No Smoking
Nov 01, 1955A scientist invents a pill to cure smokers of their nicotine addiction. However, when he makes his discovery public, he encounters strong resistance from the tobacco industry.
Scott Harrold
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Portrait of Clare
Nov 13, 1950The three marriages of a woman: a young man who is killed, a priggish lawyer and a sympathetic barrister. From the novel by Francis Brett Young.
Drama
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
Mar 01, 1939An overheard conversation leads to clues that a kidnapping plot is afoot.
Crime
Laughter in Paradise
Jun 01, 1951When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they can collect the cash they must each do something which goes completely against their nature. NB: This is the film which introduced Audrey Hepburn.
Comedy
The Midas Touch
May 04, 1940Beloved Impostor
Jul 20, 1936
Britannia Mews
Mar 31, 1949In Victorian London, young Adelaide is born into luxury, but marries starving artist Henry. His alcoholism and their lack of money lead to many quarrels. During one such fight, Henry slips down a flight of stairs and dies. A neighbor, Mrs. Mounsey, is the only witness, and she blackmails the young widow by threatening to tell the cops that Adelaide killed her husband. Luckily, lawyer Gilbert swoops in to help Adelaide.
Drama
Tawny Pipit
Apr 28, 1944Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run in with the army, and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the village people and the Ornithology Society, help the eggs to hatch. A wonderful look at life in a small village, during World War II.
Drama
L'Homme au complet blanc
Aug 07, 1951Jeune 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
The Stars Look Down
Jan 22, 1940Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with Jenny who gets him to marry her and return home as local schoolteacher before finishing his degree.
Drama
Passage Home
Mar 17, 1955Set in 1931, the film takes place aboard a merchant ship, briefly harboured in South America. A young woman (Diane Cilento) boards the ship as a passenger, resulting in disharmony among the superstitious crew members. Virtuous seaman Anthony Steel protects the girl from the lecherous advances of captain Peter Finch.
Drama
Hot Summer Night
Feb 01, 1959Jacko, 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
Three Silent Men
Sep 07, 1940An inventor of a deadly weapon to be used against the allies is injured in a crash. Surgeon, Sir James (Sebastian Shaw) saves his life but learns of the inventors plot.
Drama
Pleure, ô pays bien-aimé
Nov 16, 1951In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo journeys to the city to search for his missing son, only to find his people living in squalor and his son a criminal. Reverend Misimangu is a young South African clergyman who helps find his missing son-turned-thief and sister-turned-prostitute in the slums of Johannesburg.
Drama
