Reginald Purdell Movies

  • 1934
    The Luck of a Sailor

    The Luck of a Sailor

    The Luck of a Sailor

    01934HD

    In this romantic comedy, the king of Ruritania marries an impoverished commoner after he is exiled. Trouble shows up when the king must return to his...

    The Luck of a Sailor
  • 1944
    Candles at Nine

    Candles at Nine

    Candles at Nine

    51944HD

    A rich but miserly old man taunts his relatives about who will get his money when he dies, and is soon mysteriously murdered. It turns out that he...

    Candles at Nine
  • 1947
    The Root of All Evil

    The Root of All Evil

    The Root of All Evil

    6.81947HD

    Jeckie Farnish is a level-headed young woman, unlike her spoiled younger sister, Rushie. When the sisters become involved with charming businessman...

    The Root of All Evil
  • 1947
    A Man About the House

    A Man About the House

    A Man About the House

    6.91947HD

    Handsome Italian laborer Kieron Moore works as caretaker of the Neopolitan villa inherited by plain-Jane Englishwomen Margaret Johnston and Dulcie...

    A Man About the House
  • 1934
    The Queen's Affair

    The Queen's Affair

    The Queen's Affair

    01934HD

    Poor New York shop girl Nadina receives the unexpected news that she is next in line to be queen of an Eastern European country. On her arrival in...

    The Queen's Affair
  • 1933
    Crime on the Hill

    Crime on the Hill

    Crime on the Hill

    6.51933HD

    In this murder mystery, Vicar Casson looks into the poisoning of a wealthy man. He soon finds that the man they convicted, the fiance of the rich...

    Crime on the Hill
  • 1932
    Love on the Spot

    Love on the Spot

    Love on the Spot

    01932HD

    Two criminals are reformed when they meet and fall in love.

    Love on the Spot
  • 1944
    Bell-Bottom George

    Bell-Bottom George

    Bell-Bottom George

    61944HD

    George is an unwilling civilian during the war. When an enlisted friend switches clothes with him in order to go to a party, George finds himself...

    Bell-Bottom George
  • 1940
    The Middle Watch

    The Middle Watch

    The Middle Watch

    51940HD

    Through a series of unforeseen events, two glamorous young ladies find that they are obliged to spend the night on board the battleship HMS Falcon,...

    The Middle Watch
  • 1931
    Congress Dances

    Congress Dances

    Congress Dances

    01931HD

    In 1815, Tsar Alexander I romances a working-class glove seller, while his double takes his place at the Vienna Congress. English-language version of...

    Congress Dances
  • 1932
    A Night Like This

    A Night Like This

    A Night Like This

    01932HD

    Going under cover, P.C. Mahoney passes for a gentleman to get into the notorious Moonstone Club. There he meets Clifford Tope, a ne'er do well who is...

    A Night Like This
  • 1943
    Variety Jubilee

    Variety Jubilee

    Variety Jubilee

    6.51943HD

    This domestic melodrama chronicles three generations of a family of music-hall owners. In the early 1900s, two variety stars, Kit Burns and Joe...

    Variety Jubilee
  • 1934
    The Old Curiosity Shop

    The Old Curiosity Shop

    The Old Curiosity Shop

    5.31934HD

    An elderly shop-keeper and his grand-daughter are threatened by the rich, mean-spirited dwarf Quilp, and decide to flee across England to escape him....

    The Old Curiosity Shop
  • 1936
    Hail and Farewell

    Hail and Farewell

    Hail and Farewell

    01936HD

    “A troopship bringing home a battalion from Bermuda docks at Southampton and the men are granted only 6 hours leave. The film shows how some of...

    Hail and Farewell
  • 1933
    Three Men in a Boat

    Three Men in a Boat

    Three Men in a Boat

    51933HD

    An adaptation of Jerome K. Jerome’s classic story charting the comic misadventures of three friends – and a dog – as they take a...

    Three Men in a Boat
  • 1935
    Get Off My Foot

    Get Off My Foot

    Get Off My Foot

    01935HD

    A Smithfield porter becomes a butler, and later finds himself heir to a fortune.

    Get Off My Foot
  • 1938
    Quiet, Please

    Quiet, Please

    Quiet, Please

    01938HD

    “Comedy of a little man forced by chance into a big jewel robbery.” - BFI.

    Quiet, Please
  • 1938
    The Viper

    The Viper

    The Viper

    01938HD

    Crime comedy sequel to The Vulture (1937). Amateur sleuth, Cedric Gull, takes on another case.

    The Viper
  • 1938
    The Dark Stairway

    The Dark Stairway

    The Dark Stairway

    01938HD

    “Professional jealousy over the discovery of a formula for an anaesthetic leads to murder in a hospital.” - BFI.

    The Dark Stairway
  • 1931
    A Night in Montmartre

    A Night in Montmartre

    A Night in Montmartre

    51931HD

    A young couple live under a café in Paris that, unknown to them, is owned by a brutal blackmailer. When he is murdered, they fall under...

    A Night in Montmartre