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1. Dead Man's Shoes (1940)
70 min | Drama
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. Hobson's Choice (1931)
65 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
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
3. Regal Cavalcade (1935)
104 min | Biography, Drama, History
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
Votes: 27
4. Sleepless Nights (1932)
63 min | Comedy, Musical
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
5. The American Prisoner (1929)
76 min | Drama
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
6. Those Were the Days (1934)
80 min | Comedy
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
7. The Great Defender (1934)
72 min | Mystery, Romance
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
8. The Middle Watch (1940)
87 min | Comedy
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
9. Music Hath Charms (II) (1936)
70 min | Musical
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
10. The Old Curiosity Shop (1934)
Approved | 90 min | Drama
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
11. David Copperfield (1913)
67 min | Drama
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
12. General Post (1920)
Drama
An aristocrat allows his daughter to marry a tailor after he wins the VC saving his son's life.
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: R. Henderson Bland, Lilian Braithwaite, Joyce Dearsley, Dawson Millward
Votes: 22
13. Murder at the Baskervilles (1937)
Approved | 71 min | Crime, Mystery
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: 786
14. Harmony Heaven (1930)
61 min | Musical
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
15. Lucky to Me (1939)
69 min | Comedy
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
16. The Last Chance (1937)
76 min | Drama
Recently engaged Alan Burmister, a businessman with shady dealings, is accused of murder. John Worrall, a rising barrister and competitor for Alan's fiancee's affections, is briefed for the... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Judy Kelly, Frank Leighton, Wyndham Goldie, Aubrey Mallalieu
Votes: 12
17. Young Woodley (1930)
79 min | Drama
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
18. Me and My Pal (1939)
74 min | Comedy, Musical
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
19. Night Alone (1938)
76 min | Comedy
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
20. The Scotland Yard Mystery (1934)
Approved | 72 min | Mystery, Crime, Drama
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
21. Three Silent Men (1940)
72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
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: 98
22. Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941)
Approved | 70 min | Comedy
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
23. Oliver Twist (II) (1912)
Drama
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
24. Cavalcade of Variety (1940)
70 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
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
25. Beau Brocade (1916)
Adventure, Drama
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
26. Through Fire and Water (1923)
Adventure
A naval officer inherits an island and helps a girl thwart a doctor's search for diamonds.
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Clive Brook, Flora le Breton, Lawford Davidson, Jerrold Robertshaw
Votes: 13
27. She Knew What She Wanted (1936)
74 min | Comedy
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Albert Burdon, Betty Ann Davies, Claude Dampier, W.H. Berry
28. Money Isn't Everything (1925)
Romance
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
29. The Love Nest (1933)
69 min | Comedy
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Gene Gerrard, Camilla Horn, Nancy Burne, Gus McNaughton
30. The Lackey and the Lady (1919)
Drama
A rich banker's eldest daughter marries her servant.
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Odette Goimbault, Leslie Howard, Roy Travers, Alban Atwood
31. A Master of Craft (1922)
Comedy
A captain fakes his own drowning to escape a marriage clause in his uncle's will.
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Fred Groves, Mercy Hatton, Judd Green, Arthur Cleave
32. The Labour Leader (1917)
Drama
A Socialist weds a pregnant laundress and becomes the first Labour MP
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Fred Groves, Fay Compton, Owen Nares, Christine Silver
33. Barnaby Rudge (1915)
Drama
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
34. Marigold (1938)
Drama
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Sophie Stewart, Patrick Barr, Phyllis Dare, Edward Chapman
35. The Old Curiosity Shop (1921)
70 min | Drama
A dwarf usurer prevents a rich man from finding an evicted gambler and his granddaughter.
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Mabel Poulton, William Lugg, Hugh E. Wright, Pino Conti
36. A Soul for Sale (1915)
Crime, Drama
An artist is blamed when her drunkard father shoots her brutal husband.
Director: Thomas Bentley | Star: Austin Camp
37. After Office Hours (1932)
78 min | Drama, Romance
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
38. White Heat (1927)
Drama
A man loves a dancer who becomes a producer's mistress.
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Juliette Compton, Wyndham Standing, Vesta Sylva, Walter Byron
39. The Man in the Street (1926)
Short, Drama
An artist hires a busker to pose for him and finds he is his father-in-law.
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Wilbur Lenton, John MacAndrews, Bunty O'Nolan
40. The Silver Lining (1927)
Crime, Drama
A gamekeeper takes the blame when his brother steals some pearls.
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Marie Ault, Patrick Aherne, John Hamilton, Eve Gray
41. Acci-Dental Treatment (1929)
17 min | Short, Comedy
Hi-jinks in a dentist's surgery.
Director: Thomas Bentley | Star: Ernie Lotinga
42. The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick (1921)
Comedy
A clubman's country jaunt with friends leads to a breach of promise suit by a landlady.
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Frederick Volpe, Mary Brough, Bransby Williams, Ernest Thesiger
43. The Velvet Woman (1923)
Drama, Short
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Jose Collins, Lewis Gilbert, Lionelle Howard, Arthur Wontner
44. The Courage of Despair (1923)
Drama, Short
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Jose Collins, Arthur Wontner
45. Les cloches de Corneville (1917)
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Elsie Craven, Moya Mannering, M.R. Morand, Leslie Stiles
46. The Angelus (1937)
76 min | Crime
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Anthony Bushell, Nancy O'Neil, Eve Gray, Mary Glynne
47. Beyond the Dreams of Avarice (1920)
Drama
A doctor inherits a fortune, his wife leaves him and he becomes a miser.
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Henry Victor, Joyce Dearsley, Alban Atwood, Frank Stanmore
48. Milestones (1916)
90 min | Drama
A radical shipbuilder revolts against his father in 1860, yet seems reactionary to his son in 1912.
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Isobel Elsom, Owen Nares, Campbell Gullan, Minna Grey
49. Chappy: That's All (1924)
Drama, Romance
A novelist employs a burglar's daughter and saves her from attack by an ex-accomplice.
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Joyce Dearsley, Gertrude McCoy, Lewis Gilbert, Eva Westlake
50. Love and Hate (1924)
Short, Comedy
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: George Foley, Eve Chambers, Frank Perfitt, Sydney Fairbrother