Norman McKinnel Movies

When Boys Leave Home

62/100

Public schoolboy Roddy Berwick is expelled from school when he takes the blame for a friend's charge and his life falls apart in a series of misadventures.

Fanny Hawthorne

73/100

A celebration of working class leisure activities at Hindle, Lancashire, during "Wakes Week", an annual...

Hindle Wakes

68/100

A Lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owner's son while on holiday. Based on the once notorious Houghton play.

Potiphar's Wife

70/100

Hindle Wakes

70/100

A mill girl leaves home rather than marry the owner's son, with whom she spent a holiday.

Criminal at Large

64/100

Remade in 1940, this is an Edgar Wallace tale about the secretary and niece of an ancient family living in a mysterious family mansion. The chauffer then the crooked doctor are burgh found strangled. ...

Pillars of Society

In Norway a shipping magnate frames his absent brother-in-law for theft and betrayal of his mistress.

The Outsider

Mary Girl

A poor gardener's wife nurses a countess's weak baby, gets a taste for wealth and takes a rich lover.

Edgar Wallace's White Face the Fiend

A doctor finds a man murdered in a seedy part of London. A police investigation reveals that the killer is a blackmailer known as "White Face" who is also a master of disguise. The doctor ... See full summary »

Dombey and Son

The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.

The Folly of Desire

A fanatical Boer farmer mistreats his young wife.