Mervyn Johns Movies

An English professor decides that there are too many useless people in the world and invents a gas that will kill them off. But first they'll at...

Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."

Peter Nichols adapted his own hit play to the screen, based on his experiences in hospitals. A riotous black comedy that's as timely today as ever,...

A Merchant Navy hero of the Korean War returns to England after three years of captivity in Communist hands, his mind confused by brain-washing and...

When Dr. Howard Latimer finds the German actress whom he had just met at the London Airport murdered in his flat, he is led into a world of murder,...

The Guv'nor (released in the U.S. as Mr. Hobo) is a 1935 British comedy film starring George Arliss as a tramp who rides a series of...

An ageing aristocrat schemes to secure his dwindling finances by any means – fair or foul!

Following the death of his only son, a ruthless businessman reflects on his life, his unhappy marriage and his questionable parenting skills.

A man is cited as the co-respondent in a divorce case, but is cheerfully unashamed when he appears in court.

A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an unhappy argumentative lot until it is discovered the...

During New Year's Eve, a young model spends the day searching for her grandmother, who has suspiciously gone missing.

An escaped murderer flees France to England, where he forces an ex-forger, now established as a reputable estate owner, and the forger's daughter who...

Set in the diamond fields of South Africa, Stafford Parker is a lawman trying to maintain a semblance of law and order in the "Wild South".

A scheming widow tries to persecute three old ladies, but fate takes its revenge on her.

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

After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on the beneficence of the great financier. A developing...

A little Welsh village is sundered by rival factions when a coveted contralto role in the "Messiah" is given to Mrs. Davies instead of Mrs. Lloyd....

A family is torn apart when their eldest son is hanged for the murder of a young girl.