Direction: Thorold Dickinson

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


Gaslight

1940 · Movie · 84 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Thorold Dickinson

Cast Diana Wynyard · Anton Walbrook · Frank Pettingell · Cathleen Cordell

Plot The first and in some ways superior version of Patrick Hamilton's stage play "Angel Street," this British production is set in London where a beautiful heiress is menaced into madness...

7.3

939 votes

7.3

939 votes

The Queen of Spades

1949 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Thorold Dickinson

Cast Anton Walbrook · Edith Evans · Yvonne Mitchell · Ronald Howard

Plot An elderly countess strikes a bargain with the devil and exchanges her soul for the ability to always win at cards. An army officer, who is also a fanatic about...

6.3

104 votes

6.3

104 votes

Secret People

1952 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Thorold Dickinson

Cast Valentina Cortese · Serge Reggiani · Charles Goldner · Audrey Hepburn

Plot In 1930, Maria Brentano and her younger sister Nora flee to London after their father is murdered by a European dictator. Seven years later, during a weekend trip to Paris,...

5.9

51 votes

5.9

51 votes

The High Command

1937 · Movie · 84 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Thorold Dickinson

Cast Lionel Atwill · Lucie Mannheim · Steven Geray · James Mason

Plot A general of the old school, who believes strongly in his own honour and sense of duty, must come to terms with a crime he commited years earlier, during the...

5.6

21 votes

5.6

21 votes

5.3

39 votes

Calling the Tune

1936 · Movie · 80 min. · United Kingdom

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The Next of Kin

1942 · Movie · 102 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Thorold Dickinson

Cast Mervyn Johns · John Chandos · Nova Pilbeam · Reginald Tate

Plot Wartime propaganda piece giving the warning "Be like Dad, Keep Mum". A gossipy housewife is overheard talking about what her son is doing by a Nazi spy.

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Loyalties

1933 · Movie · 74 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Basil Dean · Thorold Dickinson

Cast Basil Rathbone · Heather Thatcher · Miles Mander · Joan Wyndham

Plot While a houseguest at an upper-class gathering, wealthy Jew Ferdinand de Levis is robbed of £1,000 with evidence pointing towards the guilt of another guest, Captain Dancy. Instead of supporting...

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Java Head

1934 · Movie · 85 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Thorold Dickinson · J. Walter Ruben

Cast Anna May Wong · Elizabeth Allan · John Loder · Edmund Gwenn

Plot The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. The owner has two sons. One, a handsome seafarer, is in...

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Men of Two Worlds

1946 · Movie · 109 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Thorold Dickinson

Cast Robert Adams · Eric Portman · Orlando Martins · Phyllis Calvert

Plot The film is centred around a man who, after spending a dozen years performing music in London, returns to his home, a small African village, to teach it. His visit...

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The Prime Minister

1941 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Thorold Dickinson

Cast John Gielgud · Diana Wynyard · Will Fyffe · Owen Nares

Plot Propagandistic biographical film about Benjamin Disraeli as a short cut for a term paper. So much of his interesting story is left out. Still John Gielgud as Disraeli and Diana...

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Not rated

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

1939 · Movie · 84 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Thorold Dickinson

Cast Leslie Banks · Greta Gynt · Ian McLean · Liane Linden

Plot During a charity soccer match between top professional side Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan's new star player collapses. When he dies, Inspector Slade of Scotland Yard is...

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Not rated