Mervyn Johns Movies

When a pharmacist accidentally prescribes poison instead of painkillers, the race is on to find the killer pills.

Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her...

A doctor's already-shaky marriage is tested to an even greater extent when he has to contend with a smallpox epidemic.

Peter Nichols adapted his own hit play to the screen, based on his experiences in hospitals. A riotous black comedy that's as timely today as ever,...

Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment.

Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with his life and his personal as well as professional...

The Guv'nor (released in the U.S. as Mr. Hobo) is a 1935 British comedy film starring George Arliss as a tramp who rides a series of...

Set in the diamond fields of South Africa, Stafford Parker is a lawman trying to maintain a semblance of law and order in the "Wild South".

An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the list, and co-opts Claude Hulbert to try and stop him...

A Merchant Navy hero of the Korean War returns to England after three years of captivity in Communist hands, his mind confused by brain-washing and...

A doctor becomes the victim of extortionists when one of his patients dies under questionable circumstances.

A young married couple try to impress a rich relation by posing as maid and butler of the household.

The wife of brilliant, but boisterous and ill-tempered conductor of the London Symphony puts up with his childishness, but the last straw is drawn...

A little Welsh village is sundered by rival factions when a coveted contralto role in the "Messiah" is given to Mrs. Davies instead of Mrs. Lloyd....

The free-spirited wife of a proper British doctor leaves him after an arguement over the anatomically correct drawing of a horse on the wall drawn by...

Barbara is the long-lost sister of no-good Mike Roscoe (Ronald Hines). Paula Brown (Maureen Connell) is the stripper whom Mike hires to pose as...

An ageing aristocrat schemes to secure his dwindling finances by any means – fair or foul!

A bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempts to prevent the execution of a potentially innocent man.

A man is cited as the co-respondent in a divorce case, but is cheerfully unashamed when he appears in court.