James Hayter Movies

Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous...

In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examining his subjects first-hand. This leads him to...

A gang of aspiring bank robbers involve themselves with arsonists and purchase their very own fire truck in an attempt to create the ultimate...

Like the play from which it derived, the film tells of the early struggles of composer Edvard Grieg and his attempts to develop an authentic...

A BAFTA nominated documentary reviewing news, sporting and royal events from 1933.

Singing Marseilles docker Joe is hired by wealthy English couple, the Oliphants, to find their missing son Gerald. When Joe finds him, he learns...

Marigold is a 1938 British drama film set in Scotland in the Victorian era. It was filmed in Edinburgh. It was based on a 1914 play of the same title...

A factory worker quits his job to become a motorcycle racer.

An army veteran with a shattered leg returns to his home in Port Afrique after war only to find his wife has been murdered. He's determined to find...

Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work...

A little boy named Tommy watches as his father is arrested after a brawl. Tommy believes his father must have killed someone and rather than return...

Newspaper reporter Nat Hearn returns home after serving in the Royal Air Force during World War II. When one of the paper's owners dies, the man's...

The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air?

W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.

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

Two aspiring songwriters finally manage to sell a tune by claiming that it was composed by a reclusive musical genius. When the tune hits the top of...

Scotland, 1745. After decades of exile, Prince Charles Edward Stuart secretly lands with the purpose of revolting the Highland chieftains against the...

The Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find...

Scotland Yard is thrown into an uproar when a mad killer begins knocking off beautiful young blondes.

Based on a short story by George MacDonald, a princess experiences constant weightlessness.