Mervyn Johns Movies

Peter Nichols adapted his own hit play to the screen, based on his experiences in hospitals. A riotous black comedy that's as timely today as ever,...

An escaped World War 2 Nazi doctor impersonates a murdered English doctor so he can work on a vaccination to protect the Germans in their planned...

An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the list, and co-opts Claude Hulbert to try and stop him...

An escaped murderer flees France to England, where he forces an ex-forger, now established as a reputable estate owner, and the forger's daughter who...

An Irish "oracle" foretells the next day's track results to a newspaperman, resulting in a national uproar.

A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.

Lots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the walls in various scenes to reinforce the plot of...

A doctor's already-shaky marriage is tested to an even greater extent when he has to contend with a smallpox epidemic.

A scheming widow tries to persecute three old ladies, but fate takes its revenge on her.

A Merchant Navy hero of the Korean War returns to England after three years of captivity in Communist hands, his mind confused by brain-washing and...

A family is torn apart when their eldest son is hanged for the murder of a young girl.

The free-spirited wife of a proper British doctor leaves him after an arguement over the anatomically correct drawing of a horse on the wall drawn by...

During New Year's Eve, a young model spends the day searching for her grandmother, who has suspiciously gone missing.

Set in the diamond fields of South Africa, Stafford Parker is a lawman trying to maintain a semblance of law and order in the "Wild South".

A doctor becomes the victim of extortionists when one of his patients dies under questionable circumstances.

An English professor decides that there are too many useless people in the world and invents a gas that will kill them off. But first they'll at...

The Guv'nor (released in the U.S. as Mr. Hobo) is a 1935 British comedy film starring George Arliss as a tramp who rides a series of...

A man is cited as the co-respondent in a divorce case, but is cheerfully unashamed when he appears in court.

Dexter becomes involved in a revolution and is asked to hide the Queen. This leads to misunderstanding with his firm and his fiancee.

An ageing aristocrat schemes to secure his dwindling finances by any means – fair or foul!