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Roland Pertwee
Writer 1885 - 1963

Roland Pertwee

Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

9 titles
Silent Dust

Silent Dust

Lance Comfort 1949 1h 22m 6.0

A blind rich man builds a cricket pavilion memorial for his son presumed dead in WWII. Before the dedication, the son returns-actually a deserter turned criminal-seeking money. The father suspects issues and investigates.

Madonna of the Seven Moons

Madonna of the Seven Moons

Arthur Crabtree 1945 1h 50m

In the early part of this century, Maddelena a teenage Italian girl, is attacked whilst walking in the woods. The attack leaves her mentally scarred and our story flashes forward to the 1940s where Maddelena is still troubled. She disappears one day and her daughter vows to find her.

Freedom Radio

Freedom Radio

Anthony Asquith 1941 1h 35m 6.0

Hitler's doctor is gradually realizing that the Nazi regime isn't as good as it pretends to be when his friends start disappearing into the camps. His wife is courted by the party and accepts a political post in Berlin.

Return to Yesterday

Return to Yesterday

Robert Stevenson 1940 1h 9m 6.0

Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood or working with a small theatre company in England. When she falls in love with Maine, Carol has the same dilemma.

Young Man's Fancy

Young Man's Fancy

Robert Stevenson 1939 1h 17m 5.0

An aristocratic Englishman is engaged to a brewery heiress. He's not happy though and, during a visit to a circus he meets and falls in love with a human cannonball.

The Four Just Men

The Four Just Men

Walter Forde 1939 1h 25m 6.0

The four men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sabotage to serve their ends, but they consider themselves to be true patriots.

Non-Stop New York

Non-Stop New York

Robert Stevenson 1937 1h 9m 5.0

A young woman finds herself as the intended victim of a murder plot on a transatlantic flight from London to New York.

King Solomon's Mines

King Solomon's Mines

Robert Stevenson 1937 1h 20m 6.5

Adventurer Allan Quartermain leads an expedition into uncharted African territory in an attempt to locate an explorer who went missing during his search for the fabled diamond mines of King Solomon.

The Ghoul

The Ghoul

T. Hayes Hunter 1933 1h 17m 6.5

An Egyptologist returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have violated his tomb.

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