Movies: Wally Patch

In England, two young friends, confronted with the outbreak of World War I, enlist together to serve in the same company on the battle-field....

On the outbreak of the Second World War an idler is forced to join the army by his domineering wife....

'1765. Judge sentences highwayman to die, then finds he is his son.' (British Film Catalogue)...

A doctor uses his unique medical knowledge to mastermind a lucrative life-insurance scam; in a rare film role, legendary thespian Gerald du Maurier stars as the Metropolitan Police Commissioner who sets out to uncover the secret of five empty coffins...

Timid Don Chicago yearns to follow in the footsteps of his gangster mother, but is forced by the Mulligan Gang to leave America. In England, he tangles with a British police officer and high society....

A comedy film directed by Lupino Lane....

A British drama film directed by Widgey R. Newman...

The Very Reverend Richard Jedd has a problem: the church spire, now in a parlous state of repair, will cost nearly £1,000 to fix. When various money-raising schemes go awry, he is persuaded to waive his principles and bet what’s left of his savings o...

One of a series of murder mysteries featuring the character Philo Vance. A Lost Movie...

“Ex-convict saves his estranged daughter from a blackmailer.” - BFI....

Lucy and her brother are struggling to make a go of their Soho pet shop, until Lucy meets Tom, a street singer....

Old Mother Riley starts a new business....

Michael is a young Englishman abroad who deliberately visits a tough Chinese district of Tiger Bay to test his strength. He falls in love and battles a protection racket....

A young man, whose main interest in life is stained glass, accidentally accepts a challenge to fight in a fair boxing booth....

Four war-time performers known for their concert parties, have a reunion. They decide they are still good together and form a successful nightclub act....

The estranged son of a newspaper owner returns to his father's good favour by unmasking a gang of criminals....

Two London rubbish collectors come into possession of a valuable book, and thwart the attempts of some criminals to con them out of it. Meanwhile one of the dustmen pursues a romance with a housemaid he has met on his round. Remake of a 1936 film of ...

When Leonora Corbett phones Colin Keith-Johnson that she wants to give their marriage another chance, he tries to buy off his lover Judy Kelly. She wants to stick around for the wife, with a gun. There's a struggle, and Keith-Johnson sticks the incon...

Henry, an unemployed London street entertainer, gets his big break when he is engaged to perform as the opening act of a cabaret in local pub. He proves a huge success and his popularity ensures his transition from pub entertainer to star performer....

'An American visitor to England is frustrated by the restrictions placed upon him and his social life by the Defence of the Realm Act.' (National Film Archive Catalogue)...