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Legendary crooner Frankie Vaughan stars with George Baker, Kenneth Cope, John Le Mesurier and Thora Hird in this 1957 musical directed by Herbert Wilcox, the renowned producer/director of a string of hit films throughout…

Based on the enormously popular television and radio sitcom Whack-O!, this 1960 comedy feature stars Jimmy Edwards in the classic role of devious, cane-brandishing headmaster. A later addition to the impressive series of…

Guy Rolfe, Michael Hordern, Ronald Shiner and Lionel Jeffries find their sea legs in this little-known but hugely engaging nautical yarn from 1958. Also featuring legendary duettist Teddy Johnson (along with early sighti…

Hitchcock hero Robert Cummings stars in this exotic British feature from 1967, adapting one of Edgar Wallace's celebrated Commissioner Sanders stories. Directed by ITC stalwart Jeremy Summers and produced by B-movie lege…

Featuring a legendary comedy line-up, Joey Boy charts the wartime misadventures of a gang of London spivs who decide that a tour of duty with the Army is preferable to another stint at His Majesty's pleasure. Directed an…

The tension is unrelenting in this powerful crime drama, starring Michael Medwin as an innocent man standing trial for murder under the weight of apparently damning evidence. one of British cinema's most prolific and ver…

A stellar cast assembles for this sparkling comedy feature from 1970. Revisiting Mario Zampi's 1951 classic Laughter in Paradise and directed by veteran producer Duncan Wood – best known for his work with Tony Hancock du…

A luminary cast features in this classy adaptation of Edgar Wallace's thriller - the best-known and most widely adapted play by the celebrated British crime/suspense writer. Marking the directorial debut of Guy Hamilton,…

Featuring the big-screen debut of Liverpudlian pop idol Billy Fury - 'Britain's Elvis Presley' - this charming, pre-Beatles-era musical feature was among Michael Winner's earliest films. A 1962 box-office hit spawning a…

Two of Europe's greatest stars feature in Anthony Asquith's study of courage and complex human relationships, set against the turbulent backdrop of revolution in Latin America. David Niven plays Englishman Tom Jordan, Le…

Charlie The Worker Drake teams up with screen goddess Anne Heywood for this hilarious seagoing comedy. As a loveable, timid stoker engaged to foil the plans of a gang of mutinous Wrens, the diminutive comic finds himself…

Crazy Gang stalwarts Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen embark on a series of hilarious adventures in this charming musical comedy from 1945. The legendary duo's last screen outing for more than a decade, Here Comes the Sun…

Adapted from J.B. Priestley's famous novel charting the ups and downs of a struggling touring concert party, this endearing musical comedy features an outstanding array of British talent - including Eric Portman, Celia J…

From playful romantic comedies to variety extravaganzas, the British musical films of the 1930s offered audiences a source of much-needed escapism throughout the decade haunted by the Great Depression and the growing men…

Richard Attenborough portrays an innocent man on trial for his life in this compelling, sympathetic courtroom drama based on a true case. Directed by Lance Comfort - an under-appreciated British talent whose prolific car…

Patrick Barr and Scotland Yard stalwart Russell Napier star in this noir-tinged mid-fifties thriller, a rarely seen early feature by Ken Hughes later to score box-office hits with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the BAFTA-no…

Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Thora Hird and Jack Watling star in Herbert Wilcox's masterly drama of love across the social divide. A phenomenal box-office success whose themes resonated among cinema audiences amid the u…

A host of British comedy luminaries - including veteran farceur Sir Brian Rix and, in his last film role, actor and stand-up comedian Ronald Shiner - star in this good-natured comic caper charting the misadventures of a…

An atmospheric adaptation of The Ringer - the play that earned global fame for English master of suspense Edgar Wallace and remains his best-known story - this classic whodunit combines taut direction and inspired charac…

Richard Warwick and Joanna Lumley star in this sexy, exuberant social satire charting the travails of an angry young man reacting against his environment. Adapting his bestselling novel, director Andrew Sinclair draws on…