Peter Gawthorne Movies

An elderly couple's lodger, a British musician (Ivor Novello), becomes the suspect in a series of killings.

Staff in a jewellery store hatch a plan to catch a thief.

Classic comedy starring Arthur Askey. The perils, humiliations and humour of trying to run a second-rate theatrical company are further compounded...

One wartime Christmas the well-to-do Ferguson family extends a festive welcome to various strays, with comic results.

A man pays a hitman to kill him. Circumstances change and he tries to call off the hit but he has trouble getting the deal killed.

An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a village hall.

Bill Urquhart, a young wastrel disinherited by his father, tries to get a job as a jockey – just about the only thing he’s really good...

Love blossoms after a young man rescues a pretty girl who attempted to drown herself.

An unjustly condemned corporal flees to Africa, chased by the captain blamed for his escape.

Capt Viking and his incompetent fire crew accidentally foil a plot to steal the crown jewels.

Will Hay plays a bragging sea captain whose maritime experience actually extends to navigating a coal barge down inland waterways. His tall tales...

Tom Masterick, a dock worker, is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is commuted to a long prison term. When released as an...

An addled Englishman's efforts to save three young women from eviction land them all in jail and leads to other adventures and mischief.

A gang of spies held up in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless comedians plenty of scope for laughs.

A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds...

A compilation of 3 stories, "The Wedding Gift", "The Thief of London" and "The Final Twist". Originally part of the Danziger Brothers series "Calling...

The Duke of Wellington’s attempt to restore peace to France is threatened by a French Duchess.

Being engaged against her will with a wealthy man, Princess Orsolini (Catherine Dale Owen) is in love with Captain Kovacs (John Gilbert), a cavalry...

When a landlady finds one of her tenants murdered, Inspector Hornleigh is sent to investigate. Inspector Hornleigh's assistant, Sergeant Bingham,...

Old Mother Riley gets involved in a plot to steal an invention