John Slater Movies
- 1954
John Wesley
John Wesley11954HD
Rescued from a burning house as a child, John Wesley believes the experience marked him for a higher purpose, a 'brand from the burning'. The film...
- 1948
Against the Wind
Against the Wind6.11948HD
A disparate group of volunteers are trained as saboteurs and parachuted into Belgium to blow up an office containing important Nazi records and to...
- 1942
Uncensored
Uncensored01942HD
During the Nazi occupation of Belgium during World War II, a Belgian resistance group revives the newspaper "La Libre Belgique" to expose and counter...
- 1945
Murder in Reverse?
Murder in Reverse?6.51945HD
Tom Masterick, a dock worker, is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is commuted to a long prison term. When released as an...
- 1951
The Third Visitor
The Third Visitor61951HD
Suave supercilious Carling (Karel Stepanek) receives several callers to his isolated house, all of whom hold a grudge against him. Next morning a...
- 1954
Star of India
Star of India41954HD
Squire Pierre St. Laurent returns from wars in India to 17th-century provincial France to find his estate confiscated by governor Narbonne, for back...
- 1943
Millions Like Us
Millions Like Us5.5361943HD
When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a...
- 1941
The Common Touch
The Common Touch6.3331941HD
On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want...
- 1953
Strange Stories
Strange Stories01953HD
'Strange Stories' consists of two stories, 'The Strange Mr Bartleby' and 'The Strange Journey'. The stories were sometimes shown individually on...
- 1941
Love on the Dole
Love on the Dole5.71941HD
Depressing and realistic family drama about the struggles of unemployment and poverty in 1930s Lancashire. The 20-year-old Kerr gives an emotionally...
- 1948
Noose
Noose51948HD
Set in post Second World War Britain, Noose is the story of black market racketeers who face attempts to bring them to justice by an American fashion...
- 1948
Escape
Escape5.71948HD
A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl.
- 1944
A Canterbury Tale
A Canterbury Tale6.8871944HD
Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.
- 1956
Johnny, You're Wanted
Johnny, You're Wanted51956HD
Returning late to London, Johnny gives a lift to an attractive female hitch-hiker. Some distance on, he stops to make a phone call and buy a coffee,...
- 1957
Thark
Thark01957HD
As legal guardian of Kitty Stratton, Sir Hector Benbow arranges for her large country house, Thark, to be sold to the nouveau riche Mrs Frush. Frush...
- 1942
Unpublished Story
Unpublished Story6.31942HD
Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.
- 1943
Undercover
Undercover5.81943HD
Occupied Yugoslavia. With organised resistance shattered by the Nazi onslaught it is only the activity of small guerrilla bands that bring fresh hope...
- 1957
The Devil's Pass
The Devil's Pass31957HD
Bill Buckle has had a dream--he wants to buy back the family fishing boat, the Cascade, which the family had to sell years ago to pay for his...
- 1963
Giants of Steam
Giants of Steam01963HD
The epic of the earliest days of Britain's railways and the men who built them. It concentrates on the achievements of George and Robert Stephenson...
- 1955
Cine Gazette No. 14: Do You Remember?
Cine Gazette No. 14: Do You Remember?01955HD
The operation of the London Transport central Lost Property Office at Baker Street. Collected in BFI's "London on the Move."