Direction: George King

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by George King. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Direction George King

Cast Tod Slaughter · Stella Vitelleschi · John Singer · Eve Lister

Synopsis A Fleet Street barber recounts the story of Sweeney Todd, a notorious barber who in the last century murdered many customers for their money.

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Crimes at the Dark House

1940 · Movie · 69 min. · United Kingdom

Direction George King

Cast Tod Slaughter · Sylvia Marriott · Hilary Eaves · Geoffrey Wardwell

Synopsis A madman murders Sir Percival Glyde. Taking on his victim's identity, the man returns to the Glyde ancestral home, Blackwater Park, in hopes of claiming a large inheritance. However, the estate is heavily in debt. Still hungry for wealth, the...

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The Case of the Frightened Lady

1940 · Movie · 81 min. · United Kingdom

Direction George King

Cast Marius Goring · Penelope Dudley-Ward · Helen Haye · Felix Aylmer

Synopsis "Mark's Priory". the family seat of the Lebanons, is a house of terror to Ilsa Crane, secretary and niece of Lady Lebanon. The strange behavior of two sinister butlers, Gilder and Brooks, adds greatly to her fear and her sole...

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The Crimes of Stephen Hawke

1936 · Movie · 69 min. · United Kingdom

Direction George King

Cast Tod Slaughter · Marjorie Taylor · Eric Portman · Graham Soutten

Synopsis The film begins in a BBC studio with the 100th edition of "In Town Tonight". Flotsam and Jetsom open with a "topical number". Then there is an interview with a distinguished actor, which dissolves into a performance of one of...

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The Man Without a Face

1935 · Movie · 61 min. · United Kingdom

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Candlelight in Algeria

1944 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom

Direction George King

Cast James Mason · Carla Lehmann · Raymond Lovell · Enid Stamp-Taylor

Synopsis An American sculptress in wartime Britain gets mixed up with a British agent and a Nazi spy who knows that a top-secret meeting of Allied military leaders will be taking place in Algeria--and that the British agent has a camera...

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The Face at the Window

1939 · Movie · 70 min. · United Kingdom

Direction George King

Cast Tod Slaughter · John Warwick · Aubrey Mallalieu · Marjorie Taylor

Synopsis In 1880, the criminal called The Face is responsible for a murderous rampage in France. When the Brisson Bank is robbed in Paris and the employee Michelle is murdered, the wealthy Chevalier Lucio del Gardo is the only chance to...

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The Shop at Sly Corner

1947 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom

Direction George King

Cast Oskar Homolka · Derek Farr · Muriel Pavlow · Manning Whiley

Synopsis In Britain, a man with a shady past uses his antiquities shop as a front for smuggled diamonds but his young shop-assistant starts blackmailing him, leading to murder and to a police investigation.

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George and Margaret

1940 · Movie · 70 min. · United Kingdom

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The Chinese Bungalow

1940 · Movie · 72 min. · United Kingdom

Direction George King

Cast Paul Lukas · Kay Walsh · Jane Baxter · Robert Douglas

Synopsis A wealthy Chinese banker sets his sights on a pretty British singer, and eventually marries her and takes her back to Chinese Bungalow, his estate deep in the Malayan jungle. However, his frequent absences on extended business trips make his...

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Tomorrow We Live

1943 · Movie · 85 min. · United Kingdom

Direction George King

Cast John Clements · Godfrey Tearle · Hugh Sinclair · Greta Gynt

Synopsis Mayor's daughter poses as collaborator to help British agent escape to England with vital information to help the allied war effort.

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Gaiety George

1946 · Movie · 98 min. · United Kingdom

Direction George King · Leontine Sagan

Cast Richard Greene · Ann Todd · Peter Graves · Morland Graham

Synopsis The life of Irishman George Howard who buys an English theatre and strives to improve the standard of musical entertainment. Set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and loosely based on fact.

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Forbidden

1949 · Movie · 87 min. · United Kingdom

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John Halifax

1938 · Movie · 69 min. · United Kingdom

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Direction George King

Cast George Curzon · Tod Slaughter · Greta Gynt · Tony Sympson

Synopsis Sexton Blake and Tinker foil criminal plot connected with the Tongs, and master-minded by "famous stamp collector" and millionaire.

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The Ticket of Leave Man

1937 · Movie · 71 min. · United Kingdom

Direction George King

Cast Tod Slaughter · John Warwick · Marjorie Taylor · Robert Adair

Synopsis A man is accused of a series of murders that were actually committed by a crazed killer called "The Tiger." He must prove his innocence and catch the murderer.

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