Joan Dowling
Actor
Joan Dowling appears in 12 titles on CineTonight, including For Them That Trespass and The Magic Box. Known on screen for roles such as Pamela, Maisie's sister.
12Titles
1947Earliest
6.6Avg. rating
IndiaBased in
Known For
5.3For Them That Trespass
1949 5.3
In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examining his subjects first-hand. This leads him to begin wandering about the seamiest side of town where he witnesses a murder. When an innocent man is arrested, the writer refuses to assist him as the knowledge that he has been "slumming" could destroy his career. The young man is sentenced to 15 years in prison.
For Them That Trespass
1949
6.5The Magic Box
1952 6.5
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once young and handsome William Green. He changed his name to include his first wife's for the photographic portrait work he excelled at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.
The Magic Box
1952
6.6Pool of London
1951 6.6
Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.
Pool of London
1951
6.9Bond Street
1948 6.9
Charts the events occurring during a typical 24-hour period on London’s thoroughfare Bond Street. Linking the four stories together is the impending wedding of society girl Hazel Court and Robert Flemyng.
Bond Street
1948
6.5Hue and Cry
1947 6.5
A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies.
Hue and Cry
1947
6.3Train of Events
1949 6.3
A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.
Train of Events
1949
6.0Women of Twilight
1953 6.0
When a nightclub singer is arrested for murder, his pregnant girlfriend moves into a boarding house for women, but the mother-to-be soon discovers that her new lodgings harbors a horrific secret.
Women of Twilight
1953
6.0Murder Without Crime
1950 6.0
A man gets in trouble when he accidentally kills and covers up a murder of a girl he meets after a big fight with his wife.
Murder Without Crime
1950
7.6Landfall
1949 7.6
A British coastal command pilot is charged with neglect when it is thought that he has sunk a British submarine rather than a German U-boat. Unable to live with his actions, he volunteers for a deadly mission. His girlfriend meanwhile tries to prove that he is innocent.
Landfall
1949
5.824 Hours of a Woman's Life
1952 5.8
A compulsive gambler stumbles towards losing everything when Merle Oberon decides to save him from himself.
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
1952
6.7A Man's Affair
1949 6.7
A miner, played by Scottish singer Hamish Menzies, meets a holidaying secretary on the Kent coast and love blossoms.
A Man's Affair
1949
8.5No Room at the Inn
1948 8.5
A group of children are evacuated during world war two into the care of an alcoholic woman.
No Room at the Inn
1948