David MacDonald

This Man in Paris

David MacDonald

Barry K. Barnes, Valerie Hobson

A British reporter and his wife, on vacation in Paris, run into a gang of counterfeiters.

Small Hotel

David MacDonald

Gordon Harker, Marie Lohr

The dining room of the Jolly Fiddler has long been presided over by Albert, an aged but very shrewd waiter. A past master of the gentle art of fiddling, he extracts the maximum profit from his job while managing to endear himself to both the customers and staff. Then, there's a visit from Mr Finch, who feels it's time Albert was replaced.

The Brothers

David MacDonald

Patricia Roc, Will Fyffe

An orphan wreaks havoc on a remote Scottish island when she causes an age-old feud to be reignited.

Good-Time Girl

David MacDonald

Jean Kent, Dennis Price

Good Time Girl stars Jean Kent as incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen Rawlings. Sent to a home for "problem" girls, Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in with the usual bad crowd, and suffers spectacularly as a result.

This Man Is News

David MacDonald

Barry K. Barnes, Valerie Hobson

A newspaper reporter keeps beating the police to clues in a current murder case. This makes the police think he may be involved in the crime.

The Midas Touch

David MacDonald

Barry K. Barnes, Judy Kelly

A Film Directed by David MacDonald ....

Rulers of the Sea

Frank Lloyd

Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Margaret Lockwood

The struggle of a man to build a steam ship to take him across the Atlantic in spite of all setbacks, and his win against a crack sailing boat in the early 19th century.

Men of the Lightship

David MacDonald

Lightships (ships serving the functions of a lighthouse) have for centuries been treated as neutral during wartime, but a British lightship during World War II finds the Nazis don't respect the lightships' humanitarian purpose.

Desert Victory

David MacDonald, Roy Boulting

Harold Alexander, Winston Churchill

A featureless land fit only for war, as the narrator, J. L. Hodson stated in the early scenes: "If war was to be fought then let it begin here". In endless miles of rock-strewn scrub desert, where civilians hardly existed. Desert Victory tells the story of the Allied campaign to drive Germany and Italy from North Africa is analysed, with the major portion of the film examining the battles at El Alamein, including some re-enactment. Won "Best Documentary Feature" at the 16th Academy Awards in 1944.

A Lady Mislaid

David MacDonald

Phyllis Calvert, Alan White

Esther and her sister Jennifer have just taken a remote country cottage. But there is strange gossip about the previous occupants.

Law and Disorder

David MacDonald

Alastair Sim, Barry K. Barnes

On the eve of WWII a young defence lawyer, assisted by his wife, invaigles his way into a gang of foreign saboteurs. Comedy thriller, ably executed by a satisfactory cast.

Special Agent K-7

Raymond K. Johnson

Walter McGrail, Queenie Smith

Police detective Lanny resents the ongoing interference of the local FBI branch. Hoping to show up the feds, Lanny tackles a baffling espionage case. Things heat up when reporter sweetheart Ollie is framed for murder.

Christopher Columbus

David MacDonald

Fredric March, Florence Eldridge

Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.

Spies of the Air

David MacDonald

Barry K. Barnes, Joan Marion

Set just before the outbreak of WWII, this is the story of a test pilot who works for the (unnamed) enemy. Made in 1939, by the time it was released in 1940, war had been declared.

The Moonraker

David MacDonald

George Baker, Sylvia Syms

After the battle of Worcester at the end of the Civil War, the main aim of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth is to capture Charles Stuart. The future king's escape depends on the intrepid Earl of Dawlish, who as the Moonraker has already spirited away many Royalists. Dawlish travels to the Windwhistle Inn on the south coast to prepare the escape, where he meets Anne Wyndham, the fiancée of a top Roundhead colonel.

It's Never Too Late to Mend

David MacDonald

Tod Slaughter, Jack Livesey

An evil prison administrator cruelly abuses the inmates at his prison, until one day the tables are turned.