Walter Forde Movies

The MacIver brothers (Michael Redgrave, Griffith Jones) build the first ship to cross the Atlantic by steam power alone.

A bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempts to prevent the execution of a potentially innocent man.

Cardboard Cavalier is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Sid Field, Margaret Lockwood and Jerry Desmonde.The film...

Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.

Kicking the Moon Around is a 1938 British musical comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Bert Ambrose, Evelyn Dall and Harry Richman. In...

Frantic farce involving a neglected wife, a stolen diamond and four identical briefcases.

'Poor lord poses as butler to avoid framed arrest for theft.' (British Film Catalogue)

Scotland Yard detectives hunt for a dangerous criminal who has recently returned to England.

An Irishman sets out to become famous as a singer on the radio. Due to a mix up he is instead entered as a contestant on a quiz show.

Drama written in flames and told with the staccato of canon-fire!

Summer 1939, and an ordinary family gets an alarming taste of war to come.

Walter comes home drunk from a fancy dress ball he has attended as a convict. His father announces that he has been a wastrel long enough and throws...

A Japanese merchant attempts to drive one of his rivals mad by impersonating a man he had once murdered.

A Mandarin hypnotises his partner's daughter to locate hidden bonds.

A man acquires a valuable artifact as a present for his girlfriend, inadvertently drawing a lunatic collector into pursuit of him.

Musical retelling of the "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves" Arabian Nights tale.

A song and dance comedy in which Jack Hulbert plays an incompetent sailor.

Third Time Lucky" was released in February 1931 and was the first film to star Bobby Howes in a leading role. Based on a play by Arnold Ridley, who...

Walter wants work (1922) (Directed by and starring Walter Forde this stands as a good introduction to the work of the UK's only major comedian. This...

To celebrate their Admiral's impending marriage, his men stage a variety performance. Meanwhile Joe Crabbs attempts to win back his girlfriend from...