Reginald Purdell Movies

“Professional jealousy over the discovery of a formula for an anaesthetic leads to murder in a hospital.” - BFI.

This domestic melodrama chronicles three generations of a family of music-hall owners. In the early 1900s, two variety stars, Kit Burns and Joe...

A Smithfield porter becomes a butler, and later finds himself heir to a fortune.

Going under cover, P.C. Mahoney passes for a gentleman to get into the notorious Moonstone Club. There he meets Clifford Tope, a ne'er do well who is...

Through a series of unforeseen events, two glamorous young ladies find that they are obliged to spend the night on board the battleship HMS Falcon,...

'Captain tries to hide accidental female passengers from admiral.' (British Film Catalogue)

When a wealthy newspaper proprietor passes away, his crooked business partner moves to secure the deceased's fortune by substituting a false will....

Crime comedy sequel to The Vulture (1937). Amateur sleuth, Cedric Gull, takes on another case.

When a pretty Wren faints in a crowded train, Private Bud Flanagan and Captain Ches Allen are quick to render first aid. But over Bud's head, a heavy...

“Comedy of a rich man who poses as a poor man and is taken by a convict into a hostel and given a job by the chief assistant.” - BFI.

'Honeymoon wife learns of husband's past and runs away.' (British Film Catalogue)

'Shopgirl posing as film star loves porter posing as artist.' (British Film Catalogue)

“A successful human target act of two brothers is sorely tried by the efforts of a gold digging blues singer to split them up.” - BFI.

When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the...

An adaptation of Jerome K. Jerome’s classic story charting the comic misadventures of three friends – and a dog – as they take a...

'Comedy concerning a bank clerk who uses his inheritance to fund a serious drams which, ironically, succeeds as a burlesque.' (BFI)

“Comedy of a little man forced by chance into a big jewel robbery.” - BFI.

In this romantic comedy, the king of Ruritania marries an impoverished commoner after he is exiled. Trouble shows up when the king must return to his...

27 well-to-do people have all vanished under similar circumstances. J.G. Reeder, an elderly gentleman who fancies himself a detective, decides to...

Don't Get Me Wrong is a 1937 British comedy film co-directed by Arthur B. Woods and Reginald Purdell and starring Max Miller and George E. Stone. It...