Direction: Marcel Varnel

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


To Hell with Hitler

1940 · Movie · 82 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Marcel Varnel

Cast George Formby · Phyllis Calvert · Garry Marsh · Romney Brent

Synopsis Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukulele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved in...

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I Didn't Do It

1945 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom

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This Man Is Mine

1946 · Movie · 103 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Marcel Varnel

Cast Tom Walls · Glynis Johns · Jeanne De Casalis · Hugh McDermott

Synopsis A Canadian soldier is billeted with a British family for the Christmas holidays to the delight of the two unmarried daughters.

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Infernal Machine

1933 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Marcel Varnel

Cast Chester Morris · Genevieve Tobin · Victor Jory · Elizabeth Patterson

Synopsis A bomb is hidden on an ocean liner, but nobody on board is aware of its presence.

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Girls Will Be Boys

1934 · Movie · 70 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Marcel Varnel

Cast Dolly Haas · Cyril Maude · Esmond Knight · Irene Vanbrugh

Synopsis The Duke of Bridgewater sends for the heir he has never seen. His heir is Patricia, and the Duke hates women, so Patricia disguises herself as a boy.

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Convict 99

1938 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Marcel Varnel

Cast Will Hay · Moore Marriott · Graham Moffatt · Googie Withers

Synopsis A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals. Believing he is being sent to a school rather than a prison, he celebrates accordingly only...

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Where's That Fire?

1939 · Movie · 73 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Marcel Varnel

Cast Will Hay · Moore Marriott · Graham Moffatt · Eric Clavering

Synopsis A hapless fire crew are given the ultimatum: put out a fire successfully or else be sacked. They fail miserably, and their ancient fire engine is stolen by criminals attempting to steal the crown jewels from the Tower of London.

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The Frozen Limits

1939 · Movie · 84 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Marcel Varnel

Cast Jimmy Nervo · Teddy Knox · Bud Flanagan · Chesney Allen

Synopsis The Crazy Gang join the 1898 gold rush. Unfortunately it's now 1939 and they're a bit late.

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George in Civvy Street

1946 · Movie · 79 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Marcel Varnel

Cast George Formby · Rosalyn Boulter · Ronald Shiner · Ian Fleming

Synopsis This comedy film portrays George Formby as a tavern owner, who works to turn a waitress from her current employer, a rival tavern owner, when Formby falls in love with her.

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He Snoops to Conquer

1945 · Movie · 103 min. · United Kingdom

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Get Cracking

1943 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom

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Much Too Shy

1942 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Marcel Varnel

Cast George Formby · Kathleen Harrison · Hilda Bayley · Eileen Bennett

Synopsis A handyman and amateur artist gets into trouble when nude female bodies are added to the heads he has drawn of prominent ladies, and are sold as soap adverts.

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Oh, Mr. Porter!

1937 · Movie · 85 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Marcel Varnel

Cast Will Hay · Moore Marriott · Graham Moffatt · Sebastian Smith

Synopsis With the help of a relative, a hopeless railway employee is made stationmaster of Buggleskelly. Determined to make his mark, he devises a number of schemes to put Buggleskelly on the railway map, but instead falls foul of a gang...

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The Silent Witness

1932 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Marcel Varnel · Lefty Hough

Cast Lionel Atwill · Greta Nissen · Weldon Heyburn · Helen Mack

Synopsis A British nobleman takes the blame and stands trial after his son strangles her lover.

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Good Morning, Boys

1937 · Movie · 79 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Marcel Varnel

Cast Will Hay · Martita Hunt · Peter Gawthorne · Graham Moffatt

Synopsis A schoolteacher and his pupils visit Paris where they outwit a gang of crooks.

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Bell Bottom George

1944 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Marcel Varnel

Cast George Formby · Anne Firth · Reginald Purdell · Peter Murray-Hill

Synopsis Nazi spies are out to destroy a new submarine killer, the "Firefly", being developed by the British navy. A hapless waiter named George, after being rejected for military service three times, finally "joins" when, during an air raid, he is...

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Ask a Policeman

1939 · Movie · 83 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Marcel Varnel

Cast Will Hay · Graham Moffatt · Moore Marriott · Glennis Lorimer

Synopsis The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremiah Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime-wave to save their jobs---and then find themselves involved in the real thing.

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