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The organising force of a family of musical prodigies, Robert Mansell (Edward Underdown) is a frustrated composer in search of one thing - personal happiness. This search, however, has landed him in the divorce courts - and the judge's summary does not paint him in a favourable light...

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While perusing the books of an engineering company, fastidious auditor Frank Manning (Dermot Walsh) encounters rum goings on when he is approached by a woman who claiming she is being blackmailed. She begs him to find certain letters and he eventually agrees.

Having obtained the letters, he takes them to a specified address where, to his horror, he finds a man, fully clothed, dead in the bath...

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A young married couple, Peter (Brian Reece) and Barbara (June Thorburn) are travelling by train to the countryside for a romantic weekend, Leaving Barbara in the train on the platform Peter pops out to buy a newspaper, but meets old flame Carol (Kay Kendall) at the news stand.

While Peter and Carol are chatting Barbara's train leaves for the country without him. Peter, accompanied by Carol frantically tries to catch up with his wife, hiring a car in order to drive to the hotel. Unfortunately for Peter the car breaks down and he ends up spending a night with Carol in a remote Inn. Barbara meanwhile has enlisted the help of her parents in order to track down her husband and the ensuing chase leads to a hilarious series of misadventures that you would anticipate from a Ben Travers script. Stanley Holloway is superbly cast as Barbara's downtrodden father.

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Britain, 1933, David Barr (Leslie Banks) is an ambitious ship designer working at the Glasgow shipbuilders Burns, McKinnon&Co.

Barr has a radical new ship design that he believes will revolutionise the British shipbuilding industry which is suffering from both foreign competition and economic depression. Barr however faces opposition from his own Board of directors, led by Lord Dean (Frank Vosper), who are hesitant with the investment required to fund his plans to build 20 ships. Dean would prefer a partnership with rival shipbuilder, Manning (Alfred Drayton), who Barr despises due to his use of foreign registries. With the support of chief shareholder June MacKinnon (Carol Goodner) Barr embarks on his ambitious plans but will he see his ships launched in the face of fierce resistance from his bankers and militant workers and in the face of industrial espionage?

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A delicious double-dose of effervescent vintage comedy-drama starring Britain's blondest bombshell, the one-and-only Diana Dors, at her saucy best.

Laughter and thrills mingle in 'Miss Tulip Stays the Night' as gorgeous Kate Dax (Dors) and her crime-writer husband, Andrew (Patrick Holt), investigate the murder of eccentric spinster Miss Tulip (Cicely Courtneidge) at a remote country cottage. With the help - or hindrance - of bumbling PC Feathers (deftly played by British comedy legend Jack Hubert), will they ever crack their crazy case and finally figure out whodunit? Goals and glamour go together in 'The Great Game', a high-scoring drama of football league corruption, shot on location at Griffin Park, historic home of Brentford FC. With fine performances from James Hayter as Burnville United's unscrupulous team chairman, Thora Hird as his long-suffering assistant, and Dors enjoying herself as man-eating secretary Lulu - not to mention a splendid eyeball-rolling turn from John Laurie - the final result is a nostalgic Saturday afternoon treat for movie buffs and football fans alike.

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"Johnny" Victor (Ginger Rogers), a gorgeous ex-actress, lives in luxury on the French Riviera courtesy of Louis Galt (Stanley Baker) - a wealthy businessman with global interests.

But Louis' fortune is built on crime and his possessive mania brings about a train of violence from which death is the only certain outcome...

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Rex Walton (Ivan Brandt), millionaire man-about-town, mysteriously disappears on the eve of his wedding after an attempt at blackmail by infamous criminal The Panda.

His plucky sister Joan (Linden Travers) aids the police in their investigations, but Rex's disappearance sets in motion a chain of violent and incomprehensible events when blackmail turns to murder...

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Renown Pictures are delighted to present 'The Renown Crime Collection: Volume 4'. No less than 8 marvellous crime films with some terrific bonus features in this set!

The Boys (1962)

When the night watchman of a garage is found murdered, four young men are arrested and put on trial. Under cross-examination, suspects and witnesses give differing accounts of the same incidents that led up to the crime. After re-examining the suspects' statements, the prosecuting counsel finally learns the truth.
The Boys Reunion (2017)
To celebrate the 55th Anniversary of the release of 'The Boys'.Talking Pictures TV presented a special film screening event at Elstree Studios, where the film had been made and reunited Dudley, Tony and Jess from the original film. Morris Bright hosted the live interview section and the question and answer panel that followed.The highlights of the event are presented in this exclusive programme.
Mysterious Mr. Nicholson (1947)
A change in a will, a murder and a mysterious letter. The police look to a former cat burglar to aid them in this strange investigation.
The Voice of Merrill (1952)
The story of four people directly and indirectly involved with the murder of a female blackmailer. The suspects are the girl's publisher employer; an up-and-coming writer, a brilliant established writer and his wife.
Operation Diplomat (1953)
Dr. Fenton (Guy Rolfe), surgeon operating on an unknown patient, discovers he is involved in the kidnapping of a British diplomat. When his personal secretary is murdered for revealing the patient's identity, the police under the investigation headed by Inspector Austin, are called in.
Port of Escape (1956)
Two sailors dock in London in search of a good time during their short stint on land. But when one of them fatally stabs a man during a scuffle in a bar, the pair flee the scene, commandeer a boat and take the three women on board hostage as they try to outrun the law.
Blind Spot (1958)
A former Army officer regains his vision and hunts smugglers who framed him when he was blind.
Lady of Deceit (1947) (AKA Born to Kill)
A calculating divorcee risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with the hot-headed murderer romancing her foster sister.
Checkmate (1935)
A Scotland Yard detective gets more than he bargained with a gang of London jewel thieves.

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A Neapolitan bank clerk (Robert Beatty), much bullied by his English wife (Jean Kent) and mother in law (Margaret Rutherford), is the double of Leo L'Americano, a gang leader.

The gangster kidnaps the clerk, intending to use the masquerade as an opportunity to rob the bank, and the result is a wild confusion of mistaken identities.

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When Bert Lane (Ronald Shiner) is given the task of advertising Mrs Anstey's famous crumpets, he decides to focus on the sexy side of crumpets. But his tawdry advertising slogans incur the wrath of Mrs Anstey and her Purity League, as well as his boss (James Hayter).

Having tried every trick in his wheeler/dealer book to win her back over with charm, Bert has to face an angry posse of female morality campaigners catching up with him in a striptease joint!

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Two classic British comedies from the 1960's.

Trouble with Eve (1960)

Set in the quiet English village of Warlock. Louise Kington (Hy Hazell) has turned her quaint cottage into the Willow Tree Tearooms. But the suspicious villagers can foresee nothing but trouble for the sleepy community.
Double Bunk (1961)
Newlyweds Jack (Ian Carmichael) and Peggy (Janette Scott) move in to a dilapidated old houseboat with their friends Sid (Sidney James) and Sandra (Liz Fraser) - and accidentally end up crossing the Channel in it!

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Joan Greenwood reprises her hit stage performance as a frustrated housewife in the film adaptation of this popular West End farce. Co-starring Nigel Patrick and Derek Farr - and showcasing a memorable early performance from Audrey Hepburn...

Compelled to live together due to the post-war housing shortage, the Pennants and the Bannings just about get along...but add in a brace of babies, a succession of nannies and a shy-but-pretty lodger, and the situation very soon starts to unravel!

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To Laura Hammond's large family, she is simply the mother who makes their tumultuous lives run a little more smoothly.

But although they don't know it, she is a very successful novelist - and when her screenplay comes to the attention of a Hollywood producer, Laura (Phyllis Calvert) is suddenly plunged into the big time. Perhaps it's time to stop taking Mum for granted..?

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Feature tells the story of hapless small town boy Geraint Llewellyn. Having spent five years in London, Geraint returns to the quaint Welsh village where he grew up to fulfill the role of choirmaster within the local church.

Having chosen Handel's Messiah for the choir's showcase piece, he inadvertently causes fierce rivalries to surface when trying to pick a soloist. The consequences of which are hilariously catastrophic and begin to affect the entire village. This choir may have the voices of angels, but they certainly don't have the patience to match. There are two young people who genuinely suffer through this state of affairs: Cliff and Olwen. They are in love but the feud threatens to tear them apart.

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Detective Edward Harwood (Edmund Lowe) is in a quandary - after meeting a man named Wagner (Allan Jeayes) at the Nice Carnival, he later comes across the man's dead body.

But he is astonished to find that, while his attention is diverted fetching his new partner, insurance agent Caryl Fenton (Constance Cummings), the body has vanished! On the train from Nice, Harwood's troubled musings end abruptly when the train crashes. When he stumbles upon Wagner's body amid the wreckage, he finds a clue: a Parisian address written on the man's sleeve. When Harwood and Caryl visit the address they meet a man who is clearly lying. They begin to realise that they have uncovered a sinister network prepared to use any means necessary to conceal its crimes...