Eight O'Clock Walk (1954)
Жанр : криминал, драма
Время выполнения : 1Ч 27М
Директор : Lance Comfort
Писатель : John Baines
Краткое содержание
Only a British cabdriver's (Richard Attenborough) wife (Cathy O'Donnell) and lawyer (Derek Farr) believe him innocent of killing a little girl.
A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.
Crime drama in which a couple get involved in a web of intrigue surrounding the husband's employer.
During World War II, four British soldiers are commissioned to set up an observation post on a seemingly deserted island in the Mediterranean. However, while surveying the island, the Brits come across four German soldiers holed up in a monastery. The Brits and the Germans agree to a truce, sharing the monastery together until either the British or German troops arrive. But when a shipwrecked Slavic girl ends up on the island, a battle over her erupts amongst the men.
Petty thief Willie Frith steals a suitcase full of bank notes, only to find out that they have been given all the same serial number. But this is only the start of his troubles, now he has to find a way of changing the notes, so he can impress the barmaid of his local pub.
The former wife of a criminal moves to a coastal town and takes over the running of a bar known as The Quiet Woman. She becomes outraged when she discovers the previous owner had allowed local smugglers to use it as a base. She soon has become romantically involved with one of the smugglers, which causes enormous problems when a customs officer turns up, followed closely by her former husband.
While investigating a murder case, a detective stumbles upon a rare-stamp swindle involving the victim's twin sister.
Because of its high productivity and "almost" 100 per cent employment, the town of Hayhoe, England is expecting a visit from the Prime Minister. The "almost" is because of Dan Dance (Eddie Byrne), an old rogue who would rather drink and philosophize than work. The Village Council are determined to have a perfect record so they connive to have the old man put into the alms-house which has been unoccupied for many years, where he must abide by rules laid down 400 years ago. A new Vicar arrives and discovers that, because of the circumstances created by the Council, Dan Dance is entitled to 6,000 pounds a year at the expense of the village.
A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the the only suspect when someone else murders her.
Действие фильма «В Опасности» происходит в лагере для военнопленных в Северной Италии, где летом 1943 года размещались британцы, французы и другие пленные из армий союзников. Британские офицеры придумывают несколько хитроумных планов побега, в том числе один, связанный с канализацией, выключателями света, потерянными сигаретами и столбами для регби. Несмотря на все усилия Комитета по побегам, возглавляемого подполковником Дэвидом Бэрдом (Ричард Тодд), итальянцам удается помешать им всем. Заключенные начинают подозревать, что в их рядах есть информатор, а главным подозреваемым является греческий офицер лейтенант Кутулес (Сирил Шапс). Когда его находят убитым, недостатка в подозреваемых нет.
The misfortunes that befall three dental students when they become unwitting accessories to a burglary.
Good and bad characters are stuck in a ski chalet near buried Nazi gold in the Alps.
Based on the play by Ted Willis, the film is set in the years just before World War II, when England hadn't completely dug itself out of the worldwide depression. Melvyn Hayes is featured as an aimless teenager, who tries to escape his squalid surroundings by entering a life of crime. He falls in with local hoodlum Herbert Lom, who holds the rest of the slum citizens in the grip of fear including Hayes' own family. No Trees in the Street chronicles Hayes' sordid progress from nickel-and-dime thefts to murder.
In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets.
О том, как домашнее хозяйство, заботы о семье убивают в женщине все остальные интересы. В центре фильма история такой женщины, чуть было не потерявшей мужа.
In London's colourful but seedy Soho, Michael Morgan is working mending the road. He is unhappy, with little hope of finding happiness. Then he meets Julia Gozzi, a barmaid, and "The Miracle" happens.
A court case ensues when a 47-year old man is caught with a 15-year old girl, and he claims he never knew she was so young.
A night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the crime. Witnesses and suspects give differing accounts of the lead-up to the crime, and the truth emerges.
William Lucas plays a lorry driver who is recently out of prison. He becomes a target when it s discovered that he knows where he can find plates for making forged banknotes.
Nightclub employee Joan Foster (Kay Callard) assists the brother of a murdered reporter to expose a drug ring.
Wilbert Winkle, a henpecked, mild-mannered, middle-aged bank clerk and handyman finds himself in the midst of battle in the South Pacific.