Movies: John Turnbull

  • 1935
    The 39 Steps

    The 39 Steps (1935)

    The 39 Steps

    7.31935HD

    Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy...

    The 39 Steps
  • 1933
    The Private Life of Henry VIII

    The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)

    The Private Life of Henry VIII

    6.31933HD

    Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of treason, King Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that marriage also ends in tragedy. Not one to be singl...

    The Private Life of Henry VIII
  • 1935
    The Passing of the Third Floor Back

    The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935)

    The Passing of the Third Floor Back

    7.61935HD

    The tenants of an old London boarding house spend their time in petty bickering and sniping until a mysterious stranger arrives at their door....

    The Passing of the Third Floor Back
  • 1950
    The Happiest Days of Your Life

    The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)

    The Happiest Days of Your Life

    6.21950HD

    Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted with due to wartime restrictions. The shock is that it's an all-girls school that has been sent. The two head teachers are soon battling fo...

    The Happiest Days of Your Life
  • 1934
    The Scarlet Pimpernel

    The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)

    The Scarlet Pimpernel

    6.91934HD

    18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an underground effort to free French nobles from Robespierre's Reign of Terror....

    The Scarlet Pimpernel
  • 1936
    The Conquest of the Air

    The Conquest of the Air (1936)

    The Conquest of the Air

    4.21936HD

    This early docudrama uses dramatic reenactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930s....

    The Conquest of the Air
  • 1936
    The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss

    The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (1936)

    The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss

    6.81936HD

    A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for a year without touching his inheritance....

    The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
  • 1938
    The Gaunt Stranger

    The Gaunt Stranger (1938)

    The Gaunt Stranger

    6.21938HD

    A lawyer receives a note telling him that he'll be dead in 48 hours - and Scotland Yard must work fast to uncover the serial killer known as 'The Ringer'....

    The Gaunt Stranger
  • 1940
    Spare a Copper

    Spare a Copper (1940)

    Spare a Copper

    71940HD

    George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned destruction of the British battleship HMS Hercules. Framed by the villains and forced to go on the run, Georg...

    Spare a Copper
  • 1934
    The Rise of Catherine the Great

    The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934)

    The Rise of Catherine the Great

    5.91934HD

    The woman who will become Catherine the Great marries into the Russian royal family when she weds Grand Duke Peter, the nephew of Empress Elizabeth. Although the couple has moments of contentment, Peter's cruel and erratic behavior causes a rift betw...

    The Rise of Catherine the Great
  • 1936
    Rembrandt

    Rembrandt (1936)

    Rembrandt

    6.61936HD

    A character study depicting the life of Rembrandt Van Rijn at the height of his fame in the mid 1600s. Beginning with the death of his wife, Rembrandt's work takes a dark turn, which offends many of his patrons....

    Rembrandt
  • 1944
    Fanny by Gaslight

    Fanny by Gaslight (1944)

    Fanny by Gaslight

    5.71944HD

    Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds that her family has for many years been running a bordello next door to their home. When her mother ...

    Fanny by Gaslight
  • 1939
    Dead Men Are Dangerous

    Dead Men Are Dangerous (1939)

    Dead Men Are Dangerous

    41939HD

    Unsuccessful writer Aylmer Franklyn takes the chance to change identities after he discovers a corpse. However, he soon finds himself accused of the murder of a maid at a near-by boarding house....

    Dead Men Are Dangerous
  • 1947
    So Well Remembered

    So Well Remembered (1947)

    So Well Remembered

    5.21947HD

    A mill-owner's ambitious daughter almost ruins her husband's political career....

    So Well Remembered
  • 1938
    The Terror

    The Terror (1938)

    The Terror

    5.71938HD

    For ten years, The Terror has laughed at both police and public. And for ten years, two of his erstwhile associates, Joe Conner and 'Soapy' Marks, have plotted revenge on the mastermind whose double-crossing sent them to Dartmoor prison without their...

    The Terror
  • 1936
    Tudor Rose

    Tudor Rose (1936)

    Tudor Rose

    8.11936HD

    The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed....

    Tudor Rose
  • 1934
    Lord Edgware Dies

    Lord Edgware Dies (1934)

    Lord Edgware Dies

    5.51934HD

    A talented American actress enlists the help of the famed Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, to negotiate a divorce from her husband, Lord Edgware, only to find him the next day stabbed to death in his library. Who would want him dead?...

    Lord Edgware Dies
  • 1933
    The Shadow

    The Shadow (1933)

    The Shadow

    5.21933HD

    A group of people in an old dark house are terrorized by a mysterious hooded figure dressed in black who proceeds to kill them off one by one....

    The Shadow
  • 1944
    Don't Take It to Heart

    Don't Take It to Heart (1944)

    Don't Take It to Heart

    5.91944HD

    A stray World War Two bomb releases the ghost of the 3rd Earl of Chaunduyt after 400 years. A visiting professor, while wooing the beautiful Lady Mary, daughter of the present Earl, finds him an ally in his fight on behalf of the villagers to protect...

    Don't Take It to Heart
  • 1937
    Silver Blaze

    Silver Blaze (1937)

    Silver Blaze

    5.51937HD

    Holmes takes a vacation and visits his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville. His vacation ends when he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a double-murder mystery. Now he's got to find Professor Moriarty and the horse Silver Blaze before the great cu...

    Silver Blaze