Helen Penfold

Фильмы

Dead Man's Evidence
Hairdresser
When a British secret agent's body washes up on the coast of Ireland, evidence implies that he was a traitor providing information to the Russians.
Waltz of the Toreadors
Hairdresser
General Fitzhugh, an ageing Lothario has an over-active eye for a pretty woman. Despite a long and satisfying career as a seducer extraordinaire, something always seems to get in the way of his bedding the breathtakingly lovely Ghislaine, a more-than-willing town local.
Crosstrap
Hairdresser
In this thriller, two gangs of jewel thieves battle it out in a deserted cottage. Murder ensues when the owners of the cabin show up. Listed as lost by the BFI.
The Snake Woman
Hairstylist
A doctor in 1890 England, in order to cure his wife's "sick mind," injects her with snake venom. She later gives birth to a daughter whom the villagers call "The Devil's Baby" and in a fit of fear they end up burning the family's house down. Years later a Scotland Yard detective is sent to the village to investigate a rash of deaths that are caused by snakebite.
Ticket to Paradise
Hairdresser
Travel agent Emrys Jones and tourist Patricia Dainton fall in love in sunny Italy. Jones has led Dainton to believe that he's fabulously wealthy, and she has likewise deceived him. When the truth inevitably outs, it hardly matters, since hero and heroine now love each other for themselves rather than their bank accounts.
Doctor Blood's Coffin
Hairstylist
After being thrown out of medical school for ethical violations, Dr. Peter Blood returns home to a small Cornish village, where he sets up a research laboratory in a secluded cave. There, he attempts to revive the dead, using kidnapped humans -- who he views as unworthy of life -- for their body parts, specifically, their hearts.
Follow That Man
Hairdresser
A farcical comedy about a con-man and a girl reporter who find romance while the former is planning a coup at a Swedish dowager's expense.
The Criminal
Hairdresser
When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has stashed the loot leading to violent consequences.
Oscar Wilde
Hairdresser
England, 1891. Ascending writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) meets Lord Alfred Douglas, a young nobleman. Over the years, they will maintain an intimate relationship that will be openly criticized by Alfred's father, the Marquis of Queensberry, in such a harsh way that Wilde, instigated by Alfred, decides to sue Queensberry in 1895, accusing him of defamation.
Too Young to Love
Hairstylist
A court case ensues when a 47-year old man is caught with a 15-year old girl, and he claims he never knew she was so young.
Kill Her Gently
Hairdresser
A motorist picks up to escaped convicts. Instead of turning them over to the police he hires them to kill his wife.
The Reluctant Bride
Hairstylist
A money-to-burn and girl-chasing Texas oilman, and a sensitive, dignified entomologist find themselves in charge of a brood of wild kids whose parents, both famous explorers, are reported lost while on an African safari.
Fast and Loose
Hair Designer
An unmarried couple are forced to adopt a series of pretexts when they stay at a country inn together with only one spare room.
Женевьева
Hairstylist
Наступает время для традиционного пробега старинных автомобилей из Лондона в Брайтон, а Алан МакКим и Амброуз Клеверхауз, похоже, не остановятся в своих попытках доказать превосходство друг над другом, несмотря на их дружбу.
Appointment in London
Hairstylist
Wing-commander Tim Mason leads a squadron of Lancaster bombers on almost nightly raids from England. Having flown eighty-seven missions he will shortly be retiring from flying, but the strain is showing. He tries to make sure his men concentrate only on their job and so keeps women away from the base, but then he himself meets naval officer Eve Canyon.
Circumstantial Evidence
Hairdresser
Long after being deserted by her husband, Linda Harrison will soon be free to marry her lover, Michael Carteret. But when her husband suddenly reappears, he attempts to blackmail the couple with a threat of ruining Michael's career. When her husband is murdered, Michael appears to be the only obvious suspect - but will the circumstantial evidence be enough to sentence him to death?
Trent's Last Case
Hairstylist
When a wealthy business man is found dead reporter Philip Trent is sent to investigate. Against the police conclusions, he suspects the assumed suicide is really a murder, and becomes highly interested in the young widow and the dead man's private secretary.
Odette
Hairdresser
The film is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive French-born agent Odette Sansom, who was captured by the Germans in 1943, condemned to death and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp to be executed. However, against all odds she survived the war and testified against the prison guards at the Hamburg Ravensbrück Trials. She was awarded the George Cross in 1946; the first woman ever to receive the award, and the only woman who has been awarded it while still alive. (From Wikipedia, licensed under CC-BY-SA)
Maytime in Mayfair
Hairdresser
Penniless man-about-town Michael Gore-Brown is delighted to hear he has been left a high-class Mayfair fashion salon. His intention is to sell it as quickly as possible, but on meeting Ellen, chief designer and manager, he quickly changes his mind and turns his attention to courting her.
Elizabeth of Ladymead
Hairstylist
Four generations of a British family live through their experiences in the Crimean War, Boer War, WWI and WWII.
Анна Каренина
Hairstylist
Как передать драму женщины, у которой есть всё — муж, положение в свете, деньги, дети, друзья — а она всё равно несчастлива? На вокзале Анна знакомится с графом Вронским и понимает, чего именно ей не хватало в этой жизни — бурных страстей, красавца-любовника и страха перед разоблачением. Долгое время связь удавалось скрывать, но однажды, на бегах, тайное становится явным… Муж угрожает публичным скандалом, лишением материнских прав и денежными санкциями, Вронский же не может предложить ничего, кроме любви…