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- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsJean PetersLouis JourdanDebra PagetIn order to recover his ship impounded by the British, former pirate captain LaRochelle agrees to spy on the notorious Caribbean Sea pirates Blackbeard and Anne Providence.
- DirectorIrving RapperStarsBette DavisGary MerrillEmlyn WilliamsA mystery writer becomes involved in a tangled web of murderous deception not unlike the plots of her novels.Bette Davis in classic scenery chewing mode in this British 'b' movie.
- DirectorHarmon JonesStarsMonty WoolleyThelma RitterDavid WayneA 65-year-old printer hatches an elaborate scheme to avoid forced retirement.Amiable comedy very much of its day.
- DirectorIrving CummingsStarsRandolph ScottGene TierneyDana AndrewsAt the end of the Civil War, an embittered Southern belle joins forces with a Confederate guerrilla leader to raid Union towns.
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsHope LangeStephen BoydSuzy ParkerAn expose of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher ups.
- DirectorIvar CampbellStarsLeslie FrenchMary LawsonWarren JenkinsA music composer, disheartened by the failure of BBC radio to play any of his compositions, decides to set up his own pirate radio station.Shown as BIG BEN CALLING
Only of interest for an early appearance of a 15-year-old Hughie Green doing impersonations of Mae West and Maurice Chevalier - DirectorHenry HathawayStarsTyrone PowerOrson WellesCécile AubryA disinherited 13th Century Saxon nobleman leaves Norman England with an archer friend to seek his fortune in the Far East.Rip-roaring adventure yarn
- DirectorMartyn C. WebsterStarsRobert BeattyElizabeth SellarsPeter CokeA hit and run victim is operated on by Dr. Fenton (Robert Beatty) who becomes implicated after his patient is later murdered.Based on a Francis Durbridge TV serial, it is interesting for featuring Peter Coke, best known for playing Durbridge's best known creation Paul Temple.
- DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsMichael RedgraveJean KentNigel PatrickAndrew Crocker-Harris (Michael Redgrave), a classics teacher at an English school, is afflicted with a heart ailment and an unfaithful wife (Jean Kent). His interest in his pupils wanes as he looks towards his final days in employment.Michael Redgrave’s stagey performance won him the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival. 18-year-old Brian Smith is much more natural as the schoolboy Taplow.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsDirk BogardeMargaret LockwoodKay WalshEdward "Teddy" Bare is a delusional psychotic with a lust for wealth, older women and murder. Having committed what he thinks is the perfect murder of his elderly wife; Teddy sets his sights on new targets when her fortune goes elsewhere.Margaret Lockwood on top form opposite a psychotic Dirk Bogarde
- DirectorWalter LangStarsClifton WebbMyrna LoyJeanne CrainMyrna Loy plays the wife of the persnickety father of her 12 children, Clifton Webb, who has uniquely humorous methods for dealing with the ordeals such an unwieldy family undoubtedly encounters.Perhaps Clifton Webb is unlikely casting as a father of twelve children, but he gives a charming performance, with Myrna Loy once more the perfect wife.
- DirectorCharles CrichtonStarsNatasha ParryJane HyltonDiana DorsThe storyline centres on four young female factory workers who escape the monotony of their jobs by spending their evenings at the Chiswick Palais, the local dance hall, where they have various problems with their boyfriends.Diana Dors is under used as usual, and Petula Clark is saddled with an almost unplayable part, but it's a film that has its moments.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsRichard AttenboroughBarry K. BarnesSheila SimA London cab driver gets mixed up with a criminal gang and sets out to expose the group and its leader for what they are.Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim are an unlikely pair of crime fighters in the above average British thriller.
- DirectorJohn E. BlakeleyStarsNorman EvansNat JackleyDan YoungDemobbed from the army Nat, Norman and Dan get new jobs, solve a crime and stage a concert party.Completely daft and mostly unfunny comedy from Mancunian studios.
- DirectorC.M. Pennington-RichardsStarsBob MonkhouseKenneth ConnorShirley EatonThe marketing department of a pharmaceutical company decides to find a dentist to endorse its brand of toothpaste.Dismal comedy despite the efforts of Eric Barker and Shirley Eaton.
- DirectorC.M. Pennington-RichardsStarsIan CarmichaelJanette ScottSidney JamesWhen newlyweds Jack and Peggy face eviction, they are tricked into buying a rundown houseboat. After rebuilding the engine, they take their friends Sid and Sandra on a trip down the river to Folkestone, but somehow they end up in France with no fuel and supplies and must resort to desperate actions to return home.Broad comedy with very few laughs.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsRonald ShinerBrian RixSidney JamesThree bookies concoct a dim-witted scheme to kidnap a racehorse and a star jockey, then swap them with a pair of lookalikes to make a fast buck.
- DirectorBernard VorhausStarsRonald SquireJane BaxterAnthony BushellA forger returns to his family when he leaves jail, vowing to go straight. Although approached by an international counterfeiting gang, he keeps his word, only to find his nephew is in the Swiss Alps helping the crooks. He sets off to try to put a stop to things, but with Scotland Yard also hot-footing it to the resort, his problems are just beginning.
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsRalph RichardsonMichèle MorganSonia DresdelA butler working in a foreign embassy in London falls under suspicion when his wife accidentally falls to her death, the only witness being an impressionable young boy.Ralph Richardson’s bad-tempered wife, Sonia Dresdel, falls to her death, but was she pushed or was it an accident. All the players shine in this well-made Carol Reed directed drama.
- DirectorSidney GilliatStarsJack HawkinsArlene DahlDennis PriceAn insurance investigator runs into an ex-girlfriend, who is still as beautiful as he remembered her, but is now married. He soon finds himself involved in arson, blackmail, and murder.There’s not much chemistry between Arlene Dahl and Jack Hawkins in this fast paced thriller.
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsBud FlanaganChesney AllenJimmy NervoThe Crazy gang invade Nazi Germany !! They accidentally pilot a balloon over enemy territory.Dated comedy starring The Crazy Gang.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsWilfred PicklesPetula ClarkMegs JenkinsJim Gay loves his racing greyhound but, out of town, he finds a dog with a better chance to win. His friends bet on his dog while he bets against.Weak comedy with lacklustre cast.
- DirectorRonald NeameStarsTrevor HowardAnouk AiméeHerbert LomA man is torn between tackling a sinister crime syndicate or turning a blind eye to the suffering it creates.Tedius adventure yarn set in North Africa.
- DirectorWalter FordeStarsArthur AskeyRichard MurdochKathleen HarrisonHigh jinks and chills ensue when a group of people become stranded at an isolated station and a legendary phantom train approaches.Arthur Ridley's hoary old play is given another screen outing, this time with an irritating turn from comedian Arthur Askey.
- DirectorBasil DeardenAlberto CavalcantiStarsMervyn JohnsGlynis JohnsTom WallsA group of travellers, all with something to hide in their past, take shelter from a storm in an old inn. The inn-keeper seems a little mysterious...Slow moving drama about a group of troubled people staying at an inn run by a ghostly father and daughter.