The best Desmond Roberts’s movies

Desmond Roberts

Desmond Roberts

05/02/1894- 11/01/1968
Today we present the best Desmond Roberts’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Desmond Roberts’s movies.
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Of Human Bondage

Of Human Bondage
7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 20/07/1934
  • Character: Dr. Jacobs
Club-footed medical school student Philip Carey falls in love with cynical waitress Mildred Rogers. She rejects him and runs off with a salesman, later returning pregnant and unmarried. Philip takes her in, though "happily ever after" is not to be.

The Man in the White Suit

The Man in the White Suit
7.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 07/08/1951
  • Character: Mannering
The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...

Scott of the Antarctic

Scott of the Antarctic
7/10
The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a rival team of Norwegian explorers conspire against him

I Was Monty's Double

I Was Monty's Double
6.9/10
The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the German's about his intentions before the North Africa campaign.

Beau Brummell

Beau Brummell
6.4/10
Lavishly told story of George Bryan Brummel, a commoner born in the era of Napoleon who uses wit, brilliance and sartorial flair to align himself with the future King George IV. Lush settings in authentic locations and Taylor in Regency …

Christopher Strong

Christopher Strong
6.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 09/03/1933
  • Character: Bryce Mercer
A romance develops between a happily married middle-aged British politician and an adventurous young aviatrix.

Grip of the Strangler

Grip of the Strangler
6.2/10
A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.

Double Bunk

Double Bunk
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 06/05/1961
  • Character: Freighter Captain
When newly weds Jack and Peggy face eviction, they are tricked into buying a run down houseboat. After rebuilding the engine, they take their friends Sid and Sandra, on a local trip down the river to Folkestone, but somehow they end up in France, and with no fuel and supplies, they resort to desperate actions to get back home.

Blind Adventure

Blind Adventure
6.2/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 18/08/1933
  • Character: Harvey, a thug
Richard Bruce, an American in fog bound London stumbles into the midst of international intrigue, with Rose Thorne, an innocent dupe. Together they try to unravel the mystery, enlisting the aid of a cat burglar named Holmes, who they bump into along the way.

Simba

Simba
6.1/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 07/01/1955
  • Character: Colonel Bridgeman
White farmers in Kenya come under siege from the Mau Maus. Some natives try to help them and it's later discovered that the father of a native doctor is the secret leader of the Mau Maus. The film capitalizes on the political upheaval taking place at the time of its filming in Kenya, which was anxious to attain its independence from British colonial rule.

Headline Shooter

Headline Shooter
6.1/10
  • Genre: AdventureDrama
  • Release: 28/07/1933
  • Character: Beauty Contest Judge
A newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot.

The Two-Headed Spy

The Two-Headed Spy
6.9/10
Wartime thriller with film noir elements based on a true story as written in A.P. Scotland's autobiography "The London Cage". The plot has greatly exaggerated the actual events of A.P. Scotland's experiences, including the addition of a fictional love interest.

School for Secrets

School for Secrets
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 23/12/1946
  • Character: 2nd Club Member
Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of Britain against the might of the Nazi Luftwaffe. Without it the little island could well have been overrun.

The Fountain

The Fountain
6.1/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 22/08/1934
  • Character: Willett
Set during the first World War in neutral, but pro-German, Holland, Lewis Allison, an interned British officer, is paroled to the castle of Baron Von Leyden and finds living there, but now married to German officer Rupert Von Narwitz, his childhood sweetheart Julie. Long discussions between Julie and Allison, centering on family conflicts that kept them apart, take place before the severely wounded Von Narwitz returns to the castle and more long discussions ensue.

The Royal Bed

The Royal Bed
5.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 15/01/1931
  • Character: Major Blent
The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt and a scheming general.

But the Flesh Is Weak

But the Flesh Is Weak
5.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 09/04/1932
  • Character: Findley
A poor-but-charming father (C. Aubrey Smith) and son (Robert Montgomery) try to enter high society by marrying rich English widows.

Grand Canary

Grand Canary
5.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 20/07/1934
  • Character: Purser
Based on an AJ Cronin novel, a disgraced doctor exiled to the Canary Islands, meets and falls in love with a married woman.

Way for a Sailor

Way for a Sailor
5.8/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 01/11/1930
  • Character: Canadian Queen Captain
A devoted sailor jeopardizes his love life for love of the sea.

A Touch of Larceny

A Touch of Larceny
6.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 04/02/1960
  • Character: Club Member
After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man, British Naval Commander Max Easton, hatches a plan that will get him enough money to support Virginia in the lifestyle she is accustomed to. Easton's plan is to disappear for a time making it seem that he has defected to the Soviets taking important Naval secrets from his job at the Admiralty and to return and sue the newspapers for slander. Not everything goes as planned for Commander Easton.

Menace

Menace
6.3/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 22/11/1934
  • Character: Underwood
A psychotic man stalks three innocent people whom he believes are responsible for his brother's death.

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