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Bitter Springs on DVD (1950)
Starring: Tommy Trinder, Dave Willis, Patricia Kirkwood
Director: Norman Lee, Ralph Smart, Walter Forde
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Bitter Springs (Dir. Ralph Smart) (1950): Tommy Trinder is called in to smooth things out when Wally King encroaches upon Aboriginal Tribal ground.

57% from 40 members

The Master Of Bankdam on DVD (1947)
Starring: Linden Travers, Patrick Holt, David Tomlinson
Director: Walter Forde
Certificate:
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 »

62% from 56 members

Champagne Charlie on DVD (1944)
Starring: Tommy Trinder, Dave Willis, Stanley Holloway
Director: Norman Lee, Alberto Cavalcanti, Walter Forde
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The story of a 19th century English music hall (vaudeville) performer and life behind the scenes.

58% from 307 members

The Bells Go Down on DVD (1943)
Starring: Tommy Trinder, James Mason, Philip Friend
Director: Basil Dearden, Norman Lee, Walter Forde
Certificate:
Set during the London Blitz of 1940, Tommy Trinder stars as a kennelman who volunteers for the East End Auxiliary Fire Service. The volunteers have to work alongside the regular firemen, who resent the amateurs but who could also not have saved so many lives without them. This film was made in 1943 ..read more »

71% from 105 members

Fiddlers Three / The Foreman Went To France on DVD (1942)
Starring: Tommy Trinder, Dave Willis, Patricia Kirkwood
Director: Norman Lee, Charles Frend, Walter Forde
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The Foreman Went To France (Dir. Charles Frend) (1942): Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment. Fiddlers Three (Dir. Harry Watt) (1944): A pair of Jolly Jack Tars on shore leave take a Wren (..read more »

67% from 97 members

Gasbags (1941)
Starring: Wally Patch, Moore Marriott, Teddy Knox
Director: Marcel Varnel, Walter Forde
Certificate:
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World War Two manic farce courtesy of 'The Crazy Gang'. Helping the war effort no end, the boys soon find themselves in Nazi Germany after their barrage-balloon, fish and chip franchise is cast adrift. Arrested and sent to a prison camp, they manage to impersonate Hitler and escape, proceeding to ..read more »

68% from 36 members
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Charley's Big Hearted Aunt (1940)
Starring: Moore Marriott, Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch
Director: Walter Forde
Certificate:
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Classic British comedy starring the inimitable Arthur Askey in an hilarious drag role. A group of Oxford students are on its final warning for a 'long list of delinquencies' including drunken behaviour and miscellaneous high jinks. While on probation, one of them slips into drag in order to play a ..read more »

67% from 35 members
Not available for rental

The Four Just Men (1939)
Starring: Hugh Sinclair, Griffith Jones, Francis L. Sullivan
Director: Walter Forde
Certificate:
Late 1930s thriller based on the novel by Edgar Wallace following four self-confessed patriots as they set out to foil a threat to the British Empire. World War I veterans Humphrey Mansfield (Hugh Sinclair), James Brodie (Griffith Jones), Léon Poiccard (Francis L. Sullivan) and James Terry (Frank ..read more »

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The Ghost Train (1931)
Starring: Arthur Askey, Peter Murray-Hill, Richard Murdoch
Director: Walter Forde
Certificate:
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Classic ghostly comedy, starring Arthur Askey and based on the play by 'Dad's Army' actor Arnold Ridley. When a group of mismatched train passengers are stranded at a rural station overnight, they soon hear of a sinister local legend telling of a ghostly train that passes through the area, ever ..read more »

70% from 579 members
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Basin Street Revue / Forbidden Music on DVD
Starring: Jimmy Durante, Willie Bryant, Sarah Vaughan
Director: Joseph Kohn, Walter Forde, Leonard Reed
Certificate:
Triple-bill of Hollywood classics. In 'Road to Bali' (1953) Bob Hope and Bing Crosby star as a music hall double-act who find themselves working as deep-sea divers in the South Seas, encountering cannibals, a giant squid, and the sultry Princess McTavish (Dorothy Lamour) along the way. Jane Russell,..read more »

41% from 29 members

Tommy Trinder Collection (5 discs) on DVD
Starring: Tommy Trinder, Dave Willis, Patricia Kirkwood
Director: Norman Lee, Walter Forde, Harry Watt
Certificate:
Includes the following features: Save a Little Sunshine (Dir. Norman Lee) (1938): In this musical comedy, a man earns a reward and decides to spend some of it on restoring a ramshackle boarding house. Unfortunately, his endeavor fails, and he ends up working there to make ends meet. Later, his ..read more »

63% from 91 members

Sailors Three / Save A Little Sunshine on DVD
Starring: Tommy Trinder, Dave Willis, Patricia Kirkwood
Director: Norman Lee, Walter Forde, Harry Watt
Certificate:
Double bill of comedies featuring Tommy Trinder. In 'Sailors Three' (1940), Tommy Taylor (Trinder) and two fellow sailors (Claude Hulbert and Michael Wilding) get drunk while on shore leave and end up on the wrong ship. When they realise their mistake they scramble off it and onto their warship, ..read more »

58% from 69 members

Vera Lynn Movie Collection (3 discs) on DVD
Starring: Geraldo, Patricia Roc, Peter Murray-Hill
Director: Gordon Wellesley, Philip Brandon, Walter Forde
Certificate:
Three British wartime musicals starring 'forces' sweetheart' Vera Lynn. In 'We'll Meet Again' (1942), chorus line dancer Peggy Brown (Lynn) is given her own radio show by the BBC, but proves unlucky in love when the soldier she loves (Donald Gray) falls for her best friend Ruth (Patricia Roc) ..read more »

57% from 20 members

Walter Forde facts

5 most recent films

Bitter Springs - 3.0 stars
The Master Of Bankdam - 3.0 stars
Champagne Charlie - 3.0 stars
The Bells Go Down - 3.5 stars
Fiddlers Three / The Foreman Went To France - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Bells Go Down - 3.5 stars
The Ghost Train - 3.5 stars
Fiddlers Three / The Foreman Went To France - 3.5 stars
Tommy Trinder Collection - 3.0 stars
The Master Of Bankdam - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Four Just Men - 3 stars
Basin Street Revue / Forbidden Music - 2.0 stars
Bitter Springs - 3.0 stars
Vera Lynn Movie Collection - 3.0 stars
Charley's Big Hearted Aunt - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Clifford Evans - 6 times - show films
Constance Cummings - 6 times - show films
Stanley Holloway - 6 times - show films
Carla Lehmann - 6 times - show films
Frances Day - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Harry Watt - 6 times - show films
Norman Lee - 6 times - show films
harry - 2 times - show films
Marcel Varnel - 2 times - show films
Harry - 2 times - show films

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