Writing

Ben Travers

Born — Died

1886-11-12 — 1980-12-18

Known for

Writing

Credits

22 titles

Known for

No artwork available
NR

Overbearing but kind-hearted old industrialist Sir Henry Woodstock (known as "Old Iron" to his family) quarrels with his favourite son Harry because Harry wishes to marry the daughter of a business opponent whom he suspects of shady practices. Harry, who has inherited his father's temperament, drives away in a blind fury, runs a man down and kills him. At his trial for manslaughter Sir Henry's testimony as to the quarrel, and the mental disturbance that must have resulted from the conflict in Harry's mind between love of his father and determination to do what he himself thought right, secures Harry's acquittal.

Old Iron

1938

Whatever It Takes poster
7.6

In the summer of 2019, a middle-aged couple are subjected to cyberstalking threats and bizarre deliveries including a bloody pig mask and funeral wreath. As the harassment intensifies, the police and FBI close in on a Silicon Valley giant and some very unlikely suspects. "Whatever It Takes" tells the extraordinary story of eBay, a Fortune 500 company founded on the principle that "people are basically good”, and how members of their security team ended up in federal prison after trying to protect the CEO from a corporate raider.

Whatever It Takes

2024

So This Is London poster
9.0

American (Churchill) in London dislikes England until his daughter (Lehmann) falls for the son (Granger) of the Lord (Drayton) with whom he wants to conclude a business deal.

So This Is London

1939

Dishonour Bright poster
6.5

A man is cited as the co-respondent in a divorce case, but is cheerfully unashamed when he appears in court.

Dishonour Bright

1936

A Cuckoo in the Nest poster
6.2

A crowded inn means that a man and a woman must share the same room for a night. One problem is that they are both married - to other people. The other problem is that they used to be engaged to each other.

A Cuckoo in the Nest

1933

Uncle Silas poster
5.9

Following her father's death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke and schemes to murder his niece for her vast inheritance.

Uncle Silas

1947

Behind the camera

No artwork available
NR

Overbearing but kind-hearted old industrialist Sir Henry Woodstock (known as "Old Iron" to his family) quarrels with his favourite son Harry because Harry wishes to marry the daughter of a business opponent whom he suspects of shady practices. Harry, who has inherited his father's temperament, drives away in a blind fury, runs a man down and kills him. At his trial for manslaughter Sir Henry's testimony as to the quarrel, and the mental disturbance that must have resulted from the conflict in Harry's mind between love of his father and determination to do what he himself thought right, secures Harry's acquittal.

Old Iron

1938

Whatever It Takes poster
7.6

In the summer of 2019, a middle-aged couple are subjected to cyberstalking threats and bizarre deliveries including a bloody pig mask and funeral wreath. As the harassment intensifies, the police and FBI close in on a Silicon Valley giant and some very unlikely suspects. "Whatever It Takes" tells the extraordinary story of eBay, a Fortune 500 company founded on the principle that "people are basically good”, and how members of their security team ended up in federal prison after trying to protect the CEO from a corporate raider.

Whatever It Takes

2024

So This Is London poster
9.0

American (Churchill) in London dislikes England until his daughter (Lehmann) falls for the son (Granger) of the Lord (Drayton) with whom he wants to conclude a business deal.

So This Is London

1939

Dishonour Bright poster
6.5

A man is cited as the co-respondent in a divorce case, but is cheerfully unashamed when he appears in court.

Dishonour Bright

1936

A Cuckoo in the Nest poster
6.2

A crowded inn means that a man and a woman must share the same room for a night. One problem is that they are both married - to other people. The other problem is that they used to be engaged to each other.

A Cuckoo in the Nest

1933

Uncle Silas poster
5.9

Following her father's death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke and schemes to murder his niece for her vast inheritance.

Uncle Silas

1947

A Night Like This poster
7.0

Going under cover, P.C. Mahoney passes for a gentleman to get into the notorious Moonstone Club. There he meets Clifford Tope, a ne'er do well who is love with cabaret star Cora Mellish. She in turn has run up steep gambling debts and has paid off the Club's blackmailing owner with a stolen necklace. As things heat up Cora seeks help from the easy-going Tope.

A Night Like This

1932

No artwork available
9.0

An ageing aristocrat schemes to secure his dwindling finances by any means – fair or foul!

Foreign Affaires

1935

Rookery Nook poster
8.0

A husband tries to hide a runaway girl from his wife and mother-on-law.

Rookery Nook

1930

A Cup of Kindness poster
10.0

A tale of two feuding families whose offspring cause uproar when they announce their marital plans.

A Cup of Kindness

1934

Dirty Work poster
7.0

Staff in a jewellery store hatch a plan to catch a thief.

Dirty Work

1934

No artwork available
10.0

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

Up to the Neck

1933

Fast and Loose poster
6.6

An unmarried couple are forced to adopt a series of pretexts when they stay at a country inn together with only one spare room.

Fast and Loose

1954

Stormy Weather poster
7.0

Sir Duncan Craggs retires from the Colonial Service and returns to London with his new French wife. The couple are devoted to each other, but continually flirt with other people. Sir Duncan is appointed to the board of clothing retail chain. On his tour of inspection, he encounters a successful store run by the efficient Mr. Bullock. By contrast, a neighbouring shop is filled with unhelpful staff overseen by an incompetent and lazy manager, Raymond Penny, who is more interested in horseracing than running his shop. Craggs is unimpressed by Penny and summons him to a meeting in London. Both Bullock and his domineering wife travel up to London as well, fearing that Penny will tell Craggs malicious stories about them.

Stormy Weather

1935

No artwork available
8.3

A newly married couple run into difficulty when the wife refuses to obey her husband.

Second Best Bed

1938

Turkey Time poster
10.0

A group of guests come to stay with the Stoatt family in the seaside town of Eden Bay for Christmas. They soon become involved with an impoverished concert performer whose innocent presence in the house leads to a series of misunderstandings.

Turkey Time

1933

En natt på Smygeholm poster
8.0

It is rumored that there are ghosts at Smygeholm Castle.

En natt på Smygeholm

1933

Thark poster
10.0

Mrs Todd is aggrieved at finding that the country house she has bought is evidently haunted. Sir Hector Benbow and his nephew, on behalf of the previous owner, set out to demonstrate that there is no ghost.

Thark

1932

Banana Ridge poster
6.2

When Susie Long appears, together with her 20 year old son, Pink and Pound are thrown into confusion that one of them could be his father.

Banana Ridge

1942

Plunder poster
8.0

A comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls.

Plunder

1930

Pot Luck poster
7.0

A retired Scotland Yard detective, Patrick Fitzpatrick (Tom Walls) comes back to take one final case, tracking down a missing vase which has been stolen by a gang of thieves specialising in taking art treasures. His investigation takes him to the home of the innocent Mr Pye (Robertson Hare), whose house has been used by the crooks to hide their proceeds.

Pot Luck

1936

Lady in Danger poster
6.0

Dexter becomes involved in a revolution and is asked to hide the Queen. This leads to misunderstanding with his firm and his fiancee.

Lady in Danger

1934