Patric Doonan

The adventures of two children who runaway to London to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.

Снятый по мотивам популярной пьесы Хью Гастингса он рассказывает о группе британских и американских моряков на одном из шотландских островов. Группа занимается секретным проектом по созданию новой сверхмощной торпеды. Британские офицеры возмущены вмешательством со стороны американского учёного Бредвиля (Джин Келли), в то время как янки также плохо переносят своих британских коллег. Трения нарастают, когда проваливаются первые испытания, и при этом гибнут люди. Второе испытание также заканчивается неудачей, и выход на третье испытание становится вопросом исключительного значения. Сможет ли Бредвиль доказать эффективность новой торпеды и избежать при этом новой трагедии, и сможет ли он завоевать доверие своего самого непримиримого врага, британского лейтенанта Вортона.

Young couple Mark and Jane are forced to thrash out marital problems in a borrowed room in Jane’s parents’ tiny house. Meanwhile, Jane’s cousin, Jim - back from the war in Korea - and Mark’s involvement in left-wing politics place further strain on the relationship. Can grandfather help?

Steve MacKendrick resigns from the US Army after causing the needless death of a fellow officer. Wanting to serve in the war, he enlists as a Canadian in the British 1st Parachute Brigade. He proves himself exceptionally skilled for a recruit, arousing the suspicion of his commanding officer who starts an investigation. He redeems himself during combat. The film was titled "Paratrooper" in the US.

Two brothers work in their invalid father's repair garage. Johnny is the quiet, reliable one while Ted is younger and wilder. The brothers feud over Lucky, a beautiful band singer. Then their life is complicated: first by a police search for the unknown killer of a man in a dance hall fight, and then by a bookie pressuring Ted to pay his gambling debts.

A secret jet aircraft capable of traveling three times the speed of sound is being developed by a group of scientists. On the day of the test flight, one of the scientists dies in a mysterious accident, and there are many arguments concerning the flight itself; some think it should be ground-controlled while Heathley (James Donald) wants it to be a manned flight with himself at the controls. Conflict also arises when one of his fellow scientists, taking advantage of Heathley's lack of attention toward his wife, Lydia (Phyllis Calvert), makes some moves on her. Then there is the question of just who is the enemy agent on the project.

When his grandfather dies, George Westcott (Patrick Doonan) returns home from India to collect his inheritance -- only to find that the will has mysteriously gone missing. As his greedy relatives try to seize the estate, George gets the help of a movie star (Greta Gynt), a window cleaner (James Hayter and a police inspector (Herbert Ross) to track down the missing will. It seems that justice will prevail -- but is George Wescott really George Wescott?

Compton Bennett's war drama The Gift Horse follows the fortunes of ageing destroyer The Ballantrae and her crew from the time they come together in 1940 until the climactic raid on occupied St Nazaire in 1942. Trevor Howard plays Lt Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser, the newly appointed captain, back in service after having left the navy following a court martial.

Men from Scotland Yard and military intelligence build a dossier on a sabotage ring.

At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. However, someone realises that a prize cow is on the islands and the Nazis mustn't get hold of her. This is the intrepid story of the cow-napping from under the noses of the Nazis.

Эксцентричный изобретатель Сидни Стрэттон работает на текстильной фабрике. Однажды ему удается создать нечто необыкновенное. Новая ткань, изобретенная им, не рвется, не мнется, не изнашивается. Конкуренты начинают за ним охоту…

Bulldog Drummond leaves retirement to help a Scotland Yard Sergeant catch thieves armed with radar.

1807 год. Британский военно-морской флот послан к берегам центральной Америки с секретной миссией по оказанию помощи лидеру латиноамериканской революции. Восемь месяцев продлится это опасное плавание, а возглавит военную экспедицию Капитан Горацио Хорнблоуэр. Отважному капитану предстоит пройти тысячи морских миль, вступить в бой с вражеским флотом, одержать победу и встретить свою любовь — красавицу Барбару

A US newsman and a British entomologist spy on germ-warfare research in a mythical country.

A blind man is witness to a murder; later cured of his blindness he attempts to puzzle out the solution to the crime.

P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also anachronistic, unprepared and unable to answer the violence of the 1950s.

Newspaper reporter Nat Hearn returns home after serving in the Royal Air Force during World War II. When one of the paper's owners dies, the man's partner and son offers Nat a position as editor in return for his financial backing. But Nat's reluctance to shy away from controversial issues raises more than a few eyebrows.

A factory worke quits his job to become a motorcycle racer.

A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.