Fergus McDonell

A new schoolteacher learns that the previous teacher was killed by his students, and he fears the same fate will befall him.

A stern father and lenient mother try to deal with the ups and downs of their four children's lives in working class Bolton.

A master conman leads a pair of British accomplices on an international adventure of highly profitable dirty tricks.

Charlie Bubbles, a writer, up from the working class of Manchester, England, who, in the course of becoming prematurely rich and famous, has mislaid a writer's basic tool – the capacity to feel and to respond. Now he must visit his estranged wife and son, whom he has set up on a farm outside his native city. His journey accidentally becomes an attempt to reestablish his connections with life, people, and his own history.

Jamie McGregor (Barry Evans) is a virginal sixth-former in suburbia delivering groceries for the local supermarket, but he is more interested in other matters - Mary, Linda, Paula and Caroline. He tries to seduce the girls of his dreams in the swinging sixties.

Depois que o exército egípcio, comandada por oficiais britânicos, é destruído em uma batalha no Sudão em 1880, o governo britânico está em um dilema. Ele não querem enviar uma força militar britânica para uma guerra estrangeira, mas eles têm o compromisso de proteger os egípcios em Cartum. Eles decidem pedir o general Charles "Chinês" Gordon, que era uma espécie de herói popular no Sudão por ter acabado com o comércio de escravos na área, para providenciar a evacuação. Gordon concorda, mas também decide defender a cidade contra as forças do Mahdi - O Esperado - e tenta forçar os britânicos a enviar tropas.

The parallel stories of two couples in crises and their connections to a drowned woman found in a river.

Um playboy que se recusa a desistir de seu estilo de vida hedonista para se estabelecer e se casar com seu verdadeiro amor busca ajuda de um psicanalista demente que, por sua vez, está tendo seus próprios problemas românticos.

Success has James Brewster's name written all over it, and he also has his heart set on his boss's daughter. A con artist hires him to help out on a bank scheme, but then again, James will do anything to get rich and be the most successful businessman in Britain-even if it means murder!!!

Enquanto reformava sua casa em Londres, Aston, por pena, aloja um sem-teto, mas o irmão de Aston insulta e assedia o velho rabugento. Aston (Robert Shaw), um homem quieto e reservado, mora sozinho em um quarto desordenado no último andar de uma pequena casa abandonada em um bairro pobre de Londres. Ele faz amizade com Mac Davies (Donald Pleasence), um velho sem-teto que foi demitido de um emprego em um café. Com o tempo, Aston lhe oferece um emprego como zelador da casa. O irmão de Aston, Mick (Sir Alan Bates), um sádico provocador, assedia o sem-teto quando seu irmão está fora, contradizendo suas ordens. Então, Aston, irritado pelo velho rabugento, o expõe. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)

Four teen-aged Teds are persuaded to form a rock group and undertake the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme to keep them out of trouble.

Made for the NSPCC by the noted film director John Krish, They Took Us To The Sea follows a group of children taken by Inspectors of the NSPCC on an outing from Birmingham to Weston-Super Mare.

This short dramatic film illustrates a cooperative program of fire protection that was carried out across Alberta in the late 1950s. It presents the problems inherent in a voluntary fire brigade, as well as the everyday heroes who step up and get the job done. The film is an entertaining look at how a crew that was once considered to be the joke of the town can evolve into the best fire brigade in the West.

This short film tells the heart-warming Christmas story of two Saskatchewan farm children and a pony named Pancho. There’s no real place for a horse on a fully mechanized wheat farm, but with will and heart they prove that one can be found.

A look at the destruction that follows the breaking of long-neglected dikes and the measures being taken to prevent future problems.

A woman suspects that the local council is corrupt and building defective drains that could cause public health issues.

Prelude to Fame is a 1950 British drama film directed by Fergus McDonell from a story by Aldous Huxley. While vacationing in Italy, Nick Morell (Robin Dowell), son of John Morell (Guy Rolfe), a famous English philosopher and amateur musician and his wife Catherine (Kathleen Ryan), becomes friendly with young Guido (Jeremy Spenser), and Morell discovers the boy has an extraordinary instinct for orchestration and a phenomenal music memory. A neighboring couple, Signor and Signora Boudini (Henry Oscar and Kathleen Byron) become aware of the boy's talents, and she appeals to his parents to let her educate him musically. Torn by their love for their son and, they feel,the duty to let the world hear his talent, they consent.

A man and his wife take to their house some men they rescue from a road crash and then find they have picked up some dangerous criminals.

Um líder nacionalista irlandês ferido tenta fugir da polícia após um roubo fracassado em Belfast. Johnny McQueen, líder de uma organização clandestina irlandesa, está se escondendo na casa de Kathleen e sua mãe, planejando um assalto que fornecerá ao seu grupo os fundos necessários para continuar suas atividades. Durante o assalto, as coisas correm mal: Johnny está ferido, não consegue voltar para o esconderijo e desaparece nos becos de Belfast. Imediatamente, é lançada uma caça ao homem em grande escala, e a cidade é rigidamente vigiada pela polícia, cujo chefe pretende capturar Johnny e os outros membros da gangue. Kathleen sai em busca de Johnny. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)

Um grupo de recrutas é convocado para a infantaria durante a WW2. No início, eles parecem um bando sem esperança, mas seu sargento e seu tenente acreditam neles e os transformam em uma boa equipe. Quando eles entram em ação na África do Norte eles percebem qual que é o jogo.

Two wealthy Victorian widows are courted tentatively by two impoverished British aristocrats. When one of the dowagers suggests that her beau go away with her for a month to see if they are compatible, the fireworks begin.

A ventriloquist is murdered during a theatre variety performance. A dwarf goes undercover as the dummy...

A London fishmonger helps a young woman evade her unwanted upcoming marriage by pretending to be her fiancé, a big game hunter from Africa. Comedy.

An Englishwoman who writes novels meets a farmer who has just killed his nagging wife.

On board a luxury liner, young Barbara Standish attempts to smuggle stolen jewels from France to America

The Christmas story, presented in the form of a medieval York mystery, or miracle play, by a cast of junior school children. They follow the text, in verse and prose, used by strolling players five centuries ago when a miracle play meant the portrayal of the mystery of Christ's birth. The story is divided into scenes, with costumes and settings patterned after biblical times. Between acts a children's "angel choir" sings familiar Christmas carols to introduce each scene.