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George King Productions

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Forbidden poster
Movie

Set on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up in business as a patent medicine man selling hair tonic at the fair with his ex-army colleague Dan (Ronald Shiner). Following a fight with local hoods over pitch spaces, Jim falls for Jane (Hazel Court), the girl on a nearby candy floss stall. The two begin dating but Jim fails to mention he is already married.

Forbidden

Feb 1949

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street poster
Movie

It is England in the 1830s. London's dockside is teeming with ships and sailors who have made their fortune in foreign lands. Sweeney Todd, a Fleet Street barber, awaits the arrival of men whose first port of call is for a good, close shave. For most it will be the last time they are seen alive. Using a specially designed barber's chair, Sweeney Todd despatches his victims to the cellar below, where he robs them of their new found fortunes and chops their remains into small pieces. Meanwhile, Mrs Lovett is enjoying a roaring trade for her popular penny meat pies.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Mar 1936

Gaiety George poster
Movie

The life of Irishman George Howard who buys an English theatre and strives to improve the standard of musical entertainment. Set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and loosely based on fact.

Gaiety George

Jul 1946

Deadlock poster
Movie

A murder takes place in a film studio during the shooting of a new film.

Deadlock

Sep 1931

The Case of the Frightened Lady poster
Movie

A classic British thriller set in a sinister old house, based on a story by Edgar Wallace.

The Case of the Frightened Lady

Sep 1940

The Crimes of Stephen Hawke poster
Movie

The film begins in a BBC studio with the 100th edition of "In Town Tonight". Flotsam and Jetsom open with a "topical number". Then there is an interview with a distinguished actor, which dissolves into a performance of one of his famous melodramas about a wicked moneylender etc.

The Crimes of Stephen Hawke

Apr 1936

Crimes at the Dark House poster
Movie

In this lurid melodrama, Tod Slaughter plays a villain who murders the wealthy Sir Percival Glyde in the gold fields of Australia and assumes his identity in order to inherit Glyde's estate in England. On arriving in England, "Sir Percival" schemes to marry an heiress for her money, and, with the connivance of the cunning Dr. Isidor Fosco, embarks on a killing spree of all who suspect him to be an imposter and would get in the way of his plans to stay Lord of the Manor.

Crimes at the Dark House

Mar 1940

Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn poster
Movie

In 1820s rural England, a young girl is tricked by tales of marriage from a villainous Squire. When she becomes pregnant and disappears, a gipsy lad is blamed.

Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn

Aug 1935

The Ticket of Leave Man poster
Movie

A man is accused of a series of murders that were actually committed by a crazed killer called "The Tiger." He must prove his innocence and catch the murderer.

The Ticket of Leave Man

Oct 1937

Wanted! poster
Movie

A married couple are mistaken for jewel thieves and forced to go to a party. The husband turns on the burglar alarm by mistake and the real thieves are captured.

Wanted!

Aug 1937

Riding High poster
Movie

Popular comedian Claude Dampier is seen at his best here, as he disrupts the sedate peace of Victorian England in his attempt to help a village blacksmith win both a bicycle race and the girl. Can the blacksmith's new bicycle design triumph over his rival's trusty penny farthing?

Riding High

Dec 1939

John Halifax poster
Movie

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.

John Halifax

Mar 1938

It's Never Too Late to Mend poster
Movie

An evil prison administrator cruelly abuses the inmates at his prison, until one day the tables are turned.

It's Never Too Late to Mend

Mar 1937

To Brighton with Gladys poster
Movie

Story of nephew's tribulations in conveying penguin to wealthy uncle's seaside home.

To Brighton with Gladys

Feb 1933

Self Made Lady poster
Movie

Early '30s British drama, starring Heather Angel, about a poor girl who achieves success as a fashion designer.

Self Made Lady

Mar 1932

Too Many Crooks poster
Movie

A man tries to burgle his own safe on the same night that a professional criminal attempts it.

Too Many Crooks

Aug 1930

The Face at the Window poster
Movie

In 1880, the criminal called The Wolf is responsible for a murderous rampage in France. When the Brisson Bank is robbed in Paris and the employee Michelle is murdered, the wealthy Chevalier Lucio del Gardo is the only chance to save the bank. Chevalier proposes to the owner M. de Brisson to deposit a large amount of gold, but in return he would like to marry his daughter Cecile. However, Cecile is in love with the efficient clerk Lucien Cortier that belongs to the lower classes and refuses the engagement. In order to get rid off the rival, Chevalier uses evidences to incriminate Lucien, manipulating the incompetent Parisian chief of police.

The Face at the Window

Apr 1939

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror poster
Movie

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

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror

Feb 1938

Under a Cloud poster
Movie

Jimmy Forbes returns to England after being on the run in Australia for 20 years. He finds that his wife has gone up in the world and become wealthy. Their children know little about him but as he observes them he realises they have problems and his cunning might come to their aid.

Under a Cloud

Aug 1937

Leave It to Me poster
Movie

A comedy film directed by George King.

Leave It to Me

Oct 1930