Directing
Walter Forde
Born April 21, 1896 · Lambeth, London, England, UK
Died January 7, 1984 · aged 87
No biography available.
Known For
Sailors Three · 1940Sailors Three
★ 7.61940
MovieComedyWar
Three sailors get drunk while on shore leave and end up on the wrong ship. When they realise their mistake they scramble off it and onto their warship, HMS Ferocious. However, they soon realise that the vessel they have boarded is not the Ferocious but a German battleship.
Brown on Resolution · 1935Brown on Resolution
★ 6.31935
MovieActionWar
Forever England gives John Mills his first leading role as Brown. Born after a brief affair between his mother and a naval officer, he joins the Royal Navy during the First World War. There his bravery and marksmanship keeps a German ship in port so a British ship can sink it. He becomes a hero, but at what cost?
The Ghost Train · 1941The Ghost Train
★ 6.11941
MovieComedyHorror
Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead of night, carrying ghosts from a long-ago train wreck in the area.
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt · 1940Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
★ 5.61940
MovieComedy
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde starring Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch as Oxford 'scholars'. The film is one of many to be made based on the farce Charley's Aunt. Taking inspiration from a well-known Victorian play, a modern-day prankster poses as a wealthy woman in a ploy to prevent him and his friends from being expelled from college.
Rome Express · 1932Rome Express
★ 6.11932
MovieThriller
The theft of a famous painting leads to murder and many suspects on a plush train speeding from Paris to Rome.
The Four Just Men · 1939The Four Just Men
★ 6.71939
MovieThrillerMystery
The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sabotage to serve their ends, but they consider themselves to be true patriots.
Kicking the Moon Around · 1938Kicking the Moon Around
★ 9.01938
MovieComedy
Kicking the Moon Around is a 1938 British musical comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Bert Ambrose, Evelyn Dall and Harry Richman. In an effort to discover whether his fiancee is a golddigger a millionaire's son pretends to have lost all his money. The film marked Maureen O'Hara's screen debut as she made a cameo appearance speaking one line.
Cheer Boys Cheer · 1939Cheer Boys Cheer
★ 6.31939
MovieComedy
Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.
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