British Films 1938 Not Yet Released On DVD Region 2

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1. A Royal Divorce (1938)

85 min | Drama, History

The love affair between the French Emperor Napoleon and the lady Josephine leads through Napoleon's rise to power and their eventual divorce.

Director: Jack Raymond | Stars: Ruth Chatterton, Pierre Blanchar, Frank Cellier, Carol Goodner

Votes: 12

4. A Yank at Oxford (1938)

Passed | 102 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.

Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Robert Taylor, Vivien Leigh, Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan

Votes: 1,366

5. Alf's Button Afloat (1938)

89 min | Comedy

Alf discovers that one of the buttons on his uniform is made from the metal of Aladdin's lamp. When he cleans it a genie appears.

Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Jimmy Nervo, Teddy Knox

Votes: 141

6. Almost a Gentleman (1938)

78 min | Comedy

A night watchman is mistaken for a wealthy financier.

Director: Oswald Mitchell | Stars: Billy Bennett, Kathleen Harrison, Gibb McLaughlin, Marcelle Rogez

7. Almost a Honeymoon (1938)

80 min | Comedy

A young man lets his flat to an engaged couple and misunderstandings ensue.

Director: Norman Lee | Stars: Tommy Trinder, Linden Travers, Edmund Breon, Frederick Burtwell

Votes: 10

8. Anything to Declare? (1938)

76 min | Crime

Professor Grayson is working on anti-gas formula and Dr. Klee whose peace propaganda masks other interests means to obtain it.

Director: Redd Davis | Stars: John Loder, Noel Madison, Belle Chrystall, Leonora Corbett

Votes: 61

9. Around the Town (1938)

68 min | Musical

Down on his luck theatrical agent Ollie Rose escorts rich American Wyngold on a tour of the British songwriting business.

Director: Herbert Smith | Stars: Vic Oliver, Irene Ware, Finlay Currie, Jimmy Kennedy

10. Bad Boy (1938)

69 min | Drama

Nick plans to go to Canada after being released from prison, but his old gang will not share out the loot from their last job.

Director: Lawrence Huntington | Stars: John Warwick, John Longden, Kathleen Kelly, Gabrielle Brune

11. Bed and Breakfast (1938)

48 min | Drama

A boarding house, where you follow the lives of the people living there, and how the staff try their very best to keep everyone happy. A charming movie , I will watch it again.

Director: Walter West | Stars: Barry Lupino, Mabel Poulton, Florence Leroy, Daphne Courtney

Votes: 24

14. Break the News (1938)

72 min | Comedy, Musical

Two small-time song-and-dance men come up with what they believe is a surefire publicity stunt, guaranteed to keep their names in the public eye: One of them will "disappear" in what looks ... See full summary »

Director: René Clair | Stars: Jack Buchanan, Maurice Chevalier, June Knight, Marta Labarr

Votes: 54

16. Chinatown Nights (1937)

70 min | Crime, Drama

Chinese crook tries to obtain professor's formula for curing cancer.

Director: Toni Frenguelli | Stars: H. Agar Lyons, Anne Grey, Robert Hobbs, Nell Emerald

Votes: 17

19. The Man with 100 Faces (1938)

Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

Jack Drake,a man with a hundred faces and in reality a modern-day Robin Hood known only as Crackerjack, thrills all England with his exploits of stealing from the rich and giving to the ... See full summary »

Director: Albert de Courville | Stars: Tom Walls, Lilli Palmer, Noel Madison, Leon M. Lion

Votes: 246

23. Easy Riches (1938)

67 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A comedy thriller about rival cement manufacturers, Sam Miller (Gorge Carney) and Joe Hicks Gus McNaughton), who bury their long-standing differences and dislike of each other, in order to ... See full summary »

Director: Maclean Rogers | Stars: George Carney, Gus McNaughton, Molly Hamley-Clifford, Tom Helmore

Votes: 17

24. Everything Happens to Me (1938)

82 min | Comedy

A cleaner salesman finds himself campaigning for both sides in an election.

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Max Miller, Chili Bouchier, H.F. Maltby, Frederick Burtwell

26. Follow Your Star (1938)

80 min | Musical

Factory worker leaves his job to go on the stage as a singer, then becomes destitute when the show he's in closes.

Director: Sinclair Hill | Stars: Arthur Tracy, Belle Chrystall, Mark Daly, Horace Hodges

Votes: 9

28. His Lordship Regrets (1938)

78 min | Comedy

The impoverished Lord Cavender (Claude Humbert) woos a phony heiress, Mabel Van Morgan (Gina Malo), only to find that his secretary Mary (Winifred Shotter), whom he really loves, is a ... See full summary »

Director: Maclean Rogers | Stars: Claude Hulbert, Winifred Shotter, Gina Malo, Aubrey Mallalieu

Votes: 12

30. Incident in Shanghai (1938)

67 min | Drama, War

A British nurse working in war-torn Shanghai has to rely on her estranged but still jealous husband, a surgeon, to save the life of the man she loves.

Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: Patrick Barr, Margaret Vyner, Derek Gorst, John Deverell

Votes: 37

32. I've Got a Horse (1938)

77 min | Comedy

Sandy Powell accepts a horse as settlement for a bad debt, but when he tries it out on the racecourse it starts doing circus tricks, so Sandy and his horse join the circus for a new life together.

Director: Herbert Smith | Stars: Sandy Powell, Norah Howard, Felix Aylmer, Evelyn Roberts

34. John Halifax (1938)

69 min | Drama

Adapted from the novel by Elizabeth Craik it tells the story of John Halifax who, despite humble beginnings, becomes a highly respected local businessman. As partner in a mill he weathers the turbulent economic times of the early 1800s.

Director: George King | Stars: John Warwick, Nancy Burne, Ralph Michael, D.J. Williams

Votes: 36

35. Queen of Crime (1938)

55 min | Crime, Thriller

Kate is secretary to Lord Flamborough. But she is also leader of a criminal gang. Can Mike Pemberton catch her red-handed?

Director: Reginald Denham | Stars: Jack Hulbert, Genevieve Tobin, Noel Madison, Francis L. Sullivan

Votes: 68

36. Smiling Along (I) (1938)

83 min | Comedy, Musical

Entertainer quits a crooked London theater and sets up her troupe on her uncle's farm. A famous musician joins the group and helps them get a legitimate booking.

Director: Monty Banks | Stars: Gracie Fields, Roger Livesey, Mary Maguire, Peter Coke

Votes: 13

37. The Playboy (1938)

78 min | Musical

A millionaire in London falls for a poor girl with a great singing voice, but his gold-digging past girlfriend tries her best to ruin the relationship.

Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Bert Ambrose, Evelyn Dall, Harry Richman, Florence Desmond

Votes: 41

38. Lassie from Lancashire (1938)

81 min | Comedy, Romance

A talented lass from Lancashire appears in a nightly show, hoping to be discovered.

Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: Marjorie Browne, Hal Thompson, Marjorie Sandford, Mark Daly

Votes: 38

40. Lily of Laguna (1938)

84 min | Drama

An actress willingly sacrifices her career to marry a scientist and have a daughter. But she cannot resist the call of the footlights and she goes back to the boards. Her husband then divorces her.

Director: Oswald Mitchell | Stars: Nora Swinburne, Richard Ainley, Talbot O'Farrell, G.H. Mulcaster

41. Little Dolly Daydream (1938)

82 min | Musical

A little girl runs away from the cruel aunt she lives with and helps an organ-grinder catch a gang of thieves.

Director: Oswald Mitchell | Stars: Binkie Stuart, Talbot O'Farrell, Jane Welsh, Warren Jenkins

43. Many Tanks Mr. Atkins (1938)

68 min | Comedy

A cavalryman invents a supercharger for tanks, but soon finds out that spies are out to steal it.

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Claude Hulbert, Reginald Purdell, Barbara Greene, Davy Burnaby

45. Meet Mr. Penny (1938)

70 min | Comedy

"There is a crisis in suburban politics because of a store magnate's plans to build a warehouse on the site of the local allotments. Mr and Mrs Penny lead the local outcry against such ... See full summary »

Director: David MacDonald | Stars: Richard Goolden, Vic Oliver, Fabia Drake, Kay Walsh

49. Mr. Satan (1938)

79 min | Crime, Drama

A news correspondent and his photographer, on assignment in a country on the edge of revolution, identifies an attractive woman on a snap shot as the companion of a notorious illegal arms ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur B. Woods | Stars: Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, James Stephenson, Chili Bouchier, Franklin Dyall

Votes: 10

50. Murder in the Family (1938)

75 min | Crime, Drama

After a wealthy woman is killed, her extended family all fall under suspicion of murder.

Director: Albert Parker | Stars: Barry Jones, Jessica Tandy, Evelyn Ankers, Donald Gray

Votes: 57

58. Prison Without Bars (1938)

Approved | 72 min | Drama

Suzanne, Renee, Nina and Marta all hate being in prison, being slapped and treated badly, and so all the girls are trying to escape. Madame Appel just causes chaos all the time, with her ... See full summary »

Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Corinne Luchaire, Edna Best, Barry K. Barnes, Mary Morris

Votes: 82

59. The Return of the Frog (1938)

73 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

The former partner of a master criminal turns himself in to Scotland Yard. The criminal, a master of disguise, plots to kill his partner, but must first get through the wall of security Scotland Yard has thrown around him.

Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Gordon Harker, Hartley Power, Rene Ray, Cyril Smith

Votes: 65

60. Romance à la carte (1938)

72 min | Comedy

A chef squabbles with his hotel maître de as to who deserves credit for the success of their restaurant, then decides to open up his own place in competition, across the street, and invites poor people from the neighborhood to fill it up.

Director: Maclean Rogers | Stars: Leslie Perrins, Dorothy Boyd, Anthony Holles, Charles Sewell

64. Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror (1938)

Not Rated | 70 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Sexton Blake and Tinker foil criminal plot connected with the Tongs, and master-minded by "famous stamp collector" and millionaire.

Director: George King | Stars: George Curzon, Tod Slaughter, Greta Gynt, Tony Sympson

Votes: 261

65. Silver Top (1938)

66 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A dear, kind little old lady who runs a local sweet shop inherits a sizable fortune, and some local villains become determined to trick her out of it, in this short melodrama starring Marie... See full summary »

Director: George King | Stars: Marie Wright, Betty Ann Davies, Marjorie Taylor, David Farrar

66. Sky Pirates (1938)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Lethargic British air pilots are revived by "Horlick's Milk" to defeat the "Sky Pirates". Combo of intricately animated aerobatic dogfights where planes take on animal characteristics. One of Pal's most unique conceptions © Arnold Leibovit

Director: George Pal

Votes: 13

68. The Hidden Menace (1938)

68 min | Drama, Romance

An attractive Viennese circus performer has romances with three different men.

Director: Albert de Courville | Stars: Otto Kruger, Gertrude Michael, John Clements, Patrick Barr

Votes: 12

69. He Loved an Actress (II) (1938)

Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Carla de Hulvea is a rumba dancer who makes news by posing as a South-American heiress. She is doing fine with her hoax until she meets American Peter Jackson, a high-pressure promoter who ... See full summary »

Director: Melville W. Brown | Stars: Lupe Velez, Ben Lyon, Wallace Ford, Jean Colin

Votes: 41

70. Stepping Toes (1938)

85 min | Musical

The granddaughter of an old showman is kept away from him by his daughter, ashamed of their background. But the girl is phenomenally talented by hereditary, and wins a talent competition, leading to star in a west end show.

Director: John Baxter | Stars: Hazel Ascot, Enid Stamp-Taylor, Jack Barty, Edgar Driver

Votes: 22

71. Strange Boarders (1938)

74 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Pre-war intelligence man Tommy Blythe interrupts his honeymoon to investigate the discovery of vital Air Ministry blueprints on a woman killed in a London road accident. The trail leads to ... See full summary »

Director: Herbert Mason | Stars: Tom Walls, Renée Saint-Cyr, Googie Withers, Ronald Adam

Votes: 91

72. Sweet Devil (1938)

71 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Two business partners are having woman trouble. One wants to marry his secretary and the other is set to marry a wealthy aristocrat. When the partner who wants to marry his secretary lets ... See full summary »

Director: René Guissart | Stars: Bobby Howes, Jean Gillie, William Kendall, Syd Walker

Votes: 54

75. The Awakening (1938)

64 min | Drama, Romance

Two doctors are in love with the same woman.

Director: Toni Frenguelli | Stars: Eric Elliott, Rex Walker, Eve Gray

76. The Challenge (1938)

Approved | 76 min | Adventure, History, Romance

Dramatization of the first climbing of the Matterhorn in 1865.

Directors: Milton Rosmer, Vincent Korda, Luis Trenker | Stars: Robert Douglas, Frank Birch, Geoffrey Wardwell, Moran Caplat

Votes: 203

77. The Claydon Treasure Mystery (1938)

63 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After the disappearance of the estate librarian, and the murder of another, Kerrigan is summoned by the lady of the manor to solve the mystery, and maybe find the Claydon treasure.

Director: H. Manning Haynes | Stars: John Stuart, Garry Marsh, Annie Esmond, Campbell Gullan

Votes: 27

78. The Dance of Death (1938)

64 min | Crime

About a dancer who has forsaken a life of crime after betraying her "master". One day her master returns and compels her to return to criminal ways after forcing her to confess that she was the means of his being convicted.

Director: Gerald Blake | Stars: Vesta Victoria, Stewart Rome, Julie Suedo, Elizabeth Kent

80. The Gang (1938)

69 min | Musical

The leader of a group of singing Boy Scouts tries to get them into the "big time". When the Scouts lose the lease on their building, he comes up with an idea to raise funds to buy the building: put on a musical show.

Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Ralph Reader, Gina Malo, Stuart Robertson, Richard Ainley

Votes: 15

82. The Londonderry Air (1938)

47 min | Romance

A young woman breaks off her engagement and runs of with a fiddler player.

Director: Alex Bryce | Stars: Sara Allgood, Liam Gaffney, Phyllis Ryan, Jimmy Mageean

85. The Villiers Diamond (1938)

50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An ex-convict is pestered for money, so he stages a fake robbery.

Director: Bernard Mainwaring | Stars: Edward Ashley, Evelyn Ankers, Frank Birch, Liam Gaffney

Votes: 41

86. They Drive by Night (1938)

84 min | Crime, Thriller

A convict, just out of prison, is implicated in a murder and goes on the run, hitching a ride with a truck driver.

Director: Arthur B. Woods | Stars: Emlyn Williams, Anna Konstam, Allan Jeayes, Ernest Thesiger

Votes: 365

87. This Man Is News (1938)

63 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

John Brown, one of the thieves in a sensational jewel robbery and subsequent trial, is set free when he turns King's Evidence on the other members. He refuses to give reporter Simon Drake ... See full summary »

Director: David MacDonald | Stars: Barry K. Barnes, Valerie Hobson, Alastair Sim, Edward Lexy

Votes: 130

88. Too Many Husbands (1938)

59 min | Drama

An unscrupulous husband who fakes death to avoid creditors is paid in his own coin when his wife refuses to own him and his blackmailing valet appears as her husband, until they are reconciled.

Director: Ivar Campbell | Stars: Jack Melford, Iris Baker, Geoffrey Sumner, Philip Leaver

90. We're Going to Be Rich (1938)

78 min | Comedy, Drama, History

A drifter Dobbie and his wife Kit leave Australia in the 1880s for South African gold fields. She discovers happiness is where her husband is.

Director: Monty Banks | Stars: Gracie Fields, Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy, Coral Browne

Votes: 35

91. Who Goes Next? (1938)

85 min | War

During the First World War, a number of captured British officers attempt to escape a prisoner-of-war camp.

Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Barry K. Barnes, Sophie Stewart, Jack Hawkins, Charles Eaton

Votes: 104

93. You're the Doctor (1938)

78 min | Comedy

A young woman pretends to be ill to avoid going on a cruise with her parents, which leads to a series of confusions.

Director: Roy Lockwood | Stars: Barry K. Barnes, Googie Withers, Norma Varden, Joan White

96. The Return of Carol Deane (1938)

76 min | Crime, Drama

A female ex-con, in order to keep her secret from her son, marries a gambler she doesn't love.

Director: Arthur B. Woods | Stars: Bebe Daniels, Arthur Margetson, Zena Dare, Chili Bouchier

Votes: 11

97. Mystery of Room 13 (1938)

71 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Mr. J.G. Reeder is called in by the Bank of England to investigate a gang of forgers. Reeder enlists the aid of a younger man, Capt. Johnnie Gray, to infiltrate the gang by going undercover in Dartmoor jail.

Director: Norman Lee | Stars: Gibb McLaughlin, Sara Seegar, Peter Murray-Hill, Sally Gray

Votes: 75

98. 13 Men and a Gun (1938)

64 min | War, Drama

WWI thriller set on the Austro-Russian front: a long distance gun helps ward off an enemy attack until a traitor among 13 soldiers signals the whereabouts of the battery.

Director: Mario Zampi | Stars: Arthur Wontner, Clifford Evans, Howard Marion-Crawford, Allan Jeayes

100. Life of St. Paul (1938)

Not Rated | 120 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

Multi-part dramatization of the life of St. Paul.

Director: Norman Walker | Stars: Neal Arden, Josephine Wilson, George Hayes, Charles Oliver

Votes: 26



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