Derek Elphinstone

Birth : 1913-10-15, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK

Death : 1999-02-19

Movies

Distant Trumpet
Producer
David Anthony, a Harley Street physician, swaps duties with his brother, a medical missionary in Africa.
Distant Trumpet
Richard Anthony
David Anthony, a Harley Street physician, swaps duties with his brother, a medical missionary in Africa.
Distant Trumpet
Writer
David Anthony, a Harley Street physician, swaps duties with his brother, a medical missionary in Africa.
Secret People
Plain Clothes Man
This tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the police apprehend the conspirators after an innocent bystander is accidentally killed.
The Armchair Detective
Inspector Carter
The BBC armchair detective clears a nightclub singer of suspicion of the murder of her boss.
The Armchair Detective
Writer
The BBC armchair detective clears a nightclub singer of suspicion of the murder of her boss.
Witness for the Prosecution
Sir Wilfrid Robarts
Agatha Christie tale of a man on trial for murder: a trial featuring surprise after surprise. Not to be confused with the later Hollywood adaptation.
The Red Shoes
Lord Oldham
In this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious instructor, Boris Lermontov, urges to her to forget anything but ballet, Vicky begins to fall for the charming young composer Julian Craster. Eventually Vicky, under great emotional stress, must choose to pursue either her art or her romance, a decision that carries serious consequences.
Flying with Prudence
Dickie
A dramatised instruction film made to instil in RAF flying personnel the importance of flight safety in peacetime.
Night Boat to Dublin
Naval Surgeon
British intelligence officers (Robert Newton, Guy Middleton) head off a Nazi plot to kidnap an atomic scientist.
In Which We Serve
No. 1
The story of the HMS Torrin, from it's construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.
Sailors Three
British Observer
Three sailors get drunk while on shore leave and end up on the wrong ship. When they realise their mistake they scramble off it and onto their warship, HMS Ferocious. However, they soon realise that the vessel they have boarded is not the Ferocious but a German battleship.
Convoy
Hawkins
A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII.
The Four Feathers
Lieutenant Parker
A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.