Writing

Stafford Dickens

Known for

Writing

Credits

10 titles

Known for

Things Are Looking Up poster
6.5

A scatterbrained circus lady must cover for her sour schoolmistress sister.

Things Are Looking Up

1935

My Wife's Lodger poster
4.8

My Wife’s Lodger finds hapless soldier Willie Higginbottom (Dominic Roche) hoping for a hero’s welcome when he returns home after the war. But, while he was away, shifty spiv Roger the Lodger (Leslie Dwyer) got his arms around his wife and his feet under the table, and now Willie’s ditzy daughter (Diana Dors) only wants to sing, dance and jitterbug!

My Wife's Lodger

1952

Idol of Paris poster
8.0

The Idol of Paris is based on Paiva, Queen of Love, a novel by Alfred Schirokauer. Set in the mid-19th century, the film traces the rags-to-riches story of a girl named Theresa. Sleeping her way to the top, she becomes a highly sought-after Parisian courtesan, one worthy of the attentions of the Emperor Napoleon. But Theresa has no time for the Emperor, not with such virile lovers as Hertz around and about.

Idol of Paris

1948

King of the Ritz poster
9.0

While working at a top hotel, the head porter falls in love with a wealthy female guest.

King of the Ritz

1933

No artwork available
9.0

Tommy Deacon learns that a gift bequeathed by his aunt is hidden in her house inside a bust of Napoleon. However, the house has been sold, and is now a girls school and to gain admission Tommy has to pose as the elder brother of Anne, one of the pupils. His arrival in the school results in a variety of escapades, but Tommy resolutely persists in his search for the missing legacy...

Please Teacher

1937

First Offence poster
8.0

After his father sells his car, an immature playboy steals it back, and gets involved with a gang of professional car thieves. British remake of "Mauvaise graine" (1934).

First Offence

1936

Behind the camera

Things Are Looking Up poster
6.5

A scatterbrained circus lady must cover for her sour schoolmistress sister.

Things Are Looking Up

1935

My Wife's Lodger poster
4.8

My Wife’s Lodger finds hapless soldier Willie Higginbottom (Dominic Roche) hoping for a hero’s welcome when he returns home after the war. But, while he was away, shifty spiv Roger the Lodger (Leslie Dwyer) got his arms around his wife and his feet under the table, and now Willie’s ditzy daughter (Diana Dors) only wants to sing, dance and jitterbug!

My Wife's Lodger

1952

Idol of Paris poster
8.0

The Idol of Paris is based on Paiva, Queen of Love, a novel by Alfred Schirokauer. Set in the mid-19th century, the film traces the rags-to-riches story of a girl named Theresa. Sleeping her way to the top, she becomes a highly sought-after Parisian courtesan, one worthy of the attentions of the Emperor Napoleon. But Theresa has no time for the Emperor, not with such virile lovers as Hertz around and about.

Idol of Paris

1948

King of the Ritz poster
9.0

While working at a top hotel, the head porter falls in love with a wealthy female guest.

King of the Ritz

1933

No artwork available
9.0

Tommy Deacon learns that a gift bequeathed by his aunt is hidden in her house inside a bust of Napoleon. However, the house has been sold, and is now a girls school and to gain admission Tommy has to pose as the elder brother of Anne, one of the pupils. His arrival in the school results in a variety of escapades, but Tommy resolutely persists in his search for the missing legacy...

Please Teacher

1937

First Offence poster
8.0

After his father sells his car, an immature playboy steals it back, and gets involved with a gang of professional car thieves. British remake of "Mauvaise graine" (1934).

First Offence

1936

The Midshipmaid poster
7.0

Sir Percy Newbiggin visits the fleet to find ways to economize Naval expenditures. Daughter Celia tags along and organizes a morale-boosting show utilizing ship-board talent. Her fiancé shows up, and romantic complications ensue.

The Midshipmaid

1932

No artwork available
8.0

Two professors who hire a sailor to lead them on a treasure hunt, and they soon find themselves in a dangerous situation involving pirates. The sailor, Bill, initially struggles to remember the location of the ruins, but eventually discovers a lost city and civilization. The professors and sailor then find themselves fighting for their lives against pirates to escape the island alive.

The Live Wire

1938

No artwork available
8.0

Slapstick comedy.

Skimpy in the Navy

1949

Command Performance poster
5.1

Prince Alexis of Kordovia refuses to do his duty under threat of war. Recently arrested actor Peter Fedor conveniently bears a striking resemblance to the prince. The King and Queen hatch a plan to force the prince to do his duty.

Command Performance

1931