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
Michael Relph
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Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
May 02, 1986Documentary about the British film studio. First appeared on the BBC television programme Omnibus.
Documentary
Masquerade
Apr 13, 1965The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.
Comedy
Masquerade
Apr 13, 1965The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.
Comedy
La Femme de paille
Apr 28, 1964The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.
Crime
Scum
Sep 12, 1979
Au cœur de la nuit
Sep 09, 1945The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.
Horror
Sarabande
Oct 04, 1948The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.
Romance
Assassinats en tous genres
Mar 09, 1969The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.
Comedy
The Gentle Gunman
Oct 23, 1952The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.
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
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
Le Bateau qui mourut de honte
Apr 19, 1955William 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.
Drama
Le Bateau qui mourut de honte
Apr 19, 1955William 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.
Drama
Scotland Yard Contre X
May 01, 1961William 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.
Mystery
Violent Playground
Jan 14, 1958A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.
Crime
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
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
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
They Drive by Night
Dec 01, 1938“Shorty” Matthews having recently been released from prison visits his girlfriend in London only to discover her murdered. Fearing he will be wrongly accused of being the culprit he disappears amongst the long-distance lorry driving community. Meanwhile, the real killer, unassuming ex-schoolteacher Walter Hoover, continues to prey on London women. As Shorty had feared he has become the main suspect. He returns to London with old flame Molly to prove his innocence.
Crime
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
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
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
Opération Scotland Yard
Nov 02, 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.
Mystery
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
Les Trafiquants du Dunbar
Feb 20, 1951This 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.
Crime
The Square Ring
Jul 13, 1953Boxing drama following the lives of 5 different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.
Drama
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
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
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Mar 12, 1947Comedian 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
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
Noblesse oblige
Jun 21, 1949The 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.
Comedy
Tout au long de la nuit
Feb 06, 1962The 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
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
Out of the Clouds
Feb 15, 1955Out of the Clouds
Feb 15, 1955
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
Champagne Charlie
Aug 25, 1944An 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
L'Auberge Fantôme
Apr 02, 1944An 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.
Mystery
They Came to a City
Aug 21, 1944An 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.
Drama
La seconde mort d'Harold Pelham
Sep 17, 1970An 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.
Thriller
La seconde mort d'Harold Pelham
Sep 17, 1970An 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.
Thriller
Hold-up a Londres
Apr 15, 1960An 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
La victime
Aug 01, 1961The 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
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Feb 16, 1982After finding her boss, a private detective, has committed suicide and has left her his agency, Cordelia Gray is asked to investigate the suicide of the man's son. During the course of her investigation, Cordelia becomes obsessed with the young man's memory and his increasingly suspicious death.
Drama
Assassinats en tous genres
Mar 09, 1969After finding her boss, a private detective, has committed suicide and has left her his agency, Cordelia Gray is asked to investigate the suicide of the man's son. During the course of her investigation, Cordelia becomes obsessed with the young man's memory and his increasingly suspicious death.
Comedy
Assassinats en tous genres
Mar 09, 1969After finding her boss, a private detective, has committed suicide and has left her his agency, Cordelia Gray is asked to investigate the suicide of the man's son. During the course of her investigation, Cordelia becomes obsessed with the young man's memory and his increasingly suspicious death.
Comedy
Heavenly Pursuits
Jul 11, 1986Vic Mathews teaches a remedial class at the Blessed Edith Semple School in Scotland. Some at the school are trying to discover the two more miracles that would promote the late Edith Semple to sainthood; Mathews, a non-believer, wishes the school would concentrate on teaching the children. He becomes confused, however, when he is involved in possibly miraculous events himself! Written by George S. Davis
Comedy
Everything Happens to Me
Dec 01, 1938Comedy
Mr. Satan
Feb 01, 1938Crime
