Frank Pettingell Movies

Set in Claverly Village, it follows the fortunes of the Rookebys (Clements) and the ne'r-do-well Appleyards (Williams) from the time of the Normans,...

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

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

After nearly 40 years of waiting for his big chance, Wilfred Morgenhall is given the case of defending Herbert Fowle who is accused of murdering his...

Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.

Bob Holt's last journey as a Railway engine driver before his retirement, a journey disturbed by his distress at leaving the Railway, and his...

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

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...

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...

An Italian musician begins to steal his brother's compositions after he is jailed for shooting a prince.

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...

Two feuding millionaires try to destroy each other's business while their children fall in love with each other.

An ex army officer is forced to resort to a life of crime.

Grace Milroy loses her job working at a factory. However, through a strange set of circumstances, she is taken on as housekeeper at the nearby...

A young man impersonates a doctor.

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

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...

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...

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