Eric Portman
12 titles
Filmography
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A Canterbury Tale
(1944)Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a series of mysterious and bizarre crimes in a small town on the way to Canterbury, England.

Wanted for Murder
(1946)The son of a Victorian hangman is driven insane by thoughts of his father's profession. The young man emulates his father by strangling young women. He then meets and falls in love with a woman but can he suppress his urge to kill her?

Corridor of Mirrors
(1948)Newly Restored! Eric Portman (A Canterbury Tale) plays an artist obsessed with the past. He surrounds himself with Renaissance artwork, infatuated with the notion that he and his lover (Edana Romney) are reincarnations of the lovers in a centuries-old painting. Portman’s delusions have deadly consequences. One of the most unusual British films of the 1940s, Corridor Of MIirrors incorporates aspects of gothic horror, film noir, melodrama, fantasy, romance and thrillers. The first feature by director Terence Young (DR. No, Wait Until Dark), it was heavily influenced by Jean Cocteau’s Beauty And The Beast and David Lean’s Brief Encounter, and includes the feature film debut of Christopher Lee (The Lord Of The Rings).

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
(1942)A damaged engine downs a British bomber crew in the German-occupied Netherlands where civilians fearful of Nazi reprisal work to help them to safety.

The Colditz Story
(1955)Allied prisoners of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an "escape-proof" German P.O.W. camp housed in a medieval castle.

The Whisperers
(1967)The lonely and elderly Mrs. Ross lives alone in a slum apartment and begins to lose her sanity when she hears 'voices' that are constantly conspiring against her. She become so consumed by the entities that she fails to notice the real danger around her.

We Dive at Dawn
(1943)After the British government cancels their leave, the crew of the H.M.S. Sea Tiger gets tasked with sinking the German warship Brandenburg.

Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
(1935)A young woman in 19th century rural England disappears after becoming pregnant by a squire outside of wedlock, but all fingers point to a gypsy lad.

The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
(1936)A crazed killer known as the Spinebreaker is terrorizing London with a series of grisly murders, and law enforcement seems powerless to stop him.

49th Parallel
(1941)Stranded in Canada, a German WW2 U-boat crew with a fanatical Nazi captain aims to avoid capture by reaching the border to enter the still-neutral US.

The Bedford Incident
(1965)A reporter aboard a U.S. destroyer witnesses the captain's pursuit of a Soviet sub near Greenland.

Millions Like Us
(1943)During the war, a young woman works at a factory making aircraft parts, meets other women like her, and falls in love with an airman.