Cast: Mervyn Johns
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Mervyn Johns. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 46
Dead of Night
1945 · Movie · 103 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Alberto Cavalcanti · Basil Dearden · Charles Crichton · Robert Hamer
Cast Michael Redgrave · Googie Withers · Mervyn Johns · Roland Culver
Synopsis Visiting a country house, architect Walter Craig realises that it and his fellow guests are familiar from a recurring nightmare. As the guests share their own tales of the supernatural, Craig is filled with a growing dread.
7.1
1K votes
7.1
1K votes
Went the Day Well?
1942 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Alberto Cavalcanti
Cast Leslie Banks · C.V. France · Valerie Taylor · Marie Lohr
Synopsis During the Second World War a group of British soldiers arrive in the small, fictitious English village of "Bramley End". At first they are welcomed by the villagers, until doubts begin to grow about their true identity and purpose. When...
6.8
99 votes
6.8
99 votes
The Intimate Stranger
1956 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Joseph Losey · Alec C. Snowden
Cast Richard Basehart · Mary Murphy · Constance Cummings · Roger Livesey
Synopsis A married movie studio executive's life, starts to fall apart when he is intimately stalked by a beautiful woman he claims he does not know.
6.8
39 votes
6.8
39 votes
A Christmas Carol
1951 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Brian Desmond Hurst
Cast Alastair Sim · Kathleen Harrison · Mervyn Johns · Hermione Baddeley
Synopsis An old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when he is haunted by ghosts on Christmas Eve.
6.8
546 votes
6.8
546 votes
The Vicious Circle
1957 · Movie · 84 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Gerald Thomas
Cast John Mills · Derek Farr · Noelle Middleton · Wilfrid Hyde-White
Synopsis When Dr Howard Latimer finds the German Actress that he has just met at London Airport murdered in his flat, it leads him into the world of murder, blackmail and a fake passport scam.
6.7
31 votes
6.7
31 votes
1984
1956 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Michael Anderson
Cast Edmond O'Brien · Jan Sterling · Michael Redgrave · Donald Pleasence
Synopsis In a futuristic, state-run society controlled by "Big Brother" in which love is outlawed, employee of the state Winston Smith falls for Julia, and is tortured and brainwashed for his crime.
6.7
716 votes
6.7
716 votes
The Sundowners
1960 · Movie · 133 min. · United States
Direction Fred Zinnemann
Cast Deborah Kerr · Robert Mitchum · Peter Ustinov · Glynis Johns
Synopsis In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down and buy a farm. Paddy wants to keep moving. A sheep-shearing contest, the birth...
6.7
744 votes
6.7
744 votes
Never Let Go
1960 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Guillermin
Cast Richard Todd · Peter Sellers · Elizabeth Sellars · Adam Faith
Synopsis Car salesman John (Richard Todd) can't seem to catch a break, so he decides to buy a car himself as a way to increase sales. But when his vehicle is stolen, John will stop at nothing to get it back,...
6.6
166 votes
6.6
166 votes
The Captive Heart
1946 · Movie · 104 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Basil Dearden
Cast Michael Redgrave · Rachel Kempson · Frederick Leister · Mervyn Johns
Synopsis In the summer of 1940, Captain Karel Hasek (Michael Redgrave), a Czech soldier, escapes from Dachau concentration camp and assumes the identity of a dead British officer, Captain Geoffrey Mitchell. When he is caught, he joins thousands of British prisoners...
6.5
41 votes
6.5
41 votes
Edward, My Son
1949 · Movie · 112 min. · United States
Direction George Cukor
Cast Spencer Tracy · Deborah Kerr · Ian Hunter · James Donald
Synopsis Londoners Arnold and Evelyn Boult had high hopes for the life of their son, Edward. His relatively short life ended up being one of privilege but irresponsibility. His life ended at age 23 when he was killed in battle in...
6.5
286 votes
6.5
286 votes
Romeo and Juliet
1954 · Movie · 138 min. · Italy
Direction Renato Castellani
Cast Laurence Harvey · Susan Shentall · Flora Robson · Norman Wooland
Synopsis Adaptación del clásico de William Shakespeare. La versión de Castellani es probablemente la mejor adaptación del drama de Shakespeare gracias sobretodo a la fidelidad del texto y al acierto de las localizaciones. Estos escenarios veroneses, donde se supone que ocurrieron...
6.5
181 votes
6.5
181 votes
Girl in the News
1940 · Movie · 78 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Carol Reed
Cast Margaret Lockwood · Barry K. Barnes · Emlyn Williams · Roger Livesey
Synopsis Anne Graham (played by Margaret Lockwood) is a caretaker nurse who is taking care of an elderly woman. The old lady sneaks some pills out of Graham's stash and ends up dead with an overdose. Graham is put on trial...
6.4
31 votes
6.4
31 votes
The Heroes of Telemark
1965 · Movie · 131 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Anthony Mann
Cast Kirk Douglas · Richard Harris · Michael Redgrave · Mervyn Johns
Synopsis During WW2 Norway was occupied by Germany. In the clear deep fjords they tried to produce "heavy" water; a vital component in the making of an atomic bomb. A weapon that would win the war for Germany. Norwegian resistance movement...
6.3
1K votes
6.3
1K votes
The Master of Ballantrae
1953 · Movie · 89 min. · United Kingdom
Direction William Keighley
Cast Errol Flynn · Anthony Steel · Roger Livesey · Beatrice Campbell
Synopsis Buckle on your swashes for this swashbuckling adventure with a highlander who fought for Bonnie Prince Charlie who, after various escapades, becomes a pirate.
6.3
675 votes
6.3
675 votes
Pink String and Sealing Wax
1945 · Movie · 89 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Robert Hamer
Cast Mervyn Johns · Mary Merrall · Gordon Jackson · Jean Ireland
Synopsis In Victorian Brighton a scheming pub landlady befriends an innocent chemist's assistant in order to get hold of poison to do away with her boozy husband.
6.0
23 votes
6.0
23 votes
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
1958 · Movie · 103 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Joseph Losey
Cast Melina Mercouri · Keith Michell · Flora Robson · Patrick McGoohan
5.6
28 votes
5.6
28 votes
The Day of the Triffids
1962 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Steve Sekely · Freddie Francis
Cast Howard Keel · Janette Scott · Nicole Maurey · Kieron Moore
Synopsis A meteor shower disrupts the earth's ecosystem, blinds all who observed it and awakens meat-eating plants. As the hungry foliage grow ever faster, a sighted sailor and an alcoholic scientist help save humanity from becoming plant food. Script originally credited...
5.5
496 votes
5.5
496 votes
Francis of Assisi
1961 · Movie · 110 min. · United States
Direction Michael Curtiz
Cast Bradford Dillman · Dolores Hart · Stuart Whitman · Cecil Kellaway
Synopsis Director Michael Curtiz ("Casablanca") presents this religious drama examining the remarkable life of St. Francis of Assisi. The son of a wealthy cloth merchant, Francis gives up all of his worldly possessions in order to focus on dedicating his life...
5.3
133 votes
5.3
133 votes
Once More, With Feeling!
1960 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Stanley Donen
Cast Yul Brynner · Kay Kendall · Geoffrey Toone · Maxwell Shaw
5.3
71 votes
5.3
71 votes
The Old Dark House
1963 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom
Direction William Castle
Cast Tom Poston · Robert Morley · Janette Scott · Joyce Grenfell
Synopsis An American who sells cars in England receives a mysterious invitation from an old, excentric millionaire to visit his house in which he lives with his twin brother.
4.7
128 votes
4.7
128 votes