John Penrose

John Penrose

Born: May 5, 1914
Died: May 22, 1983
in Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK

Movies for John Penrose...

Street of Shadows
Title: Street of Shadows
Character: Gerald Gale
Released: October 16, 1953
Type: Movie
A saloon owner falls in love with the abused wife of a heavy gambler. He is snared into a web of intrigue when an ex-girlfriend is found murdered in his apartment.
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Counterspy
Title: Counterspy
Character: Paulson
Released: July 27, 1953
Type: Movie
While perusing the books of an engineering company, fastidious auditor Frank Manning encounters rum goings on when he is approached by a woman who claiming she is being blackmailed. She begs him to find certain letters and he eventually agrees. Having obtained the letters, he takes them to a specified address where, to his horror, he finds a man, fully clothed, dead in the bath.
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Secret People
Title: Secret People
Character: Bill
Released: February 5, 1952
Type: Movie
This tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the police apprehend the conspirators after an innocent bystander is accidentally killed.
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The Adventures of P.C. 49: Investigating the Case of the Guardian Angel
Title: The Adventures of P.C. 49: Investigating the Case of the Guardian Angel
Character: Barney
Released: August 12, 1949
Type: Movie
A police constable goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of violent thieves.
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Kind Hearts and Coronets
Title: Kind Hearts and Coronets
Character: Lionel Holland
Released: June 21, 1949
Type: Movie
When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother's death by attempting to murder every family member who stands between himself and the family fortune. But when he finds himself torn between his longtime love and the widow of one of his victims, his plans go awry.
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Corridor of Mirrors
Title: Corridor of Mirrors
Character: Brandy
Released: February 23, 1948
Type: Movie
A man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life.
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They Made Me a Fugitive
Title: They Made Me a Fugitive
Character: Shawney
Released: June 24, 1947
Type: Movie
After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
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Freedom Radio
Title: Freedom Radio
Character: Otto
Released: February 4, 1941
Type: Movie
Hitler's doctor is gradually realising that the Nazi regime isn't as good as it pretends to be when his friends start to "disappear" into the camps. His wife is courted by the party and accepts a political post in Berlin. Meanwhile Dr Karl decides to try to do something to counteract the Nazi propaganda and with the help of an engineer and a few friends he sets up the Freedom Radio to counteract the Nazi propaganda.
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The Lion Has Wings
Title: The Lion Has Wings
Character: Unnamed Character
Released: November 3, 1939
Type: Movie
This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British people against the Nazis.
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The Spy in Black
Title: The Spy in Black
Character: Newlywed at Kiel Hotel
Released: August 3, 1939
Type: Movie
A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.