Talking Pictures Noir
Films Noir - American and British made , shown on the Talking Pictures channel in the UK .
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- DirectorBob McNaughtStarsNigel PatrickMoira ListerBeatrice CampbellAfter race horse trainer Gerald Coates' (Nigel Patrick) horse wins the Grand National, his wife comes home drunk, and the two of them have a violent argument, and she is accidentally killed. Coates insists that she didn't come home after the big race, but the police begin to suspect him, after a train ticket is found in his coat. About to be arrested, he receives help from an unexpected source.
- DirectorWolf RillaStarsMaxwell ReedSandra DorneLeslie Dwyer1953. Crime drama directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Maxwell Reed and Sandra Dorne. The wife of the garage owner is caught with the mechanic, when he is accidentally killed and a cover up begins.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsPatrick HoltColette WildeBill NagyWhen the director of a successful racing car company is shot dead the other directors have reason to believe their lives are at risk too. Suspect number one is an ex-employee just released from gaol who went down on their evidence.
- DirectorKen HughesStarsAlex NicolHillary BrookeSidney JamesAn American writer living in England gets entangled in a scheme by a beautiful blonde to murder her rich husband.
- StarsEdgar LustgartenMichael HordernKenneth BendaSeries of courtroom dramas introduced by criminologist Edgar Lustgarten.
- DirectorFrank ChisnellStarsRichard MurdochHenry OscarPaul DemelMurder drama set in Soho involving a police inspector, a newspaper reporter and a country girl.
- DirectorCecil H. WilliamsonStarsJohn WittyGenine GrahamCampbell SingerA doctor is framed for murder.
- DirectorErnest MorrisStarsPaul MaxwellClare OwenAnita WestA man returning from Baghdad agrees to deliver a message in London. He's abducted by a gang who killed the original recipient. He escapes but he and his girlfriend are targets as they lure the gang into an MI5 operation in Seaford.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsPaul MaxwellFelicity YoungBruce SetonCraig Owen is an incarcerated criminal whose cellmate holds the secret to the valuable contents within a safe deposit box.
- DirectorOscar BurnStarsMara Russell-TavernanRobert EssexKarl Meir1947. Drama. During the war, a British agent travels to the remote Glennye Castle in the wilds of Scotland to investigate a mysterious murder by a masked phantom. Directed by Oscar Burn.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsJohn BentleyEleanor SummerfieldHubert GreggA 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.
- DirectorLewis AllenStarsFrank SinatraSterling HaydenJames GleasonIn the city of Suddenly, three gangsters trap the Benson family in their own house, on the top of a hill nearby the railroad station, with the intention of killing the president of the USA.
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsAnthony OliverMaureen ConnellAlan TilvernWith the help of the Metropolitan Police, a girl starts to track down the gang who had her detective brother killed by a speeding car. The trail leads to Nicky's club in Soho and to diamond smuggling.
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsStanley BakerVictor McLaglenLuciana PaluzziOff the Spanish coast, two tug-boat captains are caught in a violent feud over a woman but their rivalry is set aside when a sinking freighter carrying explosives must be salvaged and towed to port.
- DirectorJohn RawlinsStarsRalph ByrdLyle LatellKay ChristopherDick Tracy investigates the theft of a fortune of fur coats, a possible insurance swindle and several murders, all linked to a huge thug who wears a hook in place of his right hand.
- DirectorDouglas PeirceStarsPeter ReynoldsHonor BlackmanGordon JacksonA man's death leads a local newspaperman and the man's girlfriend to seek the killer.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsSheldon LawrenceJulia ArnallAnton DiffringA sample of an advanced new metal is stolen and made into a cigarette case in Brussels ready for smuggling to the East. An American jewel thief accidentally finds it in his possession and becomes the focus of unwanted attention.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsHugh SinclairDinah SheridanJohn Laurie1950. Drama. Directed by John Gilling. Writer Robert Southley finds his lifestyle threatened by blackmail from a former American criminal associate. Stars Hugh Sinclair, Dinah Sheridan & John Laurie.
- DirectorMichael McCarthyStarsDonald HoustonNatasha ParryPatricia Owens1952. Drama. Directed by Michael McCarthy. Starring Natasha Parry & Donald Houston. In a spooky mansion, one of three sinister spinsters tries to poison her nephew's wife to steal a large inheritance.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsGuy RolfeLisa DanielyPatricia DaintonDoctor Fenton is abducted and forced to operate on a mysterious figure. Meanwhile, Inspector Austin investigates the murder of Fenton's assistant. All this has something to do with a missing diplomat.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsWilliam HartnellBetty McDowallEddie ByrneA safe in 'The Jackpot Club' is robbed of £6,000. The police and the owner of the club want to track down the safecracker, but for very different reasons.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsGlyn HoustonZena WalkerDermot WalshA girl is hit by a truck and needs a rare blood transfusion. The only 3 donors are a murderer on death row, a scientist selling secrets, and a soccer player nearing a milestone.
- DirectorPeter MaxwellStarsConrad PhillipsGeorge PastellBallard BerkeleyCrime reporter Jack Moir is framed by crooked nightclub owner, 'The Duke'. In prison, Moir plans his revenge.
- DirectorRonald KinnochStarsMarshall ThompsonJohn LoderHenry OscarA physicist finds himself drawn into an investigation to track down a spy at his research station.
- DirectorWilliam BerkeStarsMorgan ConwayAnne JeffreysMike MazurkiPolice detective Dick Tracy must identify and apprehend a serial killer known as Splitface.