John Gregson

John Gregson

March 15, 1919 · 107 years old

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Gregson  (15 March 1919 – 8 January 1975) was an English actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Gregson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

15 titles
1
The Lavender Hill Mob

The Lavender Hill Mob

1951 · 1h 18m · Movie

A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers.

7.5
2
Treasure Island

Treasure Island

1950 · 1h 36m · Movie

The treasure seeking adventures of young Jim Hawkins and pirate captain Long John Silver.

6.9
3
The Night of the Generals

The Night of the Generals

1967 · 2h 28m · Movie

In 1942, a Polish prostitute and German Agent is murdered in Warsaw. Suspicion falls on three Generals, and Major Grau of German Intelligence seeks justice which ends up taking decades.

7.2
4
Whisky Galore!

Whisky Galore!

1949 · 1h 22m · Movie

Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship.

7.1
5
Pursuit of the Graf Spee

Pursuit of the Graf Spee

1956 · 1h 59m · Movie

In the first major naval battle of World War II, the British Navy must find and destroy a powerful German warship.

6.6
6
The Titfield Thunderbolt

The Titfield Thunderbolt

1953 · 1h 24m · Movie

Volunteers take over their local passenger train service (against bus company resistance) when the government announces its closure.

7.0
7
Scott of the Antarctic

Scott of the Antarctic

1948 · 1h 51m · Movie

The story of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott's 1912 expedition and his quest to be the first to reach the South Pole.

7.0
8
The Holly and the Ivy

The Holly and the Ivy

1952 · 1h 20m · Movie

An English clergyman's neglect of his grown children, in his zeal to tend to his parishioners, comes to the surface at a Christmas family gathering.

7.2
9
Above Us the Waves

Above Us the Waves

1955 · 1h 32m · Movie

The attack by British submarines on the German battleship "Tirpitz" in a Norwegian fjord during World War II.

6.6
10
The Frightened City

The Frightened City

1961 · 1h 37m · Movie

A small-time thief is recruited by a mobster to help with his racketeering. He doesn't like the job, but with the mob on his back, a femme fatale in his bed and a sick friend to care for, he will have to keep all his wits about him.

6.2
11
Angels One Five

Angels One Five

1952 · 1h 38m · Movie

The story of an RAF fighter squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain.

6.5
12
Three Cases of Murder

Three Cases of Murder

1955 · 1h 39m · Movie

A trilogy of fantastic stories involving murder and the supernatural.

6.5
13
Hand in Hand

Hand in Hand

1961 · 1h 18m · Movie

A little Roman Catholic boy and a little Jewish girl become best friends despite the prejudice that surrounds them.

7.4
14
Young and Willing

Young and Willing

1954 · 1h 12m · Movie

Frank "women in prison" story that sympathetically tracks several inmates through their imprisonment and subsequent return to society. Some are successfully rehabilitated; some are not.

6.4
15
Shop Spoiled

Shop Spoiled

1954 · 1h 22m · Movie

One day in the lives and loves of the staff in a large department store.

6.4