Carla Lehmann

Fame Is the Spur (1947)

, 1h56
Réalisé par John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame
Thèmes Politique
Acteurs Michael Redgrave, Rosamund John, Bernard Miles, David Tomlinson, Carla Lehmann, Hugh Burden
Rôle Lady Lettice
Note66%

When a young man from a North country mill town (Michael Redgrave) commits to help the poverty stricken workers in his area, he takes as his Excalibur a sword passed down to him by his grandfather from the Battle of Peterloo, where it had been used against workers. As an idealistic champion of the oppressed, he rises to power as a Labour M.P., but is seduced by the trappings of power, and finds himself the type of politician he originally despised.

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29 Acacia Avenue (1945)

, 1h23
Réalisé par Henry Cass
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Comédie, Comédie dramatique
Acteurs Gordon Harker, Betty Balfour, Jimmy Hanley, Henry Kendall, Carla Lehmann, Dinah Sheridan
Rôle Fay Jones
Note65%

Peter Robinson falls in love with the naïve country girl Fay and the worldly, wealthy and already-married Joan, and lives with them both (and Joan's husband) at his parents' house. However, one day Peter's parents unexpectedly return from holiday, and all hell breaks loose.

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Opération Torch (1944)

, 1h25
Réalisé par George King
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Guerre
Thèmes Afrique post-coloniale, Espionnage, Politique
Acteurs James Mason, Carla Lehmann, Raymond Lovell, Enid Stamp Taylor, Walter Rilla, Sybille Binder
Rôle Susan Foster
Note61%

Octobre 1942. Lors d'une nuit orageuse, Susan Foster, jeune artiste américaine en vacances en Tunisie, cache Alan Thurston, un espion britannique poursuivi par un sympathisant nazi, le docteur Müller. Entraînée malgré elle dans une affaire d'espionnage, elle décide d'aider Thurston dans la mission qui lui a été confiée : se rendre à Alger pour y retrouver un appareil photographique contenant les plans exacts des opérations des Alliés en vue de leur débarquement en Afrique du Nord ...

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Service secret (1942)

, 1h34
Réalisé par Harold French
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Guerre
Thèmes Espionnage, Politique
Acteurs Hugh Williams, James Mason, Michael Wilding, Carla Lehmann, Roland Culver, Karel Štěpánek
Rôle Michele de Carnot
Note54%

En pleine Seconde Guerre mondiale, quatre agents secrets de la Couronne sont parachutés en France afin d’espionner les troupes nazies.

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Flying Fortress (1942)

, 1h8
Réalisé par Walter Forde
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Guerre, Romance
Thèmes Transport, Aviation, Politique
Acteurs Richard Greene, Carla Lehmann, Betty Stockfeld, Donald Stewart, Basil Radford, Edward Rigby
Rôle Sydney Kelly
Note53%

Pilot William "Sky" Kelly (Donald Stewart) is held responsible for an aircraft crash in which a passenger is killed; however, his friend, wealthy playboy James "Jim" Spence (Richard Greene), was actually piloting the aircraft. Kelly's sister Sydney (Carla Lehmann), a newspaper reporter, vows to clear her brother and name Kelly as the culprit. Spence and Sydney later meet amicably, but when a scandal photographer reveals Sydney's profession, Spence suspects her motives and ends their budding relationship.

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Talk About Jacqueline (1942)

Réalisé par Paul L. Stein, Harold French
Genres Comédie
Acteurs Hugh Williams, Carla Lehmann, Roland Culver, Joyce Howard, Mary Jerrold, Guy Middleton
Rôle Jacqueline Marlow
Note65%

A drama about two sisters, Jacqueline and June, who are very close and stand by each other, even though their stories separates them. The older sister, Jacqueline (Carla Lehmann), has a sexually liberal backstory, and the younger is quite unspolied by life. The story picks up when Jacqueline travels to the French Riviera to change scenery, look for new adventures and search for an eligible bachelor who has no prir knwledge about her frivolous past. Soon she finds a suitable man, Doctor Michael Thomas (Hugh Williams), and they get married. Eventually Jacqueline is haunted by her past, as her picture turns up in a tabloid newspaper, and her husband catches a glimpse of his new bride's flamboyant previous mistakes. Jacqueline's younger sister, June (Joyce Howard), decides to help her older sister out to save her marriage from falling apart. She takes the blame and tells Michael that she is the one who has fooled around in the recent past. However, this information gives her problems of her own, as it finds its way to her own romantic interests, and threatens to destroy her own love life. The story ends with the older sister ultimately confessing her past to her husband and the other parties to the conflict, saving her sister with the truth.

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Cottage à louer (1941)

, 1h30
Réalisé par Michael Anderson, Anthony Asquith
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Thriller, Comédie, Action, Espionnage
Thèmes Espionnage, Théâtre, Documentaire sur la guerre, Documentaire historique, Politique, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre, Documentaire sur la Seconde Guerre mondiale
Acteurs Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim, John Mills, George Cole, Carla Lehmann, Michael Wilding
Rôle Helen Barrington
Note66%

Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, la propriété des Barrington en Écosse sert à la fois de résidence à un inventeur en train de travailler sur des projets secrets pour l'armée, de refuge pour les enfants et d'hôpital militaire. Certaines de ces activités attirent l'attention des espions allemands.

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Once a Crook (1941)

, 1h18
Réalisé par Herbert Mason
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Policier
Acteurs Gordon Harker, Kathleen Harrison, Carla Lehmann, Bernard Lee, Cyril Cusack, Diana King
Rôle Estelle

Charlie Hopkins (Gordon Harker) is a retired burglar with an expertise in safecracking. His ex-partner The Duke (Bernard Lee) holds a grudge against Charlie, since he believes he ratted him out and sent him to jail. The Duke is out for revenge against Charlie, and hires Bill Hopkins (Cyril Cusack), Charlie's son, to help him perform a hit, with an intention to frame the kid. The Duke's plan doesn't work out, since Bill turns out to be an even better safecracker than his old man. After many complications along the road, the hit is a success, and The Duke is bereaved of his revenge, ultimately stopped by his good-hearted sweetheart, Estelle (Carla Lehmann).

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