denry's - Rented List
-
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
- Formats:
-
-
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
- Formats:
-
-
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
- Formats:
-
-
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
- Formats:
-
-
At the height of World War II, the Germans discover that a certain British personage is to stay at the country house of Lord Buckley (Raymond Lovell). They devise a plan whereby they will kidnap the real Lord Buckley, and send to England an actor who will masquerade, lie in wait for the visitor with a number of gunmen, and take him back to Germany... - Director:
- Lawrence Huntington
- Cast:
- Gordon Harker, Raymond Lovell, Finlay Currie
- Formats:
-
-
Alfred Bandle (Alfred Drayton) and Wilmer Popday (Robertson Hare) are partners - in business and, somewhat timorously on Popday's part, in pleasure. When their wives join the A.T.S., the men are left unattended - and dangerously bored. The trouble starts when Bandle is late for an end-of-leave party after giving a girlfriend a lift; Popday promises the wives he'll restrain his wayward friend when they return to duty, but Bandle evidently thinks otherwise... - Director:
- Lawrence Huntington
- Cast:
- Robertson Hare, Alfred Drayton, Polly Ward
- Formats:
-
-
The placid, harmonious life of a quiet village becomes a hotbed of paranoia and hatred as anonymous letters accusing the villagers of moral and sexual misdemeanours begin to circulate. As speculation and malicious gossip spread, suspicions begin to centre on Connie Fateley (Catherine Lacey), a shy, solitary seamstress; it is only a matter of time before events take a tragic turn... - Director:
- Paul L. Stein
- Cast:
- Flora Robson, Robert Newton, Ann Todd
- Formats:
-
-
Susan Foster (Carla Lehmann) is cast into a web of international intrigue when she decides to hide fugitive British agent Alan Thurston (James Mason) from Nazi agents in the Vichy colony of Algiers. Thurston's mission is to recover a camera revealing the exact location where the Allies are rehearsing operations for the invasion of North Africa. His every move is followed by Dr. Muller (Walter Rilla), a Nazi sympathiser, who will stop at nothing to acquire the camera and capture the Allied group. - Director:
- George King
- Cast:
- James Mason, Carla Lehmann, Raymond Lovell
- Formats:
-
-
Duncan mistakenly books a party of naturists into the campsite which causes much confusion among the residents. Golly's fading eyesight, which he won't acknowledge, causes him to allow one of the wolves to escape the pen - close to the naked visitors. Archie instructs Duncan to evacuate the campsite discreetly, however the nudists, used to being asked to leave, are determined to stay. The Ghillie's ball, which seemed doomed, has been salvaged by Lexie's lateral thinking. On returning to the house from a shoot the men find there is a spectacular ball in progress - with a difference. A strange young man arrives at Glenbogle and is convinced that Golly is his long-lost father. - Director:
- Rick Stroud
- Cast:
- Alastair Mackenzie, Susan Hampshire, Dawn Steele
- Formats:
-
-
In this 1957 Tempean production, reporter Joe Saunders, (Jeff Morrow) finds out that a mystery woman the police are looking for in a murder case, is in fact his wife (Hazel Court). Joe must find the real killer and clear his wife. Also stars Lionel Jeffries and watch out for Arthur Lowe in an uncredited role, it's a clever little whodunnit of its time and hides the killer well. - Director:
- C.M. Pennington-Richards
- Cast:
- Jeff Morrow, Hazel Court, Lionel Jeffries
- Formats:
-
-
Korda's first contribution to the War Effort of 1939 - 1945 was 'The Lion Has Wings '. It appeared just a few months after the outbreak of the Second World War and was unashamedly a propaganda weapon. By skilful use of documentary footage, Korda builds up a heart-rending picture of the situation at the outbreak of the war. He shows a Germany of steel, armed and united in a wave of hysteria created by the spell of a fanatical madman, and contrasts this with the peaceful, golden villages of England. It portrays the everyday lives of the British people who are prepared to sacrifice everything for the greater good. Korda uses some of his best known and loved stars: Ralph Richardson stars as a Squadron Leader of the Royal Air Force, representing the courage of the men whose duty was to fight; Merle Oberon as his wife and June Duprez as her friend, representing the women who uncomplainingly work, wait and hope that their men will return safely; Brian Worth is the young Canadian airman representing the allies without whom Britain would have been in trouble. - Director:
- Adrian Brunel
- Cast:
- Merle Oberon, Ralph Richardson, June Duprez
- Formats:
-
-
Beautiful Clare Hemsley (Peggy Cummins) and her father Victor (Ronald Squire) are swindlers working the sophisticated hotels of the French Riviera. They pose as a newly married couple before Victor mysteriously disappears each time with the family savings, leaving a sobbing and penniless Clare destitute. She then makes the most of the financial contributions from the sympathetic guests and distressed hoteliers. Their scam is working fine until Clare meets and falls in love with Terence Winch (Terence Morgan), an agent from the British Treasury who spends his days spying on delinquent tax payers. Clare wants to give up her life on the Riviera and return to England for a more settled life. However her father persuades her to embark on one last scheme, to sell the hotel they are staying to one of Britain's best known tax dodgers (James Hayter), with hilarious consequences... - Director:
- Ralph Smart
- Cast:
- Peggy Cummins, Terence Morgan, Ronald Squire
- Formats:
-
-
Crossroads to Crime (1960)Edgar Wallace: Crossroads to Crime
PC Don Ross (Anthony Oliver) suspects that a gang of lorry hijackers, operating from a transport café, is behind a series of vehicle thefts. When his suspicions are dismissed by his superiors, Ross decides to conduct his own undercover investigation, and sets out to collect vital evidence that could convict the gang... - Director:
- Gerry Anderson
- Cast:
- Miriam Karlin, George Murcell, David Graham
- Formats:
-
-
Set in 1930s Salford during the Great Depression, 'Love on the Dole' follows Harry Hardcastle (Geoffrey Hibbert) and Sally (Deborah Kerr), two young siblings who fall prey to poverty and mass unemployment, and must make terrible sacrifices in order to survive. Although its stark portrayal of social deprivation led the British Board of Film Censors to initially ban the film as a 'very sordid story in very sordid surroundings', Love on the Dole retains an optimistic spirit, reinforcing the ideal that Britain's working classes could overcome any hardship. Through its impassioned performances, it shows faith in the values of liberal democracy which Britain upheld throughout the war, and looks forward to a better future. - Director:
- John Baxter
- Cast:
- Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, George Carney
- Formats:
-
-
After the war, Jim Harding (Douglass Montgomery) is desperate to put his knowledge of chemistry to good use but his wife's greed forces him to sell potions for baldness and stomach disorders in a fairground booth on Blackpool's Golden Mile. His marriage hits rock bottom when his wife Diana (Patricia Burke) dates a theatrical impresario behind his back and Jim falls in love with the beautiful Jane Thompson (Hazel Court), who runs the candyfloss stall opposite. But Jim's newfound happiness is cut short when his wife finds out about their affair and refuses to give him a divorce. As their marriage disintegrates into constant bickering, Jim takes a walk along Blackpool's crowded shore and decides to murder his wife... - Director:
- George King
- Cast:
- Douglass Montgomery, Hazel Court, Patricia Burke
- Formats:
-