Writing

Doreen Montgomery

Born — Died

1913-04-12 — 1992-02-24

Place of birth

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Known for

Writing

Credits

21 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

The Man in Grey poster
6.1

After marrying a dour and disinterested lord for status, a young woman falls in love with a stage actor while her best friend from boarding school enters an affair with her husband.

The Man in Grey

1943

You Can't Escape poster
7.5

Novelist Peter Darwin is engaged to heiress Kay March. When he accidentally kills Claire, his former mistress, during a quarrel, he persuades a reluctant Kay to help him bury the body in a wood. When the body is found and with the truth close to being uncovered, Darwin resorts to desperate actions to cover his crime.

You Can't Escape

1956

Love Story poster
6.5

After discovering that she has only a short time left to live, concert pianist Lissa travels to Cornwall for the final fling of her life. While there, she falls in love with young mineral prospector Kit, a man whose dark secret prevents him from fighting in the War. Unbeknownst to Lissa, however, Kit's affections are also much in demand from a rival of hers.

Love Story

1944

Poison Pen poster
6.7

The inhabitants of a peaceful village begin receiving mysterious hate mail penned by someone with malicious thoughts.

Poison Pen

1939

No artwork available
8.0

A young couple prepare for post-war marriage. Propaganda short encouraging women to contribute to the war effort by investing in war loans through National Savings.

Victory Wedding

1944

Shadow of the Eagle poster
6.5

During the eighteenth century the Empress of Russia sends her lover to kidnap her rival for the throne.

Shadow of the Eagle

1950

At the Villa Rose poster
10.0

A gang of clever thieves kill a wealthy woman in hopes of stealing her gems. But the thieves aren't clever enough to ascertain the location of those gems, so they consult a phony spiritualist. Then they decide to dispose of the mystic by framing her for the murder.

At the Villa Rose

1940

La rivale dell'imperatrice poster
NR

During the 18th century, the empress of Russia Catherine the Great sends her lover Count Alexei Orloff to kidnap her rival for the throne, the pretender Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova, from Venice. However, Orloff ends up falling in love with the princess.

La rivale dell'imperatrice

1951

Fanny by Gaslight poster
5.5

Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds that her family has for many years been running a bordello next door to their home. When her mother dies shortly after, she next discovers that her real father is in fact a well-respected politician. Meeting him and then falling in love with his young advisor Harry Somerford leads to a life of ups and downs and conflict between the classes. Periodically the scoundrel of a Lord crosses her path, always to tragic effect.

Fanny by Gaslight

1944

A Time to Kill poster
7.7

A man and a woman are poisoned. The woman dies, but the man survives. The finger of blame begins to point at the man. A policeman and a newspaper journalist pursue the truth.

A Time to Kill

1955

Dance Little Lady poster
7.8

When a ballerina's career is ended after she's injured in a traffic accident, her husband decides to try and turn their young daughter into a ballet star. Drama.

Dance Little Lady

1954

No artwork available
7.0

A young woman discovers her grandfather owns the true Aladdin's lamp and discovers it's handsome Genie inside as well.

The Genie

1953

While I Live poster
6.9

In 1922, young pianist and composer Olwen Trevelyan, troubled and sleepless over her inability to finish the final notes of her composition, falls to her death from the cliffs of Cornwall. 25 years on, Olwen has gained posthumous fame as a result of her tragic death and her haunting uncompleted composition 'The Dream of Olwen'. Her reclusive sister Julia (Sonia Dresdel), who has never come to terms with Olwen's death, becomes convinced that Olwen has returned when she meets an amnesiac woman who looks like her.

While I Live

1947

The Second Mr. Bush poster
7.5

A writer poses as a shy butterfly hunter who has a fortune and is hounded by reporters.

The Second Mr. Bush

1940

Scarlet Web poster
5.7

An insurance investigator is framed for murder after a pretty woman hires him to recover a letter from a man who wants to blackmail her.

Scarlet Web

1954

The Narrowing Circle poster
5.8

A journalist is framed for the murder of a rival and has to prove his innocence, whatever the cost.

The Narrowing Circle

1956

One Jump Ahead poster
6.0

Paul Banner, a "noozeman" of the Daily Comet in England, is an American working in England. He happens on a murder that leads him on a complicated trail.

One Jump Ahead

1955

Castle of Crimes poster
9.0

A wealthy French widow is poisoned in her home, Inspector Hanaud investigates..

Castle of Crimes

1940

The Flying Squad poster
6.2

Inspector Bradley of Scotland Yard is on the trail of the murderous ringleader of a smuggling organization in London.

The Flying Squad

1940

No artwork available
8.0

There is a crisis in suburban politics because of a store magnate's plans to build a warehouse on the site of the local allotments. Mr and Mrs Penny lead the local outcry against such vandalism and Mr Penny, as usual, blunders into trouble with innocent folly.

Meet Mr. Penny

1938

No artwork available
7.5

Struggling young actress Jenny (Marjorie Browne) joins her dad (Mark Daly) when he moves into Aunt Hetty's (Elsie Wagstaff) boarding house. Aunt Hetty overworks them, but Jenny is lucky enough to find love in the form of aspiring songwriter Tom (Hal Thompson). But their romance is threatened and nearly destroyed by the jealous star actress of the local pantomime company. However, the young lovers move on to bigger and better things after winning a London West End theatre contract.

Lassie from Lancashire

1938