Mervyn Johns

Mervyn Johns

February 17, 1899 · 127 years old

Father of actress Glynis Johns, who appeared with him in The Halfway House (1944) and The Sundowners (1960). Stocky, benevolent-looking Welsh character who became an unexpected star of British movies during WWII, then moved quickly into post-war supports, with one of his fondly-remembered parts be…

Known For

16 titles
1
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1951 · 1h 26m · Movie

Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time. However, this Christmas Eve, he will be visited by three spirits who will show him the error of ...

8.1
2
Moby Dick

Moby Dick

1956 · 1h 56m · Movie

The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.

7.3
3
Dead of Night

Dead of Night

1945 · 1h 17m · Movie

Guests at an English estate recall nightmares.

7.5
4
Jamaica Inn

Jamaica Inn

1939 · 1h 38m · Movie

In Cornwall, 1819, a young woman discovers she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit.

6.3
5
The Heroes of Telemark

The Heroes of Telemark

1965 · 2h 11m · Movie

Norwegian resistance tries to stop German efforts to produce heavy water needed for making atomic bombs during World War II.

6.5
6
1984

1984

1956 · 1h 30m · Movie

In a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.

6.9
7
Went the Day Well?

Went the Day Well?

1942 · 1h 32m · Movie

An English village is occupied by disguised German paratroopers as an advance post for a planned invasion.

7.5
8
The Devil's Disciple

The Devil's Disciple

1959 · 1h 23m · Movie

The black sheep of a family and the local minister discover their true vocations during the Revolutionary War.

7.0
9
The Old Dark House

The Old Dark House

1963 · 1h 26m · Movie

In England, an American car salesman ends-up spending a stormy night at the mysterious and deadly mansion of a client's family.

5.4
10
Call Me Genius

Call Me Genius

1961 · 1h 45m · Movie

Tony Hancock gives up his day job to become an artist. He's a lot of enthusiasm, but little talent, and critics dislike his work. Nevertheless, he impresses a talented artist.

6.8
11
The Captive Heart

The Captive Heart

1946 · 1h 26m · Movie

In 1940, a concentration camp escapee assumes the identity of a dead British officer, only to become a prisoner of war.

7.0
12
Pink String and Sealing Wax

Pink String and Sealing Wax

1945 · 1h 29m · Movie

A drunken, abusive tavern-keeper's adulterous wife uses the backward son of a rigid, puritanical pharmacist who makes his entire family miserable.

6.7
13
San Demetrio London

San Demetrio London

1943 · 1h 44m · Movie

Rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle of the Atlantic by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer and then had been abandoned.

6.7
14
80,000 Suspects

80,000 Suspects

1963 · 1h 53m · Movie

A doctor's already-shaky marriage is tested to an even greater extent when he has to contend with a smallpox epidemic.

6.0
15
Far into the Night

Far into the Night

1943 · 1h 30m · Movie

Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service), the dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WWII.

6.6
16
The National Health

The National Health

1973 · 1h 38m · Movie

The British National Health System is skewered in this comedy set in a rundown London hospital. The hospital is filled with wacky staff members and patients, and the film strives to get all it can from their humorous escapades. Th...

6.0
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