Reginald Purdell Movies

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...

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....

A Colonel's daughter steals from the regimental mess funds to pay off her gambling debts. One of the officers, who is love with her, takes the blame,...

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,...

“Two young men and an attractive girl are invited to spend a week-end at a cottage of mutual friends. The hosts are delayed and so the guests...

When a wealthy newspaper proprietor passes away, his crooked business partner moves to secure the deceased's fortune by substituting a false will....

“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...

'Captain tries to hide accidental female passengers from admiral.' (British Film Catalogue)

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...

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...

'Honeymoon wife learns of husband's past and runs away.' (British Film Catalogue)

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...

“A successful human target act of two brothers is sorely tried by the efforts of a gold digging blues singer to split them up.” - BFI.

“Comedy concerning a clerk pretending to be a European composer who falls in love with a woman who poses as an actress.” - BFI.

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

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

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

'Shopgirl posing as film star loves porter posing as artist.' (British Film Catalogue)

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...

27 well-to-do people have all vanished under similar circumstances. J.G. Reeder, an elderly gentleman who fancies himself a detective, decides to...