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Les premiers hommes dans la lune
6.3
En 1964, une mission astronautique internationale (Russes et Américains ensemble) prend pied sur la Lune et y découvre un drapeau anglais et un document écrit qui est une prise de possession de la Lune au nom de la Reine Victoria. Grosse surprise des astronautes qui se croyaient les premiers hommes sur la Lune. On retrouve Bedford, le dépositaire de ce document, dans une maison de retraite de l'Angleterre.
Adventure
Left Right and Centre
5.7

Left Right and Centre

Jun 23, 1959
At the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the Conservatives finds himself up against Billingsgate girl Stella Stoker for the socialists. Amateur politician against committed activist. But could it become boy-who-fancies-girl against girl-who-fancies-boy? The party agents are soon colluding against such a disaster.
Comedy
High Treason
5.2

High Treason

Nov 13, 1951
Men from Scotland Yard and military intelligence build a dossier on a sabotage ring.
Action
Cat & Mouse
6.2

Cat & Mouse

Aug 01, 1958
A GI deserter frames a girl for killing a blackmailer, and holds her captive while seeking gems.
Drama
Innocent Sinners
7

Innocent Sinners

Mar 25, 1958
A neglected girl in post-World War II London befriends street urchins who help her build a tiny garden in a bombed-out church.
Drama
Carry On Regardless
6.4

Carry On Regardless

Apr 04, 1961
After a bunch of no-hopers approaches an employment agency, the anarchy mounts as they do a series of odd jobs, including a chimp's tea party, trying to stay sober at a wine tasting… and demolishing a house.
Comedy
Life In Emergency Ward 10
7
Life in Emergency Ward 10 is a 1959 film directed by Robert Day. It stars Michael Craig and Wilfrid Hyde-White. It was based on the television series Emergency – Ward 10
Drama
What Every Woman Wants
6
Young couple Mark and Jane are forced to thrash out marital problems in a borrowed room in Jane’s parents’ tiny house. Meanwhile, Jane’s cousin, Jim - back from the war in Korea - and Mark’s involvement in left-wing politics place further strain on the relationship. Can grandfather help?
Drama
No Kidding
6

No Kidding

Nov 01, 1960
A young couple, David and Catherine Robinson, has to turn their large country house into a money-making proposition. Their solution is to invite the kids of the rich and famous to spend a summer enjoying all the loving care and attention they miss at home. After the youngsters arrive, David quickly realizes what the offensive little punks need is some real discipline, and so the summer begins.
Comedy
The Iron Maiden
6.6

The Iron Maiden

Jun 07, 1963
The film follows Jack Hopkins, an aircraft designer with a passion for traction engines. His boss is eager to sell a new supersonic jet plane that Jack has designed to American millionaire Paul Fisher. The first encounter between Fisher and Jack goes badly, and tensions only heighten after Fisher's daughter Kathy damages Jack's prize traction engine "The Iron Maiden", rendering it impossible to drive solo. Jack is desperate to enter the annual Woburn Abbey steam rally with the machine, but his fireman is injured and unable to participate. When all seems lost the millionaire himself is won over by Jack's plight and joins him in driving the engine; the two soon become firm friends.
Comedy
Forbidden Cargo
6.4

Forbidden Cargo

May 04, 1954
Kenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a brother and sister drug smuggling team.
Crime
Raising the Wind
6.6

Raising the Wind

Sep 06, 1961
'Carry On' director Gerald Thomas helms this comedy caper featuring early appearances by James Robertson Justice, Sid James, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Williams, Liz Fraser and Eric Barker. The film follows the hi-jinks of a group of music students who move into a shared flat in order to cut costs and have somewhere to practice their instruments. Things get tricky when Mervyn Hughes (Phillips) accidentally sells one of his compositions to an advertising agency and risks losing his scholarship. Can he and his friends find a way to raise the money to buy back the song rights?
Comedy
The Big Chance
3.5

The Big Chance

Sep 01, 1957
A clerk sees his big chance to escape a humdrum existence, but his resolve is tested as many unexpected obstacles arise.
Crime
Two Left Feet
5

Two Left Feet

Mar 16, 1963
Based on David Stuart Leslie's novel Two Left Feet is a story about Alan Crabbe (Michael Crawford a callow youth desperate for a date with any girl who can offer him the experience he lacks. Every time Alan tries a manful stride into the jungle of sex, his two left feet turn the attempt into a trip-and-stumble. Then he meets Eileen (Nyree Dawn Porter), the new waitress at the corner cafe, who signal unmistakable messages with her large inviting eyes.
Comedy
Doctor in Love
5.5

Doctor in Love

Jul 12, 1960
Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice, stopping off on the way as patients at the Foulness Anti-cold Unit. Hare then takes up a position as junior in a well-healed G.P.'s surgery while Burke continues to sow his doctorial wild oats.
Comedy
Be My Guest
6.3

Be My Guest

Apr 01, 1965
A couple inherit a hotel with no guests until their son's pop group turns things around.
Drama
The Gay Dog
6.5

The Gay Dog

Jun 01, 1954
Jim 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.
Comedy