Mervyn Johns Movies

  • 1963
    The Day of the Triffids

    The Day of the Triffids

    The Day of the Triffids

    6.1241963HD

    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
    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
  • 1939
    Jamaica Inn

    Jamaica Inn

    Jamaica Inn

    6.0421939HD

    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
  • 1956
    Moby Dick

    Moby Dick

    Moby Dick

    7.0351956HD

    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
  • 1951
    Scrooge

    Scrooge

    Scrooge

    7.4361951HD

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

    Scrooge
  • 1976
    House of Mortal Sin

    House of Mortal Sin

    House of Mortal Sin

    6.61976HD

    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1961
    Francis of Assisi

    Francis of Assisi

    Francis of Assisi

    7.61961HD

    In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts...

    Francis of Assisi
  • 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?
  • 1944
    The Halfway House

    The Halfway House

    The Halfway House

    6.51944HD

    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
  • 1960
    The Sundowners

    The Sundowners

    The Sundowners

    6.71960HD

    In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to...

    The Sundowners
  • 1942
    The Foreman Went to France

    The Foreman Went to France

    The Foreman Went to France

    6.21942HD

    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.

    The Foreman Went to France
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1947
    Captain Boycott

    Captain Boycott

    Captain Boycott

    6.51947HD

    Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Capt....

    Captain Boycott
  • 1964
    A Jolly Bad Fellow

    A Jolly Bad Fellow

    A Jolly Bad Fellow

    5.51964HD

    An English professor decides that there are too many useless people in the world and invents a gas that will kill them off. But first they'll at...

    A Jolly Bad Fellow