Douglas Payne Movies

When a wayward nun, Megildis, deserts her convent with a knight, a statue of the Virgin Mary comes to life and takes place of Megildis, who makes her way through the world and its many vicissitudes.

A man acquires a valuable artifact as a present for his girlfriend, inadvertently drawing a lunatic collector into pursuit of him.

A wealthy landowner kills his pregnant mistress and buries her body, but his mother has a strange dream that just may bring his crime to light. Based on an actual murder that happened in 1828.

A goalkeeper is kidnapped just before the Cup Final at Crystal Palace. Can he be rescued in time for a triumphant match?

A gambler frames a banker for killing the man whose name he forged.

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

A Sexton Blake mystery.

A detective saves his boy assistant from a bank swindler after escaping a fire by overhead cable.

A songwriter is mistaken for a convict.

A detective must pursue some thieves trying to smuggle their bullion out of London on a barge down the Thames.

The ghost of an Egyptian princess curses the archaeologist who stole her mummified hand.

'Poisoner's victim turns tables.' (British Film Catalogue)

A detective saves the kidnapped daughter of an inventor murdered for his formula.

A short drama about a doctor's wife who returns to him after a flirtation in Richmond Park, London. It is based on the painting by John Collier.

A crook poses as a Lord to rob a merchant and holds a detective captive in his cellar.