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Foundation date 1 january 1936
Grand National Films, Inc or Grand National Pictures was an American motion picture company in operation from 1936 to 1939. The company had no relation to the British Grand National Pictures.
Filmography of Grand National Films Inc. (24 films)
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Under Your Hat (1940)
, 1h19Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Spy films
Actors Cicely Courtneidge, Jack Hulbert, Cecil Parker, Austin Trevor, Leonora Corbett, Glynis Johns
The film is set in pre-Second World War England where a leading film star and his wife attempt to recover a secret carburetor stolen by enemy agents.
Exile Express (1939)
, 1h11Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Anna Sten, Alan Marshal, Jerome Cowan, Walter Catlett, Jed Prouty, Stanley Fields
After being wrongly implicated in the murder of her scientist boss by foreign agents, a young immigrant woman is placed on board an "exile express" from California to New York City where she is to be deported from Ellis Island. With the help of a journalist who has fallen in love with her, she jumps the train and sets out to prove her innocence.
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Master Spy (1964)
, 1h11Directed by Montgomery Tully
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors June Thorburn, Alan Wheatley, John Carson, Marne Maitland, Ernest Clark, John Gilmore
Scientist Boris Turganev (Murray) has defected from Russia and is now working for the British. As Boris struggles to make his superiors at a government nuclear research lab believe he's there to work and not to spy for the Russians, an office romance blossoms that could put his mission in jeopardy. But what exactly is that mission?
At the Stroke of Nine (1957)
, 1h11Directed by Lance Comfort
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Patricia Dainton, Patrick Barr, Dermot Walsh, Clifford Evans, Alexander Doré, William Moore
L'intrigue suit une célèbre journaliste de Fleet Street (Patricia Dainton ) qui est enlevé par un pianiste de concert (Stephen Murray ) qui la force à écrire une histoire quotidienne sur lui et menace de la tuer dans un délai de cinq jours si elle refuse.
Menace In The Night (1957)
, 1h18Directed by Lance Comfort
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Griffith Jones, Lisa Gastoni, Vincent Ball, Marie Burke, Eddie Byrne, Victor Maddern
A young woman witnesses a mailbag robbery that ends with a dead postman, but she is intimidated into not coming forwards.
Miss Pilgrim's Progress (1949)
, 1h22Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Michael Rennie, Yolande Donlan, Garry Marsh, Emrys Jones, Reginald Beckwith, Helena Pickard
Laramie Pilgrim (Yolande Donlan) is an American exchange factory worker who trades places with an upper class British girl. After much adjusting to English country life, and with the various attendant culture clashes, Miss Pilgrim comes to the rescue of her new village and its exploitation by a local land developer.
Escape from Broadmoor (1948)
, 38minutesDirected by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors John Stuart, Victoria Hopper, John Le Mesurier
Room for Two (1940)
, 1h17Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
The story takes place in Venice, where a womanising Englishman Vic Oliver takes a strong interest in a married tourist who is played by Frances Day. Oliver disguises himself in drag and gets himself hired as the Days' maid. When Day's philandering husband, played by Basil Radford, shows up, the fun starts.
Water Rustlers (1939)
, 54minutesOrigin USA
Genres Western
Actors Dorothy Page, Dave O'Brien, Vince Barnett, Stanley Price, Warner Richmond, Edward Peil Sr.
Rollin' Plains (1938)
, 57minutesDirected by Albert Herman
Origin USA
Genres Action, Musical, Crime, Western
Actors Tex Ritter, Horace Murphy, Snub Pollard, Hobart Bosworth, Karl Hackett, Charles King
Texas Rangers Tex, Ananias and Pee Wee put down a range war between sheepmen and cattlemen.
Trouble in Texas (1937)
, 1h3Directed by Robert N. Bradbury
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Tex Ritter, Rita Hayworth, Yakima Canutt, Charles King, Glenn Strange, Horace Murphy
Les stars du rodéo sont tuées avec des aiguilles empoisonnées, et Tex Ritter est le prochain sur la liste.
The Girl Said No (1937)
, 1h16Directed by Andrew L. Stone
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Robert Armstrong, Irene Hervey, Max Davidson, Edward Brophy, Holmes Herbert, Richard Tucker
Jimmie (Robert Armstrong), a shady bookie, meets Pearl (Irene Hervey), a taxi dance hall girl. He takes her out on a number of dates, pretending to be a high profile producer. She is happy to spend his money extravagantly but refuses to be his girlfriend. To get his revenge, Jimmie promises to make her a Broadway star and becomes her manager. He takes her to expensive dinners and meetings with people in the top entertainment circles.
, 1hDirected by Ray Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Tex Ritter, Iris Meredith, Horace Murphy, Charles King, Earl Dwire, Forrest Taylor
Tex and Stubby keep their promise to a dying friend by helping his partner hang on to his gold mine and to avenge his death by taking on and wiping out a horde of masked riders.
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted (1937)
, 57minutesDirected by Albert Herman
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Carol Hughes, Kenneth Harlan, Dickie Jones, Chief Thundercloud, William Austin, Donald Reed
In the summer of 1937, a dangerous gang of counterfeiters are transporting illegal money from the United States into Canada concealed inside frozen trout. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police assures the United States Treasury officials that they will cooperate fully in helping to apprehend the criminals. RCMP Constable MacDonald is sent out to assist in the investigation. While riding near Deer Lake, he sees a suspicious Indian rowing a canoe. When he calls to him, the Indian flees into the woods. MacDonald investigates the strange block of ice left behind and soon discovers the counterfeit money hidden inside the frozen trout. The Indian Pierre, who works for the counterfeiters, sees what has happened and kills MacDonald with a deadly throw of a knife.
Sing Cowboy Sing (1937)
, 59minutesDirected by Robert N. Bradbury
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Tex Ritter, Louise Stanley, Al St. John, Charles King, Karl Hackett, Eva McKenzie
Drifters Tex and Duke happen to ride upon the massacre of a group hauling freight for the community by a gang hired by someone who wishes the lucrative business by himself so he can run the entire valley. Taking the only survivor, Madge daughter of the late owner of the freight hauling line to the nearest town, Tex and Duke take over the dangerous hauling business themselves for Madge.