Geoffrey Toone Movies

Young Britisher Susanne Mallinson (Claire Bloom) is visiting the occupied city of postwar Berlin, as the guest of her brother, Major Martin Mallinson (Geoffrey Toone) and his wife Bettina (Hildegarde Neff), whom he met during his initial stay in Berlin as a British Army doctor. They seem happily married, but Susanne soon notices that Bettina is trying to hide something, both from her and from Martin -- a secret involving a young boy (Dieter Krause) on a bicycle who seems to turn up everywhere she does, and figure whom she initially doesn't see. The truth finally comes out amidst a new skirmish between the British on one side and the East Germans in the Soviet zone on the other, and a man named Olaf Kastner (Ernst Schroeder), who seems to make a lot of mystery-shrouded trips in and out of the city's Russian Zone. Bettina was married to the mysterious Ivo Kern (James Mason), a handsome, smooth-talking former German army officer (with his own record during the Second World War -- as well as after -- to hide from) who was presumed dead after 1944, and declared so by the authorities. But now Ivo has turned up alive, an event that nullifies Bettina's and Martin's marriage, among other personal repercussions; and he has been working for the Russians in the eastern zone, engineering the kidnapping of people out of West Berlin. And he wants Olaf Kastner, who has been an embarrassment to the East Germans, and especially Kern's superior Halendar (Albert Waescher), with his success at rescuing people from the Eastern Zone; and Ivo might just get him if he can charm the wide-eyed, innocent Susanne sufficiently . . . . ~ Bruce Eder, All Movie Guide

The British maritime meller Pirate of the Seven Seas first saw the light of day as Queer Cargo in 1938. John Lodge stars as Captain Harley, a slick pearl-smuggler saddled with a rebellious crew. Harley's men finally mutiny at the precise moment that their vessel is boarded by pirate leader Cabini (Kenneth Kent) and his band of cutthroats. Faced with choosing the lesser of two evils, Harley's crew finally decides to cast their lot with the captain, who has become the film's hero by default. Though filmed nearly two years before the outbreak of WW2, Pirate of the Seven Seas was foresighted enough to include a German villain in its cast of characters. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In this drama, a young son follows in his father's and his grandfather's footsteps by attending military college at Sandhurst. There he ends up getting strongly disciplined for abusing a horse. This results in his dropping out to become a jockey and his riding in the Grand National. In the end, he proves himself an excellent horseman and is able to return to Sandhurst with his head held high. He then wins the coveted Sword of Honour. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

This British "quota quickie" benefits from the presence of the delightful musical comedy star Evelyn Laye. But there is nothing either musical or comical about the plotline, which concerns the efforts by a foreign spy to steal valuable war plans and place the blame on the hero -- just so that the bad guy can win the hand of the heroine. The hero manages to deliver the plans to the girl by transcribing them on the back of a photograph. The enemy agents capture the girl, whereupon the entire British Navy comes to the rescue. Anticipating Hitchcock's Notorious by nearly twenty years, the film's most interesting wrinkle is that the head of the spies is the villain's mother! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In this action film, a truck driver must carry a load of dynamite. Meanwhile, his girlfriend gets mixed up with a gang that sells stolen furs. Eventually, the truck driver must rescue his girlfriend from the bad guys and blows them and their loot to Kingdom Come. ~ Steve Huey, All Movie Guide