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- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsBrian ReeceJoy SheltonChristine NordenPC 49 grapples with a beautiful artist's model in a case involving the murder of a millionaire.
- DirectorRomolo MarcelliniEmil E. ReinertWolfgang StaudteStarsBonar ColleanoLana MorrisBarbara Kelly1951. Drama. Stars, Bonar Colleano, Barbara Kelly, Eva Bartok, and Gina Lollobrigida. When an Englishman leaves America to enlist in the RAF, his grueling combat experiences result in a loss of memory.
- DirectorIrving RapperStarsBette DavisGary MerrillEmlyn WilliamsA mystery writer becomes involved in a tangled web of murderous deception not unlike the plots of her novels.
- StarsPauline LettsRobert SpeaightAfter the murder of her lover Julius Caesar, Egypt's queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. This develops into real love and slowly leads to a war with the other possible successor, Octavius.
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsDavid NivenGlynis JohnsGeorge CoulourisDuring WW2, British Major Valentine Moreland is tasked with rescuing a prized pedigree cow from the German-occupied Channel Island of Armorel.
- DirectorMichael McCarthyStarsSydney TaflerRonald HowardKatharine BlakePretending to be rare stamp dealer, a man devotedly supports wife and musically talented younger brother as a professional hit-man.
- DirectorWalter RillaStarsCharles P. CarrFrancis Gough
- DirectorMarc AllégretStarsMai ZetterlingDirk BogardeFay ComptonMrs. Christopher (Fay Compton), a kindly volunteer worker at a large hospital, does a favor for a patient by delivering a sum of money to Mr. Sine (James Robertson Justice). After she discovers he is a blackmailer, she threatens to expose him, and a struggle ensues in which she kills him. Her willingness to take the law into her own hands has a disastrous effect on former victims of the blackmailer.
- DirectorVictor SavilleStarsWalter PidgeonMargaret LeightonRobert BeattyWith a ruthless gang terrorizing London, Scotland Yard calls Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond out of retirement. With the help of detective Helen Smith, Drummond infiltrates the gang under an assumed name. He and Smith become trusted gang-members until the gang's overlord discovers their true identities, and they are taken as prisoners.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsGregory PeckVirginia MayoRobert BeattyDuring the Napoleonic wars, a British Navy Captain has adventures in Central American waters.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsRay MillandPatricia RocMarius GoringIn the 1950s, an American comes to Britain to investigate the murky circumstances of his brother's death that occurred during a WW2 commando raid in Nazi-occupied France.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsRobert PrestonElizabeth SellarsColin TapleyA Canadian World War II veteran working for the British Foreign Office scours England for the killer who murdered his wife.
- DirectorZoltan KordaStarsCanada LeeSidney PoitierCharles CarsonIn the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo (Canada Lee) journeys to the city to search for his missing son, only to find his people living in squalor and his son a criminal. Reverend Msimangu (Sidney Poitier) is a young South African clergyman who helps find his missing son-turned-thief and sister-turned-prostitute in the slums of Johannesburg.
- DirectorRobert HenrysonStarsTerence AlexanderDenis WebbLesley OsmondA man relates the story of his friend, racing driver John Bridgnorth, whose death may have been the final act of an ancient family curse.
- DirectorMario CameriniStarsKieron MooreGriffith JonesLea PadovaniAfter World War 2, a newly married couple travel to Italy on their honeymoon and visit the town where he fought. The town, however, holds some secrets.
- DirectorHarold FrenchPat JacksonAnthony PelissierStarsNigel PatrickRoland CulverAlison LeggattAdaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham comprise this anthology film in which the celebrated author introduces each segment of the film in front of the camera.
- DirectorAnthony SquireStarsJohn HarveyMoira ListerLouise HamptonThree stories based on real Scotland Yard cases: The Lady's Companion; The Telephone; The Interrogation.
- DirectorAnthony KimminsStarsRichard ToddGlynis JohnsJoan GreenwoodThree generations of a Scottish family suffer from the effects of heredity
- DirectorJoy BatchelorJohn HalasThinking about home improvements? Why not try getting your house to pop a couple of pills? In this cinema ad it works far better than any lick of paint. The producers at Halas and Batchelor were dab hands at compressing sales pitches into neatly packaged, entertaining commercials. But whilst seemingly this is a fantasy about colds and flu, the rundown houses in dark smoky streets were a familiar reality to audiences in areas damaged by the Blitz, and the Great Smog of 1952 was just around the corner.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsHugh McDermottKathleen ByronPeter ReynoldsThe bored wife of a business man has an affair with one of his employees.
- DirectorJean BoyerStarsBourvilJoan GreenwoodGérard OuryA mild-mannered government bureaucrat discovers that he has the ability to walk through walls.
- DirectorDerek N. TwistStarsRoger LiveseyHonor BlackmanRichard BurtonAfter their vessel runs aground during a storm and is impounded by the British authorities, local smugglers must find a way of disposing of their contraband brandy cargo before it's discovered by the Customs Officers.
- DirectorH. Bruce HumberstoneStarsDavid NivenVera-EllenCesar RomeroA chorus girl gets a ride from millionaire Bruno's driver. The cash-strapped theater director thinks, she's Bruno's girlfriend and makes her the lead. She meets Bruno, thinking he's a reporter. More confusion follows.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsMai ZetterlingIvor BarnardNicholas HannenA book entitled "Hell Is Sold Out" is sent to the publishers under the name of "Danges", a popular writer long believed to be dead. Then, the real and very much alive Dominic Danges turns up and meets the authoress who has been using his name.
- DirectorRoy BoultingStarsLiam RedmondAndré MorellKenneth GriffithA wave of sabotage has been sweeping England, taking lives and creating instability. Cmdr. Robert Brennan and Supt. Folland of the Special Branch and Major Elliott of MI5 are charged with putting an end to this internal terrorism.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsGuy RolfeRona AndersonFrancis ListerA drug dealer tries to kill his partner's daughter after she inherits an old house.
- DirectorKen AnnakinStarsYvonne De CarloPeter UstinovDavid TomlinsonIn World War II, desert hotel proprietors Emad and Yasmin are caught between the warring armies and have to constantly shift their political allegiance to whichever army happens to control the area.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsGeorge RaftColeen GrayEnzo StaiolaAmerican gambler Nick Cain arrives at the Mediterranean town of San Paola, and befriends an orphan Italian shoe-shine boy named Toni. He is puzzled by the reception and welcome he receives from the management of the casino until he finds he has been framed on a charge of murdering a U.S. Treasury Agent. He escapes with Kay Wonderly and they flee to a deserted village where he leaves Kay to hide out. Nick gets aid from a mysterious character named Massine, whom he suspects of trying to collect the reward offered on his capture. Nick discovers that the men responsible for the agent's death are members of an international counterfeiting ring, using the casino to pass the bogus money.
- DirectorJohn HalasStarsRobert Harris
- DirectorFrank LaunderStarsDennis PriceJohn McCallumStanley HollowayAn unsophisticated and impressionable young girl finds herself in trouble after winning a beauty pageant.
- DirectorMario ZampiStarsAlastair SimFay ComptonGuy MiddletonAfter a millionaire practical joker dies, his fortune is divided among four heirs who must carry out his zany instructions to cash in.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsKathleen ByronBernadette O'FarrellJacqueline CharlesA woman blames herself for her husband's death. To overcome her grief and her guilt she becomes a nurse but then a patient dies while under her care.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsRichard HearnePetula ClarkGarry MarshEmployees of a dress shop battle with a crooked gambler to get their jobs back.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Yolande DonlanJon PertweeMr. Drake and his wife live a nice, quiet life on their Sussex farm, until one of their ducks lays a radioactive egg made of uranium. After the government finds out about this, the armed forces storm onto the farm in a frantic search for the duck responsible.
- DirectorAnthony KimminsStarsJohn MillsPhyllis CalvertEileen MooreA British aircraft engineer accidentally kills his daughter's nasty foreign boyfriend, then tries to cover up his deed.
- DirectorGeorge HoelleringStarsJohn GroserDonald BissetClement McCallinThe tape version, if one exists, may be 114 minutes but the film, on original release, ran the same 140 minutes in the USA as it did in England. It is an experimental transposition of the Eliot play to the screen and, as such, and Eliot a poet, the film deals more with sound and meaning than it does film movement, i.e., static shots with voice overs. It is the story of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, and his struggles against temptation and personal vanity prior to his murder in the great Cathedral.
- DirectorMichael McCarthyStarsSydney TaflerBarbara MurrayPatricia OwensLarry Gordon, well-known crime writer, is on a train journey when a scream is heard. Upon investigation, the guard had been mugged and a man murdered. Another man is arrested but the full story is yet to be discovered.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsElizabeth SellarsMichael GoughRonald HowardMartin's plane crashes in the jungle of Brazil and nobody believes he survived. His wife, Sally, has fallen in love with another man while Martin is found and returns. Unable to face his demons, Martin considers ending his life.
- DirectorAnthony PelissierStarsDavid FarrarNadia GrayMaurice TeynacA partially blind Englishman (David Farrar) retires to the French Riviera. He meets and falls for the lovely widow (Nadia Gray) of a French Resistance fighter, but is horrified after he discovers she is involved with smugglers and murderers.
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsJames StewartMarlene DietrichGlynis JohnsAn aeronautical engineer predicts that a new model of plane will fail catastrophically and in a novel manner after a specific number flying hours.
- DirectorPaul RothaStarsMichael GoughEithne DunneNoel PurcellAlex Kyle is an Irish Traveller. Whilst out poaching he is disturbed by the local gamekeeper. In an attempt to escape he hurls a rock at the man and kills him. One veteran Garda Officer, Mannigan, is determined he will not escape justice.
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsRobertson HareStanley HollowayVera PearceA barrister attempts to discourage his daughter's infatuation for a philanderer, by revealing his past. The plan backfires when the daughter's would-be father-in-law threatens to reveal the barrister's shady background.
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsRalph RichardsonTrevor HowardRobert MorleyA man occupies a position of trust with a merchant in an East Asian port. He's sacked after he's caught stealing, but he pretends to commit suicide, and a Captain he befriended agrees to take him to a secret trading post.
- DirectorAlbert LewinStarsJames MasonAva GardnerNigel PatrickA seductive woman falls in love with a mysterious ship's captain.
- DirectorAnthony YoungStarsHarry SecombeAlfred MarksPeter SellersHarry Flakers is a pools winner who is targeted by a forger.
- DirectorMaurice ClocheStarsRoberto AdaminaNerio BernardiLuigi CascianoSince the local church is not willing to bless Peppino's donkey for a successful recovery, Peppino went to Rome to see the Holy Father, in spite of the numerous difficulties of actually getting in to see him.
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsBonar ColleanoSusan ShawRenée AshersonWhen their ship docks the crew disembark as usual to pick up their lives in postwar London. For one of them his petty smuggling turns more serious when he finds himself caught up with a robbery in the City.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsKathleen ByronLaurence HarveySydney TaflerTwo villains team up to steal some jewelry. The robbery goes wrong and an innocent man is shot.
- DirectorBrian Desmond HurstStarsAlastair SimJack WarnerKathleen HarrisonEbenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time. However, this Christmas Eve, he will be visited by three spirits who will show him the error of his ways.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsPeter ReynoldsLeslie DwyerEdward LexyA bizarre attempt at a humorous murder mystery. A fat rich man snoozing on a balcony is bludgeoned to death while the Smart Alec of the title has one of the dumbest alibis ever. Antics from Kynaston Reeves and young Charles Hawtrey involve lots of shouting.
- DirectorJohn HalasStarsPeter Pears
- DirectorJack RaymondStarsAlbert ModleyBruce SetonRoberta HubyAlbert, a jockey, is upset that Thunderhead, his favorite horse, may soon be retired by the stable's owner and put out to stud. He sees a chance to revive Thunderhead's career when Runaway, one of the owner's best horses, injures a leg before he is to be sent to a race in France. Albert plans to replace Runaway with Thunderhead and ride him in the race. However, thanks to two crooked stable employees, things don't turn out quite as planned.
- DirectorDavid MacDonaldStarsDennis PriceJack HawkinsSiobhan McKennaPeter Brandt is a soldier journeying across the countryside of South Africa after the Boer War.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartKatharine HepburnRobert MorleyIn WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsChristine NordenRobert AyresJennifer JayneMark Sherwin ( Robert Ayres) is the victim of a brutal beating and car theft. The thief dies in a crash; Mark suffers from amnesia, and recuperates on a horse-training property. Discovering a clue, he returns home to find he had been declared dead, his wife welcomes him back, only to plan a real death for him so she and his best friend (with whom she is having an affair) can get his substantial wealth.
- DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsMichael RedgraveJean KentNigel PatrickAndrew Crocker-Harris (Michael Redgrave), a classics teacher at an English school, is afflicted with a heart ailment and an unfaithful wife (Jean Kent). His interest in his pupils wanes as he looks towards his final days in employment.
- DirectorDon ChaffeyStarsIvor BowyerSuzanne GibbsStephen BourneThe Case of The Missing Scene is a children's crime thriller that has been designed in the tradition of classic British children's films. A camera team takes pictures of rare birds from a hide when a poacher happens to get into the picture. The evidence (namely shot 63) disappears under mysterious circumstances. As always in these films, the case can only be solved with the help of a few bright children.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsAlbert LievenDavid GreeneNorman MacOwanThe crew of a lighthouse rescues people they believe to be survivors of a shipwreck, only to find out that they are a gang of bank robbers on the run from the law.
- DirectorJeffrey DellStarsEdward UnderdownMaxwell ReedNatasha ParryA killer known as 'The Dark Man' commits double murder. This is witnessed by the young aspiring actress Molly Lester. The Dark Man tries everything to put Molly out of the way. Detective Inspector Viner of Scotland Yard investigates the murders.
- DirectorLawrence HuntingtonStarsMichael DenisonDulcie GrayAnthony NichollsMichael Denison plays a lawyer investigating kidnapping charges against Dulcie Gray. Based on a novel of Josephine Tey.
- DirectorHenry CorneliusStarsBasil RadfordJimmy HanleyJanette ScottA syndicate is set up by a horse lover to buy a particular racehorse, but they accidentally buy the wrong horse. The horse is useless on the flat, so they decide to enter him as a jumper.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsTyrone PowerAnn BlythMichael RennieA scientist obsessed with the past transports himself back in time to 18th-century London, where he falls in love with a beautiful young woman.
- DirectorHerbert WilcoxStarsAnna NeagleMichael WildingGladys YoungFlorence Nightingale struggled to gain access to battlefield hospitals during the Crimean War for her nursing staff. But by succeeding, she improved sanitary medical conditions for wounded soldiers, changing the course of medical history.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsDavid FarrarGeraldine FitzgeraldRoland CulverAfter a sickly Victorian woman dies suddenly, a postmortem reveals that her body contains a fatal dose of arsenic. Suspicion falls on her husband and her companion, who are lovers. Inspector Martin of Scotland Yard solves the mystery of her death, over a cup of tea.
- DirectorCharles CrichtonStarsAlec GuinnessStanley HollowaySidney JamesA meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers.
- DirectorReginald BeckAnthony BushellStarsRex HarrisonLilli PalmerTania HealdA devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the only suspect when someone else murders her.
- DirectorJohn BoultingStarsRobert DonatMaria SchellRenée AshersonA chronicle of the life of William Friese-Greene, a British inventor and early pioneer in cinema.
- DirectorAlexander MackendrickStarsAlec GuinnessJoan GreenwoodCecil ParkerAn altruistic chemist invents a fabric which resists wear and stain as a boon to humanity, but big business and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.
- DirectorFrank CadmanStarsColin BarlowUrsula StracheyCyril Wentzel
- DirectorJohn HalasStarsMary Morris
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsDerek BondJane HyltonDora BryanCoastal pub proprietress is inveigled into a smuggling plot.
- DirectorJean RenoirStarsPatricia WaltersNora SwinburneEsmond KnightThe growing pains of three young women contrast with the immutability of the holy Bengal River, around which their daily lives unfold.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsHelen ShinglerClement McCallinSheila BurrellA husband cheats on his disabled wife--who has been paralyzed in a car accident--with her sister. When the sister is murdered he is accused of the crime, but it turns out that he may not be the killer after all.
- DirectorMichael LawStarsHarold WarrenderOlga EdwardesPeter BullA crime gang "The Six Men" is tracked down by Scotland Yard, and finally killed by one of its own members.
- DirectorMaurice ClocheRalph SmartStarsVittorio ManuntaDenis O'DeaGuido CelanoSince the local church is not willing to bless Peppino's donkey for a successful recovery, Peppino went to Rome to see the Holy Father, in spite of the numerous difficulties of actually getting in to see him.
- DirectorMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsMoira ShearerRobert RounsevilleLudmilla TchérinaA melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsSonia DresdelGuy MiddletonHubert GreggMr. Richard Carling is found dead in his home with a house full of suspects.
- DirectorKarl HartlStarsBobby HenreyElwyn Brook-JonesMuriel AkedA child pianist (Bobby Henrey) is exploited by his manager who plans to adopt him. His governess helps him to get away, where he befriends some colourful characters and acquires a faithful pet dog.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsSusan ShawMaxwell ReedLaurence HarveyThe story about a prizefighter and a motorcycle daredevil that vie for the beautiful girl from the Carnival.
- DirectorGodfrey GraysonStarsAvis ScottPatrick BarrRobert AyresIn this melodrama, a man is permanently crippled in a horseback riding accident and then learns that he will soon die. He spends his last few days taking care of his family and trying to get his wife to find another man.
- DirectorTerry AshwoodStarsPetula ClarkGeraldoBilly CottonShort documentary film which features the activities taking place in London's famous "Street of Song" (Denmark Street) - also known as "Tin Pan Alley." The idea of the film is to lift the veil and show cinema audiences just how a new number is created and set upon the road to success. The song in question is "Last Night's Kisses" by Sam Brown, Ray Hartley and Jimmy Kennedy. To help launch the song, stars come from far and near and are seen trying it out and discussing its possibilities.
- DirectorGordon ParryStarsJohn Howard DaviesRobert NewtonJames HayterTom Brown (John Howard Davies) starts at Rugby boarding school. He is tormented by Flashman (John Forrest), the school bully.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsIvor BowyerJoan CarolHamilton HumphreysA children's documentary about trekkers in the 19th century, showing the journey from gold fields in Rhodesia to the Transvaal and clashes with the Matabele.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsHerbert LomHugh McDermottBrenda BruceA smarmy butler blackmails his two employers after they both make minor indiscretions.
- DirectorTerence YoungStarsJack WarnerNadia GrayJohn McCallumA Norwegian scientist builds a device that can convert sound waves into electrical energy. However, the machine is stolen by the scientist's wife and assistant, who head across the frozen tundra towards Russia. A police inspector and a local girl team up with the scientist to help recover the device.
- DirectorHarry WattStarsAnthony SteelDinah SheridanHarold WarrenderA true story about an Englishman working as a game warden in Kenya who is disgusted by the ongoing destruction of African wildlife, and decides to create a national park to protect them. He acquires more than 1000 square miles of land, but he finds himself up against ivory poachers and local tribesmen in their employ.
- DirectorMichael GordonStarsEileen JoyceSuzanne ParrettMuriel SteinbeckAn Australian feature film that tells the early life of pianist Eileen Joyce.
- DirectorPat JacksonStarsGoogie WithersJames DonaldGodfrey TearleHospital drama set at the Yeoman's Hospital, in the English Midlands, during the early 1950s.
- DirectorJack RaymondStarsRonald ShinerGarry MarshDiana DorsFive WWII RAF fighter pilots are billeted in a family home. Their new landlady isn't pleased to have these "guests" imposed upon her nice house and, realising she must be kind to "her boys", takes out her wrath on the rest of the family.
- DirectorHenry CassStarsJoan GreenwoodNigel PatrickHelen CherryA post-war housing crisis leaves a shy woman to share a house with two couples. Comic situations arise as the new lodger becomes infatuated with one of the husbands.
- DirectorMichael MillsStarsIan CarmichaelBill FraserSidney JamesAn irreverent review of the current television programmes.
- StarsRobert SandfordKeith FaulknerJudy HarrisWilliam and Ginger go on the trail of a jewel thief.