Michael Hankinson Movies

A dramatised account produced for the Ministry of Information of the re-opening during World War Two of the Tyneside shipyards closed down during the...

In this murder mystery, Vicar Casson looks into the poisoning of a wealthy man. He soon finds that the man they convicted, the fiance of the rich...

Two women plot to get rid of an unwelcome house guest.

A dead man's curse on a London party house seems to echo from 1780 to 1936.

The hall porter at an Oxbridge College inherits an Earldom and enjoys a series of adventures.

One of a series of murder mysteries featuring the character Philo Vance. A Lost Movie

A husband who listens to jazz instead of mopping the floor is brained with a mop by his wife; he dreams he's King of Jazzmania, a land of soapsuds...

Experimental documentary focusing on a day in the life of city workers, featuring montage sequences and repetition to emphasise the monotony of...

A forger returns to his family when he leaves jail vowing to go straight. Although approached by an international counterfeiting gang he keeps his...

Mathias, an Alsatian innkeeper, murders a rich Pole staying at his inn. However, Mathias' conscience will not let him rest, and the murdered man's...

A Lieutenant is wrongly accused of cowardice

The first film adaptation, and most faithful, of Noel Coward's 1929 operetta Bitter Sweet. This tells the story of Sarah Linden's romance, the tale...

A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at the international co-ordination involved in dealing with a locust plague.

Arthur Tracy and Lilli Palmer star in this 1930's British romantic drama. With his voice faltering due to nerves, celebrated stage performer "The...

Max is an Austrian officer in the army and son of a highly placed general. His father wants him to marry a Countess but he has fallen in love with...

A composer goes to Devil's Island for killing his wife's lover, then writes an opera about it.

Three unlikely people set up a pirate radio station in this musical comedy.

Comedy about Bookmakers and punters and their interest in the horse Take A Chance

During the Second World War, getting the most from your little plot of land was crucial. This film, produced by the Ministry of Agriculture in 1941,...

Wartime public information film detailing the health service facilities available to Britain's children, from mothercraft classes to PE lessons and...