Kenneth Kove

Películas

Doctor Terror
Third Male Friend (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")
Cinco hombres se sientan en el compartimento de un tren hacia un destino desconocido. Poco después, llega un hombre misterioso, de aspecto siniestro, que se presenta como el Doctor Schreck. Saca un juego de tarot y asegura a los viajantes que les puede predecir el futuro. Los cinco hombres no acaban de creérselo, pero Schreck consigue convencerles uno tras uno. Sus destinos se verán desvelados a través de historias distintas, que tienen todas como vínculo el enigmático Doctor Schreck.
Los camaradas
Luigi
La acción se desarrolla a finales del siglo XIX en una fábrica textil de Turín. Los obreros reivindican la reducción de la jornada laboral de 14 a 13 horas, para evitar los accidentes que provoca el cansancio. La aparición del extraño y entrañable profesor Sinigaglia (Marcello Mastroianni) hace que la protesta desemboque en huelga. La película, que oscila entre el sainete y la tragedia, presenta una galería de personajes antagónicos: ilusionados unos, reticentes otros, intrépidos y cobardes.
Raising the Wind
Street Musician (uncredited)
'Carry On' director Gerald Thomas helms this comedy caper featuring early appearances by James Robertson Justice, Sid James, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Williams, Liz Fraser and Eric Barker. The film follows the hi-jinks of a group of music students who move into a shared flat in order to cut costs and have somewhere to practice their instruments. Things get tricky when Mervyn Hughes (Phillips) accidentally sells one of his compositions to an advertising agency and risks losing his scholarship. Can he and his friends find a way to raise the money to buy back the song rights?
La verdad al desnudo
Man Who Lets Out Police Car's Tyre (uncredited)
A causa de las graves presiones que recibe, un periodista ha intentado suicidarse en varias ocasiones. Pero ahora ha decidido fundar una publicación para contar la verdad, sin miedo a represalias. Para financiarla, recurre al chantaje de varias personalidades. Los problemas aparecerán cuando un presentador de televisión se le resista. (FILMAFFINITY)
Treasure Hunt
Clergyman
Short of money the owners of Ballyroden Hall must attempt to run it as a guest house, but not everyone is happy about the plan.
Golden Arrow
Clergyman
On a journey from Paris to London, a Briton, a Frenchman and an American bond with each other and indulge in a romantic fantasy about a girl they see.
They Knew Mr. Knight
Coggie Selby
After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on the beneficence of the great financier. A developing friendship leads to the Knights selling their home to the Blakes when they move back to London. All looks rosy for the Blakes as share prices in Mr Knight's new business venture soar, but is their confidence misplaced?
Asking for Trouble
Capt. Edward Fortescue
A London fishmonger helps a young woman evade her unwanted upcoming marriage by pretending to be her fiancé, a big game hunter from Africa. Comedy.
Black Eyes
Ivan Petrov has one weakness in his life, and one love: his little black-eyed daughter, Tania. In fact, his entire career is devoted to her future happiness, though Tania remains ignorant as to his vocation. Done with cool deliberation, Petrov's all-consuming fear is that one day his lovely daughter will discover his true profession, and despise him for it...
Talking Feet
Lord Cedric Scattery
An east London fishmonger's young daughter (Hazel Ascot) is so grateful to Dr Hood (John Stuart) for saving her dog Patch after a road accident that she persuades her dad and various friends to help stage a concert at the local Hippodrome to raise money to save the local hospital.
The Conquest of the Air
Gentleman at Reception (uncredited)
This early docudrama uses dramatic re-enactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930's.
Cheer Up
Wilfred Harman
An impoverished team of composer and songwriter try to secure financial backing for their new musical, with the assistance of a struggling actress working as a housemaid.
The Bank Messenger Mystery
A bank teller who believes he has been unjustly fired gets together with two professional thieves to rob the bank.
Look Up and Laugh
Piano Assistant
Gutsy lass Gracie rallies fellow stall-holders at Birkenhead Market to prevent its takeover and demolition by a department store chain. She invokes the Market's foundation by Royal Charter just before an inadvertent gas leak provides an explosive climax.
Crime on the Hill
Tourist
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 man's niece, was innocent.
Song of the Plough
Archie
'Farm life on the South Downs. A gentleman farmer beats his unscrupulous rival in sheepdog trials.' (British Film Institute)
Dora
Chemist
'An American visitor to England is frustrated by the restrictions placed upon him and his social life by the Defence of the Realm Act.' (National Film Archive Catalogue)
The Man from Toronto
Vicar
According to the terms of a will two strangers must marry. Leila (Jessie Matthews) is a widow, and Fergus (Ian Hunter) is a Canadian bachelor. Both are bequeathed a fortune, but there is a condition to the receipt of it. The two much marry within a year. To aid matters, Leila disguises herself as Fergus' maid, and the two begin to fall in love. However when Fergus discovers the truth, he is less than pleased by the deception.
Pyjamas Preferred
Reverend Samson Sneed
In France the husband of a purity league leader runs a shady nightclub.
Her First Affaire
Prof. Hotspur
Una tozuda joven se enamora de un novelista de tres al cuarto y consigue introducirse en su casa, para disgusto de su prometido. Éste conspira con la esposa del autor para demostrarle lo estúpida que ha sido.
Diamond Cut Diamond
Reggie Dean
One of the guests tries to foil a gang of jewel-robbers during a country house weekend party.
Two White Arms
Bob Russell
A man becomes bored with married life and pretends to have lost his memory so he can pursue other women.
Help Yourself
Peter Ball
British comedy directed by John Daumery ...
Mischief
Bertie Pitts
When financier Reginald Bingham leaves on a business trip to Paris, normally devoted wife Eleanor leaves for a cottage with a secret boy friend. The couple are followed by friends of her husband, who attempt to hinder the affair. However, Reginald is also tempted by a fling with an old friend in Paris.
Out of the Blue
Freddie
Impoverished aristocrat's daughter Tommy Tucker is in love with radio announcer Bill Coverdale, but he is engaged to her more glamorous sister Angela, who he does not love. Seeking escape from this hopeless situation, and her life of genteel poverty, Tommy flees abroad to Biarritz to become a nightclub singer.
Out of the Blue
Freddy
Impoverished aristocrat's daughter Tommy Tucker is in love with radio announcer Bill Coverdale, but he is engaged to her more glamorous sister Angela, who he does not love. Seeking escape from this hopeless situation, and her life of genteel poverty, Tommy flees abroad to Biarritz to become a nightclub singer.
Almost a Divorce
Detective
'Farcical comedy of matrimonial complications in which a bibulous man almost wrecks his friend's marriage.' (British Film Institute)
The Man at Six
Joshua Atkinson
A butler is found murdered in an unfurnished mansion house.
Fascination
Bertie
Madeleine Carroll stars as a vampish actress who comes between a happily married couple, in this light-hearted melodrama from Miles Mander.
The Chance of a Night Time
Swithin
Bashful lawyer Henry cannot attend his fiancée's birthday party because of a business engagement. However, farcical circumstances find him mistaken for the dance partner of a professional lady hired to entertain a country house party at which his fiancée is a guest.
Down River
Ronnie Gordon
Un investigador de aduanas y su prometida rastrean a una banda de contrabandistas cuyo líder puede ser un asesino.
The Great Game
Bultitude
Set in Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge football ground and featuring appearances from many real-life players from the day, this is the first film to feature football as its central theme and is recognisably modern and authentic. It deals with the day to day dramas, conflicts and love interests of players and managers in the run-up to the Cup Final.
Asesinato
Jury Member
Una mujer es acusada de asesinato y juzgada por ello. Todo el jurado popular cree en su culpabilidad, salvo un hombre que hará todo lo posible por defender su inocencia.