The best John Slater’s thriller movies

John Slater

John Slater

22/08/1916- 09/01/1975
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best John Slater’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about John Slater.

Went the Day Well?

Went the Day Well?
7.5/10
  • Genre: ThrillerWar
  • Release: 07/12/1942
  • Character: Sergeant
The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, they do whatever they can to thwart the Nazis plans.

Escape

Escape
6.6/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 01/03/1948
  • Character: Salesman
Escape is a thriller about a World War II vet who goes to prison for murder and then escapes. He meets a woman who tries to get him to surrender.

'Pimpernel' Smith

'Pimpernel' Smith
7.2/10
Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith (Howard) takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.

The Third Visitor

The Third Visitor
6.5/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 01/01/1951
  • Character: James C. Oliver
Suave supercilious Carling (Karel Stepanek) receives several callers to his isolated house, all of whom hold a grudge against him. Next morning a corpse is found, and later identified as his by one of the visitors.

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