Mervyn Johns

Filmography

Mervyn Johns - filmography

The Day of the Triffids (1962)
Starring: Alison Leggatt, Ewan Roberts, Howard Keel
Director: Ken Hannam, Freddie Francis
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A meteor shower disrupts the earth's ecosystem, blinds all who observed it and awakens meat-eating plants. As the hungry foliage grow ever faster, a sighted sailor and an alcoholic scientist help save humanity from becoming plant food. Script originally credited to Phillip Yordan, who acted as a ..read more »

60% from 1,750 member
Not currently released

No Love For Johnnie on DVD (1961)
Starring: Peter Finch, Stanley Holloway, Mary Peach
Director: Ralph Thomas
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Based on a novel by Wilfred Fienburgh, this is the story of a British Member of Parliament whose public and private lives are in a shambles. Portrayed by Peter Finch, but supported by an eclectic cast of stereotypical politicians, the protagonist has his hands full trying to keep the important ..read more »

68% from 33 members

Never Let Go on DVD (1960)
Starring: Richard Todd, Peter Sellers, Elizabeth Sellars
Director: John Guillermin
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The life of a timid cosmetics salesman (Richard Todd) is thoroughly altered after he decides to track down the thieves who stole his car. In his first dramatic role, Peter Sellers plays the criminal mastermind behind a tough gang.

63% from 353 members

Master Of Ballentrae on DVD (1953)
Starring: Errol Flynn, Roger Livesey, Anthony Steel
Director: William Keighley
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Errol Flynn, the greatest of the swashbuckling stars, returns in The Master Of Ballentrae. Flynn stars as Ballantrae Castle's Jamie Durisdeer, a herioc highlander-turned-pirate in this version of Robert Louis Stevenson's story. Declare your allegiance... or answer to his blade!

65% from 24 members

Scrooge on DVD (1951)
Starring: Alastair Sim, Mervyn Johns, Kathleen Harrison
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
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Widely considered to be the definitive of the many film versions of Charles Dickens' classic novel is this 1951 British adaptation, starring Alastair Sim (entitled Scrooge in its U.K. release). Sim plays Ebenezer Scrooge, a London miser who, despite his wealth, refuses to make charitable ..read more »

72% from 2,043 members

Helter Skelter on DVD (1949)
Starring: Terry Thomas, Carol Marsh, David Tomlinson
Director: Ralph Thomas
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A persistent case of hiccups causes all sorts of problems for a pretty young socialite in this classic British comedy.

41% from 14 members

Quartet (1948)
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, George Cole, Hermione Baddeley
Director: Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French
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As the title suggests, this is in fact four stories by W. Somerset Maugham, each from a different director. The first, The Facts Of Life, charts the rise and fall of a young man gambling in Monte Carlo. The second, The Alien Corn, stars Dirk Bogarde as the son of disapproving parents. When he ..read more »

70% from 36 members
Not available for rental

Stewart Granger Collection - Captain Boycott on DVD (1947)
Starring: Stewart Granger, James Mason, Kathleen Ryan
Director: Frank Launder, Arthur Crabtree, Anthony Asquith
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Includes the Stewart Granger film CAPTAIN BOYCOTT

72% from 33 members

The Captive Heart on DVD (1946)
Starring: Jack Warner, Basil Radford, Michael Redgrave
Director: Basil Dearden
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An Ealing production which revolves around life among British officers in a German POW camp, and their families at home during those years of uncertainty and doubt.

71% from 143 members

Pink String and Sealing Wax on DVD (1945)
Starring: Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers, Gordon Jackson
Director: Robert Hamer
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A drunken, abusive tavern-keeper's adulterous wife uses the backward son of a rigid, puritanical pharmacist who makes his entire family miserable.

68% from 121 members

Dead of Night on DVD (1945)
Starring: Michael Redgrave, Mervyn Johns, Roland Culver
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dear
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Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. Dreading the end of the dream that he knows is coming, he must first listen to all the assembled guests' own bizarre tales....

73% from 1,611 member

The Halfway House on DVD (1944)
Starring: Tom Walls, Mervyn Johns, Guy Middleton
Director: Basil Dearden
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A group of travellers, all with something to hide in their past, take shelter from a storm in an old inn.

70% from 104 members

My Learned Friend on DVD (1943)
Starring: Will Hay, Claude Hulbert, Mervyn Johns
Director: Basil Dearden, Will Hay, Will
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Veteran British filmmaker Basil Dearden (ASSASSINATION BUREAU, THE MAN WHO HAUNTED HIMSELF) directs this madcap farce in which Will Hay performs for the last time. The crazy plot revolves around two lawyers who are being pursued by a desperate murderer.

71% from 95 members

The Bells Go Down on DVD (1943)
Starring: Tommy Trinder, James Mason, Philip Friend
Director: Basil Dearden, Norman Lee, Walter Forde
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The story follows Tommy's career from his enrolment in the Auxiliary Fire Service through his training to his fire-fighting duties during the 'Blitz' in London in 1940.

71% from 95 members

Next Of Kin on DVD (1942)
Starring: Mervyn Johns, John Chandos, Nova Pilbeam
Director: Thorold Dickinson
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The Imperial War Museum Collection features rare and fascinating original films preserved in the Museum's vaults. Many have never been released to the public before. The collection of four rare, dramatised films presented here capture life in Britain during World War Two, both on the Home Front ..read more »

66% from 137 members

The Day of the Triffids - 3.0 stars
No Love For Johnnie - 3.5 stars
Never Let Go - 3.0 stars
Master Of Ballentrae - 3.5 stars
Scrooge - 3.5 stars

Dead of Night - 3.5 stars
Scrooge - 3.5 stars
The Captive Heart - 3.5 stars
The Bells Go Down - 3.5 stars
My Learned Friend - 3.5 stars

Helter Skelter - 2.0 stars
Master Of Ballentrae - 3.5 stars
No Love For Johnnie - 3.5 stars
Quartet - 3.5 stars
Stewart Granger Collection - Captain Boycott - 3.5 stars

Hermione Baddeley - 3 times - show films
George Cole - 3 times - show films
Gordon Jackson - 3 times - show films
Cecil Parker - 3 times - show films
Mary Merrall - 2 times - show films

Basil Dearden - 4 times - show films
Arthur Crabtree - 3 times - show films
Ken Annakin - 2 times - show films
John Guillermin - 2 times - show films
Harold French - 2 times - show films