The Desperate Women
Jan 01, 1955The film is a cheesy but sincere plea for proper sex education--and against illegal abortion.
Drama
Howard Douglas
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Dear Murderer
Jun 23, 1947When a man discovers his wife is having an affair, he commits the perfect crime.
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Meet Mr. Callaghan
Jun 01, 1954A young woman is framed for the murder of a wealthy man who met his death at the hands of his heirs.
Crime
Le Grand Alibi
Feb 23, 1950Jonathan Cooper, épris d'une comédienne et chanteuse, Charlotte Inwood, est soupçonné d’être l'assassin de son mari. Il réussit à convaincre son amie Ève de son innocence. Elle décide de l'aider.
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Jungle Street
Jan 07, 1960In this crime drama, a mugger accidently kills a man during a robbery and finds himself blackmailed into cracking a nightclub safe. The mugger escapes by double crossing the blackmailer by stealing the money and his girlfriend to boot. Unfortunately the police are in hot pursuit.
Crime
The Wife of General Ling
Apr 07, 1937In this espionage drama, a Secret Service agent must discover who has been smuggling British arms into China. The prime suspect is a prosperous Chinese merchant-philanthropist and the agent thinks the merchant is working with the notorious Chinese guerilla warlord General Ling.
Drama
Échec au Roi
Oct 26, 1953Les aventures de guerre du chef de file des Highlands écossais Rob Roy MacGregor pendant le règne du roi George I au 18ème siècle.
Action
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
Sep 27, 1948A handsome young master at a boys school incurs the jealousy of an embittered colleague. From the novel by Hugh Walpole.
Drama
The Night Comes Too Soon
Nov 30, 1946When ghosts inhabit an Englishwoman's home, Dyall, a ghost hunter of sorts, takes on the poltergeists. Developments reveal a trio of spirits that includes a sailor, the seaman's late wife, and her lover, whom the sailor had shot.
Horror
Men Without Honour
Jan 09, 1939A lawyer, who has been accused of being dishonest, works with the police to expose two share pushers who have employed him, saving the investors from ruin.
Crime
Brief Ecstasy
Jul 31, 1937Helen Norwood est encore étudiante lorsqu'elle rencontre Jim Wyndham, un aviateur en partance pour Ceylan. Attirés l'un par l'autre, ils vivent une relation passionnée et Helen a le cœur déchiré par son départ. A l'université, Helen est remarquée pour son travail par le célèbre professeur Paul Bernardy, dont elle devient l'assistante. Depuis Ceylan, Jim envoie un télégramme pour demander Helen en mariage. Mais elle ne reçoit pas le message. Helen, Paul et Jim se retrouvent quelques années plus tard. Helen est désormais mariée au professeur qui avait été le tuteur de Jim. Ces retrouvailles avec son amour passé réveillent en elle un tumulte d'émotions...
Romance
The Challenge
Sep 14, 1938
My Brother Jonathan
Feb 05, 1948Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work as a partner in a poor general practice in the Black Country. Edie falls in love with Jonathan's brother, Harold, who is killed in the Great War, and Jonathan marries her as planned. It is only afterwards that he realises he now loves another.
Drama
A Window in London
Jun 15, 1940A man witnesses a murder that isn't a murder, only to get involved with the magician and his wife who created the illusion. The insanely jealous magician husband eventually kills his wife, making for complications in life of unhappily married man who is now involved more than he ever thought he would be.
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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
Rebecca
Jan 19, 1947
Escape Route
Dec 01, 1952When nuclear scientists are kidnapped and smuggled behind the Iron Curtain, an FBI man and a British agent are assigned to catch the kidnappers.
Crime
À cor et à cri
Feb 01, 1947Des gamins des rues, avec à leur tête Joe Kirby, tentent de mettre fin aux agissements d'un escroc qui réussit à pirater les bandes dessinées d'un journal pour transmettre des messages codés à une bande de gangsters. Une bagarre mémorable, à laquelle tous les gosses du quartier prennent part, permettra d'arrêter le faussaire et ses acolytes.
Comedy
Trunk Crime
Mar 27, 1939When a wealthy, lonely university music student is beaten and has his apartment trashed by a fellow dorm resident-bully and his gang, he goes mad, lures the bully into his room on pretense of forgiveness, slips him a paralyzing agent in a drink, throws him in a trunk and locks him in, and taunts the bully with the promise that he will be buried alive in the trunk. Only, once he gets his trunk and his prey to his country estate, the vengeful victim finds things keep going wrong...
Crime
Return of a Stranger
Oct 04, 1937James 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
L'Île au trésor
Jul 19, 1950Dans un port anglais au XVIIIème siècle, Jim Hawkins aide sa mère à l'auberge. Un ancien pirate vient un jour y prendre ses quartiers et abreuve le jeune garçon de ses aventures maritimes. L'homme meurt subitement ; Jim et sa mère ouvrent son coffre qui contient une mystérieuse carte au trésor. Grâce au docteur Livesey et au chevalier Trelawney, une expédition est montée pour partir à la recherche du trésor. Parmi les membres de l'équipage, le cuisinier Long John Silver, un vieux marin à jambe de bois, intrigue Jim Hawkins.
Adventure
The Big Noise
Jan 01, 1936A 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
Under a Cloud
Aug 01, 1937Jimmy Forbes returns to England after being on the run in Australia for 20 years. He finds that his wife has gone up in the world and become wealthy. Their children know little about him but as he observes them he realises they have problems and his cunning might come to their aid.
Crime
L'invincible armada
Mar 05, 1937Philippe d'Espagne en a assez de voir ses galions chargés d'or en provenance des colonies d'Amérique arraisonnés par les corsaires britanniques. Aussi décide-t-il de réunir une flotte formidable, une «invincible armada», destinée à lui donner une victoire finale sur la marine de guerre d'Elisabeth. Mais un lieutenant anglais se fait passer pour un conspirateur afin d'être introduit dans les milieux autorisés de la cour d'Espagne, pour y recueillir le maximum de renseignements sur la flotte espagnole. Elisabeth Ire se réjouit de ces informations, qui vont permettre à ses navires de vaincre et de couler l'invincible armada...
History
Death at Broadcasting House
Nov 01, 1934An actor is murdered live on air whilst a play is being broadcast. Everyone in the play and broadcasting house fall under suspicion.
Mystery
Le vent garde son secret
Jul 25, 1961Quand un meurtrier femme blessée se réfugie dans une ferme du Lancashire à distance, trois enfants du propriétaire lui croient à tort d'être la seconde venue du Christ.
Crime
Vote for Huggett
Feb 01, 1949A firm of solicitors do battle with the head of the local council over a parcel of river front land, owned by the Huggett family, in order to build a lido/community center.
Comedy
No Limit
Oct 28, 1935George Shuttleworth is convinced that he has the talent to win the Isle of Man TT races, despite what his neighbours back home in Wigan may think. During the trials, the brakes go on George's bike, 'The Shuttleworth Snap', which he made himself. As a result, he breaks the TT lap record, becoming an instant motor-cycling star. As the big race approaches, George soon realises that other jealous riders will stop at nothing to make sure he does not take part in the race. An early George Formby film and probably his best.
Comedy
Je suis un fugitif
Jun 24, 1947Clem Morgan, un ancien pilote de la RAF plutôt cynique, lassé de la vie civile, se joint à un gang spécialisé dans le vol avec effraction. Lors de son premier coup, la voiture avec laquelle les bandits devaient prendre la fuite est accidentée et cause la mort d'un policier. On fait porter le chapeau à Morgan qui est pris pour le chauffeur et est envoyé en prison. Dès lors, il cherche à se venger. Il parvient à s'évader et part pour Londres. En chemin, il reçoit l'aide d'une femme, Mrs. Fenshaw, qui voudrait qu'il assassine son mari. À Londres, Morgan trouve une planque chez Sally, qui s'entiche de lui...
Drama
A Christmas Carol
Dec 27, 1950On Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean and miserly as Scrooge is now and he warns him to change his ways or face the consequences in the afterlife.
Drama
Wanted for Murder
Jun 17, 1946The son of a notorious hangman is gradually becoming insane and he finds himself unable to resist the urge to strangle women to death.
Crime
La vengeance du docteur Joyce
Jun 17, 1947Un brillant neurochirurgien débute une relation amoureuse avec la mère d'une de ses jeunes patientes. Hélas, le bonheur est éphémère car le corps défenestré de la jeune maman est retrouvé peu de temps après. La police conclut au suicide mais le docteur n'y croit et soupçonne sa belle-sœur de ce meurtre. Il découvre rapidement qu'il a raison et se retrouve alors face à un choix cornélien : se venger ou la dénoncer.
Crime
Secret d'état
Sep 11, 1950Docteur John Marlowe, un chirurgien américain, est contacté par les authorités d'un pays de l'est européen. Elles lui demandent d'opérer le général Niva, un dictateur. John Marlowe accepte et l'opère, malheureusement le général meurt et le gouvernement, qui ne veut pas ébruiter l'affaire, remplace Niva par un sosie. Marlowe en sait trop ...
Thriller
Three Hats for Lisa
Jan 01, 1965French movie pin up Sophie Hardy is Lisa Milan, a gorgeous Continental film star who's just arrived at Heathrow. She's in London for the premiere of her latest film, but within minutes she's beenw hisked away by her number one fan, Johnny Howjego and his Cockney pals Sammy, Flora and Cabbie Sid.
Comedy
L'Étrange Aventurière
Jul 04, 1946Une jeune femme d'origine Irlandaise, convaincue que les Anglais sont le mal incarné, décide de se tourner vers l'IRA. Alors que celle-ci la rejette, elle ne tarde pas à être repérée par un espion nazi qui lui propose de travailler pour le IIIe Reich...
Drama
Miranda
Apr 06, 1948Alors qu'il pêchait seul sur la côte de Cornouaille, le docteur Martin hameçonne Miranda, une sirène qui nageait près de lui. Elle l'emporte avec elle et accepte de le libérer qu'à la condition qu'il l'emmène voir Londres. Il la ramène en la faisant passer aux yeux de tous pour une de ses patientes, en fauteuil roulant. Sa présence bouleverse la vie de Paul et de sa femme, alors que les hommes tomberont peu à peu sous son charme.
Comedy
Trottie True
Sep 29, 1949Tottie True is a gay-90s British music-hall performer who has her sights set on moving from rags to riches, who loses her heart to the pure-and-true blue balloonist, Sid Skinner, but continues her upward search on improving her social status. She finally settles for Lord Landon Digby who has lots of assets and a very-stiff upper lip. She gets a lot of the latter and very little of the former, and decides Sid might have been a better choice.
Music
The Plank
May 18, 1967A slapstick comedy about two workmen delivering planks to a building site. This is done with music and a sort of "wordless dialogue" which consists of a few mumbled sounds to convey the appropriate emotion.
Comedy
Born of the Sea
Jan 01, 1949Fishing village drama concerning the adoption of a baby boy, the only survivor of a wreck. He grows up only to lose his life as a member of the lifeboat crew.
Drama
The Echo Murders
Dec 17, 1945Detective Sexton Blake takes on Nazi spies while solving a series of crimes.
Thriller
Man on the Run
May 20, 1949An Army deserter, still a fugitive in Post-War Britain, wanders into a pawn-shop robbery and finds himself wanted for murder. He meets a war widow who helps him elude the police while he looks for the real criminals.
Thriller
Service secret contre bombe atomique
Jan 08, 1946L'agent secret britannique David Grant est à la recherche du docteur Hansen, un scientifique suédois spécialiste des questions atomiques, disparu depuis six mois. Ses travaux ayant été envoyés à l'agent allemand Keitel, en Irlande, Grant embarque sur un bateau pour Dublin. Wilson, un autre espion anglais, a lui aussi fait le voyage pour Dublin, dans le but de mettre la main sur les documents secrets. Il n'en est jamais revenu, assassiné par un agent des nazis...
Thriller
The Agitator
Jan 24, 1945The Agitator is a 1945 British drama film directed by John Harlow and starring William Hartnell, Mary Morris and John Laurie. Its plot follows a young mechanic who unexpectedly inherits the large firm where he works and tries to run it according to his socialist political beliefs. It was based on the 1925 novel Peter Pettinger by William Riley.
Drama
Cup-Tie Honeymoon
Jun 01, 1948Joe Butler, a soccer player whose father is the company chairman, is faced with a difficult choice: should he play the championship match on his father's team or should he play it on his school's team. He chooses wisely and finds love and happiness with a secretary.
Comedy
Appointment with Crime
May 13, 1946Le voleur de bijoux à la petite semaine Leo Martin est abandonné par ses complices, le propriétaire du club Gus Loman et le chauffeur Hatchett, lorsque le vol qu'ils commettent tourne mal. Après avoir purgé sa peine de prison, Leo revient avec un plan de vengeance complexe.
Crime
The Silent Passenger
Jun 01, 1935A really well made British murder mystery from British Gaumont studios. Story opens with a dead body found in a trunk. Who's the cold-blooded killer?
Crime
Off the Dole
Jun 01, 1935Without a job, a young man is given the opportunity to run his ill uncle's private-detective agency. He finds himself mixed up with everything from an unfaithful husband who is a secret nudist to a schoolteacher who believes his pupil's father is beating him.
Comedy
Old Mother Riley's New Venture
Jul 01, 1949Old Mother Riley becomes manager of a hotel - stolen diamonds, murder and pie fights follow.
Comedy
The Mudlark
Oct 03, 1950
Gideon's Way
Jul 09, 1967Les enquêtes du commandant George Gideon de Scotland Yard d'après les romans de John Creasey.
Drama
Le Saint
Feb 09, 1969Surnommé « le Saint » en raison de ses initiales, Simon Templar est un détective amateur au charme irrésistible qui traque les criminels à travers le monde.
Action & Adventure
Le Saint
Feb 09, 1969Surnommé « le Saint » en raison de ses initiales, Simon Templar est un détective amateur au charme irrésistible qui traque les criminels à travers le monde.
Action & Adventure
