Rent The Renown: Vintage Transport in Film: Collection (1955)
3.2 of 5 from 46 ratings
15h 19min
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Collection of films featuring vintage transport...
The Flaw (1955)
A racing driver (John Bentley) plans to murder his heiress wife (Rona Anderson). Her lawyer (Donald Houston) discovers the plot.
Stock Car (1955)
After the death of her father whilst motor racing, Katie (Rona Anderson) is dissuaded from selling his garage by US fellow racer Larry (Paul Carpenter). He helps Katie run it and pay off her later father's debts to nasty rival Turk (Paul Whitsun-Jones).
Born of the Sea (1949)
A mysterious baby is found in a boat at sea. Where is he from? A charming portrait of a small coastal community in Coverack, Cornwall.The Last Journey (1935)
Train driver Bob (Julien Mitchell) is distraught by enforced retirement and believes his wife is having an affair. The day arrives for his final journey.
Danger Lights (1930)
A Homeless man is given a job at a railroad yard but quickly falls in love with his new boss's fiancee.
The Shipbuilders (1943)
Set in a Clyde dockyards millionaire shipbuilder and his best riveter symbolise British unity in WW2.
Minesweeper (1943)
A naval deserter is drawn back to the service after the attack on Pearl Harbour, joining a minesweeper.
Bush Pilot (1947)
Red North (Austin Willis) is a well-respected bush pilot in Canada. Red's half-brother decides to relocate his bush pilot business to the same lake, cutting into both Red's routes, and competing for his romantic interests.
The Black Rider (1954)
A local reporter discovers a smuggling gang, disguised as ghosts to ward off locals.
Streamline Express (1935)
A disparate group of people meet as passengers on a super speed train crossing the US. Aboard are a seductive blackmailer and the stage director he intends to frame, a woman chasing her husband who is running away with the blackmail victim, and the stage director's feisty leading lady.
Calling All Cars (1954)
Comedy documentary centring on the Dover Harbour car terminal.
Night Ride (1937)
A pair of sacked truck drivers set up rival haulage firm, but their old boss is not pleased with the competition.
River Beat (1954)
A ships radio operator is duped into smuggling diamonds and is caught by police detective Barker (John Bentley).
There is Another Sun (1951)
Laurence Harvey is 'Mag Maguire' a likeable fairground boxer; and Maxwell Reed 'Eddie Racer', a motorbike daredevil rider. Their mutual love interest is the lovely Susan Shaw.
Steam Fair
Archive footage of a traditional British 1950s steam fair, with a variety of engines and steam fuelled vehicles throughout a traditional family day out.
Tall Ships
Watch a family of amateur sailors work to keep the Swedish HMS Gladan afloat in the 1970s. A variety of tall ships sail the seas in this archive footage short.- Actors:
- Louis Wolheim, Jean Arthur, Robert Armstrong, Hugh Herbert, Frank Sheridan, Robert Edeson, Alan Roscoe, William P. Burt, Jim Farley, James Donlan, Frank Mills, Lee Phelps, Dorothea Paul, Clive Brook, Finlay Currie, Moira Lister, John Turnbull, Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Russell Hayden
- Directors:
- George B. Seitz, Terence Fisher, Wolf Rilla, Anthony Mavrogordato, Bernard Vorhaus, John Baxter, Sterling Campbell, Leonard Fields, MacLean Rogers, John Paddy Carstairs, Guy Green, Lewis Gilbert, Larry Cromien, William Berke
- Producers:
- A.R. Rawlinson, Larry Cromien, Edwin J. Fancey, William H. Pine, William C. Thomas, Julius Hagen, William LeBaron
- Voiced By:
- Spike Milligan
- Writers:
- James Ashmore Creelman, A.R. Rawlinson, Scott Darling, Gordon Burwash, Charles Robinson, Edwin J. Fancey, Edward T. Lowe Jr., Maxwell Shane, Joseph Jefferson Farjeon, H. Fowler Mear, John Soutar
- Studio:
- Renown Pictures
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Romance, Special Interest, Thrillers
