John Rae's novel The Custard Boys became this World War II drama from British documentary filmmaker Philip Leacock....
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1963
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The Reluctant Widow in this muted British comedy is young 19th-century governess Elinor, played by Jean Kent. Inadvertently...
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1951
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1950
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Blacklisted in Hollywood, director Edward Dmytryk managed to find work in England. Dmytryk's Obsession is based on...
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1949
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Blanche Fury combined two elements that were surefire moneymakers in postwar Britain: a brooding, Gothic-novel storyline and...
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1948
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This lush 18th century period romance, based on historical fact, was the first color film from Britain's famed Ealing...
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1948
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Lensed in lavish Technicolor, The Man Within is a rousing tale of smugglers, betrayal and redemption. The story is told from...
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1947
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1946
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Considered the greatest horror anthology film, the classic British chiller Dead of Night features five stories of...
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1945
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A couple's wartime separation provides an unexpected tonic for their romance in this drama. Robert and Catherine Wilson...
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1945
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Tomorrow we Live is the more upbeat American title of the British war drama At Dawn we Die. When his village is overtaken by...
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1943
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The Shipbuilders is a rare film of true merit from prolific British "quota quickie" director John Baxter. Clive Brook heads...
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1943
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1942
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You Will Remember is based on the life of popular English composer Leslie Stuart (born Thomas Barrett in 1864), here played...
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1941
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The "Scarlet Pimpernel" legend is updated to WW2 in the breathless actioner Pimpernel Smith. Leslie Howard (who also...
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1941
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Proud Valley was directed by Pen Tennyson, whose early death in WW2 robbed the British movie industry of one of its more...
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1940
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In this WW II comedy, three British sailors get roaring drunk in a South American port, accidentally mistake a German...
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1940
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In ancient Bagdad, Abu, a good-natured young thief (Sabu), befriends the deposed king Ahmad (John Justin) as both are...
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1940
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Clive Brook heads the cast of this low-key British war film. Brook plays the skipper of a tiny English cruiser, performing...
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1940
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In this thriller, a corrupt talent agent's illegal actions are discovered by his partner. To silence him, the agent kills...
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1940
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Cartoonist Bruce Bairnsfeather's woebegone WW1 British soldier Old Bill was revived for WW2 in Old Bill and Son. When his son...
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1940
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In this British comedy, set in London during the 1840s, an acting troupe aspires to high-society, but despite their best...
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1939
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A. J. Cronin's novel was brought to the screen by director Carol Reed. The film is set in a northern England mining town (far...
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1939
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In this lively British WW II comedy, the Nazis kidnap a hapless farmhand after they mistakenly identify him as one of their...
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1939
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This was the first sound production of A.E.W. Mason's classic adventure novel, which was brought to the screen three times in...
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Gen. Faversham
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1939
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When the Russians find and destroy the hidden artillery, the 13 man Austrian gun crew is suspected of harboring a traitor in...
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1938
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1938
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A Royal Divorce is the misleading title bestowed upon this dramatization of certain events in the lives of Napoleon and...
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1938
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As cleaner-salesman/electioneer Miller learns of the actions of evil Maltby in running the orphanage, he turns his loyalties...
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1938
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In this suspense movie, a secretary marries her rich old boss. He suddenly dies and she finds herself the prime suspect in...
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1938
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The French revolutionary Robespierre vows to get revenge on the Scarlet Pimpernel who has been helping the aristocracy escape...
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1937
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With a plot that twists like a plumber's snake, this is more a story of family secrets than anything else, in which the...
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1937
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Dave Connor (Robert Newton) is a fixer for the London mob, who goes against his boss Terrell (Charles Oliver) for a big...
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1937
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Machua Appa
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1937
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A British detective sets off to save his abducted twin, the British foreign secretary in this programmer. ~ Sandra Brennan,...
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1937
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This film takes a look at British decorum and civilities when a highly conscientious army officer is accused of cheating at...
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1937
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1937
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Based on an Edgar Wallace novel, this is an involved story of the consequences within the underworld of a big-time diamond...
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1937
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1936
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A "silly ass" saves the day in this adventure set in an old English house. The trouble begins when the ass, a mild-mannered...
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1936
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The Alexander and Zoltan Korda production Forget Me Not serves as a splendid showcase for that matchless Italian tenor...
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1936
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Anthony Asquith evokes a vivid impression of Russia in 1916 in I Stand Condemned. The story follows handsome Russian officer...
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1936
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Based on the stage melodrama by John Chancellor, King of the Damned takes place on a brutal prison colony that makes Devil's...
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1936
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1936
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H. G. Wells was both the author of the original source -- an essay, rather than an actual novel, concerning mankind's future...
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1936
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Having a great deal in common with the plots of later film noir classics, Crown Vs. Stevens was one of five films that...
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1936
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Gunrunners who even kill their enemies through the use of train wrecks are being trailed by Yankee detective Lowe and...
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1936
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Based on the book by Edgar Wallace and produced by London Film Productions, the adventure drama Sanders of the River is an...
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1935
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Koenigsmark was a French vehicle for Austro-Italian actress Elissa Landi, who'd just spent several years in Hollywood....
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1935
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Sir Francis Drake (Lang), first English circumnavigator of the globe, is featured in this exciting adventure with his amazing...
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1935
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In this British comedy an officer in the Camel Corps pretends to be an Egyptian sheik so he can catch drug smugglers in...
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1934
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In this costume drama, Colonel Blood, a notorious Irish patriot/outlaw, tries to steal the British Crown Jewels. He is...
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1934
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1934
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One of the best of Michael Powell's low-budget "quota quickies" -- essentially British B-movies made on ultra-low budgets...
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1934
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This historical drama recounts the events that led up to the rule of Russia's 18th-century Catherine the Great. Arriving from...
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1934
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Anne One Hundred was adapted from Sewell Collins' stage play, which in turn was taken from Rescuing Anne, a novel by...
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1933
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1933
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Bookie Allan Jeayes wins a fortune at the race track when he gets a copy of tomorrow's newspaper which unfortunately also...
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1933
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In this drama a farmer wins a sheepdog competition and gets to keep his land. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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1933
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1933
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In this thriller, a detective pursues a fleeing murderer into an airport where the killer puts on a disguise and boards a...
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1933
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1932
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In this drama, a physician falls in love with a woman who unfortunately ends up marrying another man. The doctor is enraged...
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1931
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In this British drama, a superstitious group of people, stranded in a lonely, isolated train station are frightened by the...
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Dr. Sterling
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1931
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The Hate Ship starts out as a fancy yacht, presided over by wealthy scoundrel Vernon Wolfe (Jameson Thomas). On board the...
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1930
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This English-made version of the famed tale by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle doesn't even come close to the definitive 1939 talkie...
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Dr. Morlimer
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1920
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1918
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