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: Pat Jackson
Don’t Talk to Strange Men (1962) Pat Jackson, Christina Gregg, Janina Faye, Cyril Raymond
An innocent girl is “groomed” over the telephone and nearly becomes Read More »
The Feminine Touch (1956) Pat Jackson, George Baker, Belinda Lee, Delphi Lawrence
The public and private lives of 5 girls, who start out as student nurses Read More »
What a Carve Up! (1961) Pat Jackson, Sidney James, Kenneth Connor, Shirley Eaton
Ernie’s uncle Gabriel has only died but to assert his inheritance he should spend the night at the ancestral house Read More »
White Corridors (1951) Pat Jackson, Googie Withers, James Donald, Godfrey Tearle
The scene is Yeoman’s Hospital, set in the English Midlands, soon after the NHS was founded. Read More »
Lady in the Fog (1952) Sam Newfield, Pat Jackson, Cesar Romero, Lois Maxwell, Bernadette O’Farrell
In this murder mystery, a woman’s brother is killed in a freaky accident, or so she believes. Read More »
The Birthday Present (1957) Pat Jackson, Tony Britton, Sylvia Syms, Jack Watling, Drama
A top salesman with a U.K. toy firm foolishly brings an expensive watch back from a German trip for his wife’s birthday. Read More »
Shadow on the Wall (1950) Pat Jackson, Ann Sothern, Zachary Scott, Gigi Perreau, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Angered that her sister Celia has stolen her fiance, Dell Faring kills her and allows Celia’s husband David, knocked out in an argument with Celia, to take the blame and end up on death row. Later Dell, finding out that David’s young daughter Susan was witness to the crime and is undergoing psychiatric treatment, plans to eliminate her before her memory returns.
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