Desmond Roberts Movies

A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.

The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune...

A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst...

Lavishly told story of George Bryan Brummel, a commoner born in the era of Napoleon who uses wit, brilliance and sartorial flair to align himself...

A European family in East Africa finds itself caught up in an uprising by local black Africans against their white colonial masters. Based on the...

A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.

A romance develops between a happily married middle-aged British politician and an adventurous young aviatrix.

The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only...

After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man, British Naval Commander Max Easton, hatches a plan...

The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the German's about his intentions...

The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt...

Wartime thriller with film noir elements based on a true story as written in A.P. Scotland's autobiography "The London Cage". The plot has greatly...

A newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot.

Set during the first World War in neutral, but pro-German, Holland, Lewis Allison, an interned British officer, is paroled to the castle of Baron Von...

A poor-but-charming father and son try to enter high society by marrying rich English widows.

A psychotic man stalks three innocent people whom he believes are responsible for his brother's death.

When newly weds Jack and Peggy face eviction, they are tricked into buying a run down houseboat. After rebuilding the engine, they take their friends...

Based on an AJ Cronin novel, a disgraced doctor exiled to the Canary Islands, meets and falls in love with a married woman.

The favourite for the big race is nobbled and suspicion falls on the owner. His secret admirer proves it wasn't him.

Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to determine the worth of his character.