Derrick De Marney

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Meet Mr Callaghan review by itstinks from North of Reading

Sam Spade meets Noel Coward 1 December 2009
...is something too English about it that makes it seem like a spoof of the genre. Derrick De Marney recites all his lines as if he is in a Noel Coward play with a world weariness ... Read customer review

Meet Mr Callaghan on DVD (1954)
Starring: Derrick De Marney, Harriette Johns, Peter Neil
Director: Charles Saunders
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Cynthis (Harriette Johns) hires private eye Slim Callaghan (Derrick de Marney) when her uncle changes his will in her favour...she says. When slim finds out her uncle is already dead, he switches his suspicions from the former three beneficiaries to Cynthis herself - but finally tags Cynthis's ..read more »

63% from 34 members

The First Of The Few on DVD (1942)
Starring: David Niven, Leslie Howard, Rosamund John
Director: Leslie Howard
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This fictionalized biopic tells the story of R.J. Mitchell (Leslie Howard), the British aviator who developed the Spitfire--an ace fighter plane, and Geoffrey Crisp (David Niven, who was granted military leave to star in the film), his daring test pilot who tells the tale in flashback. After ..read more »

71% from 530 members

The First Of The Few - Blu-ray (1942)
Starring: David Niven, Leslie Howard, Rosamund John
Director: Leslie Howard
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This fictionalized biopic tells the story of R.J. Mitchell (Leslie Howard), the British aviator who developed the Spitfire--an ace fighter plane, and Geoffrey Crisp (David Niven, who was granted military leave to star in the film), his daring test pilot who tells the tale in flashback. After ..read more »

62% from 13 members

Dangerous Moonlight on DVD (1941)
Starring: Sally Gray, Kenneth Kent, Derrick De Marney
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
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Anton Walbrook plays a famed Polish composer who refuses to leave his homeland when the Nazis march in. His friends literally have to hoodwink him into leaving so that he will avoid extermination. Still anxious to avenge his countrymen, Walbrook joins a Polish air squadron headquartered in England. ..read more »

64% from 73 members

Young And Innocent on DVD (1938)
Starring: Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney, Percy Marmont
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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'Young and Innocent' finds a case of mistaken identity which sets off a chase through the Cornish countryside to find a murderer. Also features Basil Rathbone in The Woman in Grenn, and Hitchcock's The Man who Knew too Much

60% from 304 members

Things To Come (1936)
Starring: Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd
Director: William Cameron Menzies
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H. G. Wells was both the author of the original source -- an essay, rather than an actual novel, concerning mankind's future -- and the screenplay (in conjunction with Lajos Biro) of this epic science fiction tale, but it was producer Alexander Korda who framed the terms on which it is presented, ..read more »

67% from 580 members
Currently unavailable

Things To Come - Blu-ray (1936)
Starring: Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd
Director: William Cameron Menzies
Certificate:
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A visually sweeping sci-fi classic full of futuristic vistas and modern cityscapes, based on the story by H.G. Wells and written for the screen by Wells. Beginning before World War II and travelling to 2036 AD, this journey predicts a host of modernities before following a rocketship to the moon. ..read more »

20% from 1 member
Not available for rental

Alfred Hitchcock - The British Years
Starring: Miles Mander, Ivor Novello, Marie Ault
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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Celebrated for his suspense-packed thrillers, macabre plots and endings with a twist, Alfred Hitchcock, born in London's East End in 1899, is one of cinema's greatest auteurs. He directed over 60 films throughout his career and this unique box set contains ten of his most significant pre-war ..read more »

70% from 16 members
Not available for rental

Meet Mr Callaghan - 3.0 stars
The First Of The Few - 3.5 stars
The First Of The Few - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Dangerous Moonlight - 3.0 stars
Young And Innocent - 3.0 stars

The First Of The Few - 3.5 stars
Things To Come - 3.5 stars
Dangerous Moonlight - 3.0 stars
Young And Innocent - 3.0 stars
Alfred Hitchcock - The British Years - 3.5 stars

Raymond Massey - 3 times - show films
Anne McLaren - 3 times - show films
J.H. Roberts - 3 times - show films
Nova Pilbeam - 3 times - show films
Sophie Stewart - 3 times - show films