Michael Hankinson Movies

A husband who listens to jazz instead of mopping the floor is brained with a mop by his wife; he dreams he's King of Jazzmania, a land of soapsuds...

Arthur Tracy and Lilli Palmer star in this 1930's British romantic drama. With his voice faltering due to nerves, celebrated stage performer "The...

A dead man's curse on a London party house seems to echo from 1780 to 1936.

The first film adaptation, and most faithful, of Noel Coward's 1929 operetta Bitter Sweet. This tells the story of Sarah Linden's romance, the tale...

A composer goes to Devil's Island for killing his wife's lover, then writes an opera about it.

In this murder mystery, Vicar Casson looks into the poisoning of a wealthy man. He soon finds that the man they convicted, the fiance of the rich...

Wartime public information film detailing the health service facilities available to Britain's children, from mothercraft classes to PE lessons and...

A tour of the Dartmouth Royal Naval College, showing the education and shaping of young men into members of the Royal Navy.

Comedy about Bookmakers and punters and their interest in the horse Take A Chance

Max is an Austrian officer in the army and son of a highly placed general. His father wants him to marry a Countess but he has fallen in love with...

A Lieutenant is wrongly accused of cowardice

A forger returns to his family when he leaves jail vowing to go straight. Although approached by an international counterfeiting gang he keeps his...

Two women plot to get rid of an unwelcome house guest.

Experimental documentary focusing on a day in the life of city workers, featuring montage sequences and repetition to emphasise the monotony of...

The hall porter at an Oxbridge College inherits an Earldom and enjoys a series of adventures.

Mathias, an Alsatian innkeeper, murders a rich Pole staying at his inn. However, Mathias' conscience will not let him rest, and the murdered man's...

During the Second World War, getting the most from your little plot of land was crucial. This film, produced by the Ministry of Agriculture in 1941,...

Derwent dreams up an unbreakable alibi for a murder. Once the crime is attempted, it then falls to Pember and Brace of Scotland Yard to sort things...

A colourful look at the various types of gardens to be found in England, a nation of gardeners.

One of a series of murder mysteries featuring the character Philo Vance. A Lost Movie