John Bentley

Durante la famosa época de la "caza de brujas" de Hollywood, el guionista de televisión Alfred Miller era uno de los escritores condenados al ostracismo por sus ideas de izquierdas. Para poder seguir trabajando, ofreció dinero a Howard Prince, un excompañero del colegio, a cambio de que le permitiera utilizar su nombre para firmar sus textos. No será el único escritor que requiera los servicios de Howard como testaferro.

When a corpse is found in the Thames, the only clue is that the dead man was killed by a karate or judo expert.

A theatrical impresario tries to win a bet with a psychiatrist over the production of a perfect baby.

En un pueblecito mexicano tiene lugar un enfrentamiento entre un bondadoso sacerdote (John Mills) y un malvado bandido (Bogarde) que se propone dominar el pueblo. El odio a la Iglesia lleva a éste a cometer todo tipo de abusos y tropelías para conseguir que el nuevo clérigo se vaya. Sin embargo, el cura, con su inmensa paciencia y mansedumbre, acaba por redimir al bandido, que recupera la fe en Dios.

A Christmas TV special in which Alice does not go through a looking glass, but through a TV set.

Water is a scarce and sometimes dangerous resource in the Swiss Mountain Village. Anytime the wooden pipe is damaged and the supply breaks, one man from the village is determined by "unlucky" draw to take on the life-threatening repairs.

Paul Turner, un joven guapo y con cierto aire amenazador, sale de la academia naval y se le entrega el mando del submarino Seahawk en una misión altamente especializada.

Un piloto norteamericano regresa a Estambul a buscar un brazalete de diamantes que dejó escondido. Para su sorpresa, reencuentra a la novia a quien creía muerta. Ahora tiene dos valiosas joyas que recuperar.

Durante un safari en Kenia, un millonario sospecha que su joven esposa planea fugarse con el cazador profesional que ha contratado. Cegado por el orgullo y los celos, cae preso de una locura homicida...

A Hungarian Secret Service official attempts Western political asylum.

A man tells his wife that the police are after him for having killed a bookie during an alcoholic binge, but that he is innocent and is being framed for the murder. The wife and her brother hide him and try to find out who the real killer was. The more they investigate, the more holes they begin to find in the husband's story.

A race car driver marries a woman for her money and plans to murder her. An old suitor steps in to help her but the driver takes steps to eliminate the rival. But there's a flaw in the driver's plans.

Henry Crossley is an artist whose wife is spending a week's holiday with her aunt. But when her aunt comes to see him, worried because her niece has not arrived, a police investigation into her disappearance begins. It seems that Henry was fully occupied at the time his wife went missing; but is his alibi completely truthful?

A confession to a priest from a thief leads to the priest's life being threatened by his gang.

Set amid the magnificent scenery of the Kenyan bush, this safari adventure from 1954 depicts the many dangers faced by a group of British settlers in East Africa during the last decade of the nineteenth century.

A pair of reporters try to discover the link between three unsolved, seemingly isolated murders. The only connection between them is they all took place on the same day in three successive years. The police don't trust their instincts - but as 10th July nears again, a solicitor has started receiving threatening letters...

The editor of a magazine falls in love with the publisher's daughter. The only trouble is that the publisher's wife quite fancies him as well. Then he's accused of embezzling funds.

In colonial Kenya, chief's son believes he must kill another tribe's chief in ancient ritual before he can claim father's throne; district officer and female reporter try to stop him before he breaks colonial law.

A chance photograph may reveal a murderer's identity - and someone's after the photographer!

British diamond smugglers use the radiowoman (Phyllis Kirk) from a freighter docked on the Thames to unwittingly "mule" their swag, hidden in cigarettes, past customs, not knowing that she has befriended an Inspector for the Thames River Patrol.

Caught in a loveless marriage, Dr. John Winnington (Ronald Howard) can't stop himself from falling for his wife's (Mary Laura Wood) younger sister, Christine (Olga Edwardes). But when he suddenly becomes the prime suspect in his wife's tragic murder, John relies on his friend Eric (John Bentley) to clear his name. This classic murder mystery encourages viewers to evaluate all of the clues and guess the killer's identity.

An adventure story dealing with the building of a railway in Africa at the turn of the century.

Story of a chorus girl who is "discovered" and finds romance during the unraveling of a mystery in a once derelict theatre.

A serial killer terrorizes London. Each victim is found with a telegram signed "The Marquis." There seems to be no other common thread between the victims, and Scotland Yard is baffled. Novelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, is warned to stay away from the case, but he and his glamorous wife Steve can never refuse a good mystery.

An ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night before but he later finds out that a man he got into a fight with earlier in the night was murdered.

A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula.

El cabeza de una familia de músicos tiene una vida amorosa muy complicada.

The Toff solves the mystery of a missing employer. One of the BFi's most wanted films.

A husband-and-wife detective team look into the murder of one of her friends, whose father--a prominent scientist--has been kidnapped. They find themselves up against a sinister crime organization headed by a mysterious figure known only as "Z".

Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted with due to wartime restrictions. The shock is that it's an all-girls school that has been sent. The two head teachers are soon battling for the upper hand with each other and the Ministry. But a crisis (or two) forces them to work together.

John Bentley stars as a man who returns home to claim his inheritance. He soon learns his half brother has spent his fortune and is mixed up with jewel thieves

Paul Temple is called in to help Scotland Yard track down a serial killer who has murdered several wealthy women.

Eileen Hannay (Dinah Sheridan) is the singing star of an Irish operatic society but gives up to marry Terry O'Keefe (John Bentley).