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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.- Director:
- Terry Bishop
- Cast:
- Derren Nesbitt, Julie Hopkins, Howard Marion-Crawford
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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.- Director:
- Thomas Bentley
- Cast:
- Sebastian Shaw, Derrick De Marney, Patricia Roc
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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. - Director:
- Harry Watt
- Cast:
- Jack Lambert, Gordon Jackson, Frederick Piper
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Gelignite Gang (1956)The Dynamiters
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. - Director:
- Francis Searle
- Cast:
- Wayne Morris, Sandra Dorne, Patrick Holt
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Reluctant Bride (1955)Two Grooms for a Bride
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... - Director:
- Henry Cass
- Cast:
- John Carroll, Virginia Bruce, Brian Oulton
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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?? - Director:
- Wendy Toye
- Cast:
- Nigel Patrick, Kathleen Harrison, David Tomlinson
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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... - Director:
- Val Guest
- Cast:
- Stanley Baker, Guy Rolfe, Leo McKern
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The 1930s Collection (1936)The Lash / Big Ben Calling / Flood Tide / The Captain's Table
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.- Director:
- Percy Marmont
- Cast:
- Louis Goodrich, Mark Daly, Philip Brandon
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The Siege of Pinchgut (1959)Four Desperate Men
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. - Director:
- Harry Watt
- Cast:
- Aldo Ray, Heather Sears, Neil McCallum
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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. - Director:
- Michael Powell
- Cast:
- Leslie Banks, Anne Grey, Carol Goodner
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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- Director:
- Roy Boulting
- Cast:
- Henry B. Longhurst, Edith Sharpe, Ian Carmichael
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Barbara Vining (Glynis Johns) is an impressionable teenage schoolgirl who has her first crush on her handsome Latin teacher Stephen Barlow (Leo Genn). Barlow meanwhile is married to a beautiful but insecure American Kay (Gene Tierney). When Barbara disappears after a late night tutoring session at the Barlow home suspicion abounds. The pressure builds on Barlow as the Police launch an investigation and he is forced to step down from his post as teacher. The strength of Barlow's marriage is tested to the full as are the inter-relationships within the Vining family. Will Barbara be found and how will the respective families cope with the highly charged outcome? - Director:
- Anthony Pelissier
- Cast:
- Gene Tierney, Leo Genn, Glynis Johns
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The Shop at Sly Corner (1947)Code of Scotland Yard
Desius Heiss (Oscar Homolka) is the French-born owner of an antique shop on Sly Corner who bears a grudge against society. His imprisonment and torture on Devil's Island has left him with scars down his back from repeated whippings. With little care for the authorities, Heiss has allowed his shop to become a centre of criminal activity and enjoys a secret career as a receiver of stolen goods. His daughter, Margaret (Muriel Pavlow) is a violin virtuoso and knows nothing of her father's criminal activities. But when the antique shop's assistant, Archie Fellowes (Kenneth Griffith), discovers the illicit trade in stolen goods, he threatens to blackmail Heiss. Desperate to keep his criminal activities a secret from his daughter, Heiss decides to silence the blackmailer. But when Inspector Robson (Johnnie Schofield) takes a close interest in the Shop at Sly Corner, Heiss must stay one step ahead of the police if he values his neck. - Director:
- George King
- Cast:
- Oskar Homolka, Derek Farr, Muriel Pavlow
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Suspended Alibi (1957)Suspected Alibi
A married newspaper editor, Paul Pearson (Patrick Holt), is having an affair with Diana (Naomi Chance), a female reporter. Pearson has been using an old army friend, Bill Forrest (Bryan Coleman), as an alibi, telling his wife (Honor Blackman) that he is with Forrest while he really visits Diana. When Pearson decides to end the affair he asks Forrest to cover for him one more time but when on the same night Forrest is murdered suspicion naturally falls on Pearson, and his web of deceit begins to unravel! - Director:
- Alfred Shaughnessy
- Cast:
- Patrick Holt, Honor Blackman, Valentine Dyall
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The Topham family live a blissfully happy life together in the lovely market town of Dunmow in deepest Essex. Recently married Basil Topham (David Tomlinson) and his beautiful wife Julie (Petula Clark) are patiently waiting for their house to be built by local builders. Until then, they are forced to live with Basil s parents and eccentric grandfather (A.E Matthews). Basil and Julie have been entered into the Dunmow Flitch, a competition for the happiest married couple and all seems idyllic with our newly-weds. That is until a beautiful maid Marta (Sonja Zieman) arrives from Hungary to run the Topham family home and inadvertently throws everything into chaos!! - Director:
- John Paddy Carstairs
- Cast:
- David Tomlinson, Petula Clark, Sonja Ziemann
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