Jimmy Hanley

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The Master Of Bankdam review by FrankIV from Cirencester, England

Ee Bah Goom 12 October 2008
...David Tomlinson are effective as the nasty side of the family, Dennis Price and Jimmy Hanley less so as the good, but then the parts aren't quite as meaty. Dennis Price's ... Read customer review

The Lost Continent review by A customer from London

And then all hell broke loose 14 January 2010
...d her hunter, nymphomanic daughter of a struck-off doctor, and a tipsy pianist. Jimmy Hanley is a relentlessly jolly barman. Forced to abandon ship their lifeboat drifts of... Read customer review

The Lost Continent on DVD (1968)
Starring: Eric Porter, Hildegard Knef, Suzanna Leigh
Director: Michael Carreras
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The nightmare begins when Captain Lansen (Eric Porter) attempts to tranport illegal explosives and a motley group of passengers on a rusty tramp steamer that becomes stranded in the vast floating swamp of the mysterious Sargasso Sea. Under cover of night, the terrified travelers encounter ..read more »

54% from 139 members

The Blue Lamp (1950)
Starring: Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Dirk Bogarde
Director: Basil Dearden
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An immensely popular British crime film, Basil Dearden's The Blue Lamp concentrates on interrelated episodes in the lives of several London policemen. Jack Warner heads the cast as George Dixon, a veteran "bobby" who is murdered by small-time delinquents Dirk Bogarde and Patrick Doonan. Rookie cop ..read more »

72% from 317 members
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The Master Of Bankdam on DVD (1947)
Starring: Anne Crawford, Dennis Price, Tom Walls
Director: Walter Forde
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An epic film drama on the lives of three generations of Yorkshire mill-owners during Britain's turbulent Industrial Revolution. Simeon Crowther (Tom Walls) decides to hand over the family textile mill of Bankdam to his two sons, Joshua (Dennis Price) and Zebediah (Stephen Murray). But Zebediah's ..read more »

63% from 52 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 Way Ahead on DVD (1944)
Starring: David Niven, Stanley Holloway, William Hartnell
Director: Carol Reed
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Boasting a script by Eric Ambler and Peter Ustinov, The Way Ahead [1944] is a rousing version of a familiar WWII genre: an officer must hammer a small group of disparate characters into an effective fighting unit as quickly as possible. David Niven stars as tough-minded Lieutenant Jim Perry, who ..read more »

70% from 771 members

Will Hay - Ask A Policeman on DVD (1939)
Starring: Will Hay, Graham Moffatt, Moore Marriott
Director: Marcel Varnel, William Beaudine
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The village of Turnbotham Round has had no crime for ten years. The police force consists of Sergeant Dudfoot and his two assistants, Albert and the decrepit Harbottle. After a radio interview their Chief Constable suggests that it seems unnecessary to have a police force at all and threatens an ..read more »

71% from 1,074 member

Out Of The Fog / Radio Cab Murder on DVD
Starring: Sam Kydd, Susan Travers, Jimmy Hanley
Director: Montgomery Tully, Vernon Sewell
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OUT OF THE FOG: Scotland Yard is thrown into an uproar when a mad killer begins knocking off beautiful young blondes. The killer only strikes during a full moon, enabling the Yard to set an elaborate trap. Policeman David Sumner arranges for the lovely Susan Travers to act as bait... but will he be ..read more »

70% from 1 member

Will Hay - Boys Will Be Boys on DVD
Starring: Will Hay, Graham Moffatt, Moore Marriott
Director: Marcel Varnel, William Beaudine
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Will Hay is a teacher in a prison, who applies for the Headship of Narkover, a public school. This is the first screen appearance of Hay in his famous schoolmaster role, in a story based on Dr Smart-Alec, the character created by John Cameron, Andrieu Bingham and Michael Morton (JB Morton, '..read more »

66% from 678 members

The Lost Continent - 2.5 stars
The Blue Lamp - 3.5 stars
The Master Of Bankdam - 3.0 stars
The Captive Heart - 3.5 stars
The Way Ahead - 3.5 stars

The Blue Lamp - 3.5 stars
The Captive Heart - 3.5 stars
Will Hay - Ask A Policeman - 3.5 stars
The Way Ahead - 3.5 stars
Will Hay - Boys Will Be Boys - 3.5 stars

Charles Farrell - 4 times - show films
Gordon Harker - 4 times - show films
Will Hay - 4 times - show films
Moore Marriott - 4 times - show films
Davy Burnaby - 4 times - show films

William Beaudine - 4 times - show films
Marcel Varnel - 4 times - show films
Carol Reed - 2 times - show films
Basil Dearden - 2 times - show films
Montgomery Tully - 1 times - show films