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- 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 ReedStarsRicardo CortezSally EilersBasil SydneyA ruthless businessman tries to steal his brother's successful shipping company. He hires a gifted mimic to date one of his brother's daughters to get some inside information about the business. The mimic succeeds only too well, with tragic results.
- DirectorHenry EdwardsStarsGordon HarkerJudy GunnJack HawkinsA young girl is engaged to a man she doesn't love, and rather than marry him, she decides to flee the situation altogether. She is helped by a crusty old barge Captain.
- DirectorRoy KellinoStarsJames MasonViki DobsonEddie PolaA story of smuggling and jewel thieves on board an ocean liner.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsWally PatchJulian VedeyHazel TerryAn heiress discovers during her engagement that the man she is about to marry is a fortune-hunting fraud. She runs off, and during a street scuffle, she gets a blow to her head which leaves her with amnesia. She is taken in by Flatiron Stubbs (Wally Patch) and Mario Moroni (Julian Vedey), a pair of street vendors. The fraudulent Count turns up while searching for her, and convinces her to go to Paris with him. However, Flatiron and Mario follow and rescue her from the Count.
- DirectorJohn GielgudStarsArthur SinclairZena DareRoger LiveseyThe former flame of an Irish landlord visits him, hoping to make a financially profitable marriage between her impoverished son and the still unwed oldest daughter of the ancient estate.
- DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsMargaret LockwoodMarjorie FieldingA.E. MatthewsA young couple become engaged, but enjoy several comedic adventures before their wedding day.
- DirectorWalter C. MycroftStarsEnid Stamp-TaylorMichael WildingBasil SydneyA young man's mother wants him to marry a wealthy heiress, but the man falls in love with the girl's sister.
- DirectorHerbert WilcoxStarsAnna NeagleRichard GreeneNova PilbeamA woman wrongfully accused of being a Nazi sympathizer is forced to move to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsLaurence OlivierPenelope Dudley-WardMarjorie FieldingIvan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naive about British people, and convinced by hearsay that they are shallow and hypocritical, Ivan is both bemused and amused by them. He is blunt in his opinions about Britons, and at first this puts off his hosts, including the lovely Ann Tisdall, whose grandfather runs the shipbuilding firm that will make use of Ivan's propeller. The longer Ivan stays, however, the more he comes to understand the humor, warmth, strength, and conviction of the British people, and the more they come to see him as a friend, rather than merely a suspicious Russian. As a romantic bond grows between Ivan and Ann, a cultural bond begins to grow as well, particularly as the war begins, and Russia is attacked by Germany.
- DirectorHarold FrenchStarsMichael WildingMargaret RutherfordPenelope Dudley-WardWhile bird-fancier Lady Christabel Beauclark (Dame Margaret Rutherford) scurries around demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her Ladyship's niece is falling in love with the family's butler, Tom Gilbey (Michael Wilding). The birds are forgotten when war breaks out, and Gilbey now finds himself in love with the niece whose love was previously unrequited.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsRex HarrisonConstance CummingsKay HammondA man and his second wife are haunted by the ghost of his first wife.
- StarsAlban BlakelockStringer DavisRobert EddisonIn 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.
- DirectorThornton FreelandStarsWilliam EytheStanley HollowayHazel CourtA young man makes his living in Paris in 1900 by fighting duels on behalf of other parties. He's hired to injure a leading politician and starts to get involved with a girl he uses to provoke the challenge. One newspaper, hostile to the politician, headlines the story of the impending duel asking who this Madame X is. Problem is, she's the daughter of the paper's proprietor.
- DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsBarbara WhiteRonald SquireBrenda BruceLady Elisabeth Randall is an English Air Force corporal during World War II. On her way to marry her fiancé, she finds herself being romanced by two different men.
- DirectorKen AnnakinStarsGlynis JohnsGoogie WithersGriffith JonesA young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives in to her request to be taken to see London. Comedy and romantic entanglements ensue soon after.
- DirectorHenry CorneliusStarsStanley HollowayBetty WarrenBarbara MurrayResidents of a part of London declare independence after they discover an old treaty, which leads to the need for a "Passport to Pimlico".
- DirectorFrank LaunderStarsAlastair SimMargaret RutherfordJohn TurnbullChaos ensues for staff and students alike after an all-boys and an all-girls school are amalgamated into one.
- DirectorMario SoldatiStarsJean KentRobert BeattyGordon HarkerWhile casing a bank he intends to rob, tough gangster Leo L'Americano (Robert Beatty) discovers that Antonio Pellegrini (Robert Beatty), a meek and mild clerk in the bank, is his exact double. Leo kidnaps Antonio and robs the bank, making certain there are plenty of witnesses to testify that Antonio was the bank robber. But Leo hadn't accounted for the involvement of Antonio's wife Dorothy (Jean Kent).
- DirectorJohn BoultingStarsRobert DonatMaria SchellRenée AshersonA chronicle of the life of William Friese-Greene, a British inventor and early pioneer in cinema.
- DirectorRalph SmartStarsRobert MorleyMargaret RutherfordKay KendallIn a small town in the 1950s, a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's directors. The producer doesn't try to hide his annoyance about it, and is further exercised when the authoress arrives to help. The cast have to try and sort out real-life problems that keep intruding as they wrestle with the play's dire dialogue.
- DirectorHenry CassStarsDavid TomlinsonHelen CherryMargaret RutherfordThe near-bankrupt Earl of Locharne must contend with a government agent trying to requisition his ancestral Scottish castle, as well as a beautiful American woman who wants to buy the place - to say nothing of the resident ghost.
- DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsMichael RedgraveRichard WattisMichael DenisonWhen Algernon discovers that his friend, Ernest, has created a fictional brother for whenever he needs a reason to escape dull country life, Algernon poses as the brother, resulting in ever increasing confusion.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsMargaret RutherfordRichard HearneEdward LexyHenry Wrigley (Richard Hearne) is happy writing stories for a children's' comic. Then he meets Miss Honey (Dame Margaret Rutherford), who encourages him to go into minor crime.
- DirectorGordon ParryStarsPeter IllingGaby BruyèreJames CopelandA weekend trip to Paris affects the lives of a group of British tourists.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsNorman WisdomMargaret RutherfordMoira ListerNorman, a stockroom worker at a London store, aspires to be a window dresser. Pursuing his dream, he falls for a shopgirl and they uncover a robbery plot, miraculously foiling the thieves.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsMarianne StoneLionel MurtonLisa GastoniAfter heavy fog prevents all aircraft from leaving London airport, a group of passengers take an airline bus to get them to an alternative airport. However, one amongst their number is the mastermind behind a bullion robbery at the airport... and particularly keen to escape the fog.
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsGlynis JohnsDonald SindenAnne CrawfordFlirtatious mermaid Miranda (Glynis Johns) swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on vacation. All is well until she falls in love with a human.
- DirectorAnthony KimminsStarsRonald ShinerMargaret RutherfordA.E. MatthewsA wealthy old man dies and leaves his holdings--including a brothel, a gambling den, racing greyhounds, and a sleazy bar--to his eccentric niece Clara Hilton (Dame Margaret Rutherford). Clara vows to "clean up" her new establishments, but complications ensue when she visits the crooked gambling den just when it's being raided by the Police.
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsDonald SindenDiana DorsJeannie CarsonAn Englishman is left with an abandoned, very tame, and domesticated pet alligator, who helps him develop a bond with a young Irishwoman. Plans to get rid of the animal cause mayhem and produce a surprising outcome for all.
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsVirginia McKennaBill TraversMargaret RutherfordA young couple inherits a debt-ridden old movie theater, appropriately nicknamed "The Flea Pit", and the three eccentric senior citizens who work there.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsNorman WisdomMargaret RutherfordJill DixonNorman works in a high-class jewellers and dreams of buying an expensive necklace for a shop girl who works across the street. His chance comes when he places a £1 accumulator on the horse races at Goodwood.
- DirectorWilliam ChappellStarsBeryl AndrewsAvril ElgarFrances GuthrieTwo reclusive sisters send greeting cards to the outside world through their cousin, for which they make money that goes into a fund to visit their brother in Africa.
- DirectorJohn BoultingStarsIan CarmichaelTerry-ThomasPeter SellersA naive aristocrat in search of a career becomes caught up in the struggles between his profit-minded uncle and an aggressive labor union.
- StarsMargaret RutherfordNoel PurcellOlive SloaneTelevision play centering around pensioner Amy Carr (Dame Margaret Rutherford) and her day-to-day life and character and her budding friendship with old seaman Peter O'Connor (Noel Purcell).
- DirectorMelville ShavelsonStarsDanny KayeDana WynterWilfrid Hyde-WhiteAt the time of the invasion of Normandy, an American soldier is asked to impersonate a British general in order to confuse German spies and assassins in London.
- DirectorGeorge PollockStarsMargaret RutherfordArthur KennedyMuriel PavlowWhen Miss Jane Marple reports witnessing a murder through the window of a passing train, the police dismiss her as a dotty spinster when no trace of the crime can be found.
- DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsElizabeth TaylorRichard BurtonLouis JourdanAs fog delays departure for a group of travelers bound for New York City, they wait at the lounge of London's Heathrow airport, each passenger at a moment of crisis in his or her life.
- DirectorRichard LesterStarsMargaret RutherfordRon MoodyBernard CribbinsA tiny country persuades the Americans and Soviets that they're starting a space program, when they really just want some money for new plumbing.
- DirectorGeorge PollockStarsMargaret RutherfordStringer DavisRobert MorleyWhen a wealthy old man appears to have been "frightened to death" by a cat, Miss Jane Marple suspects one of his four relatives, all heirs to his estate, of his murder.
- DirectorGeorge PollockStarsMargaret RutherfordRon MoodyCharles 'Bud' TingwellWhen Miss Jane Marple joins a theatrical company after a blackmailer is murdered, several members of the troupe are also dispatched by this mysterious killer.
- DirectorGeorge PollockStarsMargaret RutherfordLionel JeffriesCharles 'Bud' TingwellAfter Miss Jane Marple is made a trustee of a merchant marine training vessel, a fellow trustee is poisoned, and ship's officers are later murdered after she comes on board.
- DirectorFrank De FelittaStarsMargaret RutherfordStringer DavisTom CorbettMargaret Rutherford explores 3 haunted homes in England - Longleat, Beaulieu, and Salisbury Hall. Mysterious incidents, ranging from lights falling over to a cameraman losing his hearing in a room only to get it back when he walked out.
- DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJeanne MoreauMargaret RutherfordWhen King Henry IV ascends to the throne, his heir, the Prince of Wales, is befriended by Sir John Falstaff, an old, overweight, fun-loving habitual liar. Through Falstaff's eyes we see the reign of King Henry IV and the rise of Henry V.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsMarlon BrandoSophia LorenSydney ChaplinIn Hong Kong, an ambassador returning to America meets a Russian countess, a refugee without a passport, who decides to hide in his cabin.
- DirectorMauro BologniniStarsVirna LisiJames FoxMargaret RutherfordVirna Lisi is at her peak using her womanly wiles to seduce Terry-Thomas (in multiple roles) to aid her debt-ridden grandmother, Dame Margaret Rutherford.
- DirectorJules BassStarsMargaret RutherfordBob McFaddenSusan MelvinAnimated feature film based on Charles Perrault's stories and nursery rhymes. It features Humpty Dumpty, The Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe, and the Crooked Man.