John Mortimer

A look at the history of British B-movies.

An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of the aristocrat's house

A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.

Forever England gives John Mills his first leading role as Brown. Born after a brief affair between his mother and a naval officer, he joins the...

The documentary uses Graham Greene's own words from his books and recordings, as well as photographs and clips from his many films, to reveal the...

In 1930s fascist Italy, adolescent Luca just lost his mother. His father, a callous businessman, sends him to be taken care of by British expatriate...

A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.

After nearly 40 years of waiting for his big chance, Wilfred Morgenhall is given the case of defending Herbert Fowle who is accused of murdering his...

John and Mary meet in a singles bar, sleep together, and spend the next day getting to know each other.

A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.

Committed pacifist Tom Jordan's decision to help former President Rivera escape a military coup is a simple act of mercy that takes him and his wife...

A bored Rumpole, living in Florida retirement, uses an inquiry from Phyllida as a pretext to re-establish himself back in chambers.

A successful lawyer struck with blindness in middle age continues his battles in the courtroom with the assistance of his family. As his son deals...

John Mortimer's play about the tangled love life of an East London pub landlord.

Adapted from the work of Miguel de Cervantes, this is the story of a hidalgo, fanatic for chivalry novels, who loses his sanity and believing to be a...

Helen Lester is in love with a man she has known just 24 hours, a playboy who spent time in jail for passing bad checks. Though the man has promised...

German adaptation of The Dock Brief

An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death and escapes to Spain, but is soon pursued by an...

A young female designer is on the brink of an affair with a married male executive at the company where she works. The film tells the story of their...

A young female designer is on the brink of an affair with a married male executive at the company where she works. The film tells the story of their...

Made by Carlton Television for ITV (UK) , this adaptation of Laurie Lee's autobiographical novel follows a young man's maturation in the country town...

Period Drama. The true story of Unity Mitford who in the 1930's went to live in Germany and was friends with Adolf Hitler.

Suspecting that her husband might be having an affair, a wife plots to catch him in the act.

This hilarious one-act play by John Mortimer (creator of Rumpole of the Bailey) is the story of a highly incompetent lawyer preparing to defend a man...

Mark Conrad, a habitual drunk and troublemaker with a shady past, is expelled by Hong Kong police after one too many bar fights. He's sent to Macao...

Film adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's debut novel, 'Mary'.

A young salesman from Trinidad tries to sell a complete set of encyclopedia to Sally Louth, a housewife living on the Chelsea-Fulham border in London.

Touching comedy about a high court judge, now retired to his English countryside home, who resolves to end years of suspicion about his wife's...

These dueling one-act comedies highlight the work of playwright John Mortimer. In "The Dock Brief," an ill-prepared attorney is put to the test when...

An irreverent barrister chooses to defend a young Jamaican boy accused of stabbing on the same day his only son leaves for college in America.

A clergyman noted for his support of left-wing causes, leaves his considerable estate to a Conservative member of parliament. Adaptation of the novel...