Mervyn Johns Movies

In Victorian Brighton, a scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkard husband....

Set in the diamond fields of South Africa, Stafford Parker is a lawman trying to maintain a semblance of law and order in the "Wild South".

Losing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a member of the board, young Dr. Simon Sparrow (Dirk...

Lots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the walls in various scenes to reinforce the plot of...

An escaped murderer flees France to England, where he forces an ex-forger, now established as a reputable estate owner, and the forger's daughter who...

Russia's Space Race success is mainly due to a brilliant rocket scientist, Kuprin. But a journalist and a politician in London remember him as a...

After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on the beneficence of the great financier. A developing...

A lusty Gypsy gold digger marries a Regency aristocrat, then learns he has no money.

An Irish "oracle" foretells the next day's track results to a newspaperman, resulting in a national uproar.

An insurance investigator tracks a series of robberies to a gang who are hiding the stolen jewels in the produce of a bakery.

A young married couple try to impress a rich relation by posing as maid and butler of the household.

When Dr. Howard Latimer finds the German actress whom he had just met at the London Airport murdered in his flat, he is led into a world of murder,...

Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment.

During New Year's Eve, a young model spends the day searching for her grandmother, who has suspiciously gone missing.

Based on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle of the...

Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."

A scheming widow tries to persecute three old ladies, but fate takes its revenge on her.

A family is torn apart when their eldest son is hanged for the murder of a young girl.

A man is cited as the co-respondent in a divorce case, but is cheerfully unashamed when he appears in court.

A bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempts to prevent the execution of a potentially innocent man.