One of the Best
Nov 01, 1927'1820. Officer frames colleague when gambler forces him to steal secrets.' (British Film Catalogue)
Crime
Harold Huth
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A South Sea Bubble
Aug 03, 1928'Girl reporter and insane fiancé join pirate's descendant in treasure hunt.' (British Film Catalogue)
Comedy
A Honeymoon Adventure
Sep 21, 1931An exciting tale of international crooks and stolen plans, in which an inventor is kidnapped by foreign agents whilst honeymooning in Scotland.
Crime
The Camels Are Coming
Oct 08, 1934A British officer in the Camel Corps in Egypt goes undercover to investigate a gang of drug smugglers. He enlists the aid of a female pilot to help break up the gang.
Adventure
My Lucky Star
Jun 27, 1933'Shopgirl posing as film star loves porter posing as artist.' (British Film Catalogue)
Comedy
Take My Tip
Jan 01, 1937Lord and Lady Pilkington get tricked out of their money by a con man. They later run into the swindler in a hotel - which happens to be owned by their butler - and they devise a plan to scam the con man and get both revenge and their money back.
Music
Aren't We All?
Mar 17, 1932Because his father, Lord Grenham, spends more time philandering with attractive women than conducting business, Willie Tatham is forced to interrupt his honeymoon with his wife Margot in the south of France and return to London to get his father to sign an important contract. While Margot, an actress, goes to a small resort where she will not be recognized, Kitty Lake, one of the young women Lord Grenham pursues, flirts with Willie. Two weeks pass and when Willie tells Margot on the telephone that he must stay in town, she threatens to engage in a violent flirtation with the next attractive man she sees. Karl von der Heide, from Vienna, who is waiting to use the telephone, overhears her and begins a flirtation. She identifies herself to him as Mrs. Margaret Spaulding, and they pursue the beginnings of a romance until Margot suddenly returns home.
Comedy
Bracelets
Feb 01, 1931A jeweler is targeted by confidence tricksters pretending to be connected with the exiled Russian Royal Family. He manages to turn the tables on them and after collecting the reward for their arrest, uses they money to buy some silver bracelets for his wife to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
Crime
Discord
Jan 01, 1933
This Was Paris
Mar 21, 1942
Blackmailed
Jan 30, 1951A blackmailer is murdered, and those who witnessed the scene agree to keep quiet; the complication is that the scene is also witnessed by a young artist, a victim of blackmail as well. (BFI Website)
Crime
Rome Express
Oct 31, 1932The theft of a famous painting leads to murder and many suspects on a plush train speeding from Paris to Rome.
Thriller
Balaclava
Jun 06, 1928A British army officer is cashiered, and re-enlists as Private to take part in the Crimean War. He succeeds in capturing a top Russian spy which results in the famous Charge of the Light Brigade to take the Balaclava Heights.
Drama
Down River
May 08, 1931An Obvious Situation
Oct 09, 1930Leave It to Me
Oct 01, 1930
Guilt
Jan 28, 1931
The Flying Squad
Jul 20, 1932The officers of the Flying Squad attempt to track down a drug-smuggling gang.
Crime
The Outsider
Apr 20, 1931An unorthodox osteopath cures one of his patients, the daughter of a fellow Doctor.
Drama
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
Nov 01, 1932A lawyer plans to murder an aristocrat and steal his inheritance.
Drama
Sally Bishop
Oct 17, 1932
The City of Play
Jul 01, 1929
The Ghoul
Aug 01, 1933Le professeur Henry Morlant, un grand égyptologue, pense que l'ancien bijou qu'il appelle la "lumière éternelle" lui donnera des pouvoirs de rajeunissement s'il est offert au dieu égyptien antique Anubis. Mais à la mort de Morlant, son serviteur Laing vole le bijou. Alors qu'un tas d'intrus, y compris un avocat de bonne réputation et un faux pasteur, descendent sur le manoir du professeur pour voler le bijou pour eux-mêmes, Morlant revient d'entre les morts ("quand la pleine lune frappe la porte de ma tombe" a-t-il prédit avant de mourir pour tuer tous ceux qui l'ont trahi.
Horror
The First Mrs Fraser
Apr 18, 1932'Rich man returns to first wife on finding second wife loves younger man.' (British Film Catalogue)
Downstream
Nov 22, 1929Crime
The Silver King
May 01, 1929Thriller
Noces de crime
Jul 22, 1940Comedy
The Root of All Evil
Feb 05, 1947Jeckie Farnish is a level-headed young woman, unlike her spoiled younger sister, Rushie. When the sisters become involved with charming businessman Charles Mortimer, the resulting tragedy leads to a lust for revenge on Rushie's part. However, Jeckie knows that she can always turn to reliable Joe Bartle in times of need.
Drama
Love Story
Nov 20, 1944After discovering that she has only a short time left to live, concert pianist Lissa travels to Cornwall for the final fling of her life. While there, she falls in love with young mineral prospector Kit, a man whose dark secret prevents him from fighting in the War. Unbeknownst to Lissa, however, Kit's affections are also much in demand from a rival of hers.
Drama
Look Before You Love
Jan 06, 1948
The White Unicorn
Oct 29, 1947In a home for delinquent girls, the worst offender exchanges reminiscences with the warden.
Drama
Nightbeat
Dec 22, 1947After the war is over, two army pals take opposite paths in civvy street. One becomes a petty criminal, the other becomes a policeman.
Drama
Jazz Boat
Jun 01, 1960
The Hostage
Dec 01, 1956In this political thriller, set within an unnamed country, revolutionaries try to prevent their leader's execution by kidnapping the president's daughter. A brave hostage pilot, breaks out and heroically saves the girl as the revolutionary leader is killed.
Thriller
Les Hellions
Nov 27, 1961In this political thriller, set within an unnamed country, revolutionaries try to prevent their leader's execution by kidnapping the president's daughter. A brave hostage pilot, breaks out and heroically saves the girl as the revolutionary leader is killed.
Adventure
Blackmailed
Jan 30, 1951A blackmailer is murdered, and those who witnessed the scene agree to keep quiet; the complication is that the scene is also witnessed by a young artist, a victim of blackmail as well. (BFI Website)
Crime
Les Hellions
Nov 27, 1961A blackmailer is murdered, and those who witnessed the scene agree to keep quiet; the complication is that the scene is also witnessed by a young artist, a victim of blackmail as well. (BFI Website)
Adventure
Hell's Cargo
Dec 16, 1939
Les Procès d'Oscar Wilde
May 28, 1960
East of Piccadilly
Jun 23, 1941A series of murders in the West End of London baffle the officers of Scotland Yard and draw the interest of a crime reporter to the case.
Mystery
The Adventures of Tartu
Oct 01, 1943British Captain Terence Stevenson (Robert Donat) accepts an assignment even more dangerous than his everyday job of defusing unexploded bombs. Fluent in Romanian and German and having studied chemical engineering, he is parachuted into Romania to assume the identity of Captain Jan Tartu, a member of the fascist Iron Guard. He makes his way to Czechoslovakia to steal the formula of a new Nazi poison gas and sabotage the factory where it is being manufactured.
Romance
M. Smith Agent Secret
Jul 28, 1941British Captain Terence Stevenson (Robert Donat) accepts an assignment even more dangerous than his everyday job of defusing unexploded bombs. Fluent in Romanian and German and having studied chemical engineering, he is parachuted into Romania to assume the identity of Captain Jan Tartu, a member of the fascist Iron Guard. He makes his way to Czechoslovakia to steal the formula of a new Nazi poison gas and sabotage the factory where it is being manufactured.
Adventure
Breach of Promise
Apr 20, 1942Low-key British comedy starring Clive Brook as a successful playwright who is sued for breach of promise by a mysterious beauty he claims not to know.
Madame Guillotine
Feb 19, 1931During the French Revolution, a revolutionary falls in love with and marries an aristocratic woman.
Romance
Nightbeat
Dec 22, 1947After the war is over, two army pals take opposite paths in civvy street. One becomes a petty criminal, the other becomes a policeman.
Drama
My Sister and I
Aug 02, 1948A family is in need of a new house help so they employ a mysterious young woman. They soon realise all is not as it seems as the past comes back to haunt the woman of the house.
Drama
La charge du 7ème lanciers
Apr 01, 1959A family is in need of a new house help so they employ a mysterious young woman. They soon realise all is not as it seems as the past comes back to haunt the woman of the house.
Action
Caravan
Jun 03, 1946During the last half of the 19th century writer Richard Darrell saves Don Carlos from two robbers, and is entrusted by Don Carlos to take a valuable necklace to Spain. Richard leaves his fiancé, Oriana, and starts the trip. He meets Wycroft, a henchman for Sir Francis Castteldow, an aristocrat out to steal Oriana from Richard. The latter is assaulted, robbed and nearly killed and, as a result, loses his memory. He marries a gypsy girl, Rosal, while Oriana, thinking him dead marries the dastardly Sir Francis. Everybody will meet again. Complications will arise.
Romance
