George Pearson
Directing
Known For
Middle-aged Glasgow grocer Dickson McCunn ventures into the Scottish countryside in search of adventure, and finds a Russian princess imprisoned in a castle. Aided by a gang of Gorbals Die-Hards and a young Englishman, he rescues her from her captors and proves a hero, in spite of his qualms.
Huntingtower
The relatives of a millionaire - the victim of a mysterious murder - get together at his house to search for his will, which he recorded on a record. However, one of them is actually the person who killed him, and will let nothing - or no one - stand in the way of finding that record.
A Shot in the Dark

In France, 1917, an alcoholic captain is afraid that his new replacement, his sweetheart's brother, will betray his downfall.
Journey's End

A fence for a gang of jewel thieves comes under suspicion from the police.
Checkmate

Anton is an exiled Russian Grand-duke but works in a hotel as a night manager with tragic consequences.
Open All Night

A young doctor realises that his father is a quack and changes places with a down-and-out.
Gentlemen's Agreement
A flower girl wins £60,000 and takes her family to Paris to save her sister from her murderous husband.
Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep
In this episode of the British silent crime serial, Ultus makes an alliance with the Grey Lady, who is a fellow victim of the villain Eugene Lester
Ultus and the Grey Lady

'A destitute girl inherits a fortune from her grandmother, and has to fight off fortune hunters. She is eventually reunited with the man who first gave her shelter.' (British Film Institute)
Yellow Stockings

A man plots to murder his half-brother so he claim his earldom and an inheritance.
The Pointing Finger

The wife of a candidate for Parliament is having an affair with the brother of her husband's rival. Her lover is running for election on a promise of building a railway that the community needs, but a wealthy landowner won't give permission for the railway to be built over his land. When the landowner is later found dead, suspicion falls on the adulterous candidate.
The Ace of Spades

Arthur Tracy and Lilli Palmer star in this 1930's British romantic drama. With his voice faltering due to nerves, celebrated stage performer "The Street Singer" (Tracy) parts company with the theatre and goes to live in a gypsy camp where he meets and falls in love with Susan (Palmer), an attractive young woman who is unaware of his fame.
Command Performance

Down on his luck inventor Roger (John Stuart) "borrows" some money from a handbag he finds but things go wrong when a necklace from the bag goes missing.
Once a Thief
When his father commits suicide a gentleman sets out to avenge the death on those who swindled him out of a fortune.
Whispering Tongues

During the First World War a group of British soldiers serving on the Western Front stage a comic performance of the play East Lynne to entertain their comrades.
East Lynne on the Western Front
An apprentice inherits a master's mill, weds a disowned heiress, and remains true to his class.
John Halifax, Gentleman

A British musical film directed by George Pearson
Auld Lang Syne

Londoner tries to woo fishergirl away from her sweetheart.
A Fishergirl's Folly
Scotland Yard sends a handwriting expert to a country house full of people with guilty secrets in order to solve a murder.
Murder by Rope

Sherlock Holmes solves a murder rooted in the Mormon trek of 1850.