Manning Whiley

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Little Big Shot
Mike Connor
Harry Hawkwood is the son of 'Pa' Hawkwood, one of England's greatest crooks, and it's Harry's ambition to follow in father's footsteps and be as good as Dad. Alas! Harry has a kind heart, and it is only out of respect for the old man that his father's gang tolerates him. When the gang decides to go for the Maddox jewels, Harry is given the job of "inside man" will his good nature get the better of him once again?
Children of Chance
Don Andrea
In Ischia, a priest uses the money a young woman has made on the black market toward a home for illegitimate children.
Uncle Silas
Dudley Ruthyn
Following her father's death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke and schemes to murder his niece for her vast inheritance.
The Shop at Sly Corner
Corder Morris
The French owner of an antique shop, Desius Heiss, (Oskar Homolka) has become disillusioned with society since his torture as a prisoner on Devil's Island, since when he has allowed his shop to become a front for criminal activity, and he himself is a receiver of stolen goods.
Teheran
Paul Sherek
A British intelligence officer discovers a plot to assassinate the President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Tehran Conference during World War II.
El séptimo velo
Dr. Irving
Una joven abandona su casa y llega a ser una gran concertista de piano, pero su mente se desequilibra a causa de la actitud de su psiquiatra y su guardián.
Meet Sexton Blake
Raoul Sudd
The famous detective and his trusty side-kick, Tinker, are called in by the War Office to find some important papers that were stolen from a man killed during an air raid.
Bell Bottom George
Church
Los espías nazis están dispuestos a destruir un nuevo asesino submarino, el "Firefly", que está siendo desarrollado por la marina británica. Un desafortunado camarero llamado George, después de haber sido rechazado para el servicio militar en tres ocasiones, finalmente "se une" cuando, durante un ataque aéreo, lo confunden con un verdadero marinero. Pronto, sin saberlo, se topa con el escondite secreto de los espías nazis que intentan destruir la luciérnaga. Sobrevienen complicaciones.
The Dummy Talks
Russell Warren
A ventriloquist is murdered during a theatre variety performance. A dwarf goes undercover as the dummy...
Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light
German
Humorously using the arrogant and bumbling Mr. Proudfoot, this film serves a dual purpose of emphasizing the importance of obeying blackout hours, as well as easing the stress of the time period by encouraging laughter.
Pimpinela Smith
Bertie Gregson
Europa, 1939. Alemania y Gran Bretaña se encuentran a punto de enfrentarse en una nueva guerra. El profesor Horatio Smith viaja con sus estudiantes a la Europa continental para participar en una excavación arqueológica, pero cuando sus alumnos descubran que lo que busca Smith es construir un camino que facilite la huida a los enemigos del nazismo, lo apoyarán con más ahínco. Sin embargo, el plan se complica cuando un estudiante introduzca en el grupo a una misteriosa mujer que resulta ser una espía de la Gestapo. (FILMAFFINITY)
Las vacaciones del Santo
Marko
El Santo, tratando de alejarse de todo viaja a Suiza de vacaciones, pero será sólo un espejismo ya que Templar encuentra una pequeña caja de música que contiene un secreto muy valioso. El problema para Simon aún está por llegar, detrás de la caja anda una peligrosa organización de espías.
The Ghost of St. Michael's
Stock
Will Hay, back in his role as a hapless teacher, is hired by a grim school in remotest Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost, whose spectral bagpipes signal the death of one of the staff. Hay, assisted by Claude Hulbert and Charles Hawtrey, has to unravel the mystery before he becomes the next victim.
Old Bill and Son
Chimp
Old Bill has grumbled his way through the trenches of the First World War. Now it is the Second and, envious of his son, Young Bill, he decides to enlist. He finally enters the Pioneer Corps, which is based near his son. When Young Bill goes missing during a raid, Old Bill shows that there's still life in the old dog yet!
Freedom Radio
S.S. Trooper
Hitler's doctor is gradually realising that the Nazi regime isn't as good as it pretends to be when his friends start to "disappear" into the camps. His wife is courted by the party and accepts a political post in Berlin. Meanwhile Dr Karl decides to try to do something to counteract the Nazi propaganda and with the help of an engineer and a few friends he sets up the Freedom Radio to counteract the Nazi propaganda.
Gasbags
O.P. Colonel
It's war time London and the Crazy Gang (Flanagan & Allen, Nervo & Knox, Naughton & Gold) are doing their bit for the war effort by running a fish and chip stall using their platoon's barrage balloon for advertising. Their Sgt Major is not happy about this and orders them to take the balloon down, but a freak heavy wind accidentally carries the gang away to Nazi Germany. They are captured and placed in a detention camp where they meet an elderly prisoner named Jerry, who possess a map for the location of a secret weapon which will win the war! Fortunately Teddy Knox's impersonation of Hitler lands him the spot of pretending to be the Fuhrer at a gala dinner and the gang are allowed out of the camp. However the Nazis have other ideas for their substitute leader.
Sailors Three
German Commdr.
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.
Saloon Bar
Evangelist
A bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempts to prevent the execution of a potentially innocent man.
The Flying Squad
Ronnie Perryman
Inspector Bradley of Scotland Yard is on the trail of the murderous ringleader of a smuggling organization in London.
Miss Grant Goes to the Door
The Officer
Two sisters encounter a German spy. A public service film showing how to thwart the enemy.
Pastor Hall
Vogel
This film is based on the true story of Pastor Martin Neimuller, who was sent to Dachau concentration camp for criticising the Nazi party. The small German village of Altdorf in the 1930's has to come to terms with Chancellor Hitler and the arrival of a platoon of Stormtroopers (preceded by a flock of sheep). The Stormtrooper go about teaching and enforcing 'The New Order' but Pastor Hall is a kind and gentle man who won't be cowed. Some villagers join the Nazi party avidly, some just go along with things, hoping for a quiet life but Pastor Hall takes his convictions to the pulpit.
Contraband
Manager of 'Mousetrap'
When a neutral Danish merchant ship is forced to put into port after trying to evade British wartime contraband control, its captain becomes involved in a beautiful British Naval Intelligent agent's efforts to capture a group of German spies operating from a London cinema.
The Four Just Men
(uncredited)
The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sabotage to serve their ends, but they consider themselves to be true patriots.
Design for Murder
Bentley, the student
When a wealthy, lonely university music student is beaten and has his apartment trashed by a fellow dorm resident-bully and his gang, he goes mad, lures the bully into his room on pretense of forgiveness, slips him a paralyzing agent in a drink, throws him in a trunk and locks him in, and taunts the bully with the promise that he will be buried alive in the trunk. Only, once he gets his trunk and his prey to his country estate, the vengeful victim finds things keep going wrong...
Consider Your Verdict
The Prisoner
A short featurette about a murderer summoned by chance to sit on the jury and try the man accused of his crime.