Vernon Downing

Vernon Downing

Nascimento : 1913-01-06, Suffolk, England, UK

Morte : 1973-12-01

Perfil

Vernon Downing

Filmes

A Woman's Vengeance
Chemist (uncredited)
A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other women and suicide also being suspected.
Covardia
Reporter Logan
A big-game hunter takes a rich American couple on an African safari. Film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber".
The Time of Their Lives
Leigh - Traitor (uncredited)
Two ghosts who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War return to 20th century New England to retieve a letter from George Washington which would prove their innocence.
Evocação
Lieutenant Davis Herrick (uncredited)
American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, she never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry. At the outbreak of World War I, John is sent to the trenches and never returns. When her son goes off to fight in World War II, Susan fears the same tragic fate may befall him too.
Dois no Céu
English Liaison Officer
Uma sentimental, patriótica (se não propagandística) fantasia de Hollywood sobre um piloto de bombardeiro morto na Segunda Guerra Mundial, Maj. Pete Sandidge que se torna anjo da guarda para outro piloto, o capitão. Ted Randall, orientando Randall através de batalhas e ajudando-o no romance de sua ex-namorada, apesar de sua devoção excessiva a memória do Sandidge.
Sherlock Holmes e a Mulher Aranha
Norman Locke
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider. Based on "The Sign of Four" and the short stories "The Dying Detective", "The Final Problem", "The Speckled Band" and "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot".
Corvetas em Ação
Officer
The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
The Wife Takes a Flyer
English Officer
Christopher Reynolds, an American flying with the R.A.F, is shot down over German-occupied Holland and is given shelter by a Dutch family. Posing as the insane husband of the daughter of the house, Anita Wolverman, Reynolds convinces the German officer quartered there, Major Zellfritz, with the necessity for her divorce decree to be granted. After the court-hearing, Anita, goes to manage a home for retired ladies and, persuaded by Reynolds, tries to gain military information from the German Officer. When her former husband escapes from the insane-asylum his exploits are blamed on Reynolds. With the help of the old ladies and Anita, who "remarries" him, Reynolds escapes to England in a stolen German airplane.
How to Hold Your Husband - BACK
Husband #3 (uncredited)
Marie Crawford faz de tudo para manter seus maridos.
Suspeita
Benson (uncredited)
Rapaz leva vida de playboy tomando dinheiro emprestado dos amigos. Um dia conhece uma tímida garota, com quem acaba se casando. Mas a jovem com o tempo passa a desconfiar que ele é na verdade um assassino e ela correr o risco de ser a próxima vítima.
Mystery Sea Raider
Martin
June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother ship" for German submarines in the Atlantic.
A Flama da Liberdade
John Walker
Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against England. Matt will meet Jane's father in the battlefield.
Orgulho e Preconceito
Capt. Carter
Mãe de cinco filhas, a Sra. Bennet (Mary Boland) procura ansiosamente por maridos em boa condição financeira para as duas mais velhas, Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan) e Elizabeth (Greer Garson). Um belo dia, elas estão comprando novos vestidos, quando avistam os cavalheiros Sr. Bingley (Bruce Lester) e Sr. Darcy (Laurence Olivier) e uma dama em uma carruagem.
O Morro dos Ventos Uivantes
Giles (uncredited)
Humilhado por seu irmão de criação Hindley (Hugh Williams), Heathcliff (Laurence Olivier) torna-se um homem rico e em busca de vingança. Ao mesmo tempo, porém, o rebelde nutre grande paixão por Cathy (Merle Oberon), irmã do homem que deseja matar e que, durante os anos em que esteve ausente da Inglaterra, casou-se com o nobre Edgar (David Niven). Certo dia, o Sr. Earnshaw retorna de viagem da cidade, trazendo consigo o pequeno órfão chamado Heathcliff. Porém, o filho de Earnshaw, Hindley, sente ciúmes do garoto, enquanto Catherine, sua filha, torna-se a paixão infantil e logo o amor de Heathcliff. As coisas mudam quando os pais dos garotos morrem, e Heathcliff começa a ser tratado como mero empregado. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
Maria Antonieta
Man in Gaming House (uncredited)
Maria Antonieta (Norma Shearer) é uma linda princesa austríaca com casamento marcado com o herdeiro do trono francês Luís Augusto (Robert Morley), casamento este arranjado por motivos políticos. Já no palácio francês, Maria encontra-se caída entre as intrigas da família real, principalmente entre o Rei Luís XV e seu maléfico primo, o Conde de Orleans (Joseph Schidkraut). Para alívio de Maria, Luís só poderia casar-se com ela caso ele se tornasse Rei. Certo dia, em um cassino, Maria conhece o Conde Axel de Fersen (Tyrone Power), e ambos se sentem atraídos imediatamente um pelo outro. Sentindo-se realizada com seu amante, Maria recebe uma notícia que não esperava tão logo, o Rei Luís XV havia morrido. Sabendo então que o Conde poderia manter um caso com a noiva do príncipe, mas não com a Rainha da França, Maria teria então que decidir entre seu coração e a realeza.
Pequeno Petulante
Lift Boy
Spoiled child Geoffrey Bramer teams up with a pair of small time crooks to pose as an aristocrat and steal jewelry from exclusive shops. During a a caper, Geoffrey is caught and is sentenced to a reformatory where young men are trained to be sailors. He is befriended by model in-mate Terry O'Mulvaney but soon starts to get them both in trouble.
The Romance Of Robert Burns
Ross (uncredited)
The 'Farmer Poet' Robert Burns, after a bad romance, pens "Auld Lang Syne" to much fanfare and courts high society at the expense of his blossoming relationship with beautiful Jean Armour. Soon a marriage is arranged for Jean, and Robby must race to her side before she is married off.
East of Java
Pilot
Survivors of a shipwreck find refuge on a tropical island--but so do the ship's cargo of lions and tigers.
O Grande Motim
Hayward
O marinheiro Roger Byam (Franchot Tone) acompanha o capitão Bligh (Charles Laughton) e Fletcher Christian (Clark Gable) em uma viagem de navio ao Taiti. Bligh mostra ser um verdadeiro tirano e, depois de seis prazeirosos meses no Taiti, Christian lidera um motim entre a equipe para voltarem à casa.
A Família Barrett
Octavius Barrett
Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henrietta, but feels stifled by the domestic tyranny of her wealthy widowed father. When she meets fellow poet Robert Browning in a romantic first encounter, her heart belongs to him. However, her controlling father has no intention of allowing her out of his sight.