Movies: William Freshman

18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an underground effort to free French nobles from Robespierre's Reign of Terror....

For ten years, The Terror has laughed at both police and public. And for ten years, two of his erstwhile associates, Joe Conner and 'Soapy' Marks, have plotted revenge on the mastermind whose double-crossing sent them to Dartmoor prison without their...

Urged by famous airman Ellissen the Lennartz Company puts into reality the project proposed by his friend Droste: F.P.1, a huge floating platform in the Atlantic that makes long-distance flights viable. Ellissen is in love with company heiress Claire...

The inhabitants of a peaceful village begin receiving mysterious hate mail penned by someone with malicious thoughts....

'Advertisement for Film Weekly, in which British actors impersonate Hollywood stars in scenes from recent films; the audience is invited to compete for a prize of £100 for naming the best impersonation.' (BFI)...

A major and his wife return from abroad and pose as servants to observe their adolescent children....

A spy has his son steal an Admiral's submarine plans....

'Innocent blacksmith hanged on circumstantial evidence.' (British Film Catalogue)...

Wallflower Jane Wilton has always lived in the shadow of her beautiful and popular sister Beatrice. Making things worse, Beatrice is spiteful and cruel, directing all manner of nastiness towards the submissive and uncomplaining Jane. But when Beatric...

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....

Pat Heaton may be the best crime reporter in town but his fiancée Claire, despairing of the more tawdry aspects of his profession, makes him promise to give the job up. When a pretty waitress is found murdered, however, Pat falls in line with the res...

A man poses as the reincarnation of a woman's drowned husband....

Two businessmen have the shock of their lives when a woman appears out of their past bearing a 23 year old son - and one of them may be the father!...

'Farmer loves singer whom his half-brother marries and abandons with baby.' (British Film Catalogue)...

'An author marries an already-married prostitute because she resembles his dead fiancée.' (British Film Institute)...

'Devon. Rich widow helps poor squire by pretending his ancestor hid treasure.' (British Film Catalogue)...

Jimmy finds an abandoned baby while motorcycling in the country....

A Soho restaurateur's protégé becomes a star....

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Michel, a young sailor, returns home to Marseilles to find that his former lover, Francine, now works in the local brothel. In a jealous rage, he picks a fight with her and an aggressive client, Julot, leading to tragedy for all three....