Lock Keeper
Gran Bretaña, 1944, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Perseguido implacablemente por varios agentes del MI5, Henry Faber la Aguja, un despiadado espía alemán que posee información vital sobre el Día D, se refugia en la isla de las Tormentas, una inhóspita tierra apenas habitada situada cerca de las costas del norte de Escocia.
A small English village is in turmoil with the arrival of a pop star and his wife. He soon becomes the conductor of the local brass band after the previous conductor is criticized for the false notes played by the brass band.
Sam
The adventures of children lost in fog on Dartmoor, who encounter a wild dog, an escaped convict, and other dangers.
Sam Turner
Successful soccer player Rod Turner spirals into drunken self-pity until he develops a friendship with an inspirational orphan and a beautiful singer. Learning from them what truly matters in life, Rod regroups and returns to form.
Grumpy Gardener
A race is arranged after Magpie boasts about her pet snail. Paid to catch snails in the Colonel's cabbage patch, Fiddler later persuades Magpie's Mum to give her daughter's snail collection to a French restaurant.
Dwyer
Life in the fast lane becomes deadly for Wilde and Sinclair when the mob tries to "fix" the sport of high-speed racing. Wilde then finds himself mixed up with lady luck and a network of communist killers.
Scarred Convict
A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
1st Removal Man
Young Timmy starts as a window cleaner in the little company of his brother. Soon he learns that some female customers expect additional service. Young and curious as he is, he reluctantly accepts the juicy duty. However his heart belongs to Liz, who demands the highest commitment until she lets him go all the way.
Young auxiliary fire-fighters are suspected of arson.
Claude
Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at the junk yard. Always on the lookout for ways to improve his lot, Harold invests his father's life savings in a greyhound who is almost blind and can't see the hare. When the dog loses a race and Harold has to pay off the debt, he comes up with another bright idea. Collect his father's life insurance. To do this his father must pretend to be dead.
Tom Brannigan
Play set in Northern Ireland about Carson and the setting up of the Stormont Government of 1918-1920, after strong protests by the Northern Irish Protestants against Home Rule and separation from Great Britain.
Taximan
After a scientific experiment goes horribly wrong during a demonstration, a scientist finds himself trapped in an alternate reality that bears some similarities to our own, but also has some striking differences. In this other reality the Second World War had never occurred, mankind had not yet traveled into Space and Mt. Everest had not yet been conquered, just to name a few things. Also in this other reality he is no longer a scientist but rather a well known author. After a personal tragedy in this alternate world, he finds himself back in his own world and desperately trying to locate the woman he fell in love with in the other world. Little does she know, however, that her life depends on him finding her.
Nazi Orderly
Dad's Army was a 1971 feature film based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. Directed by Norman Cohen, it was filmed between series three and four and was based upon material from the early episodes of the television series. The film told the story of the Home Guard platoon's formation and their subsequent endeavours at a training exercise.
Furniture Dealer
En el Londres de la posguerra una joven pareja y su bebé encuentran un hogar en el número 10 de Rillington Place, una preciosa vivienda cuyo inquilino del piso inferior, John Reginald Christie, resulta de lo más inquietante. Lo que desconocen ambos es su violento historial de asesinatos en serie de mujeres mediante gas y sus posteriores actos necrófilos, impulsos criminales que Beryl acabará reavivando en su mente.
C/Sgt.
Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). En la primavera de 1942, japoneses y aliados ocupan una isla del Pacífico. Un grupo de soldados ingleses son enviados a una misión casi suicida detrás de las líneas enemigas, pero las cosas no salen según lo previsto.
Len the Barman
En el 2021 un samurái del espacio es contratado por un magnate lunar para llevar a cabo una difícil misión. Un asteroide amenaza con introducirse en la órbita lunar y su cometido consiste en evitar este desastre. Sin embargo, las intenciones de su jefe son distintas.
Fred
The film version of 'Till Death Do Us Part' tells the story of Alf Garnett, his wife Else, and their newborn daughter Rita, living through the London Blitz and beyond.
Una actriz madura y alcohólica interpreta, en un serie de la BBC, el personaje de la hermana George, una alegre enfermera. Pero, cuando su personaje es eliminado de la serie, su vida personal empieza a desmoronarse.
Pader Murphy
A millionaire returns to Ireland and loses his gold nuggets before disappearing and sparking a gold rush.
Workman in Café
Two young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money and fame in the process.
Constable John Harris
En la isla de Petri, cerca de la costa de Irlanda, un error científico origina una raza de diminutos monstruos que se alimentan de huesos, convirtiendo a sus víctimas en masas gelatinosas. Para investigar los hechos, llega desde Londres un equipo dirigido por el doctor Brian Stanley
Harry Slinger
El profesor Steiner y sus dos asistentes están absorbidos en la proyección de materia por medio de rayo laser. Steiner se usa a sí mismo como humano para probar que su experimento funciona. Él es proyectado y se convierte en una forma horrible. También recibe una fuerte carga de electricidad quemando todo lo que toca.
Hotel Waiter
A fastidious insurance assessor investigates a potential case of insurance fraud.
Fred Trotter
The film follows Jack Hopkins (played by Michael Craig), an aircraft designer with a passion for traction engines. His boss (played by Cecil Parker) is eager to sell a new supersonic jet plane that Jack has designed to American millionaire Paul Fisher (Alan Hale, Jr.). The first encounter between Fisher and Jack goes badly, and tensions only heighten after Fisher's daughter Kathy (Anne Helm) damages Jack's prize traction engine "The Iron Maiden", rendering it impossible to drive solo. Jack is desperate to enter the annual Woburn Abbey steam rally with the machine, but his fireman is injured and unable to participate. When all seems lost the millionaire himself is won over by Jack's plight and joins him in driving the engine; the two soon become firm friends.
The police investigate the murder of a wealthy old man.
Albert
A dashing ex-officer in His Majesty’s army, Captain Adam Corbett (Calhoun) becomes embroiled in intrigue when he agrees to escort Colonel Wilfred Jackson (Ian Hunter) and his daughter Pauline (Patricia Bredin) on a perilous quest for treasure. Possessing one-quarter of a map, they soon rendezvous with three mysterious characters, each with a fragment and a secret agenda. Armed with only a sword and his wits, Corbett battles brigands, soldiers and thieves as he accompanies the expedition to the island of Monte Cristo, where betrayal and fortune await.
Slater
Un grupo de científicos, bajo la supervisión del Profesor Sewell (Peter Cushing), llevan a cabo una investigación para desarrollar una fórmula que permita combatir las plagas del tifus y la peste bubónica. Dado que el compuesto incluye la utilización de un germen particularmente virulento que podría ser utilizado por una potencia enemiga como arma bacteriológica, el Ministro de Defensa prohibe terminantemente al Profesor Sewell publicar sus descubrimientos.
Morris Lumley
When a woman inherits a valuable house, her nasty husband and his mistress plot murder. But the house has a protective poltergeist who thwarts the wicked pair.
Foreman
When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is caught and jailed. When he is released he goes straight and then notices a leading citizen in his town is cheating his neighbours.
Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
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.
Driver (uncredited)
Comedia picarona sobre las peripecias de Michael Craig y la hija de su jefe.
Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)
Un aristócrata británico (Dirk Bogarde) que padece amnesia es acusado de asesinato, lo que desencadena una crisis entre él y su esposa (Olivia de Havilland).
Shop Steward
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)
Slug
Roger Fenton has been released from prison and stared to build a new life. But his past catches up when an elderly visitor is murdered in his office.
Perkins
Adaptación de una novela del escritor inglés Arthur Conan Doyle. Sobre los Baskerville pesa una maldición que ha traído muerte y desgracias sin cuento a las sucesivas generaciones de la familia. Cuando Sir Charles Baskerville aparece muerto en los páramos, Sherlock Holmes sospecha que el único miembro de la familia que permanece vivo, Sir Henry, será la siguiente víctima, pero no a causa de la maldición, sino debido a la ambición de alguien que saldría muy beneficiado de su muerte. El famoso detective sabe que debe descubrir al asesino antes de que sea demasiado tarde.
Signaller
Humorística comedia británica sobre un inepto diplomático que es enviado a una remota isla del Pacífico para establecer buenas relaciones con una colonia que ha sido olvidada durante medio siglo. Pero claro, el lugar es mineralmente muy rico y hay que sacar tajada.
Robber (uncredited)
Sid Gibson is a soap powder salesman who decides what he really needs is TV advertising. The problem is, he's absolutely broke. He calls upon his friend Arthur Ashton, who arranges to sneak a plug for Sid's suds into a live TV spectacular. The public goes bananas for the product but to maintain sales Sid and Arthur must arrange for ever more outrageous plugs on TV shows. The Ascots races, the Edinburgh Military Tattoo - no show is safe.
Bates
The sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather. This time he is skipper of the ship Aristotle and, together with his second-in-command, Fairweather wreaks havoc when he is ordered to deliver the Aristotle to its new owners in a mythical Middle-Eastern country.
Go-Between
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.
Flight Sgt. Flint
A grounded American fighter pilot is switched to espionage on a special job in which he must kill a small-time Paris lawyer suspected of double-crossing France by selling out radio operators to the Nazis.
Shorty
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.
Shopkeeper
Tod is a motherless boy, who is mistreated by his violent father. He eventually finds happiness with kindly foster parents.
Taxi Driver
Tras obtener el permiso para marcharse del Ejército en Alemania, Harry va en busca de su mujer a Inglaterra, donde tiene un trabajo como conductor de camiones. Pronto su jefe intentará involucrarlo en una operación de contrabando. Al principio se resiste, pero Harry le ofrece a la bellísima Lynn a cambio.
Attendant
Two friends get drunk and decide to switch identities. One is a Parliamentary Secretary, and the other is the captain of a ship. The former's lack of sea knowledge causes several catastrophes, including torpedoing the First Lord of The Admiralty. The grass is always greener.... In this British comedy, two drunken comrades find out the truth of that saying when they decide to trade places for a while. One of the boozers is a public relations man who knows nothing about sailing, while the other is a captain for the Royal Navy. Comic mayhem ensues as the hapless "captain" tries to run his ship and follow orders.
Able Seaman Walker
While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire. In charge, Lietenant Commander Kerans was not however prepared for his crew and his ship to remain as a hostage for the Chinese to use as an international pawn.
Tim Bowers
An insurance investigator in London attempts to thwart smugglers trafficking stolen lambskins infected with anthrax.
Tom Gripper
El cabecilla de una peligrosa banda escapa de prisión para buscar un misterioso tesoro que se encuentra enterrado en la mansión de una viuda, que se prepara para casarse con un hombre. De repente, ella comienza a recibir misteriosas fotos de su difunto cónyuge, quien fue dado por desaparecido, por lo que podría estar vivo. Asustada, entrega las fotos a la policía, que iniciará una investigación a fin de esclarecer el misterio.
George
A group of circus children and their friends band together to save the show from financial disaster.
Albert West
When George discovers that he has won the pools, there is huge excitement in the household. But it turns out that it's his son who has won, in partnership with the son of a woman against whom George has some ill feelings.
Warrant Officer Blake
Douglas Bader, uno de los grandes héroes británicos de la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), vio incrementada su popularidad cuando, en 1954, tras publicarse su biografía, apareció una versión abreviada de la misma en la popular revista Reader's Digest. En esa obra se basó el film de Gilbert, el más taquillero de Inglaterra desde el estreno de “Lo que El Viento se Llevó”. A pesar de que a finales de los años 20, a Bader le habían amputado las dos piernas, tras un accidente aéreo, gracias a unas prótesis de aluminio pudo participar en la Batalla de Inglaterra.
Police Constable in Information Room
Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. The film is notable for using a police procedural style made popular by Ealing in their 1950 film The Blue Lamp. It is known in the US as The Third Key.
Australian Driver
Un grupo de mujeres inglesas, hechas prisioneras por los japoneses durante la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), tiene que ser trasladado de un campo de concentración a causa del elevado número de prisioneros. Custodiado por soldados japoneses, el grupo se pone en marcha a través de selvas pantanosas. Las enfermedades y el cansancio harán estragos tanto en las prisioneras como en los soldados nipones. En una aldea, de manera inesperada, encuentran a un aviador australiano que es un luchador nato.
(uncredited)
En un barrio londinense de clase baja, el pequeño Joe vive con su madre en un piso situado sobre la sastrería del señor Kandinsky. Joe sueña con ayudar a los pobres a cumplir sus deseos. Un día el sastre le cuenta un cuento según el cual quien capture a un unicornio podrá obtener cualquier deseo. Joe decide entonces gastar sus ahorros en la compra de un cabritillo con un cuerno emergente, creyendo que se trata de un unicornio. Sus esfuerzos para hacer realidad los sueños demuestran el poder de la esperanza y la voluntad en medio de la adversidad.
Ted the Poacher
Novelist Peter Darwin is engaged to heiress Kay March. When he accidentally kills Claire, his former mistress, during a quarrel, he persuades a reluctant Kay to help him bury the body in a wood. When the body is found and with the truth close to being uncovered, Darwin resorts to desperate actions to cover his crime.
Joe (uncredited)
En 1865, el Regimiento Royal North Harvey se dispone a partir para Egipto para sofocar la rebelión de los derviches. Al mismo tiempo, el oficial Harry Faversham ha decidido abandonar el ejército, decisión que no comparten ni sus familiares ni sus amigos. Nuevo remake de "Las cuatro plumas", dirigida también por Korda. En este caso incluso usó el mismo guión y parte del rodaje de la versión anterior.
Second Cab Driver (uncredited)
En una casa aislada y próxima a las vías del tren vive la señora Wilberforce, una venerable anciana que alquila dos habitaciones al misterioso profesor Marcus y a los cuatro miembros de su siniestra banda de música.
Bill, the Telephone Engineer
An actress and an artist are linked by his brother to deadly smugglers sought by Scotland Yard.
Desk Sergeant
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...
Milkman (uncredited)
Adaptación de una novela de Max Cotto. Terminada la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), Joe Lawrence (Richard Widmark), un oficial americano, se instala en Berlín y se enamora de Maria, una refugiada (Mai Zetterling). El objetivo de ella es ahorrar suficiente dinero para llevar a Sudámerica a un grupo de huérfanos alemanes y proporcionarles una vida mejor. Joe, movido por la compasión y por el amor que siente hacia ella, tratará de ayudarla. Para ello, él y dos amigos planean el robo de una gran fortuna en oro que el ejército va a trasladar en avión desde Inglaterra a Alemania.
Gang Member (uncredited)
A tragedy played in standard cops and robbers costume. A policeman faced with deep moral choices finds that once he's set foot on the path of corruption he is trapped by an ever more complex web of lies and intrigue. A lifetime of personal honour is at stake and we wonder if redemption is possible.
Police Sergeant Questioning Rosie
El primer cohete espacial británico ha despegado con éxito y vuelve a la Tierra, pero la comunicación se corta. Sólo uno de los tres astronautas permanece a bordo, y su salud, tanto física como mental está gravemente dañada. Es puesto bajo observación pero su esposa le saca del hospital, liberando de este una gran amenaza para la humanidad, ya que el sobreviviente está siendo consumido por una fuerza alienígena.
Adelphi Barman
Charles Hathaway wakes up in West Wales with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With the help of a Cardiff specialist he traces his life back to his gorgeous wife and their large London house, so all seems well with the world. But more detective work starts to uncover an alarming chain of further stunning wives and a way of going on that the new Charles finds pretty unacceptable.
George
A circus barker stages a sensational new act, the world's longest fast undertaken by “Sapolio”, on view in a glass cage. But this act also results in several murders, a kidnapping, and a poisoning!
Sheltia
Set in 1931, the film takes place aboard a merchant ship, briefly harboured in South America. A young woman (Diane Cilento) boards the ship as a passenger, resulting in disharmony among the superstitious crew members. Virtuous seaman Anthony Steel protects the girl from the lecherous advances of captain Peter Finch.
Alfred Vickery
A pair of reporters try to discover the link between three unsolved, seemingly isolated murders. The only connection between them is they all took place on the same day in three successive years. The police don't trust their instincts - but as 10th July nears again, a solicitor has started receiving threatening letters...
Spencer
Fred Martin, a taxi driver who is a reformed convict, is used by the police to go undercover in order to help catch a gang of safe robbers. However things start to go wrong when the police stake out the wrong bank and Fred finds himself alone with the crooks.
Driver, Embassy car JAK711 (uncredited)
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.
Railway Inspector
Bank robber's plans for a wealthy lifestyle gradually turn to more noble aims.
Scotland Yard sergeant
Adaptación del relato de Chesterton "La cruz azul" (incluido en "El candor del Padre Brown"). El padre Brown (Alec Guinness), un sagaz y excéntrico párroco muy aficionado a desentrañar casos detectivescos, pierde una preciada cruz medieval que debía llevar de Londres a Roma. El autor del robo es el conocido ladrón de obras de arte Gustave Flambeau (Peter Finch), un experto en disfraces al que el perspicaz sacerdote intenta atrapar no sólo para recuperar la cruz, sino también para salvar su alma.
Bruce
A champion jockey is banned from racing so spends his time helping a young lad to become the next champion.
Darky
A boy pursues his ambition to be a jockey
Marine Boyd
Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial un comando aliado de diez hombres tiene la difícil misión de destruir un estrategico aeropuerto enemigo en una isla griega ocupada por alemanes e italianos.
First Postal Clerk
Having been given enforced retirement due to his age, Mick-Mack creates strain upon his extended family.
uncredited
An American realtor living in England is dissatisfied with what he believes to be his humdrum life. One weekend while his wife is out of town, he gives a ride to a woman he sees stranded on the road. One thing leads to another, and he soon finds himself enmeshed in a plot involving a diamond robbery, gangsters and murder.
Barkley
A private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend.
Airport Security Officer
When heavy fog prevents any flights from leaving London Airport, a group of passengers are put on a bus driven by Percy Lamb to drive to another airport. The fog is that heavy Percy doesn't know where he is going or that he is carrying stolen gold bullion that the robbers and police are relentlessly pursuing.
Army Airfield Soldier
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.
Sergeant Harvey (Uncredited)
Detective Inspector Campbell (Gordon Jackson) looks into the murder of a teacher at a girls school where there are a number of suspects, including her colleagues and the married man she had been seeing.
Chauffeur
An adventurer investigates the theft of a formula for hardened steel, assisted by his girlfriend.
Carslake
Aventuras de un buque escolta de convoy británico durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Al comienzo de la guerra al Capitán de Corbeta Ericson se le asigna el buque HMS Compass Rose con oficiales sin experiencia y hombres que acaban de salir de la formación militar. Tendrán que enfrentarse al mar invernal y a los temibles submarinos alemanes
Ackroyd
Wing-commander Tim Mason leads a squadron of Lancaster bombers on almost nightly raids from England. Having flown eighty-seven missions he will shortly be retiring from flying, but the strain is showing. He tries to make sure his men concentrate only on their job and so keeps women away from the base, but then he himself meets naval officer Eve Canyon.
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.
Uncredited
A British comedy about a struggling artist and his wife living on a houseboat. To raise money she pawns him! His new family takes a liking to him particularly the daughter! The wife tries to redeem her husband but finds she has lost the pawn ticket. In a short matter of time, the whole incident becomes a national sensation. Eventually, the husband arrives back at the houseboat just in time to prevent the wife from leaving him.
Sgt. Baker
A convicted female blackmailer is found murdered in her flat and suspicion falls on three men, all of whom the police believe may have had reason to wish her dead
Reporter (uncredited)
1890, London, and a serial killer known as The Terror is murdering policemen. When gentleman thief Nicholas Revel unwittingly becomes the chief suspect, he must use his guile and wits to prove he’s not the killer; whilst also not getting caught for a jewel robbery he has just committed.
Inspector Murch
Una mujer de la alta sociedad es acusada de asesinar a su marido, un hombre de negocios. Investiga las pistas del caso Philip Trent, un caballeroso sabueso a punto de retirarse.
Fred, mechanic at Bristow & Brown
An ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night before but he later finds out that a man he got into a fight with earlier in the night was murdered.
Harry Bunn
Entertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on Derby day. It cleverly blends dramatic, romantic and comic elements, including the woman and lover who have murdered her husband, and the working class couple who are excited about their chance to go to the races, but end up listening to it on the radio in the car-park because they've got such a bad view.
Lorry Driver
A young couple get involved with a smuggler
Mess Waiter
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.
Potman
Robbie (Jon Whiteley), un niño huérfano de 6 años, vive falto de cariño y cuidado con sus padres adoptivos en Londres. Tras prender un pequeño fuego en la casa, y temiendo un severo castigo, el chico huye y comienza a vagar por las calles londinenses. Finalmente se refugia en un edificio donde se encuentra a Chris Lloyd (Dirk Bogarde), y al hombre qué ésta acaba justo de matar... (FILMAFFINITY)
Ambulanceman
In a small town in the 1950's a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's directors. The producer doesn't try to hide his annoyance about it, and is further exercised when the authoress herself arrives to help. The cast have to try and sort out real-life problems that keep intruding as they wrestle with the play's dire dialogue.
Irish Police Sergeant
This tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the police apprehend the conspirators after an innocent bystander is accidentally killed.
(uncredited)
When well-off aircraft designer Denning finds his daughter's current boyfriend is a nasty character he tries to buy him off, ending up hitting him and causing his death when he falls. Instead of calling the police he dumps the body in a lonely spot on the road to the North, making it look like a hit-and-run accident. Weeks later there is still no report of the body being found, and Denning starts to go to pieces. When he lets his wife into his secret the two start making enquiries, possibly making things worse.
Bert
Antonio Riccardi, a rare stamp dealer who is secretly a hired killer, pays for the violin lessons of his gifted brother Giuseppe. To meet the expenses of Giuseppe's concert debut he accepts a further job, but his decision to do so provides Detective Inspector Carson, who has long hoped to ensnare Tony, with an opportunity that might now enable him to bring about his downfall.
Customs Man (uncredited)
Frances es una reputada entomóloga que, debido a sus grandes conocimientos sobre virus y bacterias, es requerida por el servicio secreto británico para realizar una peligrosa misión. Debe viajar a un país imaginario de los Balcanes e investigar un nuevo tipo de armas bacteriológicas que supuestamente está desarrollando el enemigo.
Postman
A classic Ealing comedy in which a young boy steals a magnet and becomes a hero.
Waiter (uncredited)
A young woman, Judith Moray, deserts her prospective fiance, the nice doctor Alan Kearn, for an old flame, the dashing but roguish former wing commander Bill Glennan. Glennan makes her pregnant and marries her, but leaves her on the morning after the wedding when he learns that her father can't offer him financial support. Two years later she - having been told that Glennan is dead - has married Kearn and borne him a son. But then Glennan suddenly reappears and begins to blackmail her.
Mechanic
A famous mystery writer uses his own plot tricks to murder a blackmailer in this British thriller.
Cady
El capitan William Bones, un viejo lobo de mar, llega enfermo a la posada de la madre de Jim Haxkins y antes de morir, entrega a Jim el mapa del tesoro del pirata Flint, recomendándole que esté prevenido contra el hombre de la pata de palo. Jim se lo cuenta todo al Sr. Trelawney y al doctor Livesey y juntos deciden emprender la búsqueda del tesoro. Contratan una tripulación y parten hacia la isla donde está escondido el tesoro. En mitad de la travesía, Jim se da cuenta de que la mayoría de la tripulación son piratas de Flint y de que el cocinero, un hombre con la pata de palo, llamado John Silver el largo, es el antiguo contramaestre de Flint, contra el que le previno el capitán Bones. Al llegar a la isla, los piratas, al mando de John Silver se amotinan y emprenden la lucha contra Jim, Trelawney, Livesey y los marineros fieles, para conseguir el mapa del tesoro
Worker
The workers in a small plough factory take over the firm, but when a large order falls through, the old management come back to help out.
Charlie Fox
Sergeant Jack Hardacre returns from the war to his contemptible fiancée Janey Jenkins intending to reconcile with her against all odds. But he falls in love with a charming new lodger Milly Southern instead.
Soldier at Airport
A blind Englishwoman weds a French nobleman and moves into his family's chateau, but she quickly realizes someone there wants her out of the way.
Sapper
Narra cómo el descubrimiento de un tratado provoca que la "Sección Pimlico", una pequeña comunidad en medio de Londres, se proclame independiente e intente actuar como tal.
'Bedford' Stage Manager (uncredited)
Tottie True is a gay-90s British music-hall performer who has her sights set on moving from rags to riches, who loses her heart to the pure-and-true blue balloonist, Sid Skinner, but continues her upward search on improving her social status. She finally settles for Lord Landon Digby who has lots of assets and a very-stiff upper lip. She gets a lot of the latter and very little of the former, and decides Sid might have been a better choice.
Driver (uncredited)
In the final days of World War II, in a MASH unit in Burma, a severely wounded corporal watches in dismay as fellow soldiers pack-up to return home but a caring nurse and five remaining soldiers bring him solace.
Club steward
A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.
Stacy
In this crime drama, a man learns that he has six months left to live, and before he dies he decides to get revenge against the man responsible for his incarceration. First he hires a man to kill him and frame the traitor. Later the fellow learns that he is not sick after all. Fortunately his hit man died. Later the man he wants to avenge has a final showdown with him. A struggle ensues and the fellow kills his enemy in self-defense.
Railway Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
A young woman leaves her backwards hometown to go to London to find a runaway suitor. What she doesn't know is that she has inherited a strange ability; if she's in the vicinity of a machine for more than fifteen minutes, it stops working.
Joe
Set on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up in business as a patent medicine man selling hair tonic at the fair with his ex-army colleague Dan (Ronald Shiner). Following a fight with local hoods over pitch spaces, Jim falls for Jane (Hazel Court), the girl on a nearby candy floss stall. The two begin dating but Jim fails to mention he is already married.
Sammy Rice es un científico experto en bombas, con graves heridas de guerra, que sólo consigue calmar el dolor gracias a las pastillas y al alcohol; vive encerrado en sí mismo por un comportamiento autodestructivo y con una inestable relación con su novia Susan. Cuando sus superiores le ordenan que investigue sobre un nuevo tipo de bomba trampa creada por los alemanes, los nervios y la resolución de Sammy llegarán a sus límites.
Johnny Briggs (uncredited)
A factory worke quits his job to become a motorcycle racer.
Army Truck Driver
A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to find her, only to discover that she is suffering from amnesia.
Leading Stoker E. McKenzie R.N.
Historia del explorador Robert Falcon Scott y su intento de ser el primero en llegar al Polo Sur.
A radio commentator is sent to a village to broadcast a bell-ringing team. Meanwhile a property speculator tries to buy a plot of land for less than it is worth.
Bit Part (uncredited)
The story of three women working as waitresses in post-World War II Britain.
Police Driver
Four people with very different backgrounds meet by chance at an English pub and gradually become carried away in a bout of thrill-seeking. When their spree gets out of hand, each person faces a moral choice with lasting consequences.
Sergeant
Derek Wardwell (Shaun Noble) is struck with amnesia, and the last thing he remembers is the beautiful voice of opera singer Helen Maxwell (Evelyn Maccabe). When he regains consciousness, Wardwell thinks he's in love with her. After his amnesia is cured, Wardwell returns to his fiancee while Helen begins a romance with his doctor.
Part of BFI collection "Worth the Risk?"
