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Passeport pour Pimlico
6.8

Passeport pour Pimlico

Oct 26, 1949

Passeport pour Pimlico
1949 84 min 82 vues
Peu après la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, les habitants de Pimlico, quartier du centre de Londres, découvrent, après l'explosion tardive d'une bombe larguée par l'aviation allemande, un parchemin démontrant que leur quartier est en droit une dépendance du duché de Bourgogne, qui avait perdu son indépendance depuis 1482. Après l'arrivée d'un homme s'affirmant duc de Bourgogne, et venu revendiquer ses droits, les habitants proclament leur indépendance par rapport au Royaume-Uni, devenant ainsi une micro-nation. Dans le but de reprendre le contrôle de la situation et de retirer cette « épine » fichée au cœur même de la capitale, le gouvernement britannique interrompt la fourniture de tous les services assurés dans le quartier et instaure un contrôle frontalier. Les « Bourguignons » organisent la résistance...
Comedy
The Flanagan Boy
5.8

The Flanagan Boy

Apr 10, 1953

The Flanagan Boy
1953 81 min 16 vues
Johnny Flanagan did not have the privileges of a good education or wealthy background but the streets developed his natural talent to be a great fighter. His enormous potential to reach the top is born out of a string of spectacular successes. All of which is brought to a halt when he develops a physical relationship with his manager's wife, the beautiful but manipulative Lorna. His naive temperament is no match for her callous, dispassionate scheming and he unwittingly becomes a pawn in Lorna's ultimate plan... .to murder her husband.
Crime
Went the day well?
7.2

Went the day well?

Dec 07, 1942

Went the day well?
1942 88 min 66 vues
Un détachement de l’armée britannique s’établit dans un village de la campagne anglaise. Les soldats s’intègrent à la communauté, avant que des évènements tragiques ne révèlent leur véritable identité : il s’agit en fait de soldats allemands qui exécutent un plan d’invasion. Les habitants, retenus prisonniers, organisent la défense...
War
L'Homme au million
6.823

L'Homme au million

Jan 07, 1954

L'Homme au million
1954 90 min 64 vues
Fraîchement arrivé à Londres et sans un sou après s'être fait dévaliser, Adams, un jeune Américain se demande comment survivre. Au moment où il se penche pour ramasser une brioche qu'un gamin vient de jeter, un majordome lui ouvre la porte d'une riche demeure. Deux vieux messieurs, les frères Monpelier, lui remettent une coupure unique d'un million de livres. Il peut l'utiliser pendant un mois. Et si au terme de ce delai, Adams la restitue intacte, sa fortune sera faite.
Comedy
Il pleut toujours le dimanche
6.6

Il pleut toujours le dimanche

Nov 28, 1947

Il pleut toujours le dimanche
1947 92 min 62 vues
Tommy Swann, qui s'est évadé de la prison de Dartmoor, vient chercher refuge dans la maison de Rose, qu'il avait promis d'épouser quinze ans auparavant, lorsqu'il avait été arrêté. Restée seule, Rose s'est mariée à un petit commerçant plus agé qu'elle. Elle accepte de le cacher à l'insu de sa famille, et profite de l'absence de son mari pour faire monter Tommy dans sa chambre...
Drama
Escape
5.7

Escape

Mar 01, 1948

Escape
1948 78 min 15 vues
A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl.
Thriller
Noose
5

Noose

Sep 28, 1948

Noose
1948 95 min 14 vues
Set in post Second World War Britain, Noose is the story of black market racketeers who face attempts to bring them to justice by an American fashion journalist, her ex-army fiancée and a gang of honest toughs from a local gym. When a corpse turns up at black market front The Blue Moon Club, Yank reporter Carole Landis starts snooping, much to gang boss Joseph Calleia’s annoyance. And soon there’s a hit man on the way...
Crime
The Long Memory
6.5

The Long Memory

Jan 23, 1953

The Long Memory
1953 96 min 17 vues
An innocent man is released from prison after 12 years and tracks down the witnesses who lied about him in court.
Crime
Uncensored
1

Uncensored

Aug 24, 1942

Uncensored
1942 107 min 1 vues
During the Nazi occupation of Belgium during World War II, a Belgian resistance group revives the newspaper "La Libre Belgique" to expose and counter Nazi propaganda efforts to deceive the people. They are so effective that the Nazis offer a reward for the capture of the paper's staff, although they don't know their identities. One of them is a well-known entertainer, and when his jealous partner hears of the reward, he turns him in. The paper's publishers escape capture, but their staff doesn't. The paper's founders must find not only a way to keep from getting captured by the Nazis but keep their newspaper going and get their staff released.
Drama
For Those in Peril
5

For Those in Peril

Jun 01, 1944

For Those in Peril
1944 77 min 5 vues
A WWII flyer fails to join the RAF so he joins the Air - Sea Rescue instead. His boat is out in all conditions picking up downed pilots and taking them to safety.
War
The Promise
3.5

The Promise

Dec 12, 1952

The Promise
1952 45 min 2 vues
A much loved Prison Missioner has died. His replacement struggles to live up to his predecessor's saintly reputation until he receives inspiration from the Holy Spirit.
Drama
Strange Stories
1

Strange Stories

Jan 01, 1953

Strange Stories
1953 45 min 1 vues
'Strange Stories' consists of two stories, 'The Strange Mr Bartleby' and 'The Strange Journey'. The stories were sometimes shown individually on television.
Drama
A Place to Go
6.2

A Place to Go

Jul 01, 1963

A Place to Go
1963 86 min 8 vues
Set in contemporary Bethnal Green in east London, A Place to Go charts the dramatic changes that were happening in the lives of the British working-class at the time.
Crime
Prelude to Fame
6.2

Prelude to Fame

May 02, 1950

Prelude to Fame
1950 78 min 2 vues
While vacationing in Italy, Nick Morell, son of John Morell, a famous English philosopher and amateur musician and his wife Catherine, becomes friendly with young Guido, and Morell discovers the boy has an extraordinary instinct for orchestration and a phenomenal music memory. A neighboring couple, Signor and Signora Boudini 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.
Drama
A Canterbury Tale
6.868

A Canterbury Tale

Aug 21, 1944

A Canterbury Tale
1944 125 min 114 vues
Sur le chemin de Canterbury, rencontre d'un soldat américain en permission, d'un sergent anglais organiste et d'une jeune vendeuse engagée dans la Défense Civile. Ils reprennent une tradition du passé, le pèlerinage au lieu saint, pour y chercher repentir et bénédiction. En chemin, ils démasqueront un névrosé qui asperge de colle les cheveux des femmes : le baronet d'un village du Kent, homme respecté et solitaire, spécialiste d'archéologie.
Drama
Undercover
5.8

Undercover

Jul 26, 1943

Undercover
1943 80 min 6 vues
Occupied Yugoslavia. With organised resistance shattered by the Nazi onslaught it is only the activity of small guerrilla bands that bring fresh hope to the people. But quislings and infiltrators are everywhere – and trusting the wrong person could easily get you killed...
Drama
The Ringer
5.8

The Ringer

Nov 24, 1952

The Ringer
1952 78 min 5 vues
An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him.
Mystery
Murder in Reverse?
6.5

Murder in Reverse?

Oct 21, 1945

Murder in Reverse?
1945 80 min 4 vues
Tom Masterick, a dock worker, is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is commuted to a long prison term. When released as an old man, he vows to find the real killer.
Thriller
The Faithful City
1

The Faithful City

Jan 15, 1952

The Faithful City
1952 79 min 1 vues
The Israeli-made Faithful City stars Jamie Smith as an American in Tel Aviv just after World War II. Smith makes the acquaintance of a group of orphans, Jewish refugees of the concentration camps. It takes some doing, but Smith wins the love and trust of these displaced youngsters. Like most government-funded Israeli productions of the early 1950s, Faithful City is designed more to instruct and inform than entertain. That it happens to be entertaining in the bargain is all the more reason to seek out this extremely rare film.
War
John Wesley
1

John Wesley

Mar 02, 1954

John Wesley
1954 77 min 1 vues
Rescued from a burning house as a child, John Wesley believes the experience marked him for a higher purpose, a 'brand from the burning'. The film follows Wesley's years at Oxford and as a clergyman, his disagreements with the church over the social position of the clergy, his mission to America, the founding of Methodism, and his bringing of the Gospel into the lives of ordinary people.
Drama
Johnny, You're Wanted
5

Johnny, You're Wanted

Jan 20, 1956

Johnny, You're Wanted
1956 69 min 1 vues
Returning late to London, Johnny gives a lift to an attractive female hitch-hiker. Some distance on, he stops to make a phone call and buy a coffee, but on returning to his cab finds the woman gone. Assuming she has hitched another ride, he continues on his way. A short time later he is flagged down by another driver, who has come across a woman lying by the roadside. The woman is Johnny's hitchhiker and she's dead.
Nothing Barred
6.5

Nothing Barred

Oct 10, 1961

Nothing Barred
1961 80 min 2 vues
Penniless Lord Whitebait's plan to save his sinking fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor to the public. But the public ignores his gesture, and his fortunes fade even further, with a stream of debts threatening to run into a deluge when his daughter's fiancé demands a plush and costly wedding. Where is the cash to come from? Whitebait and his servant Spankforth's answer is a scam involving the theft of a valuable painting from the Manor. How could such a cunningly original ruse fail?
Comedy
Mining Review 3rd Year No. 5
1

Mining Review 3rd Year No. 5

Jan 01, 1950

Mining Review 3rd Year No. 5
1950 10 min 1 vues
Another edition of the industry cinemagazine, featuring three film articles. Pipeline to Pimlico: water heating from Battersea Power Station to local housing, includes scenes of building the new flats and opens with scenes from the film Passport to Pimlico featuring the commentator John Slater. Hot Stuff: champion fire brigade at Brodsworth Colliery. The brigade (who are part-time firemen) is seen at practice. Full Support: Tromit gatehead safety device, Wales, at the New Cross Hands Colliery.
Documentary
Three on a Spree
5.3

Three on a Spree

Jun 28, 1961

Three on a Spree
1961 90 min 3 vues
A young man will inherit a huge fortune--8 million pounds--but to qualify, he must spend a million pounds in just two months. Easy to do? That's what you think!
Comedy
Thark
1

Thark

Dec 22, 1957

Thark
1957 137 min 1 vues
As legal guardian of Kitty Stratton, Sir Hector Benbow arranges for her large country house, Thark, to be sold to the nouveau riche Mrs Frush. Frush reports that the house is haunted and all and sundry investigate.
Comedy
The Third Visitor
6

The Third Visitor

Jan 31, 1951

The Third Visitor
1951 85 min 6 vues
Suave supercilious Carling (Karel Stepanek) receives several callers to his isolated house, all of whom hold a grudge against him. Next morning a corpse is found, and later identified as his by one of the visitors.
Thriller
They Flew Alone
6

They Flew Alone

Jun 29, 1942

They Flew Alone
1942 94 min 3 vues
The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.
Drama
Star of India
4.3

Star of India

Jan 02, 1954

Star of India
1954 92 min 4 vues
Squire Pierre St. Laurent returns from wars in India to 17th-century provincial France to find his estate confiscated by governor Narbonne, for back taxes, and resold to Katrina, a Dutch Countess. Katrina offers to return Pierre's property if he will help her get possession of the 'Star of India,' a fabulous sapphire, held at the moment by Narbonne.
Adventure
The Common Touch
7

The Common Touch

Nov 15, 1941

The Common Touch
1941 104 min 2 vues
The Common Touch is a 1941 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Geoffrey Hibbert, Harry Welchman, Greta Gynt and Joyce Howard. On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old lad leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.
Drama
M. Smith Agent Secret
7.1

M. Smith Agent Secret

Jul 28, 1941

M. Smith Agent Secret
1941 120 min 24 vues
Excentrique archéologue Cambridge Horatio Smith (Howard) prend un groupe d'étudiants en archéologie britannique et américaine de pré-guerre, l'Allemagne nazie pour aider dans ses fouilles. Sa recherche est soutenue par les nazis, car il prétend être à la recherche des preuves des origines aryennes de la civilisation allemande. Cependant, il a un agenda secret: pour libérer les détenus des camps de concentration.
Adventure
Love on the Dole
5.7

Love on the Dole

Jun 28, 1941

Love on the Dole
1941 94 min 12 vues
Depressing and realistic family drama about the struggles of unemployment and poverty in 1930s Lancashire. The 20-year-old Kerr gives an emotionally charged performance as Hardcastle, one of the cotton workers trying to make life better. Interlaced with humour that brings a ray of sunshine to the pervasive bleakness, this remains a powerful social study of life between the wars, and was a rare problem picture to come out of Britain at the time.
Drama
Deadlock
5

Deadlock

Oct 01, 1943

Deadlock
1943 59 min 3 vues
A murderous twin gets his comeuppance.
Crime
Unpublished Story
6.3

Unpublished Story

Aug 10, 1942

Unpublished Story
1942 92 min 5 vues
Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.
Drama
Hot Summer Night
1

Hot Summer Night

Feb 01, 1959

Hot Summer Night
1959 82 min 1 vues
Jacko, a respected union man, is fighting for the promotion of a Jamaican colleague to chargehand, but when his daughter brings home her black boyfriend, he realises that racial prejudice is rife within his own home. This powerful drama exposes the deep-seated racial tensions hidden in British family life during the late 1950s. Written for the stage by Unity Theatre's Ted Willis, this television recording was filmed a few weeks after the play's successful West End run, and most of the stage cast repeat their roles here, including the terrific John Slater, Andree Melly and Lloyd Reckord. The drama's interracial kiss is probably the first to be shown on British TV.
Drama
Millions Like Us
5.3

Millions Like Us

Jun 01, 1943

Millions Like Us
1943 103 min 12 vues
When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a factory making aircraft parts. Here she meets other girls from all different walks of life and begins a relationship with a young airman.
Drama
I Live in Grosvenor Square
7.1

I Live in Grosvenor Square

Jul 20, 1945

I Live in Grosvenor Square
1945 114 min 8 vues
The WW II romance set in Grosvenor square aka Eisenhower's home where the GIs stayed in London. Neagle loves Harrison. There arrives patriot GI Dean Jagger to rouse things up in the square. Snotty British Neagle and Jagger clash and fall for each other. What will Harrison have to say or do about these? What will the consequences be? Will the three finally become two and which two in this extremely patriotic love and war story.
Comedy
The New Lot
1

The New Lot

Jan 01, 1943

The New Lot
1943 43 min 1 vues
A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment, is shaped into an efficient fighting unit.
War
Read All About It
4.6

Read All About It

Apr 08, 1945

Read All About It
1945 29 min 9 vues
An account of the technique of reading the tabloid press in an intelligent manor via differing editorial techniques that leads to three styles of newspapers giving varying accounts of a strip-tease act.
Drama
Our Film
1

Our Film

Aug 03, 1942

Our Film
1942 14 min 1 vues
A British factory is inefficient because of pre-war rules and red tape. A Soviet trades union representative shows workers and management the value of unity.
The Young Mr. Pitt
5.5

The Young Mr. Pitt

Sep 21, 1942

The Young Mr. Pitt
1942 118 min 7 vues
This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24.
Drama
The Yellow Hat
1

The Yellow Hat

Jan 01, 1966

The Yellow Hat
1966 77 min 1 vues
When an exclusive designer hat blows off the head of the milliner's assistant who borrowed it, the quest to recover it leads her to find love.
Music
King of the River
1

King of the River

Feb 19, 1967

King of the River
1967 min 1 vues
King of the River is a British television series transmitted by the BBC between 1966 and 1967. The series centred around the King family and their efforts to maintain their sail-driven barge transport business.
Drama
No Hiding Place
3.7

No Hiding Place

Jun 22, 1967

No Hiding Place
1967 min 3 vues
No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart.
Crime
International Detective
7

International Detective

Jun 13, 1961

International Detective
1961 min 1 vues
The global adventures of Ken Franklin, ace operative of the William J. Burns Detective Agency, qualify as a pop-culture curio if only for star Arthur---later Art---Fleming, who hosted the original `Jeopardy!'
Crime
Maigret
6.9

Maigret

Dec 24, 1963

Maigret
1963 min 11 vues
Maigret (titre original) est une série télévisée policière britannique, en quatre saisons et cinquante-deux épisodes (+ un épisode pilote), diffusée originellement de 1960 à 1963. Les enquêtes du commissaire Jules Maigret, basées sur les romans de Georges Simenon.
Crime
Z-Cars
7

Z-Cars

Sep 20, 1978

Z-Cars
1978 min 4 vues
Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.
Drama