The Ealing Comedies
Sep 08, 1970The story of the men and women who produced a series of film comedies that were so original and funny that they put Ealing on the map.
Documentary
Basil Dearden
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Masquerade
Apr 13, 1965The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.
Comedy
La seconde mort d'Harold Pelham
Sep 17, 1970The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.
Thriller
La Femme de paille
Apr 28, 1964The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.
Crime
Penny Paradise
Sep 23, 1938A Liverpool tug boat captain finds he's won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. However, after giving up his job and throwing a large expensive party, he discovers that he may not really have won after all.
Comedy
Au cœur de la nuit
Sep 09, 1945A Liverpool tug boat captain finds he's won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. However, after giving up his job and throwing a large expensive party, he discovers that he may not really have won after all.
Horror
Sous le plus petit chapiteau du monde
Apr 09, 1957A Liverpool tug boat captain finds he's won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. However, after giving up his job and throwing a large expensive party, he discovers that he may not really have won after all.
Comedy
Les Trafiquants du Dunbar
Feb 20, 1951A Liverpool tug boat captain finds he's won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. However, after giving up his job and throwing a large expensive party, he discovers that he may not really have won after all.
Crime
Khartoum
Jun 09, 1966A Liverpool tug boat captain finds he's won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. However, after giving up his job and throwing a large expensive party, he discovers that he may not really have won after all.
History
La victime
Aug 01, 1961A Liverpool tug boat captain finds he's won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. However, after giving up his job and throwing a large expensive party, he discovers that he may not really have won after all.
Drama
Tout au long de la nuit
Feb 06, 1962A Liverpool tug boat captain finds he's won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. However, after giving up his job and throwing a large expensive party, he discovers that he may not really have won after all.
Drama
The Persuaders!
Apr 01, 1973Two episodes of the TV series "The Persuaders" joined into a movie. Two playboys, Brett Sinclair (Roger Moore) and Danny Wilde (Tony Curtis), investigate crimes along the French Riviera.
Adventure
The Last Appointment!
Jun 11, 1977Two jet-setting playboys, Brett Sinclair and Danny Wilde, investigate crimes. Two episodes of the TV series "The Persuaders" joined into a movie.
Adventure
Mission: Monte Carlo
Jan 01, 1974Two jet-setting playboys, Brett Sinclair and Danny Wilde, investigate crimes. Two episodes of the TV series "The Persuaders" joined into a movie.
Adventure
Hold-up a Londres
Apr 15, 1960Two jet-setting playboys, Brett Sinclair and Danny Wilde, investigate crimes. Two episodes of the TV series "The Persuaders" joined into a movie.
Comedy
Who Done It?
Mar 20, 1956This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British scientists.
Comedy
Opération Scotland Yard
Nov 02, 1959This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British scientists.
Mystery
Sarabande
Oct 04, 1948This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British scientists.
Romance
Only When I Larf
May 27, 1968A master conman leads a pair of British accomplices on an international adventure of highly profitable dirty tricks.
Comedy
Assassinats en tous genres
Mar 09, 1969A master conman leads a pair of British accomplices on an international adventure of highly profitable dirty tricks.
Comedy
La lampe bleue
Jan 19, 1950A master conman leads a pair of British accomplices on an international adventure of highly profitable dirty tricks.
Crime
The Gentle Gunman
Oct 23, 1952A master conman leads a pair of British accomplices on an international adventure of highly profitable dirty tricks.
Thriller
The Gentle Gunman
Oct 23, 1952A master conman leads a pair of British accomplices on an international adventure of highly profitable dirty tricks.
Thriller
The Mind Benders
Feb 01, 1963A British scientist is discovered to have been passing information to the Communists, then kills himself. Another scientist decides that they might have brainwashed him by a sensory deprivation technique, but he doesn’t know if someone really can be convinced to act against their strongest feelings. So he agrees to be the subject in an experiment in which others will try to make him stop loving his wife.
Thriller
Man in the Moon
Oct 31, 1960William is an unsuccessful guinea pig for a medical group interested in researching the common cold. He is soon fired and offered a job by the nearby National Atomic Research Center where they figure anyone who could fail at being a guinea pig is just what they need. They con William into thinking he will continue his guinea pig career by testing out some equipment for them before they send a group of astronauts to the moon.
Comedy
The Captive Heart
Apr 29, 1946A series of stories about the lives and loves of men in a Prisoner of War camp over five years. The main story is of Hasek (Redgrave) a Czech soldier who needs to keep his identity a secret from the Nazis. To do this, he poses as a dead English Officer and corresponds with the man's wife. Other inmates’ stories are also revealed. Location shooting in the British occupied part of Germany adds believability.
Drama
Frieda
Jun 19, 1947An RAF pilot who was shot down during WWII returns home to his English village with his new bride. The trouble is that she is the German lady who helped him escape.
Drama
Le Bateau qui mourut de honte
Apr 19, 1955An RAF pilot who was shot down during WWII returns home to his English village with his new bride. The trouble is that she is the German lady who helped him escape.
Drama
Le Bateau qui mourut de honte
Apr 19, 1955An RAF pilot who was shot down during WWII returns home to his English village with his new bride. The trouble is that she is the German lady who helped him escape.
Drama
Le Bateau qui mourut de honte
Apr 19, 1955An RAF pilot who was shot down during WWII returns home to his English village with his new bride. The trouble is that she is the German lady who helped him escape.
Drama
The Square Ring
Jul 13, 1953Boxing drama following the lives of 5 different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.
Drama
Violent Playground
Jan 14, 1958A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.
Crime
The Rainbow Jacket
May 27, 1954A champion jockey is banned from racing so spends his time helping a young lad to become the next champion.
Drama
Scotland Yard Contre X
May 01, 1961A champion jockey is banned from racing so spends his time helping a young lad to become the next champion.
Mystery
L'Auberge Fantôme
Apr 02, 1944A champion jockey is banned from racing so spends his time helping a young lad to become the next champion.
Mystery
My Learned Friend
Oct 25, 1943An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the list, and co-opts Claude Hulbert to try and stop him from meeting a grisly end.
Comedy
Cage of Gold
Oct 23, 1950The love that Judy, a young painter, feels for Alan, a promising doctor to whom she is engaged, falters when Bill, an old friend, suddenly appears.
Drama
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Feb 23, 1942A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America.
Comedy
Le Pas de l'oie
Aug 01, 1942A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America.
Comedy
A Place to Go
Jul 01, 1963Set 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
Davy
Jan 02, 1958The Mad Morgans are a family song and dance act touring the British Music Halls. Young Davy is the star of the act but should he stay with his family or strike out on his own ? The last comedy to be produced at Ealing Studios.
Comedy
Spare a Copper
Dec 02, 1940George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned destruction of the British battleship HMS Hercules. Framed by the villains and forced to go on the run, George sets out to clear his name with the aid of new girlfriend, Jane.
Comedy
Life for Ruth
Sep 06, 1962John Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die. His religious beliefs forbade him to give consent for a blood transfusion that would have saved her life. Doctor Brown is determined to seek justice for what he sees as the needless death of a young girl.
Drama
I Believe in You
Mar 05, 1952A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue Lamp"(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers and their charges.
Drama
I Believe in You
Mar 05, 1952A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue Lamp"(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers and their charges.
Drama
Out of the Clouds
Feb 15, 1955
They Came to a City
Aug 21, 1944
The Bells Go Down
May 16, 1943Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WWII.
Drama
This Man Is News
Sep 16, 1938A newspaper reporter keeps beating the police to clues in a current murder case. This makes the police think he may be involved in the crime.
Mystery
I Believe in You
Mar 05, 1952A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue Lamp"(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers and their charges.
Drama
Desert Mice
Jan 05, 1959A World War II farce that follows the antics of an ENSA (Entertainment National Service Association) group. Fresh from the music halls, they bumble their way from army camp to camp.
Comedy
Turned Out Nice Again
Aug 01, 1941George Pearson, an employee at an underwear factory, is caught between his modern wife and his meddling mother. After buying a special yarn and getting his wife to promote it, he has an argument with his boss, Mr Dawson who insults Pearson's wife and refuses to apologise. Pearson then resigns. After finding out that the yarn is actually worth a fair amount, Mr Dawson tries to buy it from Pearson but he has some competition.
Music
Train of Events
Jan 18, 1949A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.
Drama
Who Done It?
Mar 20, 1956This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British scientists.
Comedy
Did You Ever See a Dream Talking
Jan 01, 1943Propaganda comedy promoting the benefits of saving for the war effort.
War
Tout au long de la nuit
Feb 06, 1962Propaganda comedy promoting the benefits of saving for the war effort.
Drama
Life for Ruth
Sep 06, 1962John Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die. His religious beliefs forbade him to give consent for a blood transfusion that would have saved her life. Doctor Brown is determined to seek justice for what he sees as the needless death of a young girl.
Drama
The Ghost of St. Michael's
Apr 01, 1941John Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die. His religious beliefs forbade him to give consent for a blood transfusion that would have saved her life. Doctor Brown is determined to seek justice for what he sees as the needless death of a young girl.
Comedy
Une bombe pas comme les autres
Dec 21, 1956John Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die. His religious beliefs forbade him to give consent for a blood transfusion that would have saved her life. Doctor Brown is determined to seek justice for what he sees as the needless death of a young girl.
Comedy
Let George Do It!
Jul 12, 1940Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved in trying to defeat Nazi agents.
Comedy
They Came to a City
Aug 21, 1944Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved in trying to defeat Nazi agents.
Drama
La seconde mort d'Harold Pelham
Sep 17, 1970Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved in trying to defeat Nazi agents.
Thriller
La seconde mort d'Harold Pelham
Sep 17, 1970Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved in trying to defeat Nazi agents.
Thriller
Train of Events
Jan 18, 1949A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.
Drama
Now You're Talking
Mar 01, 1940Commissioned by the Ministry of Information and specifically target working class audiences; ‘Now you’re talking’ follows a plant worker, who lets slip vital information about some overnight research on a captured enemy aircraft. This inevitably leads to this most important of secrets falling into the lap of the enemy.
Comedy
Rockets Galore
Oct 19, 1958The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the government decides their little corner of the world would be the perfect place for a rocket launch site.
Comedy
Spare a Copper
Dec 02, 1940George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned destruction of the British battleship HMS Hercules. Framed by the villains and forced to go on the run, George sets out to clear his name with the aid of new girlfriend, Jane.
Comedy
Lord Brett Sinclair, un aristocrate britannique, et Danny Wilde, un riche self-made-man américain, n'ont rien en commun, si ce n'est leur fortune, leur goût pour les femmes et leurs fonctions secrètes au service de la justice. Tous deux aident en effet le juge Fulton, un magistrat en retraite, à appréhender les bandits ayant échappé à la justice. Avec pour seules armes leurs poings et leur sens de l'humour, Brett et Danny finissent par intervenir dans toute l'Europe, de préférence sous le soleil de la Côte d'Azur ou dans les meilleurs palaces du continent, où pullulent margoulins, maîtres-chanteurs et espions.
Comedy
