Frank Pettingell Movies

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...

When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the...

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

'Colonel thinks he has killed superior while hunting ghost.' (British Film Catalogue)

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

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

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

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

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 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...

Moving family drama of the life of a working-class Hackney couple over 40 years, inspired by the famous music hall song This moving family drama -...

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 young man impersonates a doctor.

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

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...

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