Hay Petrie Movies

A German-born woman works as a spy for the French in Switzerland during the First World War, and has to marry an interned French lieutenant in order...

A man ignores a warning to stay away from a sinister house on marshland near Liverpool; when someone drowns close by, he finds the evidence...

Early British thriller about a master criminal named 'Flash Jack', who heads a gang of top-hatted thieves that rob the wealthy. A detective tracks...

During the First World War a British unit take up a new position in a trench unaware that the Germans are laying a mine underneath it.

A well-known actor is murdered. Another performer becomes an amateur sleuth so she can prove her sister is innocent of the crime.

As the threat of Napoleonic invasion looms ever closer, a German duke and potential ally of England falls for a pretty ballerina.

In 1931, Sir Malcolm Sargent – then a rising young conductor – acted as musical director for this first filmed musical version of Prosper...

'1670. Irish patriot caught stealing Crown Jewels talks his way to pardon.' (British Film Catalogue)

A short featurette about a murderer summoned by chance to sit on the jury and try the man accused of his crime.

Dramatised short about the advantages of gas appliances in the home, with music.

The British government tries to persuade people not to clog up the wartime (World War II) public transportation system by keeping its use to a...

A London cabby uncovers the city's secret nightlife in this surprising plug for post-war National Savings.