A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others were less willing.
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.
This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British scientists.
A fiction writer begins working on a biography of a pilot who went down during the test flight of a new plane and finds himself soon involved in a series of murders.
2차대전 당시 상선의 선원이었던 에릭슨(Lt. CmDr. Ericson: 잭 호킨스 분)은 구축함인 '컴패스 로즈'의 함장에 임명된다. 하지만 에릭슨을 제외한 다른 선원들은 바다에 대한 경험이 전혀 없는 사람들이다. 에릭슨은 3주간의 훈련을 마친 이들과 함께 독일 잠수함의 공격을 막는 임무를 받고 대서양으로 나간다. 한편 비열한 성격의 소유자인 베넷 (First Officer Bennett: 스탠리 베이커 분) 대위가 떠나자 록하트(Sub-Lt. Lockhart: 도날드 신든 분)가 대위에 임명되어 에릭슨 함장의 오른팔이 된다. 어려운 일이 있을 때마다 록하트는 에릭슨에게 진심으로 위로를 했고, 서로에 대한 신뢰감은 굳어진다.
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.
