Cast: A.E. Matthews

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring A.E. Matthews. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Man with a Million

1954 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ronald Neame

Cast Gregory Peck · Ronald Squire · Joyce Grenfell · A.E. Matthews

Synopsis An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who has conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds that whenever he tries to use the...

6.6

971 votes

6.6

971 votes

Britannia Mews

1949 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jean Negulesco

Cast Dana Andrews · Maureen O'Hara · Sybil Thorndike · Fay Compton

Synopsis A rich woman in Victorian England marries a poor artist from the wrong side of the track, and finds herself the victim of a blackmailing plot.

6.0

31 votes

6.0

31 votes

Happy Ever After

1954 · Movie · 88 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Mario Zampi

Cast David Niven · Yvonne De Carlo · Barry Fitzgerald · George Cole

Synopsis The whole village mourns when General O'Leary, owner of a hunting estate in South Ireland, is killed in an accident. His nephew, Jasper O'Leary, takes over the state and soon has aroused the displeasure of all, with the exception of...

6.0

75 votes

6.0

75 votes

Laughter in Paradise

1951 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Mario Zampi

Cast Alastair Sim · Fay Compton · Guy Middleton · George Cole

Synopsis Famed practical joker Henry Russell leaves 50,000 pounds to each of his four surviving relatives. But his will has one last joke - they each have to undertake a task completely out of character within a month. As each sets...

5.6

41 votes

5.6

41 votes

Just William's Luck

1947 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom

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The Ghosts of Berkeley Square

1947 · Movie · 87 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Vernon Sewell

Cast Robert Morley · Felix Aylmer · Yvonne Arnaud · Claude Hulbert

Synopsis Ghosts are condemned to haunt a house until it is visited by a reigning monarch,

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Carry on Admiral

1957 · Movie · 83 min. · United Kingdom

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Piccadilly Incident

1946 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Herbert Wilcox

Cast Anna Neagle · Michael Wilding · Frances Mercer · Coral Browne

Synopsis Anna Neagle is a WWII WREN---the counterpart of the American WAVE---who encounters Michael Wilding in a blacked-out Piccadilly during an air raid. They get married and have a two-day honeymoon before she is sent to Singapore. The ship in which...

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Penny Princess

1952 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Val Guest

Cast Yolande Donlan · Dirk Bogarde · A.E. Matthews · Reginald Beckwith

Synopsis A tiny European country which for years has survived financially only through evading its bills and smuggling is finally facing bankruptcy, when a rich American agrees to save the place by buying it. But before, the deal is closed, he...

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Landfall

1949 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ken Annakin

Cast Michel Dennison · Patricia Plunkett · Kathleen Harrison · Denis O'Dea

Synopsis Rick (Michael Denison) is a costal command pilot patrolling the English Channel for U-Boats. He sinks what he believes is a German submarine, but which later proves to be British. He is charged with neglect and volunteers for a perilous...

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Miss Tulip Stays the Night

1955 · Movie · 68 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Leslie Arliss

Cast Diana Dors · Patrick Holt · Jack Hulbert · Cicely Courtneidge

Synopsis A crime writer and his wife go for a break to a country cottage. They receive an unexpected visitor, the bossy Miss Tulip, who needs shelter for the night. In the morning there is a dead body in the house.

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Escape to Danger

1943 · Movie · 84 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lance Comfort · Victor Hanbury Productions

Cast Eric Portman · Ann Dvorak · Karel Stepanek · Ronald Ward

Synopsis During the Second World War a British schoolteacher working in Denmark is caught up when the Germans invade.

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Quiet Wedding

1941 · Movie · 80 min. · United Kingdom

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Something Money Can't Buy

1952 · Movie · 83 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Pat Jackson

Cast Patricia Roc · Anthony Steel · Moira Lister · A.E. Matthews

Synopsis A British Army Officer returns to civilian life after WWII. He finds that his wife is running a successful employment agency so he must become a "house husband". He doesn't find this at all easy, so he gets together with...

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The Chiltern Hundreds

1949 · Movie · 84 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Paddy Carstairs

Cast Cecil Parker · A.E. Matthews · David Tomlinson · Lana Morris

Synopsis Young Viscount Pym manages to to get an army leave on the pretense of running for the Conservatives in the next local election. His only aim in fact is to marry June, a rich American heiress, before she returns to...

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The Galloping Major

1951 · Movie · 82 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Henry Cornelius

Cast Basil Radford · Jimmy Hanley · Janette Scott · A.E. Matthews

Synopsis A syndicate is set up by a horse lover to buy a particular racehorse, but they accidentally buy the wrong horse. The horse is useless on the flat, so they decide to enter him as a jumper.

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Thunder Rock

1942 · Movie · 112 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Roy Boulting

Cast Michael Redgrave · Barbara Mullen · James Mason · Lilli Palmer

Synopsis David Charleston, once a world renowned journalist, now lives alone maintaining the Thunder Rock lighthouse in Lake Michigan. He doesn't cash is paychecks and has no contact other than the monthly inspector's visit. When alone, he imagines conversations with those...

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Twilight Hour

1945 · Movie · 85 min. · United Kingdom

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Mister Drake's Duck

1951 · Movie · 85 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Val Guest

Cast Douglas Fairbanks Jr. · Yolande Donlan · Jon Pertwee · Wilfrid Hyde-White

Synopsis Mr. Drake and his wife live a nice, quiet life on their Sussex farm, until one of their ducks lays a radioactive egg made of uranium! When the government finds out about this, the Armed Forces storm onto the farm...

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