Victor Maddern

Compilation of classic clips, featuring the best performances from across the much-loved comedian's long BBC career, including examples of Emery's best-known slapstick routines and catchphrases. All the greatest clips from Dick Emery's long-running BBC career - a chance for fans both old and new to see what a huge contribution Emery made to contemporary slapstick comedy. All the classic characters appear: the father and son skinheads (with Roy Kinnear), "Oooh! You Are Awful", and a plethora of slapstick Lords, little old ladies, vicars and schoolmasters.

A youth abandoned by his family joins a group of homeless people.

An American football coach takes over the running of a no-hope English soccer team.

The beautiful and sex-starved Emmannuelle Prevert just cannot inflame her husband's ardour. In frustration she seduces a string of VIPs, including the Prime Minister and the American Ambassador. A jealous lover gives a list of all her conquests to the national press and a scandal ensues. But will she ever manage to get her own husband into bed?

Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live together at the junk yard. Harold, who likes the bright lights in the West End of London, meets a stripper, marries her and takes her home. Albert is furious and tries every trick he knows to drive the new bride from his household.

Three workmen assigned to dig a hole in a road for an electrical cable run into problems with local officials who believe the hole is being dug in the wrong place and should be closer to the home of a prissy fashion designer.

Dick Van Dyke interpreta a un excéntrico inventor de nombre Caractacus Potts, que consigue convertir un viejo coche de carreras (llamado originalmente "Paragon Panther") en un vehículo que podía volar y flotar sobre el agua al que denominó Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Con este coche viaja junto a su padre (Lionel Jeffries), sus hijos (Heather Ripley y Adrian Hall) y a su bella enamorada (Sally Ann Howes) al mundo mágico de los piratas, castillos y viven aventuras sin fin. Juntos se enfrentan al Barón Bomburst (Gert Fröbe) y a otros villanos. Destaca también en el reparto James Robertson Justice en el papel de Lorde Scrumptious.

Un grupo de pasajeros de dudosa procedencia viaja a bordo del Corita, un buque oxidado al mando del capitán Lansen, que transporta un cargamento ilegal de explosivos. Después de una emergencia, el barco queda varado en un lugar misterioso. Bajo el manto oscuro de la noche y la niebla, los aterrorizados pasajeros se enfrentan a criaturas monstruosas, algas comedoras de hombres, una sociedad de piratas viciosos y mujeres estupendamente dotadas.

When the TARDIS lands in the sea off the eastern coast of England, the Second Doctor, Jamie, and Victoria investigate a nearby beach, which seems to have an improbably large amount of sea foam as well as a major gas pipe marked “Euro Sea Gas” What is really happening at "Euro Sea Gas." Can the Second Doctor, Jamie and Victoria survive "The Fury from the Deep"!

Infelicitous Stephen Wallace falls in love with beautiful Wendy, who spurns his affections. He proceeds to make a pact with Satan to be able to marry the woman of his dreams, but he gets more than he bargained for.

Johnny Dent roba una fortuna en diamantes y trata de huir de sus perseguidores, que no se detendran ante nada con tal de recuperar el alijo.

Freddie and the Dreamers play part of a Scout troupe that get caught up in a series of misadventures on their way to camp.

Two salesmen travel to a small South American Country to peddle their wares. However the country is in the middle of a major conflict between the Government led by Diaz and the rebels led by Torez. When Torez is accidentally killed the rebels mistaken pick up one of the salesmen, Eric, as he looks like Torez. Eric and Ernie are promised millions to carry on the charade once the rebels take charge. However once Eric takes charge he finds himself back in danger as scheming general Carillo plans to remove the impostor from his role.

Un detective que investiga una serie de asesinatos y robos a mano sospecha que los miembros de un circo ambulante pueden estar implicados.

Recién instalada en Londres, Ann Lake lleva a la escuela a su hija Bunny el primer día de clase; pero, cuando vuelve a recogerla, de la niña no hay rastro por ninguna parte. La madre denuncia la desaparición a la policía, pero las investigaciones de los agentes no conducen a ninguna parte, es como si se la hubiera tragado la tierra. Poco a poco, en comisaría empiezan a preguntarse si no se tratará de una fantasía de Ann.

Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have their stash ready to share out. Instead, Duke's girl Sara gives them the news Duke is dead and the money gone on nursing care. They soon discover that Duke is actually running Hope Springs Nature Clinic with the help of most of the local villains. Very strange - and the nearby army camp and Sara's encouragement of Lieutenant Vine would seem to be no coincidence either. Written by Jeremy Perkins

Dos británicos son capturados y esclavizados por los invasores romanos y llevado a Roma. Hengist Pod crea inventos inútiles, mientras Horsa es un luchador valiente y astuto. En uno de sus primeros encuentros en Roma Hengist deja de ser confundido con un luchador, y se establece en la Guardia Real para proteger a Cleopatra. Cleo no lo quiere cerca y comienza a manipular para su desaparición repentina.

Carry On favourite Barbara Windsor makes her debut in this outrageous send-up of the James Bond movies. Fearless agent Desmond Simpkins and Charlie Bind, aided and abetted by the comely Agent Honeybutt and Agent Crump, battle against the evil powers of international bad guys STENCH and their three cronies.

Reconstrucción con todo lujo de detalles de uno de los episodios claves para el desarrollo de la II Guerra Mundial: el desembarco en las playas de Normandía llevado a cabo por las tropas aliadas en junio de 1944.

Réplica de la Columbia Pictures a "Mutiny on the Bounty", estrenada ese mismo año por la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. A finales del siglo XVIII, en plena guerra entre Inglaterra y Francia, a bordo del Defiant, un barco de guerra inglés comandado por el capitán Crawford, un oficial de navío impone a la tripulación unas condiciones de trabajo insoportables.

Undistinguished British farce (in Technicolor and CinemaScope). Stoker Charlie (the diminutive Drake) helps 150 Wrens under Superintendent Maxine Audley, who've hijacked a frigate, HMS 'Huntress', to prove they're the equal of their male counterparts. Hardly a feminist masterpiece, but fans will relish the nightmare court-martial in which Drake plays all the parts

Horace Pope y Pedlar Pascoe son dos soldados de la RAF, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Pero no destacan precisamente por su interés por hacer méritos. Son más aficionados a realizar pequeñas estafas con las que sacar algún dinero de sus inocentes víctimas. Aunque intentan evitar a toda costa cualquier esfuerzo extraordinario, acaban siendo enviados a realizar una misión secreta de cierta importancia. A pesar de su torpeza, y casi por casualidad, acaban teniendo éxito en la misión, y a su vuelta son considerados héroes.

'Carry On' director Gerald Thomas helms this comedy caper featuring early appearances by James Robertson Justice, Sid James, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Williams, Liz Fraser and Eric Barker. The film follows the hi-jinks of a group of music students who move into a shared flat in order to cut costs and have somewhere to practice their instruments. Things get tricky when Mervyn Hughes (Phillips) accidentally sells one of his compositions to an advertising agency and risks losing his scholarship. Can he and his friends find a way to raise the money to buy back the song rights?

Superproducción sobre el nacimiento del estado de Israel (1948). Seiscientos once judíos que han sobrevivido a los campos de exterminio nazis, abandonan Alemania en un barco (el "Estrella de David") que atraca en Chipre. Después de superar grandes dificultades, logran al fin zarpar de la isla en el "Éxodo", barco de carga con destino a Palestina. El objetivo de los refugiados es crear el estado de Israel. Akiva, un líder fanático, considera que el terrorismo es la única vía para construir la nación, pero su hermano Barek y su sobrino Ari Ben Canaan (Paul Newman) no son de la misma opinión.

Crossroads to Crime is about the investigations of a police constable (Anthony Oliver) who, working undercover without support from his colleagues, confronts and brings down a gang of vehicle hi-jackers.

When the details of a secret torpedo are destroyed by an incompetent seaman, the crew of the ship rally round, when the Admiral needs the plans to show to a visiting scientist.

Lewis Gilbert's classic comedy drama portrays the antics of a British Army Searchlight Squad during World War II. Lieutenant Ogleby (Ian Carmichael) has his work cut out to keep his "legionnaires" at their post and not rampaging through the local countryside. The McGaffey brothers (Benny Hill and Tommy Steele) create havoc with their light-fingers and light-loving with the local girls, whilst Smithy (Johnny Briggs) pines for his sweetheart.

A medical student who is thrown out of his university, ends up working in a laundry and rebuilds his confidence with a relationship with a fashion model.

Basada en una historia real, reLata una de las más famosas batallas navales de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. En la primavera de 1941, el Bismarck, el acorazado más temible de la armada alemana, considerado el azote de la flota del Atlántico, permanece anclado en la costa noruega. Buscando el camino hacia la libertad y seguridad proporcionada por la Luftwaffe, el acorazado es perseguido por la Marina Real Británica.

The orderly suburban life of a 1950's English town is turned on its head when the teenaged daughter of one of the residents writes a steamy bestseller featuring characters obviously based on the local population.

El ingenuo Stanley Windrush regresa de la guerra, y piensa abrirse paso con exito en los negocios. Para su desilusión, se da cuenta que tendrá que empezar desde cero, y pronto se verá envuelto en una pelea entre la gerencia de la empresa y la asociación sindical a la que pertenece, que le utilizaran como una herramienta en su lucha por alcanzar el poder, y que cuando se convierte en un obstáculo, se unirán para destruirlo. (FILMAFFINITY)

An escaped prisoner is trying to clear his name.

El Servicio de Inteligencia Británico intenta hacer creer a los alemanes que el desembarco aliado se producirá en el Norte de África, cuando, en realidad, el ataque tendrá lugar en el Canal de la Mancha. Así las cosas, el Mayor Harvey asiste a una representación teatral y descubre a Clifton James, un actor que imita al general Montgomery. Pocos días despues, lo reclutan para actuar como doble de Monty en el Mediterráneo y hacer creer a los alemanes que el ataque se producirá desde allí. Adaptación del libro homónimo escrito por el propio Clifton James, que se interpreta a sí mismo en la película.

Callistratus es un un científico que realiza experimentos con los criminales encarcelados en una prisión. Dichos experimentos tienen que ver con la transfusión de sangre. Callistratus es en realidad un vampiro muy particular, ajusticiado hace tiempo pero que ha regresado a la vida gracias a un trasplante de corazón, el cual le ha creado una infección en la sangre, por lo que su supervivencia depende de las mencionadas transfusiones hasta que encuentre las células adecuadas que le permitan curar la infección.

A GI deserter frames a girl for killing a blackmailer, and holds her captive while seeking gems.

Durante la II Guerra Mundial en 1940, después de realizar un sabotaje delante de sus líneas, una unidad británica en Francia pierde a su oficial. El cabo se encuentra entonces con la responsabilidad de liderar al grupo y encontrar a su unidad, en plena retirada. Mientras, el cerco sobre Dunkerque se termina de cerrar, y tanto civiles como militares, al otro lado del canal, tratan por todos los medios de socorrer a los soldados cercados. (FILMAFFINITY)

Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), un alto mando británico deja en libertad a un ladrón de cajas fuertes para que le ayude a conseguir importantes secretos del enemigo.

El protagonista, aunque desciende de una antigua familia de navegantes, le tiene pánico al mar; esa es la razón por la que decide transformar el viejo barco que ha heredado en hotel y centro de recreo.

A fateful Stranger's Meeting leads to a maelstrom of crime, deception and murder in this 64-minute British programmer. The beautiful Delphi Lawrence heads a stellar cast, including such reliables as Victor Maddern, Norman Rossington, Conrad Phillips and Reginald Hearne. The plot centers around acrobat Peter Arne, falsely accused of murder. Escaping from the authorities, Arne hides out in a rustic inn, allowing first-time director (and former cinematographer) Robert Day ample opportunity for dark, menacing shadows and sinister underlighting. The genuine murderer is revealed just seconds before the culprit's death. Stranger's Meeting was held back from release until Robert Day's "official" directorial debut, The Green Man, had made the rounds.

Guerra de los Cien Años. Francia. "La doncella de Orleáns", después Santa Juana, fue la gran heroína francesa en la guerra contra los ingleses; finalizada la contienda hubo de afrontar el juicio de la Inquisición

Cuando un crucero de lujo (el Crescent Star) se hunde al chocar contra una mina flotante, en un bote salvavidas de capacidad para nueve personas se refugian 26 supervivientes. Pronto se acaba el repelente de tiburones, se acerca un huracán, hay pocos alimentos y poca agua y, en estas circunstancias, no queda más remedio que decidir sobre quién se queda y quién debe abandonar el bote.

The efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two children seem doomed to failure and he blames himself. At the Conway Aero-Manufacturing Company of Wolverhampton, Mitchell is to take the company's new rocket-propulsion transport plane up for tests, fully loaded and carrying two important passengers - Ministry official Crabtree and buyer's representative Ashmore. Mitchell learns from his boss, Reg Conway, that if Ashmore does not recommend the plane, the company will be out of business and Mitchell out of a job, since the plane is not even insured as the firm's entire capital is tied up in the plane. Aloft, an engine catches fire and the passengers and other crew bail out, but Mitchell refuses to obey orders to jettison the plane in the Irish Sea.

Infierno en Corea fue la primera gran producción sobre la acción de tropas británicas en la Guerra de Corea. La película relata los infortunios de una pequeña patrulla de combate que, tras reconocer un tranquilo poblado, se encuentra atrapada entre una gran cantidad de tropas chinas. La patrulla intentará romper el cerco, pero no hay brecha posible y las tropas enemigas parecen estar por todos los lugares. Acorralados, los supervivientes encontrarán refugio en un antiguo templo donde lucharán hasta su última bala. Basada en hechos reales, supuso el debut cinematográfico de Michael Caine.

A lonely child must stay with her uncaring aunt and uncle after her mother is hospitalized. Her estranged father is a fugitive. For love and companionship, the eleven-year old girl becomes friends with the housemaid. When at long last, she meets her dad, she must vow to never reveal his location to the police.

A man is tried for the murder of his neurotic wife by means of a sedative overdose.

Stanley Windrush has to interrupt his university education when he is called up towards the end of the war. He quickly proves himself not to be officer material, but befriends wily Private Percival Cox who knows exactly how all the scams work in the confused world of the British Army. And Stanley's brigadier War Office uncle seems to be up to something more than a bit shady too - and they are both soon working for him, behind the enemy lines.

Esta es la verdadera historia sobre cómo un grupo de marines se arriesgaron a surcar el Garona en kayak para atacar a un buque alemán, cuando Francia estaba bajo ocupación nazi. (FILMAFFINITY)

The trouble with Josephine is that her ever-loving and over-sympathetic nature leads her to switch from needful men to even more needful men...

At a fashionable dinner party in Hong Kong a Royal Navy officer is coaxed into revealing details of a dream in which eight persons take off from Bangkok in a Dakota bound for Tokyo and crash in the Japanese mountains. Amongst those listening is Air Marshal Hardie who is due to fly to Tokyo the next day. Hardie initially dismisses the dream because he is scheduled to fly out in a Liberator, but as Hardie arrives at the airport he discovers that the Liberator has developed mechanical problems and has been replaced by a Dakota. When, just before the flight is due to depart, two soldiers board the plane making a complement of eight, Hardie fears that the dream may be coming true and he is destined to die.

Big screen spin off from the BBC TV series The Grove Family, ostensibly the first British soap opera. Bob Grove, a builder has problems with the council, over building supplies that he needs to complete a job on a local housing estate. Under pressure to finish the job, his son gets them from a local crook. When the council find out, they call in the police, so the Grove family get together, to clear themselves, in time for the grand opening.

Major Charles Carrington (David Niven), is arrested for taking £125 from the base safe, he also face two other charges that could finish his distinguished service career. He decides to act on his own defence at his court martial hearing, his argument being that he is owed a lot of money from the army for his various postings that have cost him out of his own pocket. To further complicate the proceedings, Carrington alleges he told his superior, the very disliked Colonel Henniker, that he was taking the money from the safe. A mans career, his marriage, and quite a few reputations, all hang in the balance.

A young employee of the British State Department falls in love with the daughter of a top Russian diplomat, much to the panic of their respective countries' officials, who suspect espionage. The cast includes David Knight, Odile Versois, Theodore Bikel and David Kossoff.

During autumn of 1944, an RAF Hudson carrying a VIP passenger in possession of highly secret information is shot down and ditches in the North Sea. Fighting the elements and trying to keep up morale, the occupants of the aircraft's dinghy talk about their lives awaiting the rescue they hope will come. The film's title reflects the motto of the RAF's Air Sea Rescue Service, one of whose high speed launches battles against its own mechanical problems, enemy action, time and the weather to locate and rescue the downed crew and the vital secret papers they carry.

A saloon owner falls in love with the abused wife of a heavy gambler. He is snared into a web of intrigue when an ex-girlfriend is found murdered in his apartment.

After their honeymoon, Johnny Lipton and his wife Kit move into their small apartment. Kit runs the flat on a tight budget, for she hopes that one day with her support her husband will eventually run his own business. A lack of understanding of each other s character and aspirations, however, leads to many problems before Johnny and Kit are able to attempt a 'good beginning' to their marriage.

Tras mantener una aventura con un oficial de la marina británica, una mujer inglesa se queda embarazada, pero a él no se lo hace saber. 20 años más tarde, el niño, que viajaba en un barco, es capturado por los alemanes...

Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). En 1942, Malta es bombardeada por la aviación alemana. En este escenario surge un romance entre un piloto, que es profesor universitario, y una muchacha maltesa.

La trama cuenta cómo un ex militar experto en explosivos es solicitado por la policía para desactivar una bomba colocada por un terrorista en un tren de municiones.

The wife of a rubber plantation owner must put her marriage problems on hold when her family is forced to defend themselves during a native uprising.

A British Sanitary Engineer, goes on holiday with a set of plans for a new secret weapon which he has mistaken for his new plumbing invention. Everyone is hunting for him, including the Russians. The Russians find him and offer him a job in the Kremlin doing research (on plumbing he believes). He accepts, arrives in Russia and falls in love with Tania, a secret agent. And then discovers the true nature of the plans he is carrying...

The year is 1940 and Pilot Officer T.B. Baird arrives straight out of flight school to join a front line RAF squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain. After an unfortunate start and a drumming down from his commanding officer, Baird must balance the struggle to impress his Group Captain, regain his pride, fit in with his fellow pilots, and survive one of the most intense air battles in history.

A trade union official becomes governor of a British island colony

An English country lawyer weighs the case of a schoolgirl who claims she was kidnapped by two women.

Basada en una obra teatral de Kenneth Woollard. Después de sufrir un accidente, la tripulación de un submarino lucha por sobrevivir. Cuando acabó el rodaje, un submarino de nombre profético, el HMS Truculent, se hundía en el Támesis causando 64 víctimas. El film de Roy Ward Baker estuvo a punto de ser "archivado" para siempre, pero, finalmente, se estrenó incluyendo un mensaje en recuerdo de las víctimas y de todos los integrantes de la Marina Británica.