The Ghost of St. Michael’s
Will Hay, back in his role as a hapless teacher, is hired by a grim school in remotest Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost,…
Charley’s (Big-Hearted) Aunt
Charley’s (Big-Hearted) Aunt is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde starring Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch as Oxford ‘scholars’. The film is one of many to be…
The Demi-Paradise
Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naïve about British people…
The October Man
Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash , is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met…
Your Witness
Adam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the British war buddy who saved his life at Anzio Beach is now…
The Boys
A night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the crime. Witnesses and suspects give differing accounts of the lead-up to…
The Young Mr. Pitt
This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24.
Trio
The Case of the Frightened Lady
A classic British thriller set in a sinister old house, based on a story by Edgar Wallace. AKA “Scarf Murder Mystery.”
Victoria the Great
The film biography of Queen Victoria focussing initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule after Albert’s death in 1861.
The Doctor’s Dilemma
About a young artist, his wife and a doctor who, when the artist suffers from consumption, uses his limited serum on a more worthwhile case. (BFI Website)
The Master of Ballantrae
Scottish highlander Jamie Durie falls into a life of piracy after joining the failed rebellion of Bonnie Prince Charlie against the British crown.
Loser Takes All
Bertrand, an accountant employed by a large London firm, is called to the office of the Managing Director, Dreuther, to explain a mistake in the accounts. Dreuther is highly impressed…
Night Train to Munich
Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, inventor Axel Bomasch manages to flee and reach England; but those who need to…
Thursday’s Child
A couple’s little girl becomes a movie star, but all it seems to bring is trouble.
Henry V
In the midst of the Hundred Years’ War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
A meek teller thinks he’s killed his boss. He flees with a box of cash hoping for a new life with his younger mistress.
The Road to Hong Kong
Bob Hope and Bing Crosby return as con men Chester Babcock and Harry Turner, in the last of their road movies. When Chester accidentally memorizes and destroys the only copy…
The Running Man
An insurance man (Alan Bates) gets chummy in Spain with a couple (Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick) who have collected on a fake death.
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America.
Legend of the Champions
A secret agent is interrogated by his superiors on suspicion of being a double agent and being involved with a Tibetan guru who has supernatural powers.
Edward, My Son
Following the death of his only son, a ruthless businessman reflects on his life, his unhappy marriage and his questionable parenting skills.
The Wicked Lady
A married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways.
As You Like It
Film version of Shakespeare’s comedy of a young woman who disguises herself as a man to win the attention of the one she loves.
Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott’s classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of King Richard the Lionheart.
Dusty Ermine
A forger returns to his family when he leaves jail vowing to go straight. Although approached by an international counterfeiting gang he keeps his word only to find his nephew…
The Two-Headed Spy
Wartime thriller with film noir elements based on a true story as written in A.P. Scotland’s autobiography “The London Cage”. The plot has greatly exaggerated the actual events of A.P….
Quo Vadis
Set against the back drop of Rome in crisis, General Marcus Vinicius returns to the city from the battle fields and falls in love with a Christian woman, Lygia. Caught…
The Lady with a Lamp
Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale (Anna Neagle), the young 19th-century Englishwoman famously drawn to…
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Peter Carter, his wife Sally and their young daughter Jean move to a sleepy Canadian village, where Peter has been hired as a school principal. Their idyll is shattered when…
The Way to the Stars
Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber…
The Chalk Garden
A grandma presents a governess for the 16 year old granddaughter, Laurel, that manages to push away every one thus much by exposing their previous, with a listing of three…
The Mummy
Anastasia
Russian exiles in Paris plot to gather ten million kilos from the Financial institution of England by grooming a destitute, suicidal woman to pose as inheritor to the Russian throne….
Prince of Foxes
In 1500, Duke Cesare Borgia expects to wed his sister (widowed by toxin ) into the heir apparent of Ferrara, that hastens his conquest of fundamental Italy. With this delicate…