Direction: Anthony Pelissier
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Anthony Pelissier. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
The Rocking Horse Winner
1949 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Anthony Pelissier
Cast John Howard Davies · Valerie Hobson · Ronald Squire · John Mills
Plot A young boy receives a rocking horse for Christmas and soon learns that he is able to pick the winning horse at the races.
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Personal Affair
1953 · Movie · 82 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Anthony Pelissier
Cast Gene Tierney · Leo Genn · Glynis Johns · Walter Fitzgerald
Plot Barbara Vining, a teen-age girl in a small English town falls in love with her teacher Stephen Barlow, who has no interest in her other than as a pupil and...
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Meet Me Tonight
1952 · Movie · 81 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Anthony Pelissier
Cast Valerie Hobson · Nigel Patrick · Jack Warner · Jessie Royce Landis
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Meet Mr. Lucifer
1953 · Movie · 83 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Anthony Pelissier
Cast Stanley Holloway · Peggy Cummins · Jack Watling · Barbara Murray
Plot A television given as a retirement present is sold on to different households, causing misery each time.
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Encore
1951 · Movie · 89 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Harold French · Pat Jackson · Anthony Pelissier
Cast Nigel Patrick · Roland Culver · Kay Walsh · Noel Purcell
Plot The film is made from three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham. The first, "The Ant and the Grasshopper" concerns the trials and tribulations a ne'er-do-well brother, Tom Ramsey, puts...
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The History of Mr. Polly
1949 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Anthony Pelissier
Cast John Mills · Betty Ann Davies · Megs Jenkins · Finlay Currie
Plot Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father to marry and to set up shop in a small town. His heart is in neither...
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Night Without Stars
1951 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Anthony Pelissier
Cast David Farrar · Nadia Gray · Maurice Teynac · Gilles Quéant
Plot A partially blind Englishman retires to the French Riviera. He meets and falls for the Widow of a French Resistance fighter but is horrified when he discovers she is involved...
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