Frank Pettingell Movies

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 convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes and goes on the lam, aided by a local girl.

A former boxing champion, now an innkeeper, is accused of stealing a watch from a party of guests at his inn, who happen to be members of English...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

The wealthy chairman of First Division Football Club, Burnville United, makes an unethical approach to a star player of another club, and the ensuing...

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...

Bumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS Berkeley, an old World War II destroyer, to keep him...

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...

When the textile mill closes, putting her out of work, Gracie finds herself experiencing all of the amusements of Blackpool.

Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.

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...

Bob Holt's last journey as a Railway engine driver before his retirement, a journey disturbed by his distress at leaving the Railway, and his...

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