Based on a British TV comedy, this is the tale of a London couple who inherit a pub in the country, only to find that their...
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1960
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In this horror movie an Irish char woman must stop an insane inventor who is planning to take over the world with a...
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1952
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A short story by Janet M. Smith was the basis for the equally short (52 minute) British programmer The Dragon of Pendragon...
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1950
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Barge worker Gordon Harker signs onto a suspicous-looking vessel as a crew member. Harker knows full well that the ship is...
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1950
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A confirmed bachelor and a reclusive movie star tangle in this lively French comedy. The trouble begins when the bachelor...
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1949
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1949
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While awaiting access to England's Technicolor cameras for their upcoming super-production Stairway to Heaven, the...
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1945
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Set not in the 14th century milieu of Geoffrey Chaucer but in wartime Britain, A Canterbury Tale begins with rural justice of...
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1944
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Like the better-known (and more popular) A Canterbury Tale, Welcome Mr. Washington is a sometimes amusing, sometimes poignant...
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1944
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In this sci-fi comedy, a nutty inventor and his loyal butler use his time machine to travel to Elizabethan times. ~ Sandra...
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1944
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Released in the US as The Randolph Family, Dear Octopus was based on the internationally popular play by Dodie Smith. The...
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1943
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1942
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In this musical, the on-air rivalry between a married pair of American radio stars, each hosting a different show heats to...
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1941
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In the late 1930s-early 1940s, diminutive British music-hall and radio comedian Arthur Askey enjoyed a popularity...
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Albert
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1941
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This film is an adaptation of the Brandon Thomas stage perennial Charley's Aunt, starring bespectacled British radio comedian...
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1939
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In this British comedy, the chief of a fire company has his hands full as he tries to organize his bumbling crew of firemen....
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1939
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1939
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Matchless British comedy star Will Hay, he of the supercilious sniff and ill-fitting pince-nez, stars in Ask a Policeman, a...
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Albert Brown
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1939
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1938
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Beloved British comedian Will Hay plays Benjamin Twist, a disgraced school master who goes to an agency to apply for a job...
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1938
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Owd Bob is a remake of the silent film of the same name, which in turn was based on a story by Alfred Olivant. Dominating the...
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Tammas
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1938
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Remember the 3 Stooges Movie Maniacs, in which Curly, Larry and Moe are accidentally put in charge of a movie studio?...
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1937
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In this British comedy, William Porter (Will Hay) is an accident-prone railroad employee whose sister and brother-in-law...
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Albert Brown
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1937
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Sixty-nine-year-old George Arliss at first seems an unlikely casting choice for Dr. Syn, the 18th-century...
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Jerry Jerk
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1937
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In this musical, a plucky London newspaper journalist boards a transatlantic ocean liner in hopes of interviewing a prominent...
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1937
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Albert
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1937
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Will Hay plays Benjamin Stubbins, an unsuccessful and incompetent English lawyer with a tendency to tip the bottle and an...
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1936
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In this comedy, a blustery sailor loves to tell whoppers about his abilities and adventures. All the wind leaves his sails...
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Albert
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1936
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In this comedy, a wealthy businessman and his two workers begin scoping out Chinatown for new business opportunities. It is...
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1935
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