J. B. Priestley Movies

The Thorwald family is well-off and contented when a tragedy strikes: the father is killed in an accident. Miss Thorwald takes over the raising of...

A world-class painter is taken ill and lies in the bedroom of an inn, while people down below squabble over his paintings and inheritance. The wily...

1919: the World War is over. Kay Conway celebrates her 21st birthday and all the family look forward with hope and confidence. Then Time begins to...

Three long-married couples in northern England discover that their marriages are in fact invalid, causing much re-evaluation and chaos. This was the...

Television broadcast of Bees on the Boat-Deck by J.B. Priestley.

Guests at an hotel become irrationally convinced that they have been there before - perhaps in a different life?

Adaptation of J. B. Priestley’s play.

A German professor un-nerves the residents when he claims to have been in a small Yorkshire moors inn sometime previously.

The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that...

A portrait of Raymond Chandler, creator of the Philip Marlowe mystery thrillers, by John Foster and Fred Burnley. The film portrays Chandler's life...

The action takes place in one of the provincial towns of England. The First World War ended. Every member of the Conway family dreams of fulfilling...

Wartime morale-boosting propaganda short, looking at the greatness of Britain and the efforts of all to preserve her power and integrity.

Alan Plater looks at the various adaptations of J.B. Priestley's 'The Good Companions', in the company of the author himself.