Billy Bray Movies
- 1938
Set in the 18th century, this melodramatic British costume drama offers the rags-to-riches tale of an honest, ethical man. A young Roddy McDowall plays a bit part in the story. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1938
Two lovers keep a guilty secret in this British thriller. The trouble begins during an argument between the woman's aged husband and her lover. During the heated discussion, the old man dies. The lovers blame themselves, and are almost convicted until fate intervenes and frees them. Romantic happiness ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1937
In this comedy, a bettor places his money on a long-shot that soon becomes a better prospect. Later his best friend finds out that the bettor's philandering wife has been giving hot tips to her lover. The best friend's love ends up winning big, thanks to said tips. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1937
In this comedy, a mild-mannered shipping clerk and his wife get into deep trouble after they are mistaken for jewel thieves by gangsters who want them to steal some valuable jewels. Despite the couple's protest, the crooks force them into pulling off the job during a ritzy party. While there, they realize that the real jewel thieves are also in attendance. The two ingeniously engineer the capture of the crooks and bring them to justice. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- ZaSu Pitts, Claude Dampier, (more)
- 1937
Visiting barber Nelson Keys becomes entangled in a revolution in the land of Ruritania in this comedy. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1937
In this satire of British-American relations, Edward G. Robinson stars as Dan Armstrong, a hard-sell American saleman whose company sends him to England to learn how to tone down his act. There he meets some distant relatives, the aristocrats Sir Peter and Lady Challoner (Arthur Wontner and Annie Esmond). They invite him to their mansion for the weekend, where among the house guests are the penniless aristocrats the Duke and Duchess of Glenavon (Nigel Bruce and Constance Collier) and their daughter Lady Patricia (Luli Deste), as well as a conniving stockbroker, Henry Graham Manningdale (Ralph Richardson). The Duke and Duchess own only an apparently worthless mine in Rhodesia that supposedly contains a metal called magnelite. Manningdale says that he will develop the mine in exchange for permission to marry Lady Patricia. Armstrong also has designs on Patricia, however, and he engineers a scheme to start a company and sell stock in the mine. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Edward G. Robinson, Luli Deste, (more)
- 1937
In this British comedy set in 1879, a village smithy becomes a sensation when he invents a new kind of bicycle in his spare time. Later he and his slightly strange friend Septimus Earwicker enter the race and actually win, much to the surprise of local skeptics. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1937
Adapted from an 1863 melodrama, The Ticket of Leave Man stars Tod Slaughter as Tiger Dalton, a notorious criminal mastermind who is in love with May Edwards (Marjorie Taylor), fiancée of a young bank clerk named Bob Brierly (John Warwick). Tiger frames Bob by concocting a plan involving counterfeit money. Bob serves out his prison sentence, getting an early release. May still loves him, but Bob soon discovers that life is difficult for a "ticket of leave man" (i.e., an ex-con), as no employers are willing to take a chance on him. He resorts to using an alias and is able to gain employment at a bank, but Tiger threatens to expose him if he doesn't help him rob the bank. All looks black until May takes things into her own hands, telling the police about Tiger's plans. The police quickly set out in pursuit of the master villain, who gets his comeuppance in an appropriate manner. ~ Craig Butler, All Movie Guide
- 1936
When 2 people plan to meet on a cruise, they send substitutes who end up falling in love with each other in this comedy. ~ All Movie Guide
