Edie Martin

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The Titfield Thunderbolt
6.952
Consternation chez les habitants du charmant village de Titfield. Le petit train départemental qui assurait les communications avec le reste du pays va être supprimé. Ceux-là décident de se porter acquéreur de leur train. Et c'est ainsi que la locomotive est conduite par le vicaire assisté du châtelain. Les affaires sont florissantes jusqu'au jour où des transporteurs routiers décident de saboter le chemin de fer.
Comedy
De l'or en barres
7.2

De l'or en barres

Jun 28, 1951
Un sujet de sa Majesté, vivant heureux dans une ville du Brésil, raconte comment il fit fortune : modeste employé de banque, en charge du convoi de lingots entre la fonderie et la réserve de la banque par fourgon spécial, il rencontre un jour Pendlebury qui approvisionne la France en petites Tour Eiffel. Une idée lumineuse jaillit des cerveaux des deux compères...
Comedy
L'enlèvement de David Balfour
6.4
Au XVIIIe siècle en Écosse, le jeune David Balfour est obligé par une lettre de son père récemment décédé d'aller à la Maison de Shaws, où il est salué sans beaucoup d'enthousiasme par son oncle avare Ebenezer. Une tentative d'arranger un accident mortel confirme qu'Ebenezer n'a aucune affection pour son neveu. Cependant, David n'est pas suffisamment sur ses gardes. Il accompagne Ebenezer à une réunion avec un associé dans une entreprise maritime, le Capitaine Hoseason. Le capitaine emmène David à bord de son bateau et l'enlève, à l'instigation d'Ebenezer. En mer, David apprend qu'il doit être vendu dans une servitude d'indenture. Cependant, un brouillard à couper au couteau arrive et le bateau entre en collision avec un autre navire. Alan Breck Stewart, le seul survivant du second navire est amené à bord et paye pour son passage, mais l'avide capitaine complote de le tuer pour récupérer le reste de son argent...
Action
The Black Rider
6.2

The Black Rider

Dec 01, 1954
When young reporter and amateur biker Jerry Marsh investigates a mysterious hooded figure on a motorbike, he discovers crooks hiding out in a ruined castle with atomic sabotage on their minds...
Thriller
The Demi-Paradise
6.286

The Demi-Paradise

Nov 18, 1943
Ivan 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. Naïve 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.
Drama
Here Comes the Sun
6

Here Comes the Sun

Jan 12, 1945
When a wealthy newspaper proprietor passes away, his crooked business partner moves to secure the deceased's fortune by substituting a false will. But 'Corona' Flanagan is onto the fraudster, and his efforts to unmask the villain see him popping in and out of jail – which isn't all that bad, since the governor is an old friend of his – and dressing up as a Russian countess...
Comedy
Bad Boy
1

Bad Boy

Jan 01, 1938
Nick plans to go to Canada after being released from prison, but his old gang will not share out the loot from their last job.
Crime
Chaussure à son pied
7.4

Chaussure à son pied

Apr 19, 1954
À la fin du XIXème siècle en Angleterre. Henry Horatio Hobson est un prospère cordonnier à Salford dans le Lancashire. Il est veuf, et sa maison et son commerce sont tenus par ses trois filles. Hobson est aussi avare que buveur. Si ses filles sont les commerciales de son commerce, Willie Mossop en est l'artisan qui travaille sans relâche, dans la cave de la boutique. Il est un Napoléon de la chaussure mais ignore son talent, exploité par Hobson. Hobson permet à ses deux plus jeunes filles, Alice et Vicky de faire d'enrichissants mariages, mais a décidé que l'aînée, Maggie, restera à la maison pour s'occuper de lui. Elle lui est trop utile pour être perdue. Or Maggie, habile et intelligente, a d'autres idées en tête, et elle compte bien mener sa vie vers la prospérité sociale et financière...
Comedy
Letter from Home
1

Letter from Home

Dec 01, 1941
Two evacuee children living in the United States receive a letter from their mother, Mrs Taylor, telling them of her life in Blitz-era London. Glimpses of the events of Mrs Taylor's typical day, including ration shopping and fire warden training, belie the letter's innocuous statements.
Documentary
My Teenage Daughter
6

My Teenage Daughter

Jun 20, 1956
Magazine editor Valerie Carr lives in London with her two daughters Jan, aged seventeen, and Poppet, thirteen. When Jan is invited to a party at the Savoy, she meets dashing young Tony Ward Black mad about jive, owner of a Bentley, and supposedly running through a legacy. Attracted to the daring young man, she rejects Mark, a young farmer who is in love with her. But it soon becomes apparent to everyone but Jan that neither Tony's fortune nor even his name may be his own, and her association with him will lead her into delinquency and danger.
Drama
Lease of Life
7.4

Lease of Life

Oct 18, 1954
The parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life so far and what he can still do to help the community.
Drama
Tueurs de dames
7.268

Tueurs de dames

Dec 08, 1955
Le commissariat de police de la petite ville de Richmond a l'habitude de la visite de Margaret Wilberforce, veuve d'un officier de marine, complètement mythomane. Un jour, le digne professeur Marcus loue une chambre à la vieille dame où, tous les soirs, il répète avec ses amis musiciens un menuet de Boccherini. En réalité, ils préparent le hold-up du siècle.
Comedy
Farewell Again
5

Farewell Again

Jan 05, 1937
Farewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people they've left. Given a six-hour pass after a tour of duty in India, several British Tommies (among them Robert Newton, Sebastian Shaw and Anthony Bushell) try to unravel their domestic tribulations before having to ship out again. American expatriate Tim Whelan was the directorial hand who kept the various plot threads from entangling, while another Hollywood vet, James Wong Howe, manned the cameras. The film became instantly dated with the advent of World War II, but in its own time Farewell Again was a box-office smash. The film was issued in the US as Troopship.
Drama
Return of a Stranger
5.5

Return of a Stranger

Oct 04, 1937
James Martin and Carol Wall have plans to elope, but a fight with her father's solicitor ends in murder committed by an unknown third-party, and Martin is hunted for the crime, knowing the solicitor was alive when he left him. Carol refuses to speak to him, and he escapes on a ship to South Africa. There, he is the victim of an accident that disfigures his face, and he returns to England to clear his name, believing he won't be recognized. Other than by everybody who knew him, it turns out.
Crime
The Glen Is Ours
1

The Glen Is Ours

Jan 01, 1946
Recently demobbed Hector Andrews fights a local election to stop the glen in his village, Cadisburn, being sold for development. A short film made to emphasise the importance of individuals taking part in local government.
Les Grandes Espérances
7.293
Un jour qu’il se rend sur la tombe de ses parents, Pip vient en aide à un évadé en volant de la nourriture chez ses tuteurs. Quelque temps plus tard, le garçon est conduit dans une étrange demeure où le temps semble s’être arrêté. Il y rencontre une sinistre vieille dame et sa jeune protégée, Estella, qui le fascine. Ces évènements changeront à jamais la destinée de Pip…
Drama
Oliver Twist
7.5

Oliver Twist

Jun 28, 1948
Oliver Twist, dont la mère est morte en le mettant au monde, est confié à un orphelinat à la discipline draconienne. Placé en apprentissage, il est maltraité et décide de s'enfuir à Londres. Il tombe sous la coupe du redoutable Fagin, qui dirige une bande d'enfants voleurs et vit à leurs dépens...
Drama
The Big Noise
1

The Big Noise

Jan 01, 1936
A clerk in an oil company is promoted ostensibly to take the blame when it looks like the bosses' dodgy dealings will be found out by the authorities.
Comedy
Broken Blossoms
6

Broken Blossoms

May 20, 1936
A Chinese missionary comes to England. He helps a young girl ill-treated by her father. A remake of D. W. Griffith's Masterpiece.
Drama
L'Homme au complet blanc
6.8
Jeune chimiste diplômé de Cambridge, Sidney Stratton survit en travaillant comme manutentionnaire dans le textile. Il n'a pas enterré son ambition et élabore dans le plus grand secret un tissu révolutionnaire. Un jour enfin, l'industriel Alan Birnley l'embauche pour exploiter ses véritables capacités... Les ennuis commencent.
Comedy
My Brother's Keeper
6.1

My Brother's Keeper

Aug 19, 1948
War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive young crook Willie Stannard. After using a clever plan to obtain railway tickets, and with the police and the press in hot pursuit, George has to find a way of breaking loose from Willie, and to make his escape.
Drama
A Place of One's Own
5.4

A Place of One's Own

Mar 20, 1945
An elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to live with the pair as a companion for the wife. However, soon the girl is possessed by the spirit of another girl, a wealthy woman who had once lived in the house but who had been murdered there.
Drama
Unpublished Story
6.3

Unpublished Story

Aug 10, 1942
Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.
Drama
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
8
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.
Comedy
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
4.9
On New Years Eve, 1899, baronet's son Edward Courtney becomes engaged to Kate, his mother's maid, much to the scandal of London society. The film then follows their family through four generations, with separations, joys, tragedies, and service in the Boer War, WWI, and WWII.
Drama
Sailor Beware
7

Sailor Beware

Sep 04, 1956
Battle-axe Emma Hornett dominates her hen-pecked husband Henry, his meek sister Edie and daughter Shirley. Shirley is to marry young sailor Albert,raised in an orphanage,and he and best man Carnoustie stay with the Hornetts on the eve of the wedding.
Comedy
The Lady with a Lamp
6.1

The Lady with a Lamp

Sep 22, 1951
Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale, the young 19th-century Englishwoman famously drawn to a career in nursing. Traveling to Turkey during the Crimean War, Florence gains a reputation for being devoted to the care of wounded soldiers and for pioneering higher standards for sanitary hospital conditions.
Drama
Genevieve
6.554

Genevieve

May 28, 1953
C'est le moment du rallye de vieilles voitures entre Londres et Brighton, et ce n'est pas l'amitié d'Alan McKim et Ambrose Claverhouse qui va empêcher ces deux-là d'essayer de s'humilier mutuellement. Sur le parcours, de vieilles rancunes sont ravivées au point que les deux hommes décident de faire un pari « amical » sur celui qui sera le premier à regagner Londres…
Comedy
Another Shore
5.1

Another Shore

Nov 24, 1948
A young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti. One of the Ealing comedies.
Comedy
As Long as They're Happy
7.7
The suburban peace of the Bentley household is shattered when John Bentley is informed by his wife Stella that their two married daughters, Pat and Corrine are in trouble and need funds to come home and bring their husbands, Peter, a penniless Parisian artist and Barnaby, a Texas cowboy, with them. And the youngest daughter, Gwen, has tricked an American singer, Bobby Denver, into visiting them on the pretext that it is the home of a noted British film magnate. When all the women in the household --- including the maid --- fall for the singer's charms, Bentley consults a crackpot psychiatrist, Dr. Schneider, who almost succeeds in ousting, not the singer, but Bentley's wife, with his advice to Bentley to make her jealous by living it up with Pearl, a showgirl recruited for the purpose.
Music
Night Was Our Friend
5.7

Night Was Our Friend

Dec 01, 1951
Martin's plane crashes in the jungle of Brazil. Nobody believes he survived. In the meantime his wife, Sally, has fallen in love with another man, Dr. Harper. Martin is found and returns to Sally. Unable to face his demons, Martin considers ending his life. Or does Sally do it for him?
Romance
The Naked Truth
6.5

The Naked Truth

Dec 03, 1957
Nigel Dennis publie un magazine à scandales. Son personnage se double d'un maître chanteur car, pour chaque histoire scabreuse dont il est l'auteur, il approche au préalable la personne dont le comportement scandaleux est décrit (ou plutôt insinué, pour éviter les poursuites en diffamation) et lui dit qu'il supprimera l'histoire en échange d'une compensation financière. Dans un premier temps, plusieurs de ses victimes décident de le tuer au lieu de payer, mais leurs plans échouent lamentablement. Ils prennent ensuite conscience que, pour protéger leurs secrets aux uns comme aux autres, ils doivent se liguer, mais avec une visée toute différente…
Comedy
An Alligator Named Daisy
6.2
Un jeune Anglais devient le propriétaire d'une femelle alligator nommée Daisy. Avec son aide, il va réussir à séduire une jeune Irlandaise dont il est tombé amoureux et, après de nombreuses péripéties toutes plus loufoques les unes que les autres, partir dans sa belle auto en lune de miel, sa conquête à ses côtés et Daisy dans le coffre.
Comedy
Don't Take It to Heart
5.9
A stray World War Two bomb releases the ghost of the 3rd Earl of Chaunduyt after 400 years. A visiting professor, while wooing the beautiful Lady Mary, daughter of the present Earl, finds him an ally in his fight on behalf of the villagers to protect their ancient rights against a meddling newcomer.
Comedy
Too Many Crooks
7.2

Too Many Crooks

Mar 08, 1959
Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky Billy Gordon - who distrusts banks and fears the Inland Revenue - but he sees Fingers and the boys off. So they decide to kidnap his daughter, only to end up with his wife Lucy. Gordon makes out he couldn't be more pleased, spuring Lucy to take charge of the hopeless bunch of villains.
Comedy
Il pleut toujours le dimanche
6.611
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
Adam et Evelyne
6.6

Adam et Evelyne

May 31, 1949
Sur le point de mourir, un joueur invétéré implore son ami Adam de prendre soin de sa fille Evelyne, pensionnaire d'un orphelinat. Adam, fidèle à sa promesse, accueille la demoiselle sous son toit. Très vite, les ennuis commencent. Evelyne, en effet, prend Adam pour son père, et celui-ci n'a pas le courage de la détromper. D'autre part, Moira, la petite amie d'Adam, considère la jeune fille comme une rivale en puissance. Cédant à une pulsion sadique, elle révèle à Evelyne ses peu glorieuses origines...
Romance
Cardboard Cavalier
5.7

Cardboard Cavalier

Mar 31, 1949
Cardboard Cavalier is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Sid Field, Margaret Lockwood and Jerry Desmonde.The film depicts a historical romance between Lord Lovelace and Nell Gwyne.
Comedy
Meet Mr. Lucifer
5.1

Meet Mr. Lucifer

Nov 30, 1953
A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.
Fantasy
The Galloping Major
6

The Galloping Major

May 07, 1951
A syndicate is set up to buy a racehorse, but they end up buying the wrong one by mistake. Unfortunately the horse is useless on the flat, so they try entering him as a jumper.
Comedy
They Were Sisters
5.6

They Were Sisters

Jul 02, 1945
The story of three sisters and the men they marry: one is happily married but childless, the second promiscuously escapes an unhappy, loveless marriage, and the third is tortured by the mental cruelties inflicted by a domineering husband.
Drama
Blackmailed
1

Blackmailed

Jan 30, 1951
A blackmailer is murdered, and those who witnessed the scene agree to keep quiet; the complication is that the scene is also witnessed by a young artist, a victim of blackmail as well. (BFI Website)
Crime