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John Harlow

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

10 titles
Delayed Action

Delayed Action

John Harlow 1954 58m

Robert Ayres plays a moody author with a suicide complex. Ayres' melancholia plays right into the hands of a gang of thieves. For a lofty fee, they convince the author to confess to their crimes and then kill himself. Yes, you're way ahead of us: Ayres has a change of heart and decides that he loves life.

The Blue Parrot

The Blue Parrot

John Harlow 1953 1h 9m 5.0

'Rocks' Owen, the well-off owner of a car-hire business, is found murdered; the last place he was seen alive was the Blue Parrot nightclub. Scotland Yard go in to investigate, with the help of a visiting American detective and a nightclub hostess who may not be all she appears to be.

Old Mother Riley, Headmistress

Old Mother Riley, Headmistress

John Harlow 1950 1h 15m

Daphne Snowdrop Bluebell Riley "Arthur Lucan" gets fired from her job at the Black and White Laundry by manageress Miss Chester "Myrette Morven" for over-starching a man's shirt, shrinking a woman's combinations, and burning a hole in the vicar's chest protector.

Old Mother Riley's New Venture

Old Mother Riley's New Venture

John Harlow 1949 1h 9m

Old Mother Riley becomes manager of a hotel - stolen diamonds, murder and pie fights follow.

Appointment with Crime

Appointment with Crime

John Harlow 1946 1h 32m

An ex-con, released after imprisonment for a jewel theft, swears vengeance on his former accomplices and devises an intricate plan to steal their fortune.

The Echo Murders

The Echo Murders

John Harlow 1945 1h 15m

The police are investigating the suspicious death of a mine owner when they stumble upon a strange Nazi plot to invade England.

The Agitator

The Agitator

John Harlow 1945 1h 25m 5.0

A socialist inherits the ownership of a major firm and begins wrestling with his beliefs.

Meet Sexton Blake!

Meet Sexton Blake!

John Harlow 1945 1h 20m

Famous detective and his trusty side-kick Tinker are called in by the War Office to find some important papers that were stolen from a man killed during an air raid.

Headline

Headline

John Harlow 1943 1h 15m 6.0

A crime reporter begins to investigate the disappearance of his bosses wife who had witnessed a murder.

Spellbound

Spellbound

John Harlow 1941 1h 22m 5.0

A young man's fiancé dies after contracting a terminal illness, and in his efforts to contact her he gets involved with a group of spiritualists.

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