Roger Maxwell

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Colonel March Investigates

Jul 01, 1953

Colonel March Investigates

1953 70 min 2 vues

This is a feature-length compilation of three short episodes taken from a TV series called 'Colonel March of Scotland Yard' (1954-56, 26 episodes) starring Boris Karloff as Colonel March, head of Scotland Yard's Department D.3, otherwise known as The Bureau of Queer Complaints.

Crime

7.1

The Angry Silence

Mar 10, 1960

The Angry Silence

1960 95 min 29 vues

When the union in his factory walks out on strike, a family man refuses to participate, risking the wrath — and retaliation — of his fellow workers.

Drama

9

No Smoking

Nov 01, 1955

No Smoking

1955 73 min 2 vues

A 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.

5.5

Song of Paris

Feb 10, 1952

Song of Paris

1952 83 min 1 vues

An archetypal Englishman returns from a jaunt abroad to face a dastardly foreign count in a screwball duel for the hand of a beautiful mademoiselle.

Comedy

1

Save a Little Sunshine

Oct 01, 1938

Save a Little Sunshine

1938 75 min 1 vues

Dave Smalley buys a lost Archaeopteryx fossil by accident at an auction and uses the reward money for this to buy a share in his landlady's lodging- house. She turns him into an exploited man-of-all-work about the house, but after a lady guest persuades him that he resembles Napoleon he becomes convinced that he is a born leader and mounts a takeover bid to reverse their roles.

6.3

The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands

Oct 26, 1927

The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands

1927 106 min 8 vues

The film focuses on the naval warfare around the Battle of Coronel and Battle of the Falkland Islands during the First World War. It was the last in a successful series of documentary reconstructions of First World War battles by British Instructional Films made between 1921 and 1927.

Drama

5.7

Ha'penny Breeze

Dec 30, 1950

Ha'penny Breeze

1950 72 min 3 vues

A demobbed serviceman finds that his village has fallen on hard times. With the help of family, friends and the villagers he enters his boat in a yacht race. Winning will mean orders for new boats and life for the village.

Drama

7.5

Le Docteur Jivago

Dec 22, 1965

Le Docteur Jivago

1965 200 min 1131 vues

Jivago, médecin russe idéaliste, est enrôlé de force dans l'armée au début de la révolution d'Octobre, qui l'entraîne dans les remous de l'histoire.

Drama

5.8

Un brin d'escroquerie

Feb 04, 1960

Un brin d'escroquerie

1960 93 min 15 vues

Max Easton, ancien sous-marinier, est de retour à terre. Le commandeur végète désormais à l'Amirauté. Sir Charles Holland doit, lui, être nommé ambassadeur à Bruxelles. Sa superbe fiancée, Virginia Killain, le rejoint. Max ne résiste pas aux charmes de la belle Américaine, dont il s'éprend presque aussitôt. Las, sa fortune se réduit à quelques pièces de monnaie, contrairement à celle de son rival. De plus, il n'a aucune situation. Max ne se le tient pas pour dit et se met en quête d'un moyen d'éveiller l'attention de Virginia. Un plan infaillible émerge bientôt de son imagination débordante...

Comedy

4.8

Dad's Army

Mar 12, 1971

Dad's Army

1971 95 min 85 vues

Dad's Army was a 1971 feature film based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. Directed by Norman Cohen, it was filmed between series three and four and was based upon material from the early episodes of the television series. The film told the story of the Home Guard platoon's formation and their subsequent endeavours at a training exercise.

Comedy

6.2

Deadly Nightshade

Mar 01, 1953

Deadly Nightshade

1953 61 min 5 vues

Escapee switches identities but finds the new one quite a handful.

Crime

5.7

Night Was Our Friend

Dec 01, 1951

Night Was Our Friend

1951 61 min 3 vues

Martin's plane crashes in the jungle of Brazil. Nobody believes he survived. In the meantime his wife, Sally, has fallen in love with another man, Dr. Harper. Martin is found and returns to Sally. Unable to face his demons, Martin considers ending his life. Or does Sally do it for him?

Romance

6

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

Nov 12, 1970

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

1970 94 min 15 vues

Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics and in the mini-skirted flared-trousered world of 1970 Britain starts to rise through the Tory ranks.

Comedy

7.7

Girdle of Gold

Jan 01, 1952

Girdle of Gold

1952 66 min 3 vues

The adulterous Mrs Griffiths' corset has, unbeknown to her, a fortune stashed in it by her drunken, money-loving husband.

Comedy