Writing

J.B. Williams

Born — Died

1903-10-22 — 1965-01-01

Place of birth

Workington, Cumbria, England, UK

Known for

Writing

Credits

11 titles

Known for

We Dive at Dawn poster
6.3

A gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor, a British submarine Captain. The crew of the Sea Tiger are summoned from leave on shore with their families, and sent on a secret mission to intercept the Nazi battleship Brandenburg. In the ensuing battle the British submarine is damaged by a German destroyer. The submarine is leaking fuel so badly that the crew won't be able to make it back to Britain before running out somewhere along the Danish coast. When it seems that their only option may be to blow up the submarine and try to escape to Denmark, seaman James Hobson hatches a plan...

We Dive at Dawn

1943

London Belongs to Me poster
7.0

Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of characters in central London. Although well intentioned, he becomes mixed up with gangsters and murder. The story focuses on the effects this has on Percy and the other residents.

London Belongs to Me

1948

The Stars Look Down poster
6.5

Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with Jenny who gets him to marry her and return home as local schoolteacher before finishing his degree.

The Stars Look Down

1940

The Mystery of the Mary Celeste poster
5.6

During a horrific storm at sea, the crew realizes that there is a murderer among them who is killing them off one by one.

The Mystery of the Mary Celeste

1935

The Tell-Tale Heart poster
6.8

Stanley Baker enacts the classic Edgar Allan Poe story in this chilling short film, only recently rediscovered after being lost for 50 years.

The Tell-Tale Heart

1953

No artwork available
6.8

A British merchant ship is torpedoed by a German U-Boat and takes shelter in a neutral port. The Captain then strikes back at the German enemy.

Neutral Port

1940

Film credits

Behind the camera

We Dive at Dawn poster
6.3

A gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor, a British submarine Captain. The crew of the Sea Tiger are summoned from leave on shore with their families, and sent on a secret mission to intercept the Nazi battleship Brandenburg. In the ensuing battle the British submarine is damaged by a German destroyer. The submarine is leaking fuel so badly that the crew won't be able to make it back to Britain before running out somewhere along the Danish coast. When it seems that their only option may be to blow up the submarine and try to escape to Denmark, seaman James Hobson hatches a plan...

We Dive at Dawn

1943

London Belongs to Me poster
7.0

Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of characters in central London. Although well intentioned, he becomes mixed up with gangsters and murder. The story focuses on the effects this has on Percy and the other residents.

London Belongs to Me

1948

The Stars Look Down poster
6.5

Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with Jenny who gets him to marry her and return home as local schoolteacher before finishing his degree.

The Stars Look Down

1940

The Tell-Tale Heart poster
6.8

Stanley Baker enacts the classic Edgar Allan Poe story in this chilling short film, only recently rediscovered after being lost for 50 years.

The Tell-Tale Heart

1953

No artwork available
6.8

A British merchant ship is torpedoed by a German U-Boat and takes shelter in a neutral port. The Captain then strikes back at the German enemy.

Neutral Port

1940

No artwork available
10.0

A young British woman marries a Chinese mandarin then falls in love with an Englishman. The mandarin plots his revenge.

The Chinese Bungalow

1930

No artwork available
10.0

A young British woman marries a Chinese mandarin then falls in love with an Englishman. The mandarin plots his revenge.

The Chinese Bungalow

1930

No artwork available
10.0

A young British woman marries a Chinese mandarin then falls in love with an Englishman. The mandarin plots his revenge.

The Chinese Bungalow

1930

White Cargo poster
8.0

The manager of a rubber plantation marries a native and she tries to poison him.

White Cargo

1929

White Cargo poster
8.0

The manager of a rubber plantation marries a native and she tries to poison him.

White Cargo

1929