denry's - Rented List

U.S. Army Officer Dan Adams (Robert MacKenzie), blinded during the war, is framed for a diamond smuggling rap. Upon regaining his sight, Adams goes after the real thieves in an effort to clear his name. In order to trap the wily criminals, Adams pretends that he's still bereft of his vision. Based on the 1950 film 'Blackout'.

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When David Preston (Ralph Richardson) returns home at seven, his distraught wife tells him that he did not come home at seven - or at any other time - the previous evening.

In fact, he has no idea where he could have been; he recalls nothing between the time he left the bank on Monday and his arrival home that following evening. His doctor is inclined at first to treat it lightly, but everything changes when it emerges that during Preston's 'lost day', a murder and robbery have taken place...

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Dai Number 9 (Donald Houston) and his brother Twm (Meredith Edwards) win a newspaper contest: £100 each and a trip to London to see Wales play England at Twickenham.

But when the two colliers arrive at Paddington they miss their contact and fall in with an attractive blonde who just happens to overhear that they're in the money...

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29 Acacia Avenue (1945)

The Robinsons (Gordon Marker and Betty Balfour) are two respectable middle class parents living with their children in a suburban house in Acacia Avenue. Preferring to holiday every year in Bognor they are pressed into booking a cruise for their annual vacation and thereby leaving their teenage children (Jimmy Hanley and Carla Lehmann) the free run of their house. As the youngsters enjoy their newfound freedom and discover the angst of teenage life, Mr and Mrs Robinson begin to have second thoughts about their cruise and decide to return home early...

Operation Cupid (1960)
When three bumbling conmen win a dating agency in a rigged card game they think their luck has finally changed. When they take charge of the business though, they discover that the con is on them and that the agency is in debt, the furnishings are all on credit and the staff" haven't been paid! Salvation appears in the form of a millionaires client who is searching for a suitable husband and one of the conmen pretends to also be a millionaire. But who is conning who?

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Double bill of British crime dramas from 1959, directed by Terry Bishop.

Life In Danger
When a child murderer escapes from an asylum, Hazel (Julie Hopkins) takes up with a casual labourer (Derren Nesbitt). The couple are trapped in a barn wrongly accused of murder.

Cover Girl Killer
Set in the sleazy world of a backstreet 50s nightclub. A serial-killer is believed to be murdering the models of glamour magazine, when cover-girl Gloria Starke (Bernadette Milnes), is found dead after going on an assignment with mysterious TV producer, Spendosa (Harry H. Corbett), Inspector Brunner (Victor Brooks) is put on the case to interview all concerned.

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Double bill of British crime dramas.

Three Silent Men (1940)

An inventor of a deadly weapon to be used against the allies is injured in a crash. Surgeon, Sir James (Sebastian Shaw) saves his life but learns of the inventors plot. The next day the inventor is found dead. Could it be the surgeon?
Inquest (1939)
Directed by Roy Boulting this Charter production was made in 1939. It was Boultings second film on the way to; "Twisted Nerve", "The Family Way" and "Seagulls Over Sorrento". Inquest is a whodunit played out through the coroners' inquest. Filmed at Highbury Studios and starring Elizabeth Allan and Herbert Lomas.

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Gritty, violent and exciting. Nine Men dramatises the actions of a section of British troops in crisis during the North African War, cut off behind enemy lines in the Western Desert. Driven by a sandstorm to seek refuge in a tomb, they resist being besieged by Italian troops.

The films tense atmosphere highlights the imminent danger of the plot and is counterbalanced by good humour and comradeship amongst the troops.

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A tense thriller that tears the lid off Soho's underworld and reveals the cunning organisation behind a gang of safebreakers who will stop at nothing, not even murder, to achieve their goals. The mysterious Mr. G is boss of a gang undertaking daring safe robberies.

Jimmy Baxter (Wayne Morris) of Anglo American Investigations is on his trail. Also on the trail is feeble Inspector Felby (Lloyd Lamble) who "wants this lot badly" after the theft of Lady Wilshaw's diamond tiara ends in murder. The showdown is at a pawnbrokers where the crooks send the police a hail of bullets.

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In this romantic comedy, four children are seemingly orphaned and remanded in their Aunt and Uncle's custody after their parents, renowned explorers, are lost.

The proper English Aunt, a sensitive, dignified entomologist Laura Weeks (Virginia Bruce) is the sister of the missing mother; the Uncle, a playboy money-to-burn and girl-chasing Texas oilman Jeff Longstreet, (John Carroll) is the brother of their father. Naturally, the disparate duo dislike each other at first...

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In a beautiful alpine resort our two heroes, the debonair army Captain Clive Morton (Nigel Patrick) and the clumsy upper class Humpy Miller (David Tomlinson), are guests in a family run hotel. Here they catch their first glimpse of the most stunning scenery in all of Switzerland...

the gorgeous Mary (Jill Day), the hotel owner's daughter. Our two heroes do battle for Mary's affections only to find that a wealthy Greek, Gaston Nikopopoulos (Leo McKern), also has his eye on the prize. Clive shows off his skiing prowess while Humpy wraps himself around a tree as fun and frolics ensue on the slippery slopes. However disaster strikes our valiant English suitors when they succumb to a bout of chicken pox and are confined to their rooms. Slowly nursed back to health by Humpy's overbearing childhood nanny (Kathleen Harrison), will they be able to snare their prey or will the lovely Mary fall for the Mediterranean charms of the ghastly Gaston??

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Burma, 1942. Captain Langford (Stanley Baker) leads the remnants of his unit through the steaming jungle swamps, pursued by Japanese soldiers. Langford and his men secure a small village and discover a map which Langford believes holds crucial information about Japanese troop movements.

He is prepared to murder a Burmese informer and innocent villagers to unlock the map's secrets. The tables are turned when Langford is captured by the similarly ruthless Major Yamazaki (Philip Ahn). He reminds the Captain that in total war, honour is the first casualty...

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Collection of four 1930s British dramas.

The Lash (1934)

Hearty morality tale about a self-made millionaire (Lyn Harding) and the weakling son (John Mills) who lets him down at every turn. Even jumping a ship bound for Australia to return to England and continue an affair with a married woman (Joan Maude). Finally the millionaire gives his son a savage beating with a stockman's whip. But has either learnt anything? Only time will tell.
Big Ben Calling (1935)
Hughie Green Comedy Musical in which a Radio shop proprietor, a songwriter and a cafe proprietress start a pirate radio station to help save themselves from financial disaster. They lead the police a merry dance until their secret location is uncovered.
Flood Tide (1934)
A shot on location story of life on the Thames Estuary in the 1930's. After doubts all round Ted (Leslie Hatton), son of a lock keeper, decides he does want to marry Betty (Janice Adair), daughter of a bargee, while the bargee, Bill (George Carney) is more worried about how to win the cup at the Bargee's Regatta.
The Captain's Table (1936)
On a transatlantic cruise ship, a musicians wife is found strangled. Suspects are plentiful, but, with the help of one of them, a detective who poses as a steward, the ship's captain (Percy Marmont) finally discovers the killer. Lively pocket crime drama that moves quickly and makes one wonder why Marmont directed so little.

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Criminal Matt Kirk (Aldo Ray) makes a daring escape on his way to prison with the help of his gang. When their boat's propeller becomes fouled they drift ashore on the tiny island of Pinchgut and take the island's caretaker and his family hostage.

With their cover soon blown, the island is surrounded by armed police and a state of siege ensues.

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Jim Bronton (Leslie Banks) is an insurance agent who helps his clients maximise their fire insurance claims. When Bronton gets a tip off that the Sonners warehouse is ablaze he quickly gets to the scene and recovers the company's books from the burning building.

When Bronton realises Sonners (George Merritt) has committed arson he blackmails Sonners into letting him represent his case Bronton makes a killing on the claim. Bronton's dubious activities however bring his business to the attention of the Lloyds insurance brokers who he continues to outsmart. When he marries the daughter of a Lloyds broker with expensive tastes he is forced to consider a dangerous proposal that could end in tragedy.

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A former cabaret player who later became a household name, gap-toothed cad and 'absolute shower' Terry Thomas firmly established himself as one of Britain's best-loved comedians.

Films Include:
- School For Scoundrels
- Private's Progress
- Make Mine Mink

- Too Many Crooks
- The Naked Truth
- Brothers In Law