Maurice Elvey Movies

'Poor woman poses as rich twin to fool mean landlady.' (British Film Catalogue)

A wealthy landowner kills his pregnant mistress and buries her body, but his mother has a strange dream that just may bring his crime to light. Based...

A superior-minded British aristocrat condescends to visit Holmes for help with a spot of bother: his new wife has disappeared. What is the secret of...

Holmes finds that the disappearance of respectable middle class Neville St. Clair may be linked to a filthy beggar living above an opium den.

A biopic of Britain's Great War Prime Minister.

A comedy feature with Fred Groves having dual roles of bridegroom and a lunatic, and in the course of the film the two characters swap places.

Episodic misadventures of a man who thinks he is a knight.

'The legend of the Wandering Jew, condemned to walk the earth until the Second Coming.' (British Film Institute)

A man takes the blame for a girl's crooked brother and weds her when her hand is amputated.

Part of a series known as “Haunted Castles”.

A detective must pursue some thieves trying to smuggle their bullion out of London on a barge down the Thames.

An assassin's daughter learns she is the King's bastard and dies to save his life. Based on the novel "Une fille de regent" by Alexandre Dumas...

'Ruined stockbroker blamed for killing crooking financier who lured his wife.' (British Film Catalogue)

An exciting tale of international crooks and stolen plans, in which an inventor is kidnapped by foreign agents whilst honeymooning in Scotland.

In Africa an Englishman is sold as a slave by a blind beggar who then weds a girl after he has killed her crooked husband.

In this thriller, a corrupt talent agent's illegal actions are discovered by his partner. To silence him, the agent kills the partner. Unfortunately,...