Mervyn Johns Movies

  • 1965
    The Heroes of Telemark

    The Heroes of Telemark

    The Heroes of Telemark

    6.9111965HD

    Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf Pedersen in an effort to destroy the German heavy...

    The Heroes of Telemark
  • 1951
    Scrooge

    Scrooge

    Scrooge

    7.41951HD

    Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show...

    Scrooge
  • 1945
    Dead of Night

    Dead of Night

    Dead of Night

    7.21945HD

    Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare....

    Dead of Night
  • 1956
    Moby Dick

    Moby Dick

    Moby Dick

    7.0211956HD

    In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a...

    Moby Dick
  • 1939
    Jamaica Inn

    Jamaica Inn

    Jamaica Inn

    6.0631939HD

    In coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who's come there to visit her aunt, discovers that she's married an...

    Jamaica Inn
  • 1956
    1984

    1984

    1984

    6.5221956HD

    In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

    1984
  • 1963
    The Day of the Triffids

    The Day of the Triffids

    The Day of the Triffids

    6.1221963HD

    After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants...

    The Day of the Triffids
  • 1948
    Quartet

    Quartet

    Quartet

    61948HD

    Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."

    Quartet
  • 1963
    55 Days at Peking

    55 Days at Peking

    55 Days at Peking

    71963HD

    Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer...

    55 Days at Peking
  • 1942
    Went the Day Well?

    Went the Day Well?

    Went the Day Well?

    7.21942HD

    The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in...

    Went the Day Well?
  • 1946
    The Captive Heart

    The Captive Heart

    The Captive Heart

    6.21946HD

    A series of stories about the lives and loves of nine men in a Prisoner of War Camp over five years. Location shooting in the British occupied part...

    The Captive Heart
  • 1944
    The Halfway House

    The Halfway House

    The Halfway House

    6.51944HD

    A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness...

    The Halfway House
  • 1963
    The Old Dark House

    The Old Dark House

    The Old Dark House

    5.81963HD

    An American car salesman in London becomes mixed up in a series of fatal occurrences at a secluded mansion.

    The Old Dark House
  • 1960
    The Sundowners

    The Sundowners

    The Sundowners

    6.71960HD

    In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to...

    The Sundowners
  • 1956
    Finger of Guilt

    Finger of Guilt

    Finger of Guilt

    5.81956HD

    Film producer Reggie Wilson is worried he may have a dual personality. Fleeing Hollywood, he finds himself in England and married to the studio...

    Finger of Guilt
  • 1976
    House of Mortal Sin

    House of Mortal Sin

    House of Mortal Sin

    6.5791976HD

    Also known as 'The Confessional', another of Pete Walkers's critiques of institutional hypocrisy, in which a troubled young girl goes to confession...

    House of Mortal Sin
  • 1957
    Doctor at Large

    Doctor at Large

    Doctor at Large

    5.61957HD

    Losing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a member of the board, young Dr. Simon Sparrow (Dirk...

    Doctor at Large
  • 1948
    Easy Money

    Easy Money

    Easy Money

    61948HD

    A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an unhappy argumentative lot until it is discovered the...

    Easy Money
  • 1952
    The Magic Box

    The Magic Box

    The Magic Box

    6.31952HD

    Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to...

    The Magic Box
  • 1959
    The Devil's Disciple

    The Devil's Disciple

    The Devil's Disciple

    6.51959HD

    In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revolutionary American Puritan, is mistaken for local minister...

    The Devil's Disciple