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- DirectorBasil DeanStarsVivien LeighLeslie BanksLaurence OlivierAfter Larry accidentally kills his lover Wanda's estranged blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. Larry and Wanda nervously await the verdict: if the innocent suspect is found guilty then Larry will give himself up.
- DirectorHerbert MasonStarsMichael RedgraveSally GrayPaul LukasA passerby witnesses a murder through the windows of a passing train, then tries to track down the killer.
- DirectorHerbert SmithStarsSandy PowellKay WalshJohn WarwickSandy Powell plays a messenger who joins the Navy by accident and has a series of misadventures.
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsArthur AskeyJack Hylton and His BandRichard MurdochA plot involving spies in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless comedians plenty of scope for laughs.
- DirectorHarold HuthStarsJack BuchananGreta GyntSebastian ShawThe armaments production programme is being sabotaged by a gang of Germans. A few arrests are made but the destruction of a vital plant goes on. Test pilot 'Bulldog' Bill Watson plunges headlong into the mystery.
- DirectorArthur B. WoodsRichard ThorpeStarsRobert MontgomeryConstance CummingsLeslie BanksA dead body is discovered in the newly-purchased home of a gentleman sleuth and his mystery-novelist bride.
- DirectorThomas BentleyStarsBilly CottonEve BeckeThe Four Air AcesA musical variety bill featuring Billy Cotton and His Band, The Australian Air Aces, Eve Becke, Sam Barton, Bobbie "Uke" Henshaw and more.
- DirectorWalter FordeStarsArthur AskeyRichard MurdochGraham MoffattTaking inspiration from a well-known Victorian play, a modern-day prankster poses as a wealthy woman in a ploy to prevent him and his friends from being expelled from college.
- DirectorArthur B. WoodsStarsBen LyonJane BaxterAthole StewartJill Trevor vows revenge on newspaper baron Sir Joshua Morple, who she holds responsible for ruining her father. Her very public antics to draw attention to Morple's despicable conduct come to the notice a rival newspaper, who send journalist Jim Brent to offer to write up Jill's story, hoping to be able to dig up some dirt on Morple. Jim is initially skeptical, seeing Jill as a silly attention-seeking airhead, but as he gets to know her he changes his mind and realizes that her claims have substance, so the pair join forces to discredit Morple publicly, starting to fall in love with each other at the same time.
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsConrad VeidtValerie HobsonHay PetrieEarly in World War II, Danish sea captain Andersen, delayed in a British port, tangles with German spies.
- DirectorPen TennysonStarsClive BrookJohn ClementsEdward ChapmanA tale of the highs and lows of life protecting the vital convoys between America & England during WWII.
- DirectorGeorge KingStarsTod SlaughterSylvia MarriottHilary EavesA madman kills a man who has just inherited a large estate, then impersonates his victim to gain entrance to the estate so he can murder his enemies.
- DirectorJohn BaxterStarsBasil RadfordNaunton WayneGreta GyntCharters and Caldicott, touring in the Near East, are mistaken for German agents and handed in error a gramophone record which contains vital information for Britain's enemies.
- DirectorThomas BentleyStarsLeslie BanksJoan MarionGeoffrey AtkinsAn amnesia victim is a well liked and respected member of his community--until one day someone from his past shows up with evidence that in "the old days" he had been a notorious criminal, and threatens to expose him unless he pays off.
- DirectorHerbert MasonStarsShaun GlenvillePeggy CumminsMary MerrallA disgraced doctor has a chance to redeem himself when a diphtheria epidemic ravages the community, and one of its victims is his son.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyCastleton KnightStarsWill FyffeAnthony HulmeE.V.H. EmmettA semi-dramatized compilation showing major political and cultural events of the twentieth century leading to the outbreak of World War II.
- DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsRay MillandEllen DrewJanine DarceyThe love affairs of three young Englishmen at a language cramming school in the south of France. Diana, the sister of one of the boys, arrives in town to flirt with all of her brothers' schoolmates.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsBarry LupinoNancy O'NeilH.F. Maltby
- DirectorThorold DickinsonStarsAnton WalbrookDiana WynyardFrank PettingellTwenty years after the murder of Alice Barlow, her house is finally occupied again. However, the husband from the couple who have moved in has a secret which he will do anything to keep hidden.
- DirectorGeorge KingStarsMarie LohrJudy KellyNoel HowlettA maid finds herself in the middle of having to try to sort out the problems of the zany family she works for.
- DirectorRoy William NeillStarsMax MillerFlorence DesmondHal WaltersAn English comedian attempts his luck on the Scottish stage, and develops a rivalry with a local performer.
- DirectorPaul L. SteinStarsWilfrid LawsonNora SwinburneMarta LabarrA swindler returns from abroad and decides to reform for the sake of his estranged family.
- DirectorOswald MitchellStarsAlbert BurdonShaun GlenvilleCharles FarrellAfter escaping from prison, two criminals attempt to hide stolen jewels in a loaf of bread. However, it accidentally gets sent to the wrong house leading to their ultimate capture.
- DirectorGraham CuttsStarsRichard LupinoFred EmneyBasil RadfordWilliam Brown has a good-intentioned yet naughty nature that challenges his family's patience. He and his friends live various adventures weedening a garden, pursuing a secret agent, looking for a baby sister and deactivating a bomb.
- DirectorJohn BaxterWallace OrtonStarsTommy TrinderJean ColinAnthony HulmeAs WWII begins, vaudeville entertainer Tommy Towers is called up to serve. He arranges a job for his girlfriend at the local pub. To keep morale up, his commanding officer orders him to perform for the troops.
- DirectorDavid MacDonaldStarsAlastair SimBarry K. BarnesDiana ChurchillOn the eve of WWII a young defence lawyer, assisted by his wife, invaigles his way into a gang of foreign saboteurs. Comedy thriller, ably executed by a satisfactory cast.
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsGeorge FormbyPhyllis CalvertGarry MarshShortly after the start of World War II, a ukulele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved in trying to defeat German agents.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsJohn LoderLeueen MacGrathAthole StewartPrivate detective Maxwell Archer sets out to help a young RAF pilot accused of a murder he didn't commit.
- DirectorFred EllisStarsMary ClareEdward LexyNigel PatrickAn eccentric woman detective investigates the murders of several people who visited the same medium.
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsWill FyffeLeslie BanksYvonne ArnaudA crusty sea captain steals an enemy supply ship after his ship is sunk by a U-boat during the opening days of World War II.
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsMargaret LockwoodRex HarrisonPaul HenreidAfter Germany invades Czechoslovakia, the German and the British intelligence services try to capture Czech scientist Dr. Axel Bomasch (James Harcourt), inventor of a new type of armor-plating.
- DirectorJohn BaxterStarsArthur LucanKitty McShaneJohn StuartOld mother Riley's daughter kitty marries an aristocrat. Old mother Riley then becomes a servant in the aristocrats household.
- DirectorRoy BoultingStarsWilfrid LawsonNova PilbeamSeymour HicksThis film is based on the story of Pastor Martin Neimuller, who was sent to Dachau concentration camp for criticizing the Nazi party. The small German village of Altdorf in the 1930s has to come to terms with Chancellor Hitler and the arrival of a platoon of Stormtroopers. The Stormtroopers go about teaching and enforcing "The New Order" but Pastor Hall is a kind and gentle man who won't be cowed. Some villagers join the Nazi party avidly, some just go along with things, hoping for a quiet life, but Pastor Hall takes his convictions to the pulpit.
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsClive BrookAnna LeeMay WhittyRobert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood or working with a small theatre company in England. When she falls in love with Maine, Carol has the same dilemma.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsFrances DayVic OliverBasil RadfordIn Venice, womanising Englishman Vic Oliver takes a strong interest in a married tourist who is played by Frances Day. Oliver disguises himself in drag and gets himself hired as the Days' maid. When Day's philandering husband, played by Basil Radford, shows up, the fun starts.
- DirectorOswald MitchellStarsTom GambleEdward RigbyJean GillieBoat building father and son join the river patrol service and get caught-up in a spy ring starring Edward Rigby and Tom Gamble.
- DirectorWalter FordeStarsTommy TrinderClaude HulbertCarla LehmannThree British sailors find they've accidentally strayed on board a German warship during World War II. They then proceed to take it over and requisition it for the Royal Navy.
- DirectorWalter FordeStarsGordon HarkerElizabeth AllanMervyn JohnsAgainst a background of Christmas and the pending arrival of another baby for the landlord, a group of pub locals lead by bookie Joe Harris set out to prove that former customer Eddie Graves is not guilty of the murder for which he is due to be hanged in the morning.
- DirectorGraham CuttsStarsTommy TrinderFred EmneyGoogie Withers"She Couldn't Say No" is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Tommy Trinder, Fred Emney, and Googie Withers. It was based on a play, "Funny Face" by Paul Girard Smith and Fred Thompson. A woman arranges a burglary to try to recover a stolen diary with compromising details written in it.
- DirectorJohn E. BlakeleyStarsHarry KorrisFrank RandleWinki TurnerThe first in the 'Somewhere' series staring northern entertainer Frank Randle. When a lovestruck corporal is framed and then demoted his friends rally round to help clear his name.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsGeorge FormbyDorothy HysonGeorge MerrittA brave wartime copper (policeman) becomes a hero when he thwarts a plot to destroy a battleship. But then the rest of the police get the idea that he is one of the enemy agents.
- DirectorDavid MacDonaldStarsBarry K. BarnesJoan MarionRoger LiveseySet just before the outbreak of WWII, this is the story of a test pilot who works for an (unnamed) enemy. Made in 1939, by the time it was released in the U.S.A. in 1940, Europe was at war.
- DirectorMario ZampiStarsDouglas WakefieldPaddy BrowneJack AllenThe Germans kidnap a simple farm laborer when they think he is one of their spies. He escapes, only to be nearly shot by a British spy who also thinks he's a German.
- DirectorTim WhelanStarsRex HarrisonKaren VerneC.V. FranceBob Stevens (Sir Rex Harrison) awakens in a hospital with a gunshot wound to his head, and is told that he has been in Paris for ten days. However, this cannot be true because he insists that he crashed his plane and has no recollection of being anywhere for ten days. Bob decides to follow a note found in his jacket, to the woman who wrote it, "Miss D", and get to the bottom of the whole strange situation.
- DirectorRedd DavisStarsSid FieldHal WaltersBetty LynneCloakroom attendants have to dress up in outlandish disguises to foil spies in Paris.
- DirectorGeorge KingStarsMarius GoringPenelope Dudley-WardHelen Haye"Mark's Priory," the Lebanons' family seat, is a house of terror to Ilsa Crane, Lady Lebanon's niece and secretary. The strange behavior of two sinister footmen, Gilder and Brooks, adds greatly to her fear, and her sole consolation lies in the sympathy extended her by young Lord William "Willie" Lebanon. A young architect, Richard Ferraby, arrives from London to inspect the ancient home in regards to renovations, and he and Isla are immediately attracted to each other. Lady Lebanon tells her son that he must marry Isla to carry on the family name but Lord Willie tells her he has no intentions of marrying. Later, the family physician, Dr. Amersham, arrives and it is evident he has some hold over Lady Lebanon. The chauffeur, Studd, hints that he knew Amersham in India and that Amersham was discharged from the Indian Army under unsavory circumstances. Isla and Richard find Studd murdered and suspicion falls on the gamekeeper, Tilling, whose wife had been more than a little friendly with Studd. But Chief Inspector Tanner and Deputy Sergeant Totty arrive from Scotland Yard and uncover evidence that points to Dr. Aversham as the killer, and Lord Willie substantiates the clue by telling them that Aversham had strangled a young Eurasian girl in India by using a red scarf--and Studd was found strangled with a red scarf. Just when the police are about to fold up their tidy little case, a telegram arrives from "Mark's Priory" informing them that Aversham has just been found murdered--strangled with a red scarf. Back to the drawing board.
- DirectorGeorge KingStarsPaul LukasKay WalshJane BaxterAn affluent Chinese financier marries a lively British singer; however, an unforeseen but dangerous liaison with a plantation owner threatens to transform their once-peaceful retreat into a horrible prison. Is revenge the only solution?
- DirectorNorman LeeStarsLeslie BanksLilli PalmerRomilly LungeA murder is found to be connected to a false heir and a secret underground torture chamber.
- DirectorHerbert BrenonStarsPhyllis BrooksSebastian ShawJack HawkinsDedicated young Inspector Bradley of Scotland Yard is on the trail of Mark McGill, murderous ringleader of a smuggling organization in London. Hindering his investigation is pretty Ann Perryman who has been convinced by McGill that Bradley is responsible for her brother's death. In reality McGill has murdered her brother, which Bradley is trying to prove.
- DirectorAdrian BrunelStarsElizabeth AllanJeanne De CasalisBasil RadfordA young college student under a lot of pressure in her life decides to take a train trip to mellow out, but suddenly is stricken with a case of amnesia. A con artist, seeing her condition, poses as her mother when she finds out that the young girl has a trust fund, intending to swindle her out of her money.
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsMargaret LockwoodBarry K. BarnesEmlyn WilliamsNurse Anne is acquitted of murder after her patient has died under suspicious circumstances. Changing her name, she gets a position nursing Edward Bentley who soon dies of what appears to be a copycat murder. Again Anne is arrested.
- DirectorRoy William NeillStarsMax MillerHal WaltersKathleen GibsonA noble child is kidnapped by a chimney sweep and saved by strolling players.
- DirectorHarold FrenchStarsKenneth KentDiana ChurchillBelle ChrystallIf the murderer of wealthy widow Mme.Harlowe (Louise Hampton) had not relied on information obtained from a book in her library, the old lady might have lived for years, as chronic invalids often do. The killer relied on the false information that surare, the deadly native poison, leaves no traces after death. And so, Inspector Hanaud, the eminent Paris detective, arrived in Dijon to solve the mystery of the Maison Grenelle. He finds Betty Harlowe (Diana Churchill), the victim's niece, suspected by the police, and Ann Upcott (Belle Chrystall), the dead woman's companion, in a state of semi-hysteria. And there is also an anonymous letter writer known as The Scourge. For his clues, Hanaud has a scrap of charred paper, an anonymous letter and a pen-holder that is not a pen-holder at all. From these, he builds a case against the guilty one, until he is certain enough to risk the life of Betty to make the killer confess.
- DirectorDavid MacDonaldStarsBarry K. BarnesJudy KellyFrank CellierWelsh millionaire is jealous of a young man for the affection of a pretty girl, but all ends well when he finds he is his own son by his first wife. From a novel by Margaret Kennedy.
- DirectorThomas BentleyStarsJack BuchananGreta GyntFred EmneyThrough a series of unforeseen events, two glamorous young ladies find that they are obliged to spend the night on board the battleship HMS Falcon. Then the Admiral unexpectedly arrives on board and orders the ship to sea.
- DirectorPen TennysonStarsPaul RobesonEdward ChapmanSimon LackIn a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsDerrick De MarneyKay WalshEvelyn RobertsA writer poses as a shy butterfly hunter with a fortune, and is hounded by reporters until the angry wife turns up.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsDerrick De MarneyDiana ChurchillJean GillieMan murders his business partner. A detective and his wife attempt to solve the case.
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsMichael RedgraveMargaret LockwoodEdward RigbyIn a small coal-mining village, Bob Fenwick leads a strike over safety standards at the local colliery. Meanwhile, his son David goes off to university with the hope one day to return to help the miners with their working conditions.
- DirectorLudwig BergerMichael PowellTim WhelanStarsConrad VeidtSabuJune DuprezAfter being tricked and cast out of Bagdad by the evil Jaffar, King Ahmad joins forces with a thief named Abu to reclaim his throne, the city, and the Princess he loves.
- DirectorHarry LachmanStarsWill FyffePhyllis CalvertAnthony HulmeJeweler James Fothergill helps Scotland Yard recover a valuable ruby by worming his way into the gang which stole it and setting them up for the police.
- DirectorThomas BentleyStarsSebastian ShawDerrick De MarneyPatricia RocForeign scientist is selling a secret weapon to the British. He is badly injured in a car accident and is operated on by a surgeon, after the operation he dies mysteriously. An investigation follows.
- DirectorLeslie S. HiscottStarsSydney HowardJean GillieHenry Oscar
- DirectorGeorge KingStarsBarry K. BarnesGreta GyntIan McLean"Two for Danger" is a 1940 British crime film directed by George King and starring Barry K. Barnes, Greta Gynt, Ian McLean, and Gordon McLeod.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsJack HulbertCicely CourtneidgeAustin TrevorInept Secret Agent on a job in the South of France is followed by his suspicious wife. She masquerades as a maid and chaos ensues.
- DirectorRalph SmartStarsErnest SeftonHal WaltersAubrey MallalieuTraining film made for Ford.
- DirectorLen LyeA film made without a camera by painting directly onto the celluloid.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsSebastian ShawDorothy HysonEdward ChapmanWhen a crashed Nazi aeroplane is recovered, British scientists have high hopes of learning valuable secrets. But a disgruntled factory worker inadvertently alerts enemy agents to the discovery, with disastrous consequences.
- DirectorGeorge CumminsStarsJohn Vereker
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsFrank LawtonPenelope Dudley-WardMilton RosmerA young pilot, annoyed at not being selected to take part in a raid on an enemy target, moans to his fiancée, who in turn chatters to a friend at a cocktail bar.
- DirectorAndrew BuchananStarsJean KentHedli AndersonGordon Little
- DirectorHumphrey JenningsEnglish farmers plant crops on formerly disused land to assist the war effort.
- DirectorNorman LeeStarsAdolf HitlerRobert BeattyDerek BlomfieldMixture of re-enactments and documentary footage relates the story of the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and his Nazis in Germany and the danger they pose to Europe and the rest of the world.
- DirectorIan DalrympleStarsPatric CurwenThe operation of a floating sea fort during WWII, and the lives of those who work on board.
- DirectorGrahame Tharp
- DirectorRuby GriersonStarsAlec ClunesJoan Sterndale-Bennett
- DirectorHumphrey JenningsHarry WattStarsQuentin ReynoldsKing George VIQueen Elizabeth the Queen MotherA tribute to the courage and resiliency of Britons during the darkest days of the London Blitz.
- DirectorUb IwerksStarsBernice HansenBruce PayneDanny Webb
- DirectorRonald HainesStarsGeoffrey SumnerFred Rains
- DirectorStanley Hawes
- DirectorRalph Elton
- DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsPeggy AshcroftGordon HarkerRobert NewtonDuring the evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk in 1940, a young woman takes her motorboat to join the flotilla to rescue soldiers and also to search for her husband, a British soldier who was fighting in France and who may be among the troops waiting to be rescued.
- DirectorRalph KeeneStarsNeal Arden
- DirectorCharles HasseHarry WattStarsQuentin ReynoldsHow Britain coped with a Christmas during the war.
- DirectorUb IwerksStarsGeneva HallBernice HansenBruce PayneGran'pop Monkey opens a nursery, but the mischievous baby animals overwhelm him and his two assistants.
- DirectorUb IwerksStarsBruce PayneDanny WebbGran'pop monkey runs a printing press while evading the advances of his amorous secretary and suffering the mischievousness of the two young family members who assist him.
- DirectorHarry Watt
- DirectorHarry WattStarsLionel GamlinTommy EvansJim GilderShows how the RAF's barrage balloon squadron are trained, and then on the job.