Movies: J. B. Priestley

An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a village hall....

When the textile mill closes, putting her out of work, Gracie finds herself experiencing all of the amusements of Blackpool....

A behind-the-scenes GPO Film Unit documentary (directed by Stuart Legg) that races from studio rehearsals and newsrooms to control rooms and transmitters, weaving speeches, music, and outside broadcasts—featuring voices like H. G. Wells and Ramsay Ma...

Intended as a light farce this comedy by Luigi Commencini is a little plodding in its story about a bank manager who has had it with his buttoned-down, boring job. One Monday he can no longer face the tedium of both his work and his life and so he st...

Gutsy lass Gracie rallies fellow stall-holders at Birkenhead Market to prevent its takeover and demolition by a department store chain. She invokes the Market's foundation by Royal Charter just before an inadvertent gas leak provides an explosive cli...

1919: the World War is over. Kay Conway celebrates her 21st birthday and all the family look forward with hope and confidence. Then Time begins to conjure with them and offers a dark glimpse of what the future could really bring....

The story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth....

People from different walks of life mysteriously find themselves at the gate of an unknown city...

Antonia Lynch-Gibbon, wife of upper-crust wine dealer Martin, falls in love with her husband's best friend, noted psychiatrist Palmer Anderson. While both Palmer and Antonia would like to remain in Martin's life, he has some secrets of his own — name...

Television broadcast of Bees on the Boat-Deck by J.B. Priestley....

Adaptation of the play by J B Priestley. After a nuclear war, the nations have combined to set up a World Government. An old man who lives quietly in the country finds his peace threatened by a visit from three World Government figures....

Adaptation of J. B. Priestley’s play....

A portrait of Raymond Chandler, creator of the Philip Marlowe mystery thrillers, by John Foster and Fred Burnley. The film portrays Chandler's life and creative attitudes in his own words. Dramatised excerpts from his letters and novels reveal confl...

To rid himself of his sponging relatives a man tells them he is really a forger which causes them to leave. His wife believes he is joking, but he has in fact allowed the truth to slip out and now he is danger of being arrested....

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A young detective is tasked with solving the brutal murder of a powerful mayor. As he uncovers the city’s dark secrets, the case consumes him, testing his morals and driving him to the brink of insanity. With his relationships unraveling, he must con...

Alan Plater looks at the various adaptations of J.B. Priestley's 'The Good Companions', in the company of the author himself....