Tag Archives: John Gregson

A flying boat has to ditch off an island in the Pacific. Along with the injured owner-pilot the passengers include a policeman and his smuggler prisoner Read More »

Businessman and inventor Richard Hammond is determined to develop and market the perfect light-bulb. Read More »

A ship’s captain is promoted by his company from tramp steamers to their flagship passenger liner. Read More »

Private detective Edward Mercer goes to Venice at the request of a French insurance company to locate a brave Italian whom they wish to reward for his part in the rescue of an Allied airman shot down during the war. Read More »

Three stories of murder and the supernatural. In the first, a museum worker is introduced to a world behind the pictures he sees every day. Read More »

Jacqueline is the daughter of Belfast shipyard worker Mike McNeil. The worker’s worth is compromised by his crippling fear of heights.
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Had the women-behind-bars drama The Weak and the Wicked been made in Hollywood, the cast would probably have included the likes of Ida Lupino, Marie Windsor, Peggie Castle and Hope Emerson. Instead, the film was lensed in Britain, with Glynis Johns and Diana Dors heading the cast.
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In the fall of 1939, the German heavy cruiser (referred to as a pocket battleship) Graf Spee seems to have command of the Atlantic. Read More »