Mervyn Johns Movies

  • 1956
    Moby Dick

    Moby Dick

    Moby Dick

    7.0471956HD

    In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a...

    Moby Dick
  • 1963
    The Day of the Triffids

    The Day of the Triffids

    The Day of the Triffids

    6.11963HD

    After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants...

    The Day of the Triffids
  • 1963
    55 Days at Peking

    55 Days at Peking

    55 Days at Peking

    71963HD

    Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer...

    55 Days at Peking
  • 1944
    The Halfway House

    The Halfway House

    The Halfway House

    6.4631944HD

    A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness...

    The Halfway House
  • 1956
    1984

    1984

    1984

    6.51956HD

    In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

    1984
  • 1965
    The Heroes of Telemark

    The Heroes of Telemark

    The Heroes of Telemark

    6.91965HD

    Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf Pedersen in an effort to destroy the German heavy...

    The Heroes of Telemark
  • 1951
    Scrooge

    Scrooge

    Scrooge

    7.4131951HD

    Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show...

    Scrooge
  • 1945
    Dead of Night

    Dead of Night

    Dead of Night

    7.21945HD

    Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare....

    Dead of Night
  • 1939
    Jamaica Inn

    Jamaica Inn

    Jamaica Inn

    6.0591939HD

    In coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who's come there to visit her aunt, discovers that she's married an...

    Jamaica Inn
  • 1948
    Quartet

    Quartet

    Quartet

    61948HD

    Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."

    Quartet
  • 1942
    Went the Day Well?

    Went the Day Well?

    Went the Day Well?

    7.21942HD

    The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in...

    Went the Day Well?
  • 1976
    House of Mortal Sin

    House of Mortal Sin

    House of Mortal Sin

    6.611976HD

    Also known as 'The Confessional', another of Pete Walkers's critiques of institutional hypocrisy, in which a troubled young girl goes to confession...

    House of Mortal Sin
  • 1959
    The Devil's Disciple

    The Devil's Disciple

    The Devil's Disciple

    6.51959HD

    In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revolutionary American Puritan, is mistaken for local minister...

    The Devil's Disciple
  • 1960
    Never Let Go

    Never Let Go

    Never Let Go

    6.51960HD

    John Cummings, an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by one of the hoods in the employ of Lionel Meadows, the sadistic...

    Never Let Go
  • 1963
    The Old Dark House

    The Old Dark House

    The Old Dark House

    5.81963HD

    An American car salesman in London becomes mixed up in a series of fatal occurrences at a secluded mansion.

    The Old Dark House
  • 1937
    Storm in a Teacup

    Storm in a Teacup

    Storm in a Teacup

    7.51937HD

    A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.

    Storm in a Teacup
  • 1952
    The Magic Box

    The Magic Box

    The Magic Box

    6.31952HD

    Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to...

    The Magic Box
  • 1943
    The Bells Go Down

    The Bells Go Down

    The Bells Go Down

    6.81943HD

    Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London...

    The Bells Go Down
  • 1942
    The Next of Kin

    The Next of Kin

    The Next of Kin

    51942HD

    Lots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the walls in various scenes to reinforce the plot of...

    The Next of Kin
  • 1946
    The Captive Heart

    The Captive Heart

    The Captive Heart

    6.21946HD

    A series of stories about the lives and loves of men in a Prisoner of War camp over five years. The main story is of Hasek (Redgrave) a Czech soldier...

    The Captive Heart