Frank Pettingell Movies

The wealthy chairman of First Division Football Club, Burnville United, makes an unethical approach to a star player of another club, and the ensuing...

A schoolteacher plagued by alcoholism and his refusal to serve in World War II, Graham Weir inspires contempt in almost everyone around him,...

A barge-owner's adopted daughter falls in love with his son, and gives up her chances of stardom to be with him.

A former boxing champion, now an innkeeper, is accused of stealing a watch from a party of guests at his inn, who happen to be members of English...

Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre company in England.

The life of Irishman George Howard who buys an English theatre and strives to improve the standard of musical entertainment. Set in the late 19th and...

When the textile mill closes, putting her out of work, Gracie finds herself experiencing all of the amusements of Blackpool.

Adapted from Lady Eleanor Smith’s novel, this 1934 feature tells the story of Joe Prince, an orphan child of circus people who, after many...

Get Cracking is a 1943 British comedy war film, directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Dinah Sheridan, Ronald Shiner and George Formby. It was...

Lilian has an illegitimate war-baby which is then adopted by a wealthy spinster.

Three long-married couples in northern England discover that their marriages are in fact invalid, causing much re-evaluation and chaos. This was the...

The Captain of a tramp steamer is forced by his ship's owner to smuggle some priceless pearls, and take them to Singapore.

A millionaire hires a man to play his double...

Three married couples discover that, through a legal technicality, they are, in fact, not actually married in the eyes of the law. This was the third...

During the Second World War, a German spy goes on the run, carrying important news about a U-Boat campaign. The ship he is traveling aboard is hit by...

A coarse boot-shop owner becomes outraged when his eldest daughter decides to marry a meek cobbler.

A crowded inn means that a man and a woman must share the same room for a night. One problem is that they are both married - to other people. The...

A group of children are evacuated during world war two into the care of an alcoholic woman.

A ship powered by a nuclear reactor, is heading for the port of New York and is unable to slow down.