Patricia Laffan

A look at the history of British B-movies.

Having pulled off the smallest ever train robbery, Little Walter and his crew decide to get out of London. The six of them set up business in a disused monastery off the Cornish coast, despite the fact that none of them really qualifies as a monk - least of all Walter's moll Bikini. Bit by bit, the quiet way of life starts becoming a habit.

Anna Karenina es la esposa del oficial zarista Karenin. Mientras trata de inducir a su hermano Stiva de llevar una vida licenciosa, ella se siente atraída por un militar, el Conde Vronsky. Esta relación indiscreta arruina su matrimonio y posición en la sociedad rusa del siglo XIX.

A novelist wakes up with a gun in his hand and a corpse in the house he woke up in. He doesn't remember how he got there or even if he committed the killing.

When Joseph Blake, who once did prison time, and his daughter, Anna, move to Sycamore Street, their neighbors on the otherwise "peaceful" street converge to chase them out. But the Blakes don't back down.

Phillip Hanon (Van Johnson), un escritor norteamericano ciego que vive en Londres, escucha por casualidad una conversación sobre un secuestro. Después de acudir en vano a la policía, decide encargarse personalmente de la investigación.

Una dura alienígena vestida en cuero, armada con una pistola de rayos láser y acompañada por un amenazante robot, llega a la tierra para llevarse seres humanos machos para que sus camaradas femeninas puedan aparearse.

When Sir George Redway, a famous actor, makes the public boast that he loves babies, a baby is promptly abandoned on his doorstep, and he is forced to take it in. Katie O'Connor, an actress who has auditioned unsuccessfully for a part in a production featuring Redway, pretends to be the child's mother in order to be near the actor. Complications develop involving Lillian Angel, Redway's fiancée, her admirer Captain Fluffy Faversham, and Katie's father, who suspects the worst of Sir George and his daughter. Eventually, the real mother of the baby returns to collect her child, all is resolved, and romance blossoms between Katie and Sir George.

An American military officer and his wife move to a cottage in what they think is the peaceful English countryside, only to discover the area is a hotbed of spies and secret agents.

When nuclear scientists are kidnapped and smuggled behind the Iron Curtain, an FBI man and a British agent are assigned to catch the kidnappers.

Cuando regresa a Roma, después de tres años en el campo de batalla, el general Marco Vinicio se enamora de Lygia. Pero ella es cristiana y sus creencias le impiden enamorarse de un guerrero. Aunque fue adoptada por un general retirado, jurídicamente es una esclava de Roma. Pero Marco consigue que el emperador Nerón se la ceda en pago por sus servicios.

A doctor is framed for murder.

Crime Mystery directed by Lionel Tomlinson.

Determined, independent Bridie Quilty comes of age in 1944 Ireland thinking all Englishmen are devils. Her desire to join the IRA meets no encouragement, but a German spy finds her easy to recruit. We next find her working in a pub near a British military prison, using her sex appeal in the service of the enemy. But chance puts a really vital secret into her hands, leading to a chase involving Bridie, a British officer who's fallen for her, a German agent unknown to them both, and the police...paralleled by Bridie's own internal conflicts.

Durante la última mitad del siglo XIX el escritor Richard Darrell salva a Don Carlos de dos ladrones, éste le confía un valioso collar para que lo traslade a España. Richard abandona a su prometida, Oriana, y comienza el viaje. Durante el trayecto se encuentra con Wycroft, un cómplice del señor Francisc Castteldow, un aristócrata que pretende separar a Oriana de Richard. Éste es asaltado, robado y casi asesinado y, debido a este acontecimiento pierde la memoria. Richard acaba casándose con una muchacha gitana, Rosal, mientras Oriana, dándolo por muerto se casa con el cruel señor Francis.