Walter Forde — Director (9)
Time Flies (1944) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Time Flies
director: Walter Forde actor: Tommy Handley / Evelyn Dall
The Professor (Felix Aylmer) is showing Susie (Evelyn Dall) around his time machine when it accidently takes off with Tommy (Tommy Handley) and Bill (George Moon) also on board. They are transported to Elizabethan England where they come across Walter Raleigh, William Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth 1, Captain John Smith and Pocohontas. Will our time travellers return?
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It (1941) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
director: Walter Forde actor: Gordon Harker / Alastair Sim
Third and final film in the 'Inspector Hornleigh’ series of comedy-thrillers. Inspector Hornleigh (Gordon Harker), disappointed at not being handed an important spy case, is assigned by Scotland Yard to an army barracks to investigate the mundane thefts of supplies from the stores. This accidentally leads Hornleigh and Sergeant Bingham (Alastair Sim) to a nest of fifth columnists when his dim-witted assistant carelessly talks to a girl in the cafeteria – and that night, news of Hornleigh and Bingham’s arrival is embarrassingly transmitted back to Germany.
The Ghost Train (1931) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Ghost Train
The story, about the social interaction of a group of railway passengers who have been stranded at a remote rural station overnight who are increasingly threatened by a latent external force. Only five reels of picture and two reels of soundtrack survive.
The Four Just Men (1939) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Four Just Men
director: Walter Forde actor: Hugh Sinclair / Griffith Jones
other title: Los cuatro hombres justos / The four just men
The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sabotage to serve their ends, but they consider themselves to be true patriots.
King of the Damned (1935) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
King of the Damned
director: Walter Forde actor: Conrad Veidt / Helen Vinson
Revolt on a prison island is a parable of workers revolution. A cruel and repressive penal colony is the setting for a prison revolt with a special twist...the prisoners want to stay on and govern themselves in a humane and productive working community. Well that's the theory anyway but circumstances make their venture a lot more complicated than that.
Bulldog Jack (1935) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Bulldog Jack
director: Walter Forde actor: Jack Hulbert / Fay Wray
other title: Alias Bulldog Drummond
While filling in for injured supersleuth Bulldog Drummond (Atholl Fleming), world-class cricket player Jack Pennington (Jack Hulbert) attempts to foil a criminal mastermind's (Ralph Richardson) impending heist that's targeting a valuable jewel necklace held within the British Museum. This comedic 1930s mystery features daring rescues, intense fistfights and an exciting edge-of-your seat finale aboard a runaway train.
Brown on Resolution (1935) [Movie] WikiData IMDb
Brown on Resolution
director: Walter Forde actor: Betty Balfour / John Mills
other title: Marin de Sa Majesté
Forever England gives John Mills his first leading role as Brown. Born after a brief affair between his mother and a naval officer, he joins the Royal Navy during the First World War. There his bravery and marksmanship keeps a German ship in port so a British ship can sink it. He becomes a hero, but at what cost?