Peter Graves

Lord Robert St. Simon se muestra desolado cuando Henrietta, su nueva esposa, desaparece. Invitado a resolver el caso, Sherlock Holmes descubre que no es la primera esposa de Lord Robert a la que le ocurre lo mismo

Un hombre gris y sin ganas de vivir contrata a un asesino a sueldo para que acabe con su vida, pues él carece de valor para hacerlo. Pero, inesperadamente, conoce a una mujer y cambia de idea: quiere seguir viviendo. El problema consiste en que debe encontrar al asesino que ha contratado antes de que éste ejecute su macabro encargo.

Narra la romántica historia de amor entre Edward, Príncipe de Gales, y la divorciada americana Wallis Warfield Simpson, una relación por la que el heredero renunció a sus derechos al trono británico.

En el pequeño reino de Euphrania, el Rey y su corte esperan ansiosos que el príncipe Eduard se case. Pero el joven quiere casarse por amor y no por obligación. Tras la muerte de su padre, Cenicienta se convierte, en su propia casa, en la criada de su madrastra y de sus hermanastras. Pero su hada madrina le ayudará en sus duras tareas domésticas y, además, conseguirá que asista a una fiesta en palacio y conozca al príncipe. Sin embargo, cuando la magia desaparece, la única prueba que Eduard tiene de la existencia de Cenicienta es un pequeño zapato de cristal con el que intentará localizarla.

Parodia del cine bélico. Segunda Guerra Mundial. Narra las peripecias de un inepto militar que dirige una compañía de inadaptados. El teniente Goodbody (Crawford) intenta suplir su falta de experiencia con un entusiamo desbordante. Por eso, cuando le ordenan construir un campo de criquet en el Norte de África, en pleno desierto, cien kilómetros por detrás de las líneas enemigas, no se lo piensa dos veces y acomete la empresa incluso arriesgando la vida de sus hombres.

Los hermanos David y Michael Tremayne elaboran un plan para robar las joyas de la Corona, que se hallan dentro de una cámara blindada de la Torre de Londres. Mientras que David, que es arquitecto, estudia un mapa del edificio, Michael se ocupa de la estrategia, basándose en los conocimientos adquiridos en la escuela militar de la que acaba de ser expulsado. (FILMAFFINITY)

Un grupo de padres decide abrir una cuenta bancaria con la intención de que la suma acumulada durante años vaya a parar a manos del hijo que consiga sobrevivir a los demás. Mucho tiempo después, sólo quedan dos supervivientes: dos hermanos que se odian.

Tras un naufragio, una familia de la alta sociedad inglesa va a parar a una isla desierta. A pesar de las circunstancias, el mayordomo (Kenneth More) intentará seguir ejerciendo su profesión con la mayor corrección y eficacia posibles.

Una joven actriz debe decidir cuál de sus dos amantes será su marido. Ella sueña despierta sobre quién de los dos es mejor, imaginándoselos como nobles, para así poderse decidir.

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.

Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale (Anna Neagle), the young 19th-century Englishwoman famously drawn to a career in nursing. Traveling to Turkey during the Crimean War, Florence gains a reputation for being devoted to the care of wounded soldiers and for pioneering higher standards for sanitary hospital conditions.

Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham: "The Ant and the Grasshopper", directed by Pat Jackson and adapted by T. E. B. Clarke; "Winter Cruise", helmed by Anthony Pelissier, screenplay by Arthur Macrae; "Gigolo and Gigolette", directed by Harold French, written by Eric Ambler. It is the last film in a Maugham trilogy, preceded by Quartet and Trio.

Penniless man-about-town Michael Gore-Brown is delighted to hear he has been left a high-class Mayfair fashion salon. His intention is to sell it as quickly as possible, but on meeting Ellen, chief designer and manager, he quickly changes his mind and turns his attention to courting her.

Life in the normally tranquil high society home of Joshua Howard is disrupted by the arrival of a mysterious footman in this sparkling British romantic comedy hit. Richard (Michael Wilding) acts like anything but a servant. He has aristocratic airs and graces, an expert knowledge of fine art and can play classical music and boogie-woogie on a grand piano with equal aplomb. And is that an Old Etonian tie he's wearing? Judy (Anna Neagle), is determined to discover Richard's true identity and the reason he's posing as a lowly footman. Bored with the attentions of vain movie stars and eccentric minor nobility, she's captivated by his easy-going charm and ready to fall. But will his scandalous secret come between them and true happiness?

The tangled affairs of George, Prince of Wales, leading to his illegal marriage to commoner Mrs. Fitzherbert. Also portrayed is the conflict between the future George IV and his father George III.

The film follows the history of a brooch after it is given as a present by a man to a woman in 1911.

A musical set during the French Revolution.

The life of Irishman George Howard who buys an English theatre and strives to improve the standard of musical entertainment. Set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and loosely based on fact.

Waltz Time is a 1945 British musical film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Carol Raye, Peter Graves and Patricia Medina. In Imperial Vienna a young Grand Duchess is prevented from marrying the man she loves.

In turn-of-the-century London a young music publisher fights both competitors and piracy in a time where author's royalties were still unprotected.

Set just after the end of WWII (but filmed in the middle of it) in a time of general euphoria at having won the war, with full employment and general happiness for all (or nearly all). Peter, the young wastrel son of a hard working hotel owner doesn't like the idea of having to work for a living. He discovers a society of "White Elephants" who are quite willing to be poor as long as they don't have to work. They are protected and guided by Nina (Margaret Lockwood) and her precocious sister Heidi (Jean Simmons).

Classic comedy starring Arthur Askey. Askey plays a pilot who bales out over Paradise Island, not knowing that he is about to land in a bee-worshipping colony of women and that he is about to become a drone for the queen bee. When he finds out that, as custom demands, he is due to be sacrificed two months after the honeymoon, he soon starts thinking about escape. The women of course have other ideas.

Askey stars as a man trying to save his flagging escort agency. A new partner suggests getting some new girls in, just in time for the soldiers' leave. The film also features the English singing favourite of the forties, Anne Shelton.

Arthur King se une al ejército y pronto comienza a fantasear con el Rey Arturo y sus caballeros.

All but a prisoner in the exotic Malayan retreat she shares with her Chinese financier husband, Yuan Sing (Paul Lukas), British singer Sadie Merivale (Kay Walsh) begins a dangerous affair with nearby plantation owner Harold Marquess (Wallace Douglas). But when Sing discovers his wife’s betrayal, he plots to regain his honor by slowly torturing her lover to death.

'Affianced Foreign Office agent searches for mystery woman he loves.' (British Film Catalogue)