Miles Malleson Archives

The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

Rating: ★★★★

Feb 25, 2006Arabian Nights Adventure

An Arabian Nights adventure that offers up one of the purest blends of fantasy and romance of its era. Filled with stunning directorial set-pieces and magnificent sets and all shot in colour.

Director: Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan

Actors: Sabu, Conrad Veidt, John Justin, Rex Ingram, Miles Malleson

Category: Fantasy

25 February 20066 June 2026 by Roog

Dead of Night (1945)

Rating: ★★★★

Sep 2, 2003Horror Anthology

Celebrated British horror anthology, which tells five ghost stories and tales of the supernatural. All are strong stories with The Ventriloquist's Dummy segment in particular having become regarded as a classic

Director: Basil Dearden, Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer

Actors: Michael Redgrave, Sally Ann Howes, Mervyn Johns, Roland Culver, …

Category: Horror

2 September 20039 October 2025 by Roog

The Perfect Woman (1949)

Rating: ★★½

Sep 15, 2021Android Woman Comedy

One of the first depictions of an android on film, a madcap British comedy of manners about the creation of an android woman

Director: Bernard Knowles

Actors: Patricia Roc, Nigel Patrick, Stanley Holloway, Miles Malleson, …

Category: Science Fiction

15 September 202115 September 2021 by Roog

The Queen of Spades (1949)

Rating: ★★★

Jul 16, 2024Diabolical Pact for a Winning Hand in Cards

Classic British adaptation of the Alexander Pushkin’s story about a soldier who seeks the secret of selling one’s soul for a winning hand at cards

Director: Thorold Dickinson

Actors: Anton Walbrook, Yvonne Mitchell, Edith Evans, Anthony Dawson, …

Category: Fantasy

16 July 202413 November 2025 by Roog

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

Rating: ★★★★

Aug 25, 2009Hammer Sherlock Holmes Film/Ghostly Dog Mystery

Hammer Films' one and only Sherlock Holmes adaptation. It is beautiful to see the opulence of early Hammer productions brought to bear giving the story unusually effective life

Director: Terence Fisher

Actors: Peter Cushing, Andre Morell, Christopher Lee, Francis de Wolff, …

Category: Horror

25 August 200913 August 2024 by Roog

The Brides of Dracula (1960)

Rating: ★★★★

Nov 7, 2000Hammer Dracula Sequel

The second of Hammer's Dracula films has to work around the absence of Christopher Lee. Peter Cushing's Van Helsing is brought to the forefront and Terence Fisher provides some standout directorial sequences

Director: Terence Fisher

Actors: Peter Cushing, Yvonne Monlaur, David Peel, Martita Hunt, …

Category: Horror

7 November 200017 June 2026 by Roog