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A mild-mannered newspaper columnist finds himself presented with an intriguing proposition from an elderly fan. She suggests that they conspire to steal a secret whiskey formula from ruthless distillers, who themselves stole it from her family in years gone by. With the recipe back in hand however, it's not long before they attract attention from the Inspectors of Scotland Yard. - Director:
- John Guillermin
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- Margaret Rutherford, Richard Hearne, James Robertson Justice
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Army deserter Peter Burdon (Derek Farr) makes a new life for himself in London. Short of cash, he tries to pawn his old service revolver and is caught up in an armed robbery, during which a constable is shot and killed. Suspected of being part of the gang, Burdon must go on the run to prove his innocence. - Director:
- Lawrence Huntington
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- Joan Hopkins, Derek Farr, Edward Chapman
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A global byword for cinematic quality of a quintessentially British nature, Ealing Studios made more than 150 films over a three decade period. A cherished and significant part of British film history, only selected films from both the Ealing and Associated Talking Pictures strands have previously been made available on home video format - with some remaining unseen since their original theatrical release. 'The Ealing Rarities Collection' redresses this imbalance - featuring new transfers from the best available elements, in their correct aspect ratio, this multi-volume collection showcases a range of scarce films from both Basil Dean's and Michael Balcon's tenure as studio head, making them available once more to the general public.
Three Men in a Boat (1933)
An adaptation of Jerome K. Jerome's classic story charting the comic misadventures of three friends - and a dog - as they take a boating holiday on the Thames.
Loyalties (1933)
The sole Jewish guest at a Society gathering is robbed; when he exposes a fellow guest as the thief, he finds the veneer of racial tolerance to be disturbingly thin...
The Bailiffs (1932)
In one of their earliest films, Crazy Gang stars Flanagan and Allen star as a couple of incompetent broker's men who take possession of the wrong house...
Laburnum Grove (1936)
A respectable suburban householder shocks unwelcome visiting relatives by telling them that he is now a forger working for a criminal gang.- Director:
- Graham Cutts
- Cast:
- William Austin, Edmund Breon, Billy Milton
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Paul, the protective Laird of Glenbogle, has his mettle tested to the limit by a seemingly unending series of catastrophes. The Crofters Tenants' Association is up in arms, a duplicitous god-daughter returns, an ex-poacher seeks revenge, a monster seemingly has taken up residence in the loch, diseased trees are identified and have to be felled and the bank is threatening to foreclose. The other Glenbogle residents, in an attempt to remain in the place they love, are all vigorously pulling together to keep the estate running but will their inventive plans and schemes be fruitful or simply be too little, too late? - Director:
- David Caffrey
- Cast:
- Alexander Morton, Katelyn Duff, Rhianna Duff
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The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Vol.11 (1954)Calling the Tune /Lease of Life /Lorna Doone / Return to Yesterday
A global byword for cinematic quality of a quintessentially British nature, Ealing Studios made more than 150 films over a three decade period. A cherished and significant part of British film history, only selected films from both the Ealing and Associated Talking Pictures strands have previously been made available on home video format - with some remaining unseen since their original theatrical release. 'The Ealing Rarities Collection' redresses this imbalance - featuring new transfers from the best available elements, in their correct aspect ratio, this multi-volume collection showcases a range of scarce films from both Basil Dean's and Michael Balcon's tenure as studio head, making them available once more to the general public.
Return to Yesterday (1940)
Seaside rep players Peter (David Tree) and Carol (Anna Lee) are in despair over the chaotic state of rehearsals for Peter's first play. Then, a local actor turned Hollywood star arrives in the town...
Lorna Doone (1935)
Margaret Lockwood makes her screen debut in this adaptation of R. D. Blackmore's classic tale of two feuding West Country families during the seventeenth century.
Lease of Life (1954)
The wife of a Yorkshire vicar sees a chance for her husband to increase his status and income. But there are more pressing concerns for the gentle, world-weary vicar...
Calling the Tune (1936)
The story of the love between the daughter of a record manufacturer and the son of the man he had cheated, set during the early days of the gramophone industry.- Director:
- Reginald Denham
- Cast:
- Adele Dixon, Clifford Evans, Sam Livesey
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The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Vol.7 (1949)Eureka Stockade (Massacre Hill) / Take a Chance /The Gaunt Stranger / Play Up the Band!
A global byword for cinematic quality of a quintessentially British nature, Ealing Studios made more than 150 films over a three decade period. A cherished and significant part of British film history, only selected films from both the Ealing and Associated Talking Pictures strands have previously been made available on home video format - with some remaining unseen since their original theatrical release. 'The Ealing Rarities Collection' redresses this imbalance - featuring new transfers from the best available elements, in their correct aspect ratio, this multi-volume collection showcases a range of scarce films from both Basil Dean's and Michael Balcon's tenure as studio head, making them available once more to the general public.
Eureka Stockade (1949)
In the Australian gold rush of the 1850's, the miners' struggle to gain their rights proves to be a long and bitter one.
Take a Chance (1937)
Irritated by her husband's seeming indifference, the wife of a racehorse trainer flirts with a man whose real object is to learn the secrets of her husband's stables...
The Gaunt Stranger (1938)
A lawyer receives a note telling him that he'll be dead in 48 hours - and Scotland Yard must work fast to uncover the serial killer known as 'The Ringer'.
Play Up the Band! (1935)
Stanley Holloway stars in the hilariously chaotic chronicle of the Heckdyke Steam Wagon Works Brass Band's attempt to get to the Crystal Palace band contest.- Director:
- Harry Watt
- Cast:
- Chips Rafferty, Jane Barrett, Peter Finch
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Young and Innocent (1937)The Girl Was Young
Erica Burgoyne (Nova Pilbeam) is the daughter of police constable Col. Burgoyne (Percy Marmont) who's investigating the strangulation of an actress, washed ashore with the murder weapon - the belt of a raincoat. Robert Tisdall (Derrick De Marney) is the prime suspect on account of being mentioned in the will, he was seen running away from the scene of the crime and is missing his raincoat! Erica tries to help Robert prove his innocence, falls in love with him and ends up avoiding the authorities while trying to find the real murderer. - Director:
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast:
- Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney, Percy Marmont
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Golly's relationship with Meg deepens and causes some ill feeling with Molly and Jess. Paul is attracted to Isobel who is having doubts about country life. He convinces her to stay but is quickly distracted when a newcomer, Lucy, arrives. Donald runs into an old flame and Lucy's boss shows more than business interest is Isobel. Isobel suspects that Paul is engaged and Jess confronts Golly about his sleeping arrangements. Paul is about to be officially coronated as the new Laird but there is a dispute amongst the elders. Molly returns to a clash of wills between Paul and Donald. - Director:
- David Caffrey
- Cast:
- Tom Baker, Lloyd Owen, Dawn Steele
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Standing on a lonely stretch of the Welsh coast, the North Stack Lighthouse has an unhappy notoriety: its light sometimes fails and more than one ship has been wrecked on the treacherous coastline. When new keeper Sam Higgins (Gordon Harker) arrives, he scoffs at the locals' tales of a 'haunted' light - until he finds out that a former keeper was murdered and another driven insane... - Director:
- Michael Powell
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- Binnie Hale, Gordon Harker, Donald Calthrop
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Peter Cushing stars as Dr. Christopher Maitland, a writer and collector of occult items (with a preference for those with a somewhat macabre history), who is offered the chance to purchase a highly expensive and unusual item - the skull of the Marquis de Sade. Warned against obtaining the item by fellow collector (Christopher Lee) in a rare non-villainous role), the skull's influence draws Maitland in, and madness and death soon follow... - Director:
- Freddie Francis
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- Peter Cushing, Patrick Wymark, Jill Bennett
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A global byword for cinematic quality of a quintessentially British nature, Ealing Studios made more than 150 films over a three-decade period. A cherished and significant part of British film history, only selected films from both the Ealing and Associated Talking Pictures strands have previously been made available on home-video format - with some remaining unseen since their original theatrical release. 'The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection' redresses this imbalance. Featuring new transfers from the best available elements, in their correct aspect ratio, this multi-volume collection showcases a range of scarce films from both Basil Dean's and Michael Balcon's tenure as studio head, making them available once more to the general public.
The Secret of the Loch (1934)
An elderly professor seeks to prove the existence of the Loch Ness Monster. His claims meet with hostility, but one reporter decides to test them for himself.
The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947)
Googie Withers stars as a young woman who flouts convention by choosing to run the farm she inherited, and by rejecting the man she is expected to marry...
Birds of Prey (1930)
A former police commissioner becomes the target of a revenge plot by two men he had helped convict years before.
Davy (1957)
A young music-hall entertainer aspires to stardom on his own terms, but faces a dilemma as to whether he should go it alone or stick with his family troupe.- Director:
- Milton Rosmer
- Cast:
- Seymour Hicks, Nancy O'Neil, Gibson Gowland
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It's Christmas 1940 and the people of Everytown, unprepared and ill-equipped, find themselves at war against an enemy who has been planning such a conflict for years. The land is devastated by the horrors of aerial bombardment as the war drags on for thirty years, causing a period of despair, with feudal tyrants ruling a downtrodden populace suffering famine and pestilence. Can the human race rise above its desperate circumstances and build a scientific utopia? - Director:
- William Cameron Menzies
- Cast:
- Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson
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Arthur and his friend, Stinker, are contacted by a member of the BBC to inform them that they will soon be given an audition. On hearing this, the duo decide to install themselves in a disused studio on the roof of the Broadcasting House. There they announce they will transmit a pirate broadcast at eight o'clock that evening. But with the public, the BBC and the police on their tail, will they make it, and if they do, will it be a success? - Director:
- Marcel Varnel
- Cast:
- Moore Marriott, Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch
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Arthur (Arthur Askey), Stinker (Richard Murdoch) and Albert (Graham Moffatt) - a trio of reprobate students - are in danger of expulsion from Oxford for conduct unbecoming. After due consideration they hatch a cunning plan to save their bacon - the only problem is that it entails convincing the Dean (J.H. Roberts) that Arthur is actually Albert's wealthy Aunt Lucy (Jeanne De Casalis)! - Director:
- Walter Forde
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- Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Graham Moffatt
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Aldwych Theatre farceur Robertson Hare and character comedian Alfred Drayton reprise their original stage roles in two classic screen comedies.
Banana Ridge (1942)A screen adaptation of Ben Travers' celebrated and enduring farce - a wonderfully mischievous comedy of disputed paternity and caddishness. Two businessmen have the shock of their lives when a woman appears out of their past bearing a 23-year-old son - and one of them may be the father!
Aren't Men Beats (1937)
Hollywood star June Clyde co-stars in this boisterous comedy caper. On the morning of his son's wedding, a mild-mannered dentist is visited by a dark, beautiful girl who disarranges her dress and screams for the police!- Director:
- Walter C. Mycroft
- Cast:
- Robertson Hare, Alfred Drayton, Isabel Jeans
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