Reginald Purdell Movies

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...

In 1815, Tsar Alexander I romances a working-class glove seller, while his double takes his place at the Vienna Congress. English-language version of...

'Ruritania. Incognito president falls in love with incognito queen he deposed.' (British Film Catalogue)

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

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...

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

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...

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

“Comedy concerning a clerk pretending to be a European composer who falls in love with a woman who poses as an actress.” - BFI.

A rich but miserly old man taunts his relatives about who will get his money when he dies, and is soon mysteriously murdered. It turns out that he...

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

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...

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

An amateur detective tracks down a gang of diamond thieves to Chinatown.

“A troopship bringing home a battalion from Bermuda docks at Southampton and the men are granted only 6 hours leave. The film shows how some of...

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

“Two young men and an attractive girl are invited to spend a week-end at a cottage of mutual friends. The hosts are delayed and so the guests...

A young couple live under a café in Paris that, unknown to them, is owned by a brutal blackmailer. When he is murdered, they fall under...

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

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