John Galsworthy

Movies

Critical Candle
Writer
The story is about Mrs. Bernard, her son, and her daughter - who participated in the secret intelligence transmission during WW2 and fought bravely with the Nazi German officers.The story is about Mrs. Bernard, her son, and her daughter - who participated in the secret intelligence transmission during WW2 and fought bravely with the Nazi German officers.The story is about Mrs. Bernard, her son, and her daughter - who participated in the secret intelligence transmission during WW2 and fought bravely with the Nazi German officers.
A Summer Story
Story
A bittersweet tale of lost love, based on a short story ("The Apple Tree") by John Galsworthy.
A Summer Story
Writer
A bittersweet tale of lost love, based on a short story ("The Apple Tree") by John Galsworthy.
That Forsyte Woman
Novel
Soames and Irene Forsyte have a marriage of convenience. Young Jolyon Forsyte is a black sheep who ran away with the maid after his wife's death. Teenager June Forsyte has found love with an artist, Phillip Bosinny. The interactions between the Forsytes and the people and society around them is the truss for this love story set in the rigid and strict times of the Victorian age.
Escape
Theatre Play
A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl.
21 Days
Story
After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and Wanda have just three weeks together before he must give himself up or let an innocent man go to the gallows.
One More River
Novel
A young lady leaves her brutal husband and meets another man on board a ship.
Loyalties
Writer
While a houseguest at an upper-class gathering, wealthy Jew Ferdinand de Levis is robbed of £1,000 with evidence pointing towards the guilt of another guest, Captain Dancy. Instead of supporting De Levis, the host attempts to hush the matter up and when this fails, he sides with Dancy and subtly tries to destroy de Levis' reputation. When Dancy is later exposed, and commits suicide, de Levis is blamed for his demise.
The Skin Game
Theatre Play
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village.
Escape!
Story
When Matt Denant (Gerald de Maurier) finds himself wrongly imprisoned for manslaughter, he takes an opportunity to escape from jail during a foggy day and is forced to rely on the goodwill of local people to remain a fugitive of the law.
Old English
Writer
An old man unethically provides an income for his two grandchildren.
The White Monkey
Novel
Two hundred fifty thousand have read this startling novel with its revelations on married life-its intimate story of the times and follies of new conventions that hurl their challenge to the old!
The Stranger
Novel
"The Stranger," an outcast who works in a saloon frequented by Peggy Bowlin, a poor girl suffering through hard times. She finds romance with Larry Darrant and her life begins to improve. They make plans to wed and leave England, but when a convict assaults Peggy, Larry gets involved and accidentally kills him. The Stranger is arrested for the murder, but he refuses to declare his innocence because he doesn't want to destroy Peggy's happiness.
The Skin Game
Writer
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village. The original silent version of a film Hitchcock later adapted with sound.