Derek Bond

Filmography

Derek Bond - filmography

When Eight Bells Toll on DVD (1971)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Robert Morley, Nathalie Delon
Director: Etienne Perier
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A Naval Secret Service agent's tough assignment is to stop the ruthless pirating of gold bullion in the Irish Sea. The trail takes him to a tiny port in the Hebrides where mysterious disappearances of boats, yachts and people are commonplace..

64% from 550 members

Up In The World on DVD (1956)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Margaret Rutherford, Moira Lister
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
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Norman's up and away on the ladder of success when he takes on a new job as a window cleaner to wealthy Lady Banderville. The only problem is that the pranks of Sir Reggie, her son are always landing him in ho water. Undeterred by this, Norman makes a determined effort to polish up his act. When it ..read more »

69% from 574 members

Svengali on DVD (1954)
Starring: Hildegarde Neff, Donald Wolfit, Derek Bond
Director: Noel Langley
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Svengali is a masterful and menacing hypnotist, bearded and unkempt, who draws a young woman, Trilby, into his lair. She has worked as a nude model for many artists and now, cajoled by Svengali's manipulative gift, she leaves behind her family in order to pursue a singing career on the concert ..read more »

52% from 25 members

Trouble In Store / Up In The World (2 discs) on DVD (1953)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Margaret Rutherford, Moira Lister
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
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A cracking pair of comic capers:TROUBLE IN STORE (1953): This is the first film in Norman Wisdom's incredibly successful slapstick series. He works in the stock room of a department store but has an ambitious dream to dress the windows but there are endless obstacles in his way. His performance won ..read more »

89% from 10 members

Trouble In Store on DVD (1953)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Margaret Rutherford, Moira Lister
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
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Norman Wisdom's immense popularity stems from his hilarious portrayal of the little guy who always seems to win out in the end. The cloth-capped bumbler is one of the great creations of British comedy. Norman has an aim in life - to become a window dresser in the magnificent department store where ..read more »

70% from 732 members

Scott Of The Antarctic on DVD (1948)
Starring: John Mills, Diana Churchill, Harold Warrender
Director: Charles Frend
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The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole

71% from 467 members

Nicholas Nickleby on DVD (1947)
Starring: Athene Seyler, Jill Balcon, Alfred Drayton
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti
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The classic Charles Dicken's tale of 'Nicholas Nickleby,' a man who is deprived of his inheritance and travels to seek his fortune with a group of gypsies.

56% from 218 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

The Life And Adventures Nicholas Nickleby on DVD (1946)
Starring: Derek Bond, Cedric Hardwicke, Stanley Holloway
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti
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Based on Charles Dickens’ novel and directed by Ealing stalwart Alberto Cavalcanti conjures up a triumphantly atmospheric adaptation of the literary classic featuring great performances from Cedric Hardwicke and Derek Bond, who went on to star in several other Ealing classics.

47% from 11 members

Press For Time on DVD
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Jerry Desmonde
Director: Robert Asher
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Making a catastrophe out of every assignment is a speciality for are reporter Norman Shields. Whatever the story Norman is sent to cover, he ends up making hilarious news rather than reporting it: even a beauty contest, Norman manages to find himself on centre stage rather than in a press gallery. ..read more »

67% from 593 members

Love's A Luxury - What A Carry On on DVD
Starring: Hugh Wakefield, Derek Bond, Michael Medwin
Director: Francis Searle; John E. Blakeley, Francis Searle, John E. Blakeley
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Northern comedy double bill: LOVE'S A LUXURY, a light-hearted farce, and WHAT A CARRY ON, in which two men enlist in the army.

47% from 65 members

When Eight Bells Toll - 3.0 stars
Up In The World - 3.5 stars
Svengali - 2.5 stars
Trouble In Store / Up In The World - 4.0 stars
Trouble In Store - 3.5 stars

The Captive Heart - 3.5 stars
Scott Of The Antarctic - 3.5 stars
Trouble In Store - 3.5 stars
Up In The World - 3.5 stars
Press For Time - 3.5 stars

Norman Wisdom - 6 times - show films
Jerry Desmonde - 5 times - show films
Lana Morris - 4 times - show films
Maureen Swanson - 4 times - show films
Moira Lister - 4 times - show films

John Paddy Carstairs - 4 times - show films
Alberto Cavalcanti - 3 times - show films
Robert Asher - 2 times - show films
Noel Langley - 1 times - show films
Basil Dearden - 1 times - show films