Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS Auxiliary Fire Service, the dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WWII
When John Harriss daughter is badly injured in an boating accident, the hospital tells him that she will need an urgent blood transfusion Due to his religious beliefs Harris refuses permission, and the child dies When the inque
Young Sophie Dorothea marries Prince George Louis but its far from a love match Then she falls for Swedish Count Philip Christoph von Konigsmark
A train disaster is told as four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them, and how they deal with it
In 1940, a concentration camp escapee assumes the identity of a dead British officer, only to become a prisoner of war
In post WW2 Britain, a young woman marries an old flame but after he disappears, and is later declared dead, she re marries, only to be blackmailed by the supposedly dead first husband who suddenly re appears in her life, in need
A Royal Air Force pilot who was shot down during World War II returns home to his English village with his new bride The trouble is that she is the German lady who helped him escape Then her brother arrives
In 1941, in wartime U K , two Irish brothers working for the I R A come against their local leaders ruthless methods
A trio of ex servicemen begin smuggling innocuous black market items into post war Britain, but through greed they graduate to more sinister cargo
In London, a Canadian serving prison time for grand theft escapes prison and attempts to retrieve his loot, kept in a bank safety deposit box, but his accomplice takes the security key while he only has the pass code
The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil country prince
A champion jockey is banned from racing so spends his time helping a young lad to become the next champion
This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money He becomes a private detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British scientists
A drama about probation officers, following the successful Ealing police story The Blue Lamp 1950 Various sub plots follow these dedicated few and their charges
An assassin is annoyed by a vacuum cleaner salesman determined to stop him
An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away Will Fitch is on the list, and co opts Claude Babbington to try and stop him from meeting a grisly end
Boxing drama following the lives of five different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers
A disgruntled veteran recruits a group of disgraced colleagues to perform a bank robbery with military precision
A group of travellers, all with something to hide in their past, take shelter from a storm in an old inn The inn keeper seems a little mysterious
Dedicated British scientist Dr Henry Laidlaw Longman Sir Dirk Bogarde tests the possibility of brainwashing If the experiment succeeds, he will stop loving his wife Oonagh Mary Ure
Adapted from a J B Priestley play with many of the original actors The tale of various people who have come to live in an ideal city and their hopes and reasons for doing so
A closeted lawyer risks his career to bring a blackmailer to justice
When 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
This movie, based on William Shakespeares Othello, is neatly positioned as a vehicle to showcase some of the best jazz musicians of the period, including Dave Brubeck and Charles Mingus
The daily routine of two London Policemen is interrupted by a killer
Harold Pelham encounters a duplicate of himself in the aftermath of a car crash After that moment, his life is upset
Architect Walter Craig senses impending doom as his half remembered recurring dream turns into reality The guests at the country house encourage him to stay as they take turns telling supernatural tales
A young couple inherits a debt ridden old movie theater, appropriately nicknamed The Flea Pit, and the three eccentric senior citizens who work there
The murder of a young woman in London exposes deep racial tensions and prejudices inherent in the area
A woman causes a group of assassins to face their greatest challenge
Tyrannical, but ailing, tycoon Charles Richmond becomes very fond of his attractive Italian nurse, Maria The nurse, in turn, falls in love with Charles neer do well nephew Anthony, who plots ways to gain control of his uncles
In the Sudan, in 1884 to 1885, Egyptian forces led by British General Charles Chinese Gordon Charlton Heston defend Khartoum against an invading Muslim Army led by a religious fanatic, Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi Sir Laurence Olivie
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