John Dighton

Nascimento : 1909-12-08, London, England, UK

Morte : 1989-04-16

Filmes

O Amor de Sua Vida
Screenplay
Two Australian sugarcane cutters spend their annual five-month vacations in Sydney with their mistresses.
O Discípulo do Diabo
Screenplay
In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revolutionary American Puritan, is mistaken for local minister Rev. Anthony Anderson and arrested by the British. Dick discovers himself incapable of accusing another human to suffer and continues to masquerade as the reverend.
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Screenplay
Director Sidney Franklin's 1957 remake of his own 1934 film, about the romance of poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.
O Cisne
Writer
Europa Central, 1910. Os dias de realeza da princesa Beatrice (Jessie Roce Landis) estão com os dias contados, a menos que sua única filha, a princesa Alexandra (Grace Kelly), cause uma boa impressão em um primo distante, Albert (Alec Guinness), um príncipe herdeiro que há 23 anos Beatrice não vê e que resolveu chegar repentinamente. Albert tem procurado uma noiva por toda a Europa. Ele está entediado em ter de rotineiramente namorar princesas e se mostra mais interessado no meio de ordenhar vacas, que existe na propriedade onde Alexandra mora, do que no jardim de rosas dela. Porém ele começa a sentir ciúmes de Nicholas Agi (Louis Jourdan), o tutor de Alexandra, pois sente claramente que ela está muito atraída por Nicholas e é correspondida.
A Princesa e o Plebeu
Screenplay
A Princesa Anne embarca em uma turnê por diversas capitais europeias e que é altamente explorada pela imprensa. Quando ela e sua comitiva real chegam em Roma, ela começa a se rebelar contra o seu horário extremamente regrado. Uma noite Anne dá uma escapulida de seu quarto, pula na traseira de um caminhão de entregas e escapa seu luxuoso confinamento. No entanto, um sedativo que ela foi forçada a tomar mais cedo começa a fazer efeito, e logo a princesa está prestes a dormir em um banco público. Ela é encontrada por Joe Bradley, um repórter de um jornal americano correspondente em Roma. Ele a leva até o seu apartamento. Na manhã seguinte, Joe corre para cobrir a conferência de imprensa da princesa Anne, sem saber que ela está dormindo em seu sofá. Na hora em que ele percebe a sua boa sorte, Joe promete ao seu editor uma entrevista exclusiva com a princesa.
Folly to Be Wise
Screenplay
A newly-arrived army chaplain is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on a Brains Trust with local notables. Unfortunately for him, it emerges from a question on the rights and wrongs of marriage that there is more going on between three of the panelists than he wants to know about - though the audience obviously thinks differently.
Who Goes There!
Screenplay
When Miles Cornwall returns suddenly to the home he shares with his father and sister in a grace-and-favour house at St. James's Palace, he's amazed to find a pretty Irish girl in his favorite armchair. Intrigued, he turns on the charm but, as she explains her situation, he finds himself unaccountably falling in love with this pretty interloper.
Brandy for the Parson
Screenplay
A young couple get involved with a smuggler
O Homem do Terno Branco
Screenplay
Linda sátira sobre inventor que descobre um tecido que nunca se desgasta ou suja. Naturalmente é um desastre para a indústria de tecidos. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
The Happiest Days of Your Life
Screenplay
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.
The Happiest Days of Your Life
Theatre Play
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.
As Oito Vítimas
Screenplay
A mãe de Louis Manzzini pertence à aristocrata família D'Ascoyne, até ela fugir com um cantor de ópera. A partir daí, ela e Louis são rejeitados pelos D'Ascoynes. Quando vira um adulto, Louis resolve se vingar, tornando-se o próximo Duque da família. O caminho mais fácil para ele acaba sendo assassinar o sucessor natural ao cargo.
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Writer
Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover. George Louis is later crowned King George I of England. Despairing of ever experiencing true love, the depressed queen finds life at court no solace. Sophie then falls for a dashing Swedish soldier of fortune, Count Konigsmark.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Screenplay
A fatherless boy tries to make his fortune despite interference from his rich uncle.
Champagne Charlie
Screenplay
A man from the countryside becomes London’s newest music hall sensation, and competes with a rival music hall performer for the audience’s attention.
My Learned Friend
Screenplay
An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the list, and co-opts Claude Hulbert to try and stop him from meeting a grisly end.
Undercover
Screenplay
Occupied Yugoslavia. With organised resistance shattered by the Nazi onslaught it is only the activity of small guerrilla bands that bring fresh hope to the people. But quislings and infiltrators are everywhere – and trusting the wrong person could easily get you killed...
48 Horas!
Screenplay
The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, they do whatever they can to thwart the Nazis plans.
The Goose Steps Out
Screenplay
Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new secret weapon, causing chaos in a Hitler Youth school in the process.
Somewhere In France
Screenplay
Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment.
The Next of Kin
Writer
Wartime propaganda piece giving the warning "Be like Dad, Keep Mum". A gossipy housewife is overheard talking about what her son is doing by a Nazi spy.
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Original Story
A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America.
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Screenplay
A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America.
Sailors Three
Screenplay
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
Writer
A bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempts to prevent the execution of a potentially innocent man.
The Briggs Family
Writer
During the Second World War, a special constable and former solicitor is called upon to defend his son who is accused of the theft of a car
Let George Do It!
Screenplay
Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved in trying to defeat Nazi agents.
Hoots Mon
Screenplay
An English comedian is infuriated by a Scottish comedienne's impersonation of him
Thank Evans
Writer
An impoverished racetrack tout discovers that a crooked trainer is about to throw a race involving a nobleman's horse.