Frank Pettingell Movies

A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes and goes on the lam, aided by a local girl.

Bob Holt's last journey as a Railway engine driver before his retirement, a journey disturbed by his distress at leaving the Railway, and his...

Lilian has an illegitimate war-baby which is then adopted by a wealthy spinster.

Grace Milroy loses her job working at a factory. However, through a strange set of circumstances, she is taken on as housekeeper at the nearby...

Three long-married couples in northern England discover that their marriages are in fact invalid, causing much re-evaluation and chaos. This was the...

Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new...

Geoffrey Hansbury's clothing empire is on the verge of collapse. His health his deteriorating and relies on his secretary Jane Harrison, who is also...

Get Cracking is a 1943 British comedy war film, directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Dinah Sheridan, Ronald Shiner and George Formby. It was...

Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade...

When the textile mill closes, putting her out of work, Gracie finds herself experiencing all of the amusements of Blackpool.

A ship powered by a nuclear reactor, is heading for the port of New York and is unable to slow down.

During the Second World War, a German spy goes on the run, carrying important news about a U-Boat campaign. The ship he is traveling aboard is hit by...

After nearly 40 years of waiting for his big chance, Wilfred Morgenhall is given the case of defending Herbert Fowle who is accused of murdering his...

The wealthy chairman of First Division Football Club, Burnville United, makes an unethical approach to a star player of another club, and the ensuing...

Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre company in England.

When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the...

Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.

A British comedy about a blacksmith who in looking to get away from his wife discovers a talent for rugby league.

A barge-owner's adopted daughter falls in love with his son, and gives up her chances of stardom to be with him.

A Yorkshire mill owner retires and leaves control to his nephew, who promptly gets married.