The Dummy Talks (1943)

An Inshore Minesweeping Unit has been forgotten by the Navy after World War II on the peaceful island of Boonsley and they have adapted to their circumstances. The men still wear uniforms and the proper reports are filed, although the reports of hundreds of mines are exaggerated. The captain spends his time fishing, the Number One is busy romancing the only Wren on the island and The Chief Boatswain runs a wine smuggling business. Unfortunately the Navy start to get suspicious.

An actor is murdered live on air whilst a play is being broadcast. Everyone in the play and broadcasting house fall under suspicion.

Phillip Davidson (John Mills) visita un barco para pedirle al capitán la mano de su hija Fay. Una vez a bordo, se ve envuelto en una pelea provocada por las actividades criminales de Boyd, un traficante de personas. El barco se incendia, y durante la investigación de los hechos se halla un cadáver carbonizado.

British drama documentary from 1943, based on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle of the Atlantic by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer and then had been abandoned. When one of the lifeboats drifted back to the burning tanker the day after, and found that she still hadn't exploded, they decided to board her and put out the fires. Eventually, they managed to start the engine again and decided to try to reach Britain against all odds.

After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable to return it before his ship sails he enlists the help of best mate Puncher Roberts to smuggle the child aboard. But babies are surprisingly demanding and gradually the whole crew is drawn into helping keep it fed and washed - and undiscovered. Even so, the officers above deck start to puzzle over the increasingly strange happenings on board.

Unable to pay his bookie, a man returns to his hometown where his embezzler brother and girlfriend plot a robbery that ends in tragedy.

Basado en una historia real ocurrida durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, cuando un comandante de la Marina británica preparó a sus hombres para enfrentarse a la flota alemana a pesar de estar en clara inferioridad de condiciones. El valor de los militares ingleses quedó para siempre en la memoria del pueblo inglés, al otorgarles una gran victoria moral.

When Percy Brand, a habitual confidence trickster, keeps being sent down, he goes to great lengths to ensure that his son Colin, does not find out about his criminal past. But when Colin becomes an assistant to the Judge, who is about to try Percy for his latest escapade, Percy and his gang have to come up with a plan, to stop them meeting in court.

Tod is a motherless boy, who is mistreated by his violent father. He eventually finds happiness with kindly foster parents.

Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Un grupo de soldados ingleses, que son enviados al Norte de África, deben realizar una misión previa a una acción de mayor envergadura. Una vez en el desierto, descubren que los alemanes están preparando un ataque por sorpresa.