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1. Dead Man's Shoes (1940)

70 min | Drama

7.6

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An amnesia victim is a well liked and respected member of his community--until one day someone from his past shows up with evidence that in "the old days" he had been a notorious criminal, and threatens to expose him unless he pays off.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Leslie Banks, Joan Marion, Geoffrey Atkins, Wilfrid Lawson

Votes: 34

2. Murder at the Baskervilles (1937)

Approved | 71 min | Crime, Mystery

5.7

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Sherlock Holmes takes a vacation and visits his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville. His vacation ends when he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a double-murder mystery. Now he's got to ... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Arthur Wontner, Ian Fleming, Lyn Harding, John Turnbull

Votes: 787

3. Three Silent Men (1940)

72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

5.0

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Foreign scientist is selling a secret weapon to the British. He is badly injured in a car accident and is operated on by a surgeon, after the operation he dies mysteriously. An investigation follows.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Sebastian Shaw, Derrick De Marney, Patricia Roc, Arthur Hambling

Votes: 99

4. The Old Curiosity Shop (1934)

Approved | 90 min | Drama

6.2

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A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Ben Webster, Elaine Benson, Hay Petrie, Beatrix Thomson

Votes: 113

5. Those Were the Days (1934)

80 min | Comedy

6.6

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A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play "The Magistrate", in which the son of a stern magistrate visits a music hall against the wishes of his father. In true farcical style, the ... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Will Hay, Iris Hoey, Angela Baddeley, Claud Allister

Votes: 114

6. Hobson's Choice (1931)

65 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

7.4

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Henry Hobson runs a successful boot-maker's shop in nineteenth-century Salford. A widower with a weakness for the pub opposite, he tries forcefully to run the lives of his three unruly ... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: James Harcourt, Viola Lyel, Frank Pettingell, Belle Chrystall

Votes: 33

7. David Copperfield (1913)

67 min | Drama

5.9

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A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Kenneth Ware, Reginald Sheffield, Len Bethel, Alma Taylor

Votes: 52

8. Oliver Twist (II) (1912)

Drama

4.6

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An orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Ivy Millais, John McMahon, Harry Royston, Alma Taylor

Votes: 26

9. The Middle Watch (1940)

87 min | Comedy

6.4

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Through a series of unforeseen events, two glamorous young ladies find that they are obliged to spend the night on board the battleship HMS Falcon. Then the Admiral unexpectedly arrives on board and orders the ship to sea.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Jack Buchanan, Greta Gynt, Fred Emney, Kay Walsh

Votes: 35

10. Cavalcade of Variety (1940)

70 min | Comedy, Music, Musical

4.3

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A musical variety bill featuring Billy Cotton and His Band, The Australian Air Aces, Eve Becke, Sam Barton, Bobbie "Uke" Henshaw and more.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Billy Cotton, Eve Becke, The Four Air Aces, Bobbie 'Uke' Henshaw

Votes: 29

11. Sleepless Nights (1932)

63 min | Comedy, Musical

7.1

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Stanley Lupino is a reporter who becomes involved with an heiress (Polly Walker) in this bright musical comedy set in Nice.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Stanley Lupino, Polly Walker, Gerald Rawlinson, Frederick Lloyd

Votes: 27

12. The Scotland Yard Mystery (1934)

Approved | 72 min | Mystery, Crime, Drama

5.1

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A mad scientist devises a formula that puts people into a zombie-like trance to do his bidding.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Gerald du Maurier, George Curzon, Grete Natzler, Belle Chrystall

Votes: 65

13. Lucky to Me (1939)

69 min | Comedy

5.7

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Work colleagues Potty and Minnie (Stanley Lupino and Barbara Blair) marry in secret. Then on the wedding night they are sent to give financial advice to a wealthy client who also has romantic problems.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Stanley Lupino, Phyllis Brooks, Barbara Blair, Gene Sheldon

Votes: 23

14. White Heat (1927)

Drama

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A man loves a dancer who becomes a producer's mistress.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Juliette Compton, Wyndham Standing, Vesta Sylva, Walter Byron

15. Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941)

Approved | 70 min | Comedy

4.8

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Mother Riley takes over a circus on the point of closing down, and makes it a success.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, John Longden, Edgar Driver

Votes: 64

16. After Office Hours (1932)

78 min | Drama, Romance

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A bird's-eye view of life in a City of London office.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Frank Lawton, Heather Angel, Viola Lyel, Garry Marsh

17. The Old Curiosity Shop (1913)

Drama

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A dwarf usurer stops a rich man from tracking his poor brother and granddaughter.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Mai Deacon, Warwick Buckland, E. Felton, Alma Taylor

18. The Great Defender (1934)

72 min | Mystery, Romance

6.6

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Sir Douglas Rolls had earned the reputation of being England's greatest barrister. But he has just been informed by Doctor Hackett, specialist on diseases of the heart, that overwork has ... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Matheson Lang, Margaret Bannerman, Arthur Margetson, Richard Bird

Votes: 35

19. The Divine Gift (1918)

Drama

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Stories illustrate a discussion on whether God's greatest gift is humanity, piety, love, intellect, or self-sacrifice.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Joyce Dearsley, Ernest Hendrie, Henrietta Watson, Madge Saunders

20. The Angelus (1937)

76 min | Crime

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Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Anthony Bushell, Nancy O'Neil, Eve Gray, Mary Glynne

21. The Lackey and the Lady (1919)

Drama

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A rich banker's eldest daughter marries her servant.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Odette Goimbault, Leslie Howard, Roy Travers, Alban Atwood

22. Barnaby Rudge (1915)

Drama

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A murderer's idiot son, jailed as an anti-Catholic rioter, is pardoned on the scaffold.

Directors: Thomas Bentley, Cecil M. Hepworth | Stars: Tom Powers, Violet Hopson, Stewart Rome, Chrissie White

23. Harmony Heaven (1930)

61 min | Musical

5.7

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A girl helps a composer win fame despite a flirtatious socialite.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Polly Ward, Stuart Hall, Trilby Clark, Jack Raine

Votes: 42

24. Beau Brocade (1916)

Adventure, Drama

1.4

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A cashiered cardsharper turns highwayman and proves a Lord posing as an apprentice was framed by his cousin.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Mercy Hatton, Charles Rock, Austin Leigh, Cecil Mannering

Votes: 13

25. Music Hath Charms (II) (1936)

70 min | Musical

6.3

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Strange film intertwining several vignettes involving Henry Hall and his BBC dance orchestra, in the studio at broadcast house, and their mishaps at children's outing, and how their music ... See full summary »

Directors: Thomas Bentley, Alexander Esway, Walter Summers, Arthur B. Woods | Stars: Henry Hall, W.H. Berry, Carol Goodner, Arthur Margetson

Votes: 37

26. Hawley's of High Street (1933)

67 min | Comedy

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Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Leslie Fuller, Judy Kelly, Francis Lister, Amy Veness

27. The Antidote (1927)

9 min | Drama, Short

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Prof. Gilbert Olives and his wife Marion are in Malaya to develop an antidote for snakebite. When Prof. Olives discovers that his wife is having an affair, he plans revenge against his wife and her lover.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Primrose Morgan, Walter Sondes, Jameson Thomas

28. The American Prisoner (1929)

76 min | Drama

6.8

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An American prisoner of war escapes and saves a squire's daughter.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Carl Brisson, Madeleine Carroll, Cecil Barry, Carl Harbord

Votes: 10

29. Night Alone (1938)

76 min | Comedy

5.4

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A couple, married for seven years, face temptations when obliged to spend a night apart for the first time.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Emlyn Williams, Leonora Corbett, Lesley Brook, Cyril Raymond

Votes: 21

30. Me and My Pal (1939)

74 min | Comedy, Musical

5.6

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Two van drivers are involved with a confidence trickster who is trying to defraud an insurance company.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Dave Willis, Pat Kirkwood, George Moon, A. Giovanni

Votes: 25

31. Marigold (1938)

Drama

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Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Sophie Stewart, Patrick Barr, Phyllis Dare, Edward Chapman

32. Old Bill Through the Ages (1924)

Comedy, Fantasy

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A private dreams he is William the Conqueror, at Runnymede, at Plymouth Hoe, and a bootlegger at the Boston Rea Party.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Syd Walker, Arthur Cleave, Jack Denton, Gladys Ffolliott

33. Young Woodley (1930)

79 min | Drama

5.7

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A schoolboy falls in love with his teacher's young wife.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Madeleine Carroll, Frank Lawton, Sam Livesey, Gerald Rawlinson

Votes: 16

34. Once Upon a Time (1918)

Drama, Romance

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A clown's daughter refuses to marry a comedian to please her adoptive parents.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Lauri de Frece, Manora Thew, Dorothy Minto, Nelson Keys

35. Daddy (1917)

Drama, Romance

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A dying musician's son turns beggar, is adopted by a violin maker, and marries his daughter.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Langhorn Burton, Peggy Kurton, William Lugg, M.R. Morand

36. Money Isn't Everything (1925)

Romance

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A clerk wins the sweeps and weds a secretary, who has an affair with her ex-employer.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Olive Sloane, Arthur Burne, Gladys Hamer, John Hamilton

37. Regal Cavalcade (1935)

104 min | Biography, Drama, History

7.1

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Through the use of newsreel footage and re-enacted sequences, this B.I.P. production, modelled along the lines "The March of Time" shorts, presents a record of the highlights of the ... See full summary »

Directors: Herbert Brenon, W.P. Kellino, Norman Lee, Walter Summers, Thomas Bentley, Marcel Varnel | Stars: Marie Lohr, Hermione Baddeley, Robert Hale, J.H. Roberts