Fay Compton Movies

Directed by Thorold Dickinson.

Adaptation of Chekhov's play from the Chichester Festival.

Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his...

A wastrel returns to blackmail his wife who has told her children that he died a hero.

A wealthy old man dies and leaves his holdings--including a brothel and a gambling den, racing greyhounds and a sleazy bar--to his eccentric Aunt...

A comedy film directed by Norman Walker

Meg Fairfield secures a divorce from her husband Hilary, and is about to marry Gray Meredith when Hilary returns cured. Sydney, daughter of Hilary...

A sensuous woman trapped in a loveless relationship has an affair with a leading politician which threatens to bring down the government.

In England, two young friends, confronted with the outbreak of World War I, enlist together to serve in the same company on the battle-field.

American (Churchill) in London dislikes England until his daughter (Lehmann) falls for the son (Granger) of the Lord (Drayton) with whom he wants to...

A teacher falls in love with the married owner of the guest house in which she is staying during a holiday to Austria.

An actress thwarts a blackmailer by taking the blame for her sister's compromise. Based on the play The Pillory by Brandon Fleming.

A Cornish fisherman becomes involved with Iron Curtain spies.

William Kell, the keeper of a lighthouse on a lonely stretch of coastline, marries cabaret dancer Eileen. His young wife, however, goes on to have an...