William Luff Movies

Holmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when his arch enemy Moriarty arranges with an American gang to kill one John Douglas, a country gentleman with a mysterious past. Holmes' methods baffle Watson and Lestrade, but his results astonish them. In a long flashback, the victim's wife...

Ebenezer Scrooge, the ultimate Victorian miser, hasn't a good word for Christmas, though his impoverished clerk Cratchit and nephew Fred are full of holiday spirit. In the night, Scrooge is visited by spirits of the past, present, and future.

An elderly couple's lodger, a British musician (Ivor Novello), becomes the suspect in a series of killings.

Bob Holt's last journey as a Railway engine driver before his retirement, a journey disturbed by his distress at leaving the Railway, and his suspicions of the relationship between his wife and his fireman. Aboard the train are a pair of pickpockets, a honeymoon couple, a drunk, a temperance...

Lilian has an illegitimate war-baby which is then adopted by a wealthy spinster.

The heir to a London department store must learn the business by working his way through various menial jobs incognito first. However, a crooked manager has arranged for a cracksman, just out of prison, to join the staff. Each is mistaken for the other.

That old theatrical war-horse Bella Donna (previously filmed in America by Alla Nazimova) was resurrected by Britain's Twickenham Studios in 1934. Conrad Veidt stars as sinister Egyptian Mahmoud Baroundi, who even before the film gets under way has left a long trail of ruined women behind him. His...

A French sleuth in England helps the police solve a series of murders linked by the diary pages of a dead woman.

A young married couple try to impress a rich relation by posing as maid and butler of the household.

An Earl's cousin survives drowning and saves a lady from the Great Fire of London.

Set in Ireland, a poor knight's rival frames him for murder in this musical based on 'Colleen Bawn'.

The Vicar of Bray is a satirical description of an individual fundamentally changing his principles to remain in ecclesiastical office as external requirements change around him. The religious upheavals in England from 1533 to 1559 and from 1633 to 1715 made it almost impossible for any individual...

Inspector Darrow investigates the death of a wealthy man.

A well-known film director has a gangster double, whom he ends up killing. Taking the gangsters place, he then causes an actress to be framed.

One of John Mills' earliest roles as a wastrel playboy.

An evil doctor and the greedy wife of a rich man plot to poison him so they can get their hands on his money.

A condemned man uses hypnotism on a judge. After the man's death, the judge finds himself acting like the condemned man.

British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott

During World War I, in Flanders, Berry and Morley were in love with the same girl, Yvonne. During a battle in the Widow's Island sector, Morley is wounded and abandoned by Berry. Morley being reported missing, Berry now has a clear path to marry Yvonne. Two decades later, Yvonne incidentally meets...