Direction: Francis Searle

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


Murder at 3am

1953 · Movie · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Francis Searle

Cast Dennis Price · Peggy Evans · Rex Garner · Arnold Bell

Synopsis A police detective suspects that his sister's boyfriend is a murderer.

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A Girl in a Million

1946 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Francis Searle

Cast Hugh Williams · Joan Greenwood · Basil Radford · Naunton Wayne

Synopsis A young scientist had a divorce from his wife and isolates himself from women. His peace is broken by a lovely young girl to whom he is forced to give shelter. He marries her and finds that his dumb wife...

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Someone at the Door

1950 · Movie · 65 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Francis Searle

Cast Michael Medwin · Garry Marsh · Yvonne Owen · Hugh Latimer

Synopsis A man and his sister live in a country home, not knowing that there is stolen loot hidden there. A gang of criminals attempts to get them to move so they can get the loot for themselves.

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The Gelignite Gang

1956 · Movie · 74 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Francis Searle · Terence Fisher

Cast Wayne Morris · Sandra Dorne · James Kenney · Patrick Holt

Synopsis Insurance investigator Jimmy Baxter searches for a gang of jewel robbers. His fiancée Sally does some sleuthing on her own and finds valuable clues. Baxter tracks the gang to its lair, but then Sally is kidnapped by Mr. G, the...

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The Rossiter Case

1951 · Movie · 75 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Francis Searle

Cast Helen Shingler · Clement McCallin · Sheila Burrell · Frederick Leister

Synopsis A husband cheats on his disabled wife--who has been paralyzed in a car accident--with her sister. When the sister is murdered he is accused of the crime, but it turns out that he may not be the killer after all.

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Cloudburst

1951 · Movie · 83 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Francis Searle

Cast Robert Preston · Elizabeth Sellars · Colin Tapley · Sheila Burrell

Synopsis A Canadian World War II veteran working for the British Foreign Office scours England for the killer who murdered his wife.

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The Man in Black

1949 · Movie · 80 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Francis Searle

Cast Betty Ann Davies · Sheila Burrell · Sid James · Anthony Forwood

Synopsis Henry Clavering suspects his second wife Bertha is trying to drive his daughter (by his first marriage) insane, to stop her inheriting his money. He decides to use his yoga skills to pretend to be dead, and thereby expose her...

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