Category: Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst

  • Hungry Hill (1947, Brian Desmond Hurst)

    Vapid multigenerational Irish family epic about Oliver Parker, Dennis Price, and Dermot Walsh running the family copper mine and having to contend with the locals. Margaret Lockwood plays the woman who enraptures the first generation of sons, which leads to the problems for the next generation’s. Runs just under 100 minutes, has about a scene…

  • Miss Grant Goes to the Door (1940, Brian Desmond Hurst)

    Well-executed British propaganda short about very British sisters Martita Hunt and Mary Clare fending off Nazi infiltrators during a blackout. Great performance from Hunt and excellent direction from Hurst. It’s a good seven minutes. Streaming.Continue reading →