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Hilary Clarke (Rosamund John) is a young architect who accompanies her office boy to hospital when he is injured. After witnessing the work of the nurses, she decides to join the hospital and train as a nurse herself. Despite the long hours, Hilary is happy with her new vocation. Then Larry Faines (Stewart Granger) and his fiancee are brought in having been injured. He and Hilary become increasingly attracted to each other, but she must also care for his fiancee who gradually becomes aware of the situation. - Director:
- Maurice Elvey
- Cast:
- Rosamund John, Stewart Granger, Godfrey Tearle
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Mark St. Neots (John Justin), a young peer and a junior member of the Foreign Office, is a man destined for a long and distinguished career in the Diplomatic Corps. Mark, however, is obsessed by a lace: that of Sylvia (Moira Shearer), a 16-year-old redheaded girl whom, in his boyhood, he vowed he would love to eternity. Although many years have passed since he made the promise and he is now a respectably married man, Mark has never forgotten the face that symbolises his ideal woman... - Director:
- Harold French
- Cast:
- Kenneth More, Moira Shearer, John Justin
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Before he went on to direct the entire series of the legendary Carry On films Gerald Thomas made Raising The Wind based on a script by famed film score composer Bruce Montgomery. It follows the zany hi-jinks of an outlandish group of wacky music students who decide to share an apartment together in order to cut costs. But the situation becomes less than idyllic when one of the students sells one of his compositions and risks losing out on his scholarship. Luckily one of the gang has a cunning plan... Raising The Wind is an incredibly witty and endearing college comedy populated by mad professors, deaf landladies, evil music publishers, absent-minded lecturers, battling students and manic conductors. - Director:
- Gerald Thomas
- Cast:
- James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips, Paul Massie
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Will Any Gentleman? (1953)Will Any Gentleman...? / The Reluctant Casanova
Strait-laced Henry Sterling's (George Cole) peaceful life is periodically shattered by his wastrel brother's antics. But when he attends a local theatre to pay his brother's bouncing cheque he stays to watch the show - and ends up being hypnotised into thinking he's a devil-may-care philanderer!- Director:
- Michael Anderson
- Cast:
- George Cole, Veronica Hurst, Heather Thatcher
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In London, jazz musician Joe Newman (Stanley Baker) receives a startling telephone call: the caller is his German father, believed to have been killed in action twenty years ago! At the same time, a funeral is taking place in a quiet Bavarian town; the coffin bears the name of Kurt Deutsch, Joe's father. When he goes to Bavaria to investigate, Joe is sure that certain facts are being withheld. But his search for the truth proves more disturbing than he could have imagined... - Director:
- Quentin Lawrence
- Cast:
- Stanley Baker, Peter Cushing, Georgina Ward
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Newlyweds Archie and Lexie seem to have finally realised their dreams together until Archie is tempted by a position as manager in a restaurant in New York. Lexie is appalled at the idea of him even considering abandoning Glenbogle particularly as Kilwillie's scheming sister Lady Dorothy is making trouble on the estate. Paul, Archie's half-brother, reappears to a mixed reception but eventually the brothers attempt to put aside their differences and work together. Meanwhile Golly is surprised by the return of his estranged daughter Jess, Molly is avoiding Andrew's romantic overtures and Duncan takes his new job as Eco-Dome site manager very seriously. - Director:
- Richard Signy
- Cast:
- Angus Lennie, Paul Freeman, Dawn Steele
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Sailors Three / Save a Little Sunshine (1940)Three Cockeyed Sailors
Double bill of comedies featuring Tommy Trinder.
Sailors Three (1940)After a drunken night out, three British sailors accidentally board the wrong ship - only to discover that it is a German destroyer. The three hapless sailors attempt to capture the enemy vessel for themselves and sail it back to England.
Save a Little Sunshine (1938)
A man uses some reward money to buy himself a boarding house, but the tumbledown establishment soon provides more trouble than profit as he finds himself working day and night to keep the place running.- Director:
- Walter Forde
- Cast:
- Tommy Trinder, E.V.H. Emmett, Michael Wilding
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The Four Just Men (1939)The Secret Four
Spirited out of a condemned cell where he has learnt of a plot to sabotage the Suez Canal, James Terry (Frank Lawton) is able to reveal two clues to his fellow members of the Four Just Men - two vital clues pointing towards a dastardly plan to bring down the whole of the British Empire!- Director:
- Walter Forde
- Cast:
- Hugh Sinclair, Griffith Jones, Francis L. Sullivan
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Heiress Susan Graham (Carol Marsh) is desperate to find a cure for her hiccups. She is both helped and hindered by her two uncles, each with a son keen to marry Susan. She encounters BBC radio star Nick Martin (David Tomlinson) and her quest leads her to a haunted house and an eccentric psychiatrist (Jimmy Edwards) who recommends laughter as the only cure for her affliction. Susan's hilarious journey leads her to the BBC radio studios where she again encounters Nick and a romance begins to blossom, however Nick's domineering mother does all she can to keep them apart. Will Susan find true love and a cure for her hiccups? - Director:
- Ralph Thomas
- Cast:
- Carol Marsh, David Tomlinson, Mervyn Johns
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21 Days (1940)21 Days Together
Larry Durrant (Laurence Olivier) is a playboy and one of life's losers! Having failed as a farmer in Africa he returns to England and strikes up a relationship with an attractive married model, Wanda (Vivien Leigh). All does not run smooth for the lovers as Wanda's estranged husband appears after a 3 year absence demanding money. A fight breaks out between the two men and during the ensuing scuffle Larry accidently kills the blackmailer in self-defence.
Larry immediately seeks the help of his brother Keith (Leslie Banks), an ambitious and selfish barrister on the brink of becoming a judge. Fearful that any scandal might tarnish his name Keith pleads with his younger brother not to confess to murder. The same evening, Larry meets a destitute former clergyman, John Aloysius Evan (Hay Petrie), near the scene of the murder. Evan steals the victim's wallet and is arrested and charged with murder and held for 21 days until he comes to trial.
Larry and Wanda use the three weeks to get married and enjoy their time together - but the weeks pass quickly. Evan is subsequently found guilty and sentenced to hang and Larry has to decide if he can live with the death of two men on his conscience.- Director:
- Basil Dean
- Cast:
- Vivien Leigh, Leslie Banks, Laurence Olivier
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David (Ian Carmichael) proposes to Janet (Janette Scott) in the middle of a cricket match, a prospect less-than-enthusiastically received by Janet's prosperous father. The thought of his daughter's marriage to a young man of unimpressive means and hazy future is accepted with dubious grace, and the two lovebirds find romance being replaced by a regiment of interfering relatives! - Director:
- Roy Boulting
- Cast:
- Ian Carmichael, Janette Scott, Cecil Parker
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Hotshot reporter Frank Burdon is thrilled to land a job at the only newspaper in the wee Scottish town of Baikie. His first assignment is to interview the local politician, wealthy William Gow, who is running for Parliament. Burdon is shocked to find that despite Gow's glowing reputation, the man is totally insensitive. The final straw comes when the politician refuses to speak to a destitute ice cream vendor whose dog he impounded when she could no longer afford to pay the license. Indignant, Burdon's puff piece begins to take another direction... Despite himself, Burdon can't help but fall for Gow's beautiful daughter Vickie. When his piece breaks, hundreds of British press descend on the tiny town. When a pack of impounded dogs including the ice cream vendor's hound are set free, how will Burdon prove his innocence? This rare British foray into the Screwball genre sees Rex Harrison take his first starring role. If you don't watch 'Storm in a Teacup' for the hilarious script, impeccable acting, adorable doggy talent or fascinating anti-fascist undercurrents, watch it to see two burgeoning Hollywood icons at the very start of their huge careers! - Director:
- Ian Dalrymple
- Cast:
- Vivien Leigh, Rex Harrison, Cecil Parker
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True as a Turtle (1957)Plain Sailing
Tony Hudson (John Gregson) asks his new wife Jane (June Thorburn) to go on a cruise to France on the ageing yacht 'Turtle'. The yacht's skipper is the cantankerous Dudley Partridge (Cecil Parker) an important customer of Tony's. Along with the rest of the crew the newlyweds encounter a series of hilarious mishaps on their trip which leave them all at sea... - Director:
- Wendy Toye
- Cast:
- John Gregson, Cecil Parker, June Thorburn
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The dining room of the Jolly Fiddler has long been presided over by Albert (Gordon Harker), an aged but very shrewd waiter. A past master of the gentle art of fiddling, he extracts the maximum profit from his job while managing to endear himself to both the customers and staff. Then, there's a visit from Mr. Finch (John Loder). He thinks it's time Albert was replaced... - Director:
- David MacDonald
- Cast:
- Gordon Harker, Marie Lohr, John Loder
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Trying to climb a rung on the social ladder, Joan (Patricia Medina) is pressured into marrying pompous boss (Claud Allister) by her pushy mother (Ellen Pollock) - but Joan loves a soldier (Jimmy Hanley) who is away fighting. On his return he finds Joan betrothed and he storms off to Scotland, Joan decides to follow and all ends happily...also stars Irene Handl. - Director:
- Paul L. Stein
- Cast:
- Patricia Medina, Jimmy Hanley, Frederick Leister
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