Frank Pettingell Movies

After nearly 40 years of waiting for his big chance, Wilfred Morgenhall is given the case of defending Herbert Fowle who is accused of murdering his...

A group of children are evacuated during world war two into the care of an alcoholic woman.

A barge-owner's adopted daughter falls in love with his son, and gives up her chances of stardom to be with him.

Three long-married couples in northern England discover that their marriages are in fact invalid, causing much re-evaluation and chaos. This was the...

The Captain of a tramp steamer is forced by his ship's owner to smuggle some priceless pearls, and take them to Singapore.

Three married couples discover that, through a legal technicality, they are, in fact, not actually married in the eyes of the law. This was the third...

Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade...

When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the...

The life of Irishman George Howard who buys an English theatre and strives to improve the standard of musical entertainment. Set in the late 19th and...

Adapted from Lady Eleanor Smith’s novel, this 1934 feature tells the story of Joe Prince, an orphan child of circus people who, after many...

Meet Me Tonight was the American title for the British-filmed Tonight at 8:30, adapted from the Noel Coward stage production of the same name.

A Yorkshire mill owner retires and leaves control to his nephew, who promptly gets married.

Get Cracking is a 1943 British comedy war film, directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Dinah Sheridan, Ronald Shiner and George Formby. It was...

A crowded inn means that a man and a woman must share the same room for a night. One problem is that they are both married - to other people. The...

An Italian musician begins to steal his brother's compositions after he is jailed for shooting a prince.

An unemployed man wins the football pools, and decides to buy a country house for his actress girlfriend.

During the Second World War, a German spy goes on the run, carrying important news about a U-Boat campaign. The ship he is traveling aboard is hit by...

A ship powered by a nuclear reactor, is heading for the port of New York and is unable to slow down.

Geoffrey Hansbury's clothing empire is on the verge of collapse. His health his deteriorating and relies on his secretary Jane Harrison, who is also...