Frank Pettingell Movies

When the textile mill closes, putting her out of work, Gracie finds herself experiencing all of the amusements of Blackpool.

An Italian musician begins to steal his brother's compositions after he is jailed for shooting a prince.

When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the...

A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.

A group of children are evacuated during world war two into the care of an alcoholic woman.

The wealthy chairman of First Division Football Club, Burnville United, makes an unethical approach to a star player of another club, and the ensuing...

Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade...

A former boxing champion, now an innkeeper, is accused of stealing a watch from a party of guests at his inn, who happen to be members of English...

Adapted from Lady Eleanor Smith’s novel, this 1934 feature tells the story of Joe Prince, an orphan child of circus people who, after many...

Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre company in England.

Geoffrey Hansbury's clothing empire is on the verge of collapse. His health his deteriorating and relies on his secretary Jane Harrison, who is also...

Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.

Grace Milroy loses her job working at a factory. However, through a strange set of circumstances, she is taken on as housekeeper at the nearby...

The life of Irishman George Howard who buys an English theatre and strives to improve the standard of musical entertainment. Set in the late 19th and...

A barge-owner's adopted daughter falls in love with his son, and gives up her chances of stardom to be with him.

An unemployed man wins the football pools, and decides to buy a country house for his actress girlfriend.

Bob Holt's last journey as a Railway engine driver before his retirement, a journey disturbed by his distress at leaving the Railway, and his...

A British comedy about a blacksmith who in looking to get away from his wife discovers a talent for rugby league.

A coarse boot-shop owner becomes outraged when his eldest daughter decides to marry a meek cobbler.