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The Concert (1955)
Character: Father
Ann, a woman who is preparing to attend a concert. As she gets ready, she reflects on her past and the relationships that have shaped her life. The narrative unfolds through a series of flashbacks and introspective moments, revealing tensions within her family and her romantic entanglements. The concert itself becomes a metaphor for resolution and emotional clarity.
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Lonely Road (1936)
Character: 'The Professor'
Commander Stevenson, suffering from unrequited love drives to the coast while very drunk and interrupts some smugglers and informs Scotland Yard.
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A Bill of Divorcement (1922)
Character: Hilary Fairfield
Meg Fairfield secures a divorce from her husband Hilary, and is about to marry Gray Meredith when Hilary returns cured. Sydney, daughter of Hilary and Meg, is engaged to Kit Pumphrey, son of the parish rector who refuses to permit his son to marry Sydney when he learns her mother is divorced....
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Jealousy (1931)
Character: Henry Garwood
A man falls madly in love with a woman and stages a robbery in an effort to frame her sweetheart
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Two and Two Make Six (1962)
Character: Harry Stoneham
An American airman stationed in the United Kingdom strikes down his commanding officer. Believing he's killed him, the airman goes on the run with a woman. They encounter a lookalike couple and hijinks ensue.
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Dangerous Ground (1934)
Character: Mark Lyndon
Two insurance detectives work with the police to identify and bring down a crime kingpin. One is murdered, but his partner and his daughter continue.
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Wolves (1930)
Character: Pierre
An outlaw leader fakes a draw for a sick girl so he can help her escape
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Whispering Tongues (1934)
Character: Inspector Dawlay
When his father commits suicide a gentleman sets out to avenge the death on those who swindled him out of a fortune.
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The Great Mr Handel (1942)
Character: Lord Chesterfield
This classic film reveals how the great composer Georg Friedrich Handel rose above the personal anguish and difficulties in his life to create the sublime musical composition, The Messiah.
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77 Park Lane (1931)
Character: Sherringham
When a 'man about town' takes a young lady back to his house they are both surprised to find that it has been turned into an illegal casino in his absence.
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Mr. Reeder in Room 13 (1938)
Character: Peter Kent
Capt. Johnnie Gray is enlisted by Mr. J.G. Reeder to infiltrate a gang of forgers in Dartmoor jail on behalf of the Bank of England.
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Life for Ruth (1962)
Character: Mr Harris Sr
John Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die. His religious beliefs forbade him to give consent for a blood transfusion that would have saved her life. Doctor Brown is determined to seek justice for what he sees as the needless death of a young girl.
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The Manxman (1929)
Character: Philip Christian
A fisherman and a rising lawyer who grew up together as brothers fall in love with the same woman.
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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
Character: Joe Chandler
London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who claims his name is Jonathan Drew arrives at the guest house run by the Bunting family and rents a room.
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The Lady and the Bandit (1951)
Character: Sir Thomas de Veil
Highwayman Dick Turpin rides 200 miles to save his wife from the gallows in 18th-century England.
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Fortune Is a Woman (1957)
Character: Old Abercrombie
An insurance man discovers his ex-girlfriend and her husband's art-forgery/arson scam.
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Operation Amsterdam (1959)
Character: Johan Smit
When Germany invades Holland in 1940, a British intelligence officer and two Dutch diamond merchants go to Amsterdam to persuade the Dutch diamond merchants to evacuate their diamond supplies to England.
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Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue (1953)
Character: Duke of Marlborough
After the 1715 defeat of the clans, one of the highland leaders, Rob Roy MacGregor escapes, has lots of adventures, gets married, and eventually becomes enough of a nuisance to George I to be outlawed, and hunted by the English
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Macbeth (1964)
Character: Duncan
Hallmark Hall of Fame's second version of Shakespeare's classic play, with the same two stars and the same director as its first version, but a different supporting cast.
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The Mating Season (1951)
Character: Mr. Williamson
Ellen McNulty leaves her New Jersey hamburger stand and heads west to pay a surprise visit to her son and his new bride. When Ellen arrives, her daughter-in-law mistakes her for the maid she has hired for a big party they are throwing. Rather than cause any embarrassment, Ellen goes along with the charade, which leads to many complications.
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I Accuse! (1958)
Character: President of France
Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of treason and made a scapegoat for military espionage in an act of institutional anti-Semitism. Sent to prison, he becomes a cause célèbre for the novelist Émile Zola, who dubs it the "Dreyfus Affair." Eventually, Dreyfus is pardoned when the military cover-up is made public, and he returns to France. But his name is forever tarnished by the accusations of treason.
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Francis of Assisi (1961)
Character: Bishop Guido
In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his own religious order, sanctioned by the Pope.
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The Birthday Present (1957)
Character: Bristow
Returning from a business trip, toy salesman Simon Scott is caught attempting to smuggle a wristwatch bought for his wife's birthday through Customs. He is arrested and, due to a bungled defence by his solicitor, obliged to serve a three-month prison sentence. It is only the beginning of his woes; his employer, Colonel Wilson, is understanding, but he is ultimately forced to sack Simon, who discovers that finding another job under such circumstances is extremely difficult. But Colonel Wilson is determined to help his former employee find a solution.
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The Night of the Party (1934)
Character: Lord Studholme
A major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner party. The publishers secretary is the obvious suspect, but the inspector isn't so sure ...
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The Mountain Eagle (1926)
Character: John "Fear o' God" Fulton
In the Kentucky hills, a schoolteacher becomes caught in a bitter feud between a widower, his crippled son, and a reclusive hermit. Accusations and jealousy drive her into hiding, leading to love and revenge. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, this 1926 romantic drama is now considered lost and remains one of the BFI’s most sought-after missing films.
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