A north-country chimney sweep standing for Parliament is opposed by a local bigwig. Read More »
Tag Archives: John Mills
Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942) Basil Dearden, Will Hay, John Mills, Basil Sydney
Professor Davis, who teaches at a correspondence school, discovers that a Nazi Agent is trying to prevent Read More »
Mr. Denning Drives North (1951) Anthony Kimmins, John Mills, Phyllis Calvert, Eileen Moore
When well-off aircraft designer Denning finds his daughter’s current boyfriend is a nasty character Read More »
Above Us the Waves (1955) Ralph Thomas, John Mills, John Gregson, Donald Sinden
In World War II, the greatest threat to the British Navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. Read More »
We Dive at Dawn (1943) Anthony Asquith, John Mills, Louis Bradfield, Ronald Millar
The crew of submarine H.M.S. Sea Tiger have their leave (and assorted family problems) Read More »
Murder with Mirrors (1985) Dick Lowry, Helen Hayes, Bette Davis, John Mills
Christian Gilbranson, Miss Marple’s lawyer, persuades her to visit the baronial estate of his step-mother Read More »
Dunkirk (1958) Leslie Norman, John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Bernard Lee
Two stories in one – an easygoing British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. Read More »
So Well Remembered (1947) Edward Dmytryk, John Mills, Martha Scott, Patricia Roc
On the day that World War II ends in Europe, Mayor George Boswell recalls events of the previous 25 years in his home town of Browdley. Read More »
The Family Way (1966) Roy Boulting, Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, John Mills
Married life is proving difficult for newlyweds Jenny and Arthur. With well meaning but interfering parents, nosey neighbors Read More »
Town on Trial (1957) John Guillermin, John Mills, Charles Coburn, Barbara Bates
When an attractive young girl is murdered, suspicion falls on several members of the local tennis club. Read More »
Ice Cold in Alex (1958) J. Lee Thompson, John Mills, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms
A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. Read More »
The Way to the Stars (1945) Anthony Asquith, Michael Redgrave, John Mills, Rosamund John
Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. Read More »
Tunes of Glory (1960) Ronald Neame, Alec Guinness, John Mills, Susannah York, Drama
Major Jock Sinclair has been in this Highland regiment since he joined as a boy piper. During the Second World War, as Second-in-Command, he was made acting Commanding Officer. Read More »
The Chalk Garden (1964) Ronald Neame, Deborah Kerr, Hayley Mills, John Mills, Drama, Mystery
A grandmother seeks a governess for her 16 year old granddaughter, Laurel, who manages to drive away each and every one so far by exposing their past, with a record of three in one week! Read More »
Great Expectations (1946) David Lean, John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Tony Wager, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Pip, a good-natured, gullible young orphan, lives with kind blacksmith Joe Gargery and his bossy, abusive wife ‘Mrs. Joe’. Read More »