtue

    5.1 1928 HD

    Larita Filton is named as correspondent in a scandalous divorce case. She escapes to France to rebuild her life where she meets John Whittaker. They...

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  • 1941
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    Andy Hardy's Private Secretary

    Andy Hardy's Private Secretary

    5.3 1941 HD

    All set to graduate from high school , Andy Hardy flunks his English exam -- in spite of the fact that Aunt Milly is his teacher, and that the Judge...

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  • 1956
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    The Battle of the River Plate

    The Battle of the River Plate

    6.2 1956 HD

    In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British...

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  • 1946
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    Bedelia

    Bedelia

    5.2 1946 HD

    Bedelia Carrington is living happily, it appears, in Monte Carlo with her husband Charlie Carrington. But a cultivated young artist, Ben Chaney,...

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  • 1939
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    Maisie

    Maisie

    4.7 1939 HD

    Wisecracking showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself trapped in a Wyoming town when her new employer closes the show prematurely. She meets ranch...

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  • 1935
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    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    6.4 1935 HD

    Four young people escape Athens to a forest where the king and queen of the fairies are quarreling, while meanwhile, a troupe of amateur actors...

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  • 1940
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    Strange Cargo

    Strange Cargo

    6.961 1940 HD

    Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.

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  • 1961
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    Doctor Blood's Coffin

    Doctor Blood's Coffin

    5.2 1961 HD

    After being thrown out of medical school for ethical violations, Dr. Peter Blood returns home to a small Cornish village, where he sets up a research...

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  • 1940
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    The Long Voyage Home

    The Long Voyage Home

    6.5 1940 HD

    The crew of the merchant ship Glencairn hope to survive a transatlantic crossing during World War II. Adapted from four Eugene O'Neill one-act plays.

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  • 1939
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    Bad Little Angel

    Bad Little Angel

    4.9 1939 HD

    A bible-guided Victorian orphan befriends a bootblack in a strange town.

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  • 1953
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    Appointment in London

    Appointment in London

    6.2 1953 HD

    Wing-commander Tim Mason leads a squadron of Lancaster bombers on almost nightly raids from England. Having flown eighty-seven missions he will...

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  • 1937
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    Confession

    Confession

    6.1 1937 HD

    Vera Kowalska is put on trial for murdering concert pianist Michael Michailow. In court it is revealed that some years earlier Michael ruined Vera's...

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  • 1937
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    Another Dawn

    Another Dawn

    6.2 1937 HD

    Colonel John Wister, on duty with the British army in the desert region of Dubik, returns to England on leave. There he falls in love with Julia...

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  • 1933
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    The Man from Toronto

    The Man from Toronto

    4 1933 HD

    According to the terms of a will two strangers must marry. Leila (Jessie Matthews) is an English widow, and Fergus (Ian Hunter) is a Canadian...

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  • 1949
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    Edward, My Son

    Edward, My Son

    6.4 1949 HD

    Following the death of his only son, a ruthless businessman reflects on his life, his unhappy marriage and his questionable parenting skills.

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  • 1937
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    That Certain Woman

    That Certain Woman

    6.1 1937 HD

    A gangster's widow fights for love despite society's disapproval.

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  • 1954
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    Eight O'Clock Walk

    Eight O'Clock Walk

    6.7 1954 HD

    Only a British cabdriver's (Richard Attenborough) wife (Cathy O'Donnell) and lawyer (Derek Farr) believe him innocent of killing a little girl.

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  • 1940
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    Bitter Sweet

    Bitter Sweet

    5.8 1940 HD

    A woman runs away with her music teacher in order to escape an arranged marriage, but they struggle to make ends meet.

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  • 1934
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    Death at Broadcasting House

    Death at Broadcasting House

    5.7 1934 HD

    An actor is murdered live on air whilst a play is being broadcast. Everyone in the play and broadcasting house fall under suspicion.

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  • 1938
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    The Sisters

    The Sisters

    6.1 1938 HD

    Three daughters of a small down pharmacist undergo trials and tribulations in their problematic marriages between 1904 and 1908.

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  • 1941
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    Billy the Kid

    Billy the Kid

    4.7 1941 HD

    Billy Bonney is a hot-headed gunslinger who narrowly skirts a life of crime by being befriended and hired by a peaceful rancher, Eric Keating. When...

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  • 1934
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    Something Always Happens

    Something Always Happens

    6 1934 HD

    Unemployed car salesman Peter is encouraged by his girlfriend Cynthia to approach the head of a petrol company with his plan for making petrol...

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  • 1939
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    Broadway Serenade

    Broadway Serenade

    6.2 1939 HD

    A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer...

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  • 1935
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    The Phantom Light

    The Phantom Light

    5.3 1935 HD

    Criminals pose as ghosts to scare a lighthouse keeper on the Welsh coast, in attempt to distract him. Jim Pearce deliberately maroons himself on the...

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  • 1941
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    Smilin' Through

    Smilin' Through

    6 1941 HD

    John Carteret has long been depressed and lonely, because, at his wedding years ago, his bride, Moonyean, was murdered. He accepts into his house...

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  • 1957
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    Fortune Is a Woman

    Fortune Is a Woman

    6.679 1957 HD

    An insurance man discovers his ex-girlfriend and her husband's art-forgery/arson scam.

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  • 1937
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    Call It a Day

    Call It a Day

    5 1937 HD

    The various members of the middle-class Hilton family have a series of romantic misadventures during one eventful spring day.

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  • 1940
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    Dulcy

    Dulcy

    5.8 1940 HD

    A dizzy young woman aranges to turn her inventor-boyfriend's vacation into a chance meeting with a possible investor who happens to be her brother's...

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  • 1938
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    Always Goodbye

    Always Goodbye

    6.8 1938 HD

    Following the death of her fiancé, Margot Weston is left pregnant and unmarried. Former doctor Jim Howard helps the desperate Margot. When her...

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  • 1938
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    Secrets of an Actress

    Secrets of an Actress

    5.6 1938 HD

    Two architects lose their heads over a glamorous actress.

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  • 1935
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    The Girl from 10th Avenue

    The Girl from 10th Avenue

    6.5 1935 HD

    When his fiancée Valentine dumps him, prominent lawyer Geoffrey Sherwood goes on a bender and winds up married to a stranger, Miriam Brady....

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  • 1956
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    The Door in the Wall

    The Door in the Wall

    5.8 1956 HD

    A man is haunted throughout his life, by a magical door that opens onto an alternate, Garden-of-Eden like world.

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  • 1937
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    Stolen Holiday

    Stolen Holiday

    6.6 1937 HD

    A young model is set up with her own fashion business by a crooked financier, who sells worthless bonds.

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  • 1983
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    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    6.5 1983 HD

    Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival...

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  • 1934
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    The Church Mouse

    The Church Mouse

    4.5 1934 HD

    When a meek secretary goes to work for her new boss, she becomes a sophisticated lady.

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  • 1940
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    Gallant Sons

    Gallant Sons

    7.2 1940 HD

    When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer.

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  • 1931
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    Sally in Our Alley

    Sally in Our Alley

    4.5 1931 HD

    A woman believes her boyfriend died in the First World War, but he is now looking for her

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  • 1935
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    Lazybones

    Lazybones

    6.3 1935 HD

    Lazybones is an idle baronet. He hasn't a care in the world until his father cuts him off without a penny. He then meets an American heiress &...

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  • 1961
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    The Treasure of Monte Cristo

    The Treasure of Monte Cristo

    4 1961 HD

    A dashing ex-officer in His Majesty’s army, Captain Adam Corbett (Calhoun) becomes embroiled in intrigue when he agrees to escort Colonel...

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  • 1939
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    Yes, My Darling Daughter

    Yes, My Darling Daughter

    4 1939 HD

    Ellen is a free spirited young woman in love with Doug. Sadly he must leave America for a two year job in Belgium. Ellen and Doug decide to spend...

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  • 1947
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    White Cradle Inn

    White Cradle Inn

    6.2 1947 HD

    This drama is set in Switzerland and chronicles a fight between an innkeeper and her husband, a chronic adulterer. The trouble begins when she wants...

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  • 1952
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    It Started in Paradise

    It Started in Paradise

    5 1952 HD

    A talented dress designer, who lets nothing get in the way of her success, rises in the fashion world then loses contact with her own humanity. She...

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  • 1935
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    I Found Stella Parish

    I Found Stella Parish

    7 1935 HD

    A blackmailer preys on an actress who is trying to protect her daughter from her past.

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  • 1943
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    It Comes Up Love

    It Comes Up Love

    3 1943 HD

    This modest bit of comedy and romance in the adolescent vein is about a couple of spirited juveniles, Donald O'Connor and Gloria Jean, who carry on a...

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  • 1962
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    Guns of Darkness

    Guns of Darkness

    6 1962 HD

    Committed pacifist Tom Jordan's decision to help former President Rivera escape a military coup is a simple act of mercy that takes him and his wife...

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  • 1960
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    The Bulldog Breed

    The Bulldog Breed

    5.733 1960 HD

    Norman Puckle, a well-meaning but clumsy grocer's assistant, can't seem to do anything right. After being rejected by Marlene, the love of his life,...

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  • 1938
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    Comet Over Broadway

    Comet Over Broadway

    5 1938 HD

    Story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition.

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  • 1931
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    Cape Forlorn

    Cape Forlorn

    7.5 1931 HD

    William Kell, the keeper of a lighthouse on a lonely stretch of coastline, marries cabaret dancer Eileen. His young wife, however, goes on to have an...

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  • 1947
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    The White Unicorn

    The White Unicorn

    7.5 1947 HD

    In a home for delinquent girls, the worst offender exchanges reminiscences with the warden.

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  • 1936
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    The Devil Is a Sissy

    The Devil Is a Sissy

    6.9 1936 HD

    A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.

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  • 1941
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    Ziegfeld Girl

    Ziegfeld Girl

    6.5 1941 HD

    Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on...

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  • 1936
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    The White Angel

    The White Angel

    8 1936 HD

    In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurses when it was considered a disreputable...

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  • 1936
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    To Mary - with Love

    To Mary - with Love

    4.5 1936 HD

    Mary stands by Jack after the Depression of 1929 but considers divorce when he again becomes successful by 1935. Bill, who loves Mary, works at...

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  • 1942
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    A Yank at Eton

    A Yank at Eton

    6.2 1942 HD

    An American playboy is sent to a British boarding school to learn discipline.

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  • 1942
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    Safeguarding Military Information

    Safeguarding Military Information

    5 1942 HD

    World War II propaganda short which focuses on the dangers of inadvertent dispersal of military information.

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  • 1961
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    The Queen's Guards

    The Queen's Guards

    4.3 1961 HD

    Captains John Fellows and Henry Wynne-Walton finish their Army training at Sandhurst Military Academy and are sent to the Middle-East. John is to...

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  • 1940
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    Broadway Melody of 1940

    Broadway Melody of 1940

    6.7 1940 HD

    Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett,...

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  • 1935
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    Jalna

    Jalna

    4.8 1935 HD

    A young poet, accompanied by his new bride, returns home to his large family at their Canadian farm.

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  • 1929
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    Syncopation

    Syncopation

    5 1929 HD

    Benny and Flo are a husband and wife dance team, Sloane and Darrel, traveling around the country as part of a revue. The revue gets picked up and...

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  • 1924
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    Not For Sale

    Not For Sale

    1 1924 HD

    An Earl's disowned son becomes a chauffeur, loves a landlady, and is jailed for theft.

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  • 1930
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    The Valley of Ghosts

    The Valley of Ghosts

    10 1930 HD

    'Detective loves daughter of artist suspected of murdering blackmailer.' (British Film Catalogue)

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  • 1963
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    The Mystery of the Indian Temple

    The Mystery of the Indian Temple

    4.3 1963 HD

    Doctor Palmer, wrongly accused of the murder of a British officer, is a prisoner of the Maharajah of Hasnabad. Doctor Palmer and Gopal, his devoted...

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  • 1963
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    Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance

    Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance

    4 1963 HD

    At the end of the 19th century, during the British rule of India, the goddess Kali commits a number of murders, among which the man who was...

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  • 1932
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    The Water Gipsies

    The Water Gipsies

    6 1932 HD

    Jane Bell has lived on an old barge moored in the Thames with her feckless father and sister ever since their mother died, but she would prefer her...

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  • 1925
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    Confessions

    Confessions

    1 1925 HD

    Two typists, one attractive, the other efficient, fall in love with the son of one of the firm's partners. The young man makes overtures to the...

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  • 1934
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    The Night of the Party

    The Night of the Party

    5.3 1934 HD

    A major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner party. The publishers secretary is the obvious...

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  • 1934
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    The Silver Spoon

    The Silver Spoon

    1 1934 HD

    “A homeless gentleman confesses to a Lord's murder to protect a woman they both love.” - BFI.

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  • 1943
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    Forever and a Day

    Forever and a Day

    7.2 1943 HD

    In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble,...

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  • 1934
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    No Escape

    No Escape

    1 1934 HD

    “Crime film set in Malaya concerning the pursuit of a planter framed for poisoning his partner and suspected of carrying plague.” - BFI.

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  • 1932
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    Marry Me

    Marry Me

    1 1932 HD

    A British musical comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele

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  • 1938
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    Breakdowns of 1938

    Breakdowns of 1938

    5 1938 HD

    Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.

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  • 1935
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    A Dream Comes True

    A Dream Comes True

    5.5 1935 HD

    A promotional short to hype the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935).

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  • 1937
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    Breakdowns of 1937

    Breakdowns of 1937

    6 1937 HD

    Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1937.

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  • 1942
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    Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

    Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

    6 1942 HD

    Narrator Hopper covers two war benefit affairs, a garden party and a USO fashion show, at Pickfair, "The White House of Hollywood."

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  • 1937
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    52nd Street

    52nd Street

    1 1937 HD

    The story of how 52nd Street became New York City's "Nightclub Row" in the 1930s.

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  • 1935
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    The Morals of Marcus

    The Morals of Marcus

    1 1935 HD

    A confirmed bachelor takes pity on a young woman and takes her to London.

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  • 1933
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    Orders Is Orders

    Orders Is Orders

    1 1933 HD

    A brash American movie producer arrives at an army base in England wanting to shoot a movie and use the soldiers as extras. The base commander...

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  • 1958
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    Rockets Galore

    Rockets Galore

    6 1958 HD

    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...

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  • 1928
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    His House in Order

    His House in Order

    1 1928 HD

    A rich man's worship of his first wife ends when he learns their son is a bastard.

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  • 1927
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    Downhill

    Downhill

    5.7 1927 HD

    Roddy, first son of the rich Berwick family, is expelled from school when he takes the blame for his friend Tim's charge. His family sends him away...

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  • 1959
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    North West Frontier

    North West Frontier

    6.7 1959 HD

    In the rebellious northern frontier province of colonial India, British Army Captain Scott, a young prince and the boy's governess escape by an...

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  • 1954
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    Don't Blame the Stork

    Don't Blame the Stork

    1 1954 HD

    When Sir George Redway, a famous actor, makes the public boast that he loves babies, a baby is promptly abandoned on his doorstep, and he is forced...

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  • 1930
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    Escape!

    Escape!

    6.3 1930 HD

    When Matt Denant (Gerald de Maurier) finds himself wrongly imprisoned for manslaughter, he takes an opportunity to escape from jail during a foggy...

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  • 1955
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    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    6.4 1955 HD

    The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the...

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  • 1956
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    Armchair Theatre

    Armchair Theatre

    5.8 1956 HD

    Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally...

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