Reginald Purdell Movies

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

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...

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

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

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

'Comedy concerning a bank clerk who uses his inheritance to fund a serious drams which, ironically, succeeds as a burlesque.' (BFI)

“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...