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- DirectorJay LewisStarsHamish MenziesCliff GordonDiana DeckerA pair of young coal miners meet two girls whilst on holiday in Ramsgate, Kent and despite family troubles, other admirers and a strict landlady they fall in love.
- DirectorJohn IrwinStarsBarbara MurrayBrian NissenGarry MarshA village cricket match begins to assume Homeric proportions.
- DirectorJill CraigieStarsEmrys JonesGwyneth VaughanRachel ThomasA Welsh villager (Gwyneth Vaughan) dreams of London and wants her miner boyfriend (Emrys Jones) to get another job.
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsDana AndrewsMaureen O'HaraSybil ThorndikeA rich woman in Victorian England marries a poor artist from the wrong side of the track, and finds herself the victim of a blackmailing plot.
- DirectorWalter FordeStarsSid FieldMargaret LockwoodJerry DesmondeIn Cromwellian England, royalists commission a barrow boy to carry a secret letter. Helped by Nell Gwynn, he succeeds after encounters with a castle ghost and custard pies.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsHy HazellBruce LesterElsie WagstaffAn actress is persuaded by her boyfriend, the head of a private-detective agency, to take a job as a housekeeper in the home of a wealthy elderly woman. It seems that no one has seen the woman for a while, and her new young husband is claiming that she is ill and doesn't want to see anybody and is refusing to let anyone in the house.
- DirectorLuigi ZampaStarsPatricia MedinaManning WhileyYvonne MitchellIn Ischia, a priest uses the money a young woman has made on the black market toward a home for illegitimate children.
- DirectorDavid MacDonaldStarsFredric MarchFlorence EldridgeFrancis L. SullivanChristopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsDinah SheridanEmrys JonesIrene HandlA young couple move into a charming rural cottage. They become fixated upon the mysterious death of the earlier female occupant.
- DirectorThornton FreelandStarsCecil ParkerGlynis JohnsHermione BaddeleyArthur Prohack (Cecil Parker) is an official in the Treasury Department with a reputation for fiscal efficiency and running a tight ship. One day he finds out that a struggling businessman to whom he once loaned money used it to amass a fortune, and after his death he left much of it to Prohack. Despite his reputation for adeptly handling money at his job, he seems to be much less capable of handling his newfound riches.
- DirectorGodfrey GraysonStarsValentine DyallJulia LangHugh GriffithA young woman goes missing under strange circumstances. A friend of hers tries to find out what happened and it almost leads to another case of a missing young woman. Dr. Morrell has his hands full trying to solve this case.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsSally Ann HowesNora SwinburneGuy RolfeHowes plays Pamela Dickson, an impulsive young bride-to-be, while Guy Rolfe portrays her long-lost father Paul. Ostensibly a cad and bounder, Paul turns out to be just the opposite when he arrives for Pamela's wedding.
- DirectorAlberto CavalcantiStarsStephen MurrayRichard ToddPatricia PlunkettChristy Drew, an aspiring young writer trying to broaden his experience, gets involved with Frankie Ketchen and her two suitors, Herb Logan and Jim Heal. One night, Jim finds Frankie has been with Christy and kills her. Herb is accused of the murder and sentenced to prison. After he gets out, he blames Christy but finally proves Jim to be the real killer, based on a clue provided to him by Christy, now a famous writer.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsSam WanamakerLea PadovaniKathleen RyanOne of the few (if any at the time this film was made) films shot in England with New York City's 'Little Italy" as the locale. This was Edward Dmytryk's first film after he had refused to tell a Congressional Committee whether or not he was, or had ever been, a member of the Communist Party. This is a 'runaway production' shot in England for political reasons and not for the usual USA tax-break reasons. Geremio, a young Italian immigrant to New York City, works as a bricklayer and is courting an Italian girl, Annunziata, by mail. He lies to her that he owns his own home and, after they are married, has to rent one for their three-day honeymoon. The years pass and they are unable to save enough money to get out of their slum tenement, and the 1929 depression brings even harder times to the family that now includes three children. Geremio, in order to make enough money to care for his family, exploits his "comrades" in dangerous construction work. This practice leads to the accidental death of his best friend, and, in grief, Geremio also becomes unfaithful to his wife. The messages of the film -- life is aimless and no man can judge the true worth of another man -- are pounded on for most of the two-hour running time.
- DirectorCecil H. WilliamsonStarsIan ProctorDorothy ShawGuy VerneyAn account by former associates of the reformation of a criminal.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminRobert Jordan HillStarsBen WrigleyBarbara ShawMoore MarriottAfter foiling a robbery, Ben, a window cleaner is hired by Lady Bar-Nunn to guard her valuables. A comedy based on class divisions and snobbery.
- DirectorHal WilsonStarsJohn BlytheDorothee BarooneEva BenyonA dance band takes a holiday in Devon, and discovers some talent amongst the locals.
- DirectorCharles BennettStarsMargaret LockwoodMaxwell ReedKathleen ByronLydia Garth meets Paul de Vandiere, a French nobleman, but their romance is plagued by Lydia's complaint of recurring spells of blurred vision. Paul leaves for France, promising to return and marry Lydia, but she loses her sight while he is gone. Given no hope of recovery, she enters a convent, but the Abbess decides that she has no vocation for life in a nunnery. She finally marries Paul, but encounters strong opposition from Verite Faimont, a neighbour who is very fond of Paul. The latter constantly plots against Lydia and is successful in temporarily breaking up the marriage, but can a miracle of restored vision be seen?
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsBetty Ann DaviesSheila BurrellSidney JamesA yogi seemingly dies while simulating death and his evil second wife, and her daughter, try to force his daughter into insanity for control of his estate.
- DirectorLawrence HuntingtonStarsDerek FarrJoan HopkinsEdward ChapmanIn post-war Britain, an army deserter unwittingly gets involved in murder and armed robbery and enlists the aid of a war widow to help clear his name.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsDerek BondSusan ShawPatrick HoltSeveral individuals consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on the run, a country vicar and a newspaper reporter sent by his editor to do an undercover story.
- DirectorHerbert WilcoxStarsAnna NeagleMichael WildingPeter GravesAn English playboy gentleman is broke when he inherits London's leading dress store in the posh Mayfair district. Instead of selling it for cash, he enters the business of "rags" for riches and romance. -- SimonJack
- DirectorGodfrey GraysonStarsHugh MoxeyJeannette TregarthenAnthony ForwoodWhen the reclusive invalid daughter of Lady Harling is found dead, a young lady is suspected of murdering her.
- DirectorFred WeissStarsDonald BissetRenee GoddardSam Kydd
- DirectorVal GuestStarsGarry MarshJack LiveseyJon PertweeA man watching a musical show at the Windmill theatre is shot apparently from the stage. The cast continues the performance so that the detective can solve the murder.
- DirectorStefan OsieckiStarsTerence de MarneyEleanor SummerfieldJack RaineA boxer goes on a downward spiral after an injury. He loses his money, wife and family. Old girlfriend Beryl tries to help him but he gets tied up with a police siege.
- DirectorGordon ParryStarsRichard GreeneCedric HardwickeKathleen HarrisonA humane prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsGoogie WithersGriffith JonesGuy MiddletonChaos ensues when a woman wakes up believing that a romantic dream about her new servant is reality.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsHugh WilliamsHy HazellSidney JamesA murder mystery set in the newspaper industry.
- DirectorFrederick WilsonStarsDerek BondRona AndersonJames Robertson JusticeA struggling young poet in love manages a country inn, and thwarts a kidnapping attempt.
- DirectorMichael AndersonPeter UstinovStarsGodfrey TearleMaria DenisPeter UstinovAngelo has been draft into the Italian Army in World War II. He does not like people shooting at him, so he tries all sorts of tricks to avoid being caught up in the action. However, events always seem to lead him back to the fighting.
- DirectorStafford DickensStarsHal MontyMax BygravesAvril Angers
- DirectorMichael BarryStarsSally Ann HowesGordon JacksonBasil RadfordAn attractive young girl has the power to stop all kinds of machinery.
- DirectorGregory RatoffStarsMyrna LoyRoger LiveseyPeggy CumminsA lonely wife of a workaholic husband on the magical Isle of Capri meets a charming and attractive young man. An exciting affair must end when word gets back to the husband and he becomes ill. Then the daughter enters the scene.
- DirectorGodfrey GraysonStarsHugh LatimerJohn PenroseAnnette D. SimmondsA police constable goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of violent thieves.
- DirectorDavid MacDonaldStarsDennis PriceMai ZetterlingJoan GreenwoodSeriously ill on a military campaign in Greece, Lord Byron dreams of being judged upon his death, as either a poet and soldier or as a seducer and libertine. Amongst the witnesses called are his free-thinking mistress, Lady Caroline Lamb and his more conventional wife, Annabella.
- DirectorFrank LaunderStarsJean SimmonsDonald HoustonSusan StranksIn the Victorian period, two children are shipwrecked on a tropical island in the South Pacific and fall in love while growing up together.
- DirectorRobert DonatAlexander ShawStarsRobert DonatRenée AshersonMarjorie RhodesSergeant Jack Hardacre returns from the war to his contemptible fiancée Janey Jenkins intending to reconcile with her against all odds. But he falls in love with a charming new lodger Milly Southern instead.
- DirectorLuigi CarpentieriLadislao VajdaStarsPhyllis CalvertMichael RennieTullio CarminatiPatricia (Phyllis Calvert) throws away a painting members of her Italian village consider to be extremely lucky. She goes to great lengths in her attempts to locate it again and bring it back.
- DirectorDaniel BirtStarsValerie HobsonRichard ToddChristine NordenA writer eloping with his mistress by train has second thoughts, pulls the emergency brake, bails out and witnesses the train's collision with another train, events eventually leading to murder and a police manhunt.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsNigel PatrickCyril RaymondJoan CarolDown on their luck, a couple rent out their ship to a mysterious man looking for treasure he'd hidden during the war. Complications ensue when it turns out he's not the only one looking for it.
- DirectorBernard KnowlesStarsDennis PriceMai ZetterlingRichard AttenboroughSet in a German theatre after World War II, two British soldiers are holding a disparate and hostile band of refugees in this theatre, prior to returning them to their homelands. The soldiers have difficulty dealing with the rivalries between Serb and Croat, resistance fighter and collaborator, Pole and Russian, et cetera. The threat of plague briefly unites them, but eventually even this wears off and the refugees unite in their hostility to the British.
- DirectorOswald MitchellStarsJohn StuartHenry OscarMarie BurkeA psychic goes to the home of a woman who wants him to contact her dead fiancée, even though she has already remarried. Later, she ends up murdered. Soon the psychic points the finger at her jealous husband. Intriguing British thriller that leans a bit toward horror themes. [From 16mm print]
- DirectorBernard KnowlesStarsPatricia RocStanley HollowayNigel PatrickUpper class young man has to resort to employment, together with his valet/butler in tow. He finds a job escourting a robot out for an evening, and they end up in a hotel and a farce ensues when roles are swapped.
- DirectorEdmond T. GrévilleStarsMai ZetterlingHugh WilliamsMargot GrahameArlette is a malicious schoolgirl who uses her feminine charms to attract, and then destroy, every man gullible enough to respond to her flirtations. She sets her cap for the art professor and very nearly does him in... but his loving wife and daughter help the deluded man escape the seductive mantrap.
- DirectorRobert HamerStarsEric PortmanGuy RolfeNadia GrayA clever and dedicated French police official, a cleverer master-thief whom he secretly admires, the woman loved by the official who is in love with the thief, at the outbreak of World War I.
- DirectorAlfred TraversStarsTommy DugganShirl ConwayShamus Locke
- DirectorOswald MitchellStarsJoan MaudeArnold BellDon StannardThe complex plot begins with the passionate desire of a doctor to found a hospital for medical research, which is thwarted by the Nazi invasion, in which he loses his notes and all his money. In later years, this leads to him being tempted for money (in order to found the hospital) to murder a patient at the instigation of the man's much younger and faithless wife ('the Temptress'), Lady Clifford. He nearly murders the man's son as well but is prevented at the last moment, and then commits suicide with an overdose of his miracle drug in order to avoid arrest. The 'temptress' who was behind it all is a classic example of the wicked, passionate, self-centred woman addicted to gambling and luxury, and at the end she is left trembling with terror at the justice which awaits her, while a happy young couple of the sub-plot look forward to their marital bliss.
- DirectorJohn BaxterStarsMark DalyFreddie MasonGraham Moffatt
- DirectorCecil MuskStarsJames KenneyColin SimpsonValerie CartonThe action takes place in France during the Revolution. An aristocrat returns to his homeland to save his wife and daughter. Get caught and thrown in prison, will they manage to escape with the help of a servant?
- DirectorDallas BowerStarsStephen MurrayErnest MiltonPamela BrownThis exceptional theatrical version of Lewis Carroll's 1865 classic features a combination of live characters and stop-motion animation.
- DirectorMichael McCarthyStarsJohn BoxerMargo JohnsJohn Longden
- DirectorFrank ChisnellStarsJanet BarrowNinian BrodieJudy Edwards
- DirectorRobert Jordan HillStarsHal MontyMax BygravesLes Ritchie
- CreatorEric MorleyStarsPeter WestAngela RipponCharles NoveExhibition dancing series.
- DirectorVictor SavilleStarsRobert TaylorElizabeth TaylorRobert FlemyngIn Cold War London, young American Melinda Greyton marries British Army Major Michael Curragh, who is a Communist spy working for the Soviets.
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsSpencer TracyDeborah KerrIan HunterA businessman's desire to protect his corrupt son's fortune leads to tragedy.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsMai ZetterlingRobert BeattyGuy RolfeIntrigued by the portrait of a Jewish girl at a London art gallery, a British Army Major attempts to find her amongst the refugees living in various camps for displaced people in post-World War II Germany.
- DirectorGodfrey GraysonStarsHugh LatimerJohn PenroseAnnette D. SimmondsA police constable goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of violent thieves.
- DirectorRobert Jordan HillStarsMax BygravesNorah BlackHope CalvertFloorshow from the Club Zanzibar, compered by Max Bygraves.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsMichael RennieYolande DonlanGarry MarshAn young American lady arrives in Britain to advise on factory working practices and ends up embroiled in a local battle that evokes the spirit of magna Carta.