Fay Compton Movies

Dr. Markway, doing research to prove the existence of ghosts, investigates Hill House, a large, eerie mansion with a lurid history of violent death...

When a secret marriage is planned between Othello, a Moorish general, and Desdemona, the daughter of Senator Brabantio, her old suitor Roderigo takes...

Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.

A trilogy of stories of well-off youths who commit murders. In the French episode, a group of high school students kill one of their colleagues for...

A fatherless boy tries to make his fortune despite interference from his rich uncle.

When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they can collect the cash they must each do something...

Johann Strauss Jr. is forced by his father to forget music and to work in a bakery, where he falls in love with Resi, the baker's daughter. The girl...

A blackmailer is murdered, and those who witnessed the scene agree to keep quiet; the complication is that the scene is also witnessed by a young...

Eighteen-year-old Esther has been deaf and blind since the accident which killed her mother. Wealthy Margaret Landi, a native of Esther's village in...

American (Churchill) in London dislikes England until his daughter (Lehmann) falls for the son (Granger) of the Lord (Drayton) with whom he wants to...

Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his...

Adaptation of Chekhov's play from the Chichester Festival.

Romeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over water rights. The lord wins threatening the mill...

A teacher falls in love with the married owner of the guest house in which she is staying during a holiday to Austria.

When an attractive young girl is murdered, suspicion falls on several members of the local tennis club. It falls to Police Inspector Halloran to sort...

Esther goes into service in Victorian England, only to be seduced by the sweet talking groom William, who then takes off with his employer's...

A wastrel returns to blackmail his wife who has told her children that he died a hero.

In Victorian London, young Adelaide is born into luxury, but marries starving artist Henry. His alcoholism and their lack of money lead to many...

Directed by Thorold Dickinson.