John Bentley
Total Credits at Criticker: 28 (Actor)
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A falling-out between thieves over the proceeds of a stickup results in several killings and a priest being marked for murder because of a confession he heard from one of the gang members. (imdb)
Adventurer James Brennan returns to Istanbul five years after being ejected under suspicion of diamond smuggling. In flashback, he recalls his last days there, his torrid love affair with Stephanie Bauer, the efforts of shady characters to obtain a strange ornament he received from a friend, and Stephanie's disappearance during a fire. Now that Brennan is back, Stephanie (or her double) reappears, and there's still the question of where the supposedly smuggled diamonds are...
Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted with due to wartime restrictions. The shock is that it's an all-girls school that has been sent. The two head teachers are soon battling for the upper hand with each other and the Ministry. But a crisis (or two) forces them to work together. (imdb)
A priest defies a Mexican bandit to bring religion to a Western town. (TCM.com)
During a London reunion of a World War II RAF unit, an American pilot gets into a fight with one of his buddies, who is drunk and belligerent. The next day the pilot wakes up in a strange hotel room with blood on his suit, and can't remember how he got there. Then he discovers that the friend he fought with the night before has been murdered, and he is a prime suspect. (imdb)
A man tells his wife that the police are after him for having killed a bookie during an alcoholic binge, but that he is innocent and is being framed for the murder. The wife and her brother hide him and try to find out who the real killer was. (imdb)
Judy Roberts (Phyllis Kirk), a young radio operator on board a freighter, is unknowingly used as part of a diamond-smuggling plot. She attracts the attention of Detective Inspector Dan Barker (John Bentley) who develops romantic feelings towards her while investigating the case. When he realises her innocence he hopes her position as a dupe will lead him to the real culprits. (DVD cover)
A doctor's wife dies. Her death is ruled as natural causes. He marries her sister (his assistant) and it begins to look suspiciously like murder. (imdb)
A maniac is murdering the patients of a doctor who specializes in nervous disorders. A detective is called in to catch the killer. (imdb)
A chance photograph may reveal a murderer's identity - and someone's after the photographer! (imdb)
In this African adventure, a big-game hunting millionaire, attempts to track down and shoot his wife and her lover who is also a hunter. The thought of becoming prey is highly offensive to the lover who winds up shooting the millionaire. (imdb)
A reporter and his girlfriend--also a reporter--investigate threats against a retired army officer and discover that they're linked to a series of murders and a court-martial that occurred during the war. (imdb)
A theatrical impresario tries to win a bet with a psychiatrist over the production of a perfect baby. (imdb)
For his first command in the Pacific war a by-the-book officer is ordered to take his submarine on a reconnaissance mission to locate a fleet of Japanese fighting ships the Allies have lost track of. At first, the rest of the crew resent his distant manner and the way he keeps avoiding taking on the Japs.
Following the death of an Oxford researcher, important archaeological artifacts that he had been working with begin to disappear.
A husband-and-wife detective team look into the murder of one of her friends, whose father--a prominent scientist--has been kidnapped. They find themselves up against a sinister crime organization headed by a mysterious figure known only as "Z".
A serial killer terrorizes London. Each victim is found with a telegram signed "The Marquis." There seems to be no other common thread between the victims, and Scotland Yard is baffled. Novelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, is warned to stay away from the case, but he and his glamorous wife Steve can never refuse a good mystery.
When an artist's wife is found murdered, a top journalist teams up with a gossip columnist to probe the mystery.
A professional race car driver marries a wealthy woman for her money, and then plans to murder her. (imdb)
African Patrol (1957) - TV Series
Inspector Paul Derek is based in Nairobi, Kenya but travels throughout the colonial territory solving crimes. The nature of the bad behavior is often unique to the African locale.
In colonial Kenya, chief's son believes he must kill another tribe's chief in ancient ritual before he can claim father's throne; district officer and female reporter try to stop him before he breaks colonial law.
A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula.
John Bentley stars as a man who returns home to claim his inheritance. He soon learns his half brother has spent his fortune and is mixed up with jewel thieves.
A story of two brothers, both writers of crime novels, one a fine, upstanding gentleman and the other a moody, neurotic, psychopath. The other is determined to create a ‘faked’ version of a perfect crime he intends to commit when an ex-convict visits them. They are both in love with their shared-stenographer-secretary.
Railway construction in Africa faces challenges from man-eating lions. A surveyor and doctor develop romance amidst hardships endured by white settlers braving authentic African landscapes at turn of 20th century.