The best George Merritt’s thriller movies

George Merritt

George Merritt

10/12/1890- 27/08/1977
We present our ranking of the best George Merritt’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about George Merritt.

Young and Innocent

Young and Innocent
6.8/10
Robert Tisdall finds on the beach the corpse of a woman he knew. Others wrongly conclude that he is the murderer. Fleeing, he desperately attempts to prove that he is not the killer. A young woman becomes embroiled in the effort.

The Phantom Fiend

The Phantom Fiend
5.6/10
An elderly couple's lodger, a British musician (Ivor Novello), becomes the suspect in a series of killings.

Q Planes

Q Planes
6.5/10
An eccentric Scotland Yard inspector thinks something beamed from a spy ship is dropping planes.

The Full Treatment

The Full Treatment
6/10
Race car driver Alan Colby and his new wife Denise are involved in a car crash where he sustains a serious head injury, causing him to have murderous feelings toward Denise. After Denise persuades him to honeymoon with her on the Cote D'Azur in France, they enlist the aid of a French psychiatrist who offers to regress Alan back to the time of the accident and cure him.

The Ghost Train

The Ghost Train
6.1/10
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.

The Hands of Orlac

The Hands of Orlac
5.6/10
Famed concert pianist Stephen Orlac survives a plane crash, but his hands are permanently destroyed. Helpful surgeon Volcheff grafts a pair of new hands on the hapless Orlac. Unfortunately, they're the hands of an executed murderer - useless for a pianist, but quite handy for less delicate work...

The Case of the Frightened Lady

The Case of the Frightened Lady
6.3/10
A classic British thriller set in a sinister old house, based on a story by Edgar Wallace. AKA "Scarf Murder Mystery."

My Brother's Keeper

My Brother's Keeper
6.2/10
War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive young crook Willie Stannard. After using a clever plan to obtain railway tickets, and with the police and the press in hot pursuit, George has to find a way of breaking loose from Willie, and to make his escape.

The Fire Raisers

The Fire Raisers
5.9/10
Jim Bronton is an insurance investigator, but he's unhappy with his work and gets involved with a gang of arsonists. His conscience is troubling him ...

The Ghost Camera

The Ghost Camera
6.2/10
When a photograph is taken at the scene of a murder, the camera is tossed out of a castle window to destroy the evidence and lands in the back of a passing car belonging to chemist John Gray who becomes amateur sleuth after developing the film and goes in search of the woman captured by the photograph. When the camera is stolen from his laboratory, Gray's suspicions are further aroused.

A Window in London

A Window in London
6.5/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 15/06/1940
  • Character: Manager
A man witnesses a murder that isn't a murder, only to get involved with the magician and his wife who created the illusion. The insanely jealous magician husband eventually kills his wife, making for complications in life of unhappily married man who is now involved more than he ever thought he would be.

The Four Just Men

The Four Just Men
6.2/10
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.

Escape to Danger

Escape to Danger
5.2/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 18/10/1943
  • Character: Works Manager
During the Second World War a British schoolteacher working in Denmark is caught up when the Germans invade.

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