Barge Woman
At the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British Palestine.
Ma Robbins
Bittersweet story about London's unwanted children and the good people trying to help them. Ann is a social worker, while Bill is an electrician whose contract with the local care home introduces him to the children and Ann. Events start to escalate out of control when a child takes possession of a loaded gun.
Barmaid (uncredited)
A bitter burglar, a prostitute and an elderly shoplifter spend their first day out of jail.
Emily Ebbutt
A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula.
Emily Ebbutt (uncredited)
The Toff solves the mystery of a missing employer. One of the BFi's most wanted films.
Mrs. McAfee
Bedelia Carrington is living happily, it appears, in Monte Carlo with her husband Charlie Carrington. But a cultivated young artist, Ben Chaney, begins probing into her past with curious concern. Chaney, who is really a detective, learns that Bedelia's obsession for money has led her, in the past, to husband-poisoning for the insurance money.
Hotel Floor Cleaner (uncredited)
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.
