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W.P. Lipscomb
Writer 1887 - 1958

W.P. Lipscomb

Merton, Surrey, England, UK

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

14 titles
Dunkirk

Dunkirk

Leslie Norman 1958 2h 14m 7.0

A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches.

Robbery Under Arms

Robbery Under Arms

Jack Lee 1957 1h 36m 6.0

Two brothers join their father in Captain Starlight's bush ranger gang in 19th Century Australia.

A Town Like Alice

A Town Like Alice

Jack Lee 1956 1h 57m 6.0

A newly wealthy English woman returns to Malaya to build a well for the villagers who helped her during war. Thinking back, she recalls the Australian man who made a great sacrifice to aid her and her fellow prisoners of war.

His Excellency

His Excellency

Robert Hamer 1952 1h 22m 6.0

The post-war Labour government appoints an ex-docker as Governor of a Mediterranean colony.

Where No Vultures Fly

Where No Vultures Fly

Harry Watt 1951 1h 47m 6.0

An English game warden in Kenya creates a national park to protect wildlife but faces opposition from poachers and local tribesmen.

Bitter Springs

Bitter Springs

Ralph Smart 1950 1h 29m 6.0

Tommy (Tommy Trinder) is called in to smooth things out after Wally King (Chips Rafferty) encroaches upon Aboriginal tribal ground.

The Garden of Allah

The Garden of Allah

Richard Boleslawski 1936 1h 19m

The star-crossed desert romance of a cloistered woman and a renegade monk.

Me and Marlborough

Me and Marlborough

Victor Saville 1935 1h 24m 5.0

In 1709, Kit Ross (Cicely Courtneidge) disguises herself as a man and joins the army to search for her press-ganged husband.

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

Richard Boleslawski 1935 1h 48m 9.5

An obsessed policeman relentlessly pursues an escaped convict.

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

Jack Conway 1935 2h 6m 9.0

Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release to live in London with the daughter he has never met.

The Man from Toronto

The Man from Toronto

Sinclair Hill 1933 1h 17m 6.0

The rich widow Leila disguises herself as a maid and falls in love with her employer Fergus who is a rich Canadian bachelor. Their wealth depends on each getting married within the next year. Whose fooling who in this comedy love affair?

Loyalties

Loyalties

Basil Dean 1933 1h 14m 5.0

While he's a houseguest at an upper-class gathering, wealthy Jewish man Ferdinand de Levis is robbed of £1,000 with evidence pointing towards the guilt of another guest, Captain Dancy.

I Was a Spy

I Was a Spy

Victor Saville 1933 1h 29m 5.0

During World War I, a young nurse in a hospital in German-occupied Belgium is secretly feeding military information to the British.

The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case

The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case

Graham Cutts 1932 1h 17m 5.0

A young woman turns to Sherlock Holmes for protection when she's menaced by an escaped killer seeking missing treasure. However, when the woman is kidnapped, Holmes and Watson must penetrate the city's criminal underworld to find her.

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