Screenplay: H.F. Maltby
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by H.F. Maltby. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1936 · Movie · 76 min. · United Kingdom
Direction George King
Cast Tod Slaughter · Stella Vitelleschi · John Singer · Eve Lister
Plot 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
Plot 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...
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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
Plot 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...
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Department Store
1935 · Movie · 65 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Leslie S. Hiscott
Cast Jack Melford · Sebastian Shaw · Garry Marsh · Patrick Curwen
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Queen of Hearts
1936 · Movie · 78 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Monty Banks
Cast Gracie Fields · John Loder · Enid Stamp-Taylor · Fred Duprez
Plot An ordinary working class seamstress who is mistaken as a rich patron of the arts. When she's asked to back a new show she plays along with the charade, hoping...
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It's Never Too Late to Mend
1937 · Movie · 70 min. · United Kingdom
Direction David MacDonald
Cast Tod Slaughter · Jack Livesey · Marjorie Taylor · Ian Colin
Plot An evil prison administrator cruelly abuses the inmates at his prison, until one day the tables are turned.
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It Happened in Paris
1935 · Movie · 68 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Carol Reed · Robert Wyler
Cast John Loder · Nancy Burne · Edward H. Robins · Dorothy Boyd
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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
Plot 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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