Rosamund Greenwood

Luke es un niño apasionado por las historias de misterio. Un día, las leyendas contadas por su abuela sobre la existencia de las brujas lo introducen en un mundo misterioso.

ANNE is the daughter of well-to-do parents in the South of England.One morning, bored with Granny's attempts to entertain her, she leaves the safety of the rich suburbs and sets out towards 'the poorer part of town' determined to meet her own real-life, tall dark stranger. Walking up a street of back-to-back houses – and still in her daydream – ANNE bumps into an old woman sending her shopping flying. A lucky accident as the old woman's grandson, RALPH, turns out to be exactly the boy she is looking for... well, nearly – he does have a strange penchant for art galleries and Elgar. But ANNE doesn't only fall in love. Discovering that not everyone is as rich as her, she determines to balance things out by persuading RALPH to take part in an unusual form of burglary. She assures him that if things go wrong, she will own up and say it was her fault. "They'll never believe you!" says Ralph. And they don't.

Ellen Pitblado is a widow who lives in recluse in 1930s Gloucestershire. When her scummy journalist nephew, Douglas, tries to force her to give him her money, she calls her mysterious lookalike gentlemen friends to her aid.

In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to England, where his bishop gives him his new assignment - to minister to London's prostitutes.

Some British soldiers in Singapore are more concerned with finding sex than finding Communists.

Antonia Lynch-Gibbon, wife of upper-crust wine dealer Martin, falls in love with her husband's best friend, noted psychiatrist Palmer Anderson. While both Palmer and Antonia would like to remain in Martin's life, he has some secrets of his own — namely, a mistress called Georgie, whom his womanizing brother also desires. All the while, Palmer's sister Honor seems to know everyone's business.

An isolated brother and sister live with their memories and a grisly secret.

A schoolteacher plagued by alcoholism and his refusal to serve in World War II, Graham Weir inspires contempt in almost everyone around him, including his bitter wife, Anna. When the lovely young Shirley Taylor, one of Weir's students, falls for her unfortunate instructor, he is tempted and flattered but turns down her advances. Taylor's subsequent actions make Weir's life even more complicated.

Inexplicablemente, los habitantes de un apacible pueblo pierden el conocimiento durante unas horas. Poco después se produce otro extraño e inquietante fenómeno que parece estar relacionado con aquel desmayo: muchas mujeres del pueblo descubren que están encintas. Agentes del gobierno supervisan estos embarazos para investigar si existe o no tal relación. Cuando las madres dan a luz, resulta que curiosamente todos los recién nacidos son albinos y tienen unos intensos ojos azules, además de una increíble inteligencia; pero a medida que crecen muestran una conducta tan sobrenatural como inhumana.

El Profesor Henry Harrington (Maurice Denham), un investigador de sectas que venía denunciando las actividades demonológicas del Dr. Karswell, muere en un extraño accidente. El psicólogo norteamericano John Holden (Dana Andrews), que se encuentra de visita en Londres, es bastante escéptico respecto a cuestiones tales como la brujería y las sectas satánicas, a pesar de lo cual investigará el caso, con la colaboración de la sobrina del difunto.

Durante una visita a Londres para la coronación del rey Jorge V, el gran duque de Carpathia conoce a Elsie, una bella corista a la que invita a cenar a su embajada. La velada no sale tal y como estaba prevista, debido a varias interrupciones inesperadas. Sin embargo, al día siguiente, ambos se darán cuenta de que ha surgido entre ellos un sentimiento muy especial. Basándose en una obra de teatro del dramaturgo inglés Terence Rattigan, Laurence Olivier dirigió esta película que podría entenderse como una variación de "La Cenicienta".

Frantic farce involving a neglected wife, a stolen diamond and four identical briefcases.

Actor Edmund Davey becomes a star overnight when his wife and co-star teams up with the secretary of a noted stage critic to produce a glowing review of his 'Othello'.