The film is made from three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham. The first, “The Ant and the Grasshopper” concerns the trials Read More »
Tag Archives: Nigel Patrick
The Perfect Woman (1949) Bernard Knowles, Patricia Roc, Stanley Holloway, Nigel Patrick
In need of cash, Roger Cavendish and his valet take a job escorting the perfect woman for a night on the town. Read More »
Forbidden Cargo (1954) Harold French, Jack Warner, Nigel Patrick, Elizabeth Sellars
After a successful operation against drink smugglers Read More »
The Pickwick Papers (1952) Noel Langley, James Hayter, James Donald, Nigel Patrick
The Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England Read More »
Johnny Nobody (1961) Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell, William Bendix
When the atheistic ranting of Irish-American author James Mulcahy upsets the inhabitants of the Irish village to which he has retired, a mob threatens him. Read More »
The Man Inside (1958) John Gilling, Jack Palance, Anita Ekberg, Nigel Patrick
An English bookkeeper (Nigel Patrick) who works for a jeweler steals a priceless jewel, and kills a man in the process. Read More »
Who Goes There! (1952) Anthony Kimmins, Nigel Patrick, Valerie Hobson, Peggy Cummins
“Five-Sided Triangle”, while geometrically incorrect, might be a better title for this film that the two it has. Read More »
All for Mary (1955) Wendy Toye, Nigel Patrick, Kathleen Harrison, David Tomlinson
In a Swiss Alpine resort shortly after the War an army officer and upper-class Humpy Miller both set their sights on Mary, the landlord’s daughter. Read More »
The Informers (1963) Ken Annakin, Nigel Patrick, Margaret Whiting, Katherine Woodville, Crime, Drama, Thriller
When the detective in charge of investigating a series of bank robberies, starts to get too close to the culprits, they set up a blackmail scheme to warn him off. Read More »
How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957) Nigel Patrick, Charles Coburn, Wendy Hiller, Crime, Comedy
The impoverished Clitterburn family live on a grand English estate but times are hard and the head of the household, Sir Henry Read More »
Count Five and Die (1957) Victor Vicas, Jeffrey Hunter, Annemarie Düringer, Nigel Patrick, Drama, History, Thriller, War
American and British counter-espionage combine to convince the Germans the cross-channel invasion will be in the Netherlands instead of France. Read More »
The League of Gentlemen (1960) Basil Dearden, Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Read More »
Sapphire (1959) Basil Dearden, Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig, Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1950s London racial hostility to Commonweath immigrants is openly paraded. A pregnant girl, initially assumed to be white, is murdered. Read More »
Grand National Night / Wicked Wife (1953) Bob McNaught, Nigel Patrick, Moira Lister, Beatrice Campbell, Crime, Thriller
After race horse trainer Gerald Coates’ horse wins the Grand National, his wife come home drunk, and the two of them have a violent argument, and she is accidentally killed. Read More »
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951) Albert Lewin, James Mason, Ava Gardner, Nigel Patrick, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Albert Lewin’s interpretation of the legend of the Flying Dutchman. In a little Spanish seaport named Esperanza, during the 30s, appears Hendrick van der Zee Read More »