The wife of a greedy Yankee entrepreneur comes back to haunt him after he scares her to death in this thriller. He is after...
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1979
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Jigsaw was based on Hilary Waugh's play Sleep Long My Love. The scene is Brighton: A woman's body is found in an isolated...
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Detective-Inspector Fellows
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1961
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The true story of Violette Szabo, a heroine of the Second World War for her espionage activities on behalf of the British...
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Mr. Bushell
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1958
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Now and Forever is a very slight piece, buoyed by the charm and attractiveness of its young stars. Janette Scott and Vernon...
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Mr. Pritchard
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1956
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In this comedy, the lives of two families get turned topsy-turvy when their respective young sons win a large football pool....
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1956
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1955
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A rocket crash-lands in England after a flight of more than 57 hours into deep space. The design of Professor Bernard...
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Inspector Lomax
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1955
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Escape from a German POW camp is the goal of the rescourceful Allied prisoners in this war film. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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1955
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Nigel Patrick plays a suave but dead-serious British narcotics agent in this sporadically exciting crime melodrama. Patrick...
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Alec White
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1954
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Bonsell
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1954
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The contentious world of prizefighting provides the setting of this episodic drama that chronicles the lives of five...
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Danny Felton
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1953
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This British comedy centers around the game of Cricket. It is set as the British team and their legendary cricket player Sam...
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Sam Palmer
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1953
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The title character of Albert, R.N is portrayed by-well, by no one. Albert is a papier-mache dummy, constructed by the...
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Capt. Maddox
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1953
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The Hundred Hour Hunt was originally released in Britain as Emergency, then as Emergency Call. A woman lies in a hospital...
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Inspector Lane
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1952
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Set WW II-era Britain, this romantic venture begins when a working-class woman and a RAF officer fall in love. The affair...
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1952
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Meet Me Tonight was the American title for the British-filmed Tonight at 8:30, adapted from the Noel Coward stage production...
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1952
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The blarney is as thick as the characters' brogues in You Can't Beat the Irish. Jack Warner stars as lazy but enterprising...
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Bartley Murnahan
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1952
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Valley of Eagles is set in northern Scandinavia, on the border between Sweden and Lapland. John McCallum stars as Swedish...
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1952
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Widely considered to be the definitive of the many film versions of Charles Dickens' classic novel is this 1951 British...
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1951
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In this comedy, an amiable rake shows all that he is a whiz at finances after a rumor circulates that he has inherited...
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1951
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In this action-adventure film, a Swedish professor searches for his treacherous wife and his assistant after they steal his...
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Inspector Petersen
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1951
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Brown is the color of the uniforms worn by the residents of a British borstal (boy's reformatory). Jack Warner plays the...
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1949
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The British Train of Events explores the consequences of a railroad accident from four different viewpoints. Jack Warner...
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Jim Hardcastle
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1949
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The Blue Lamp was an immensely popular British crime film (and the winner of the BFA Award), concentrating on interrelated...
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George Dixon
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1949
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The Huggets Abroad is the last and most contrived of Britain's "Huggetts" film series. The titular family members, first...
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1949
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George Martin
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1949
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The fictional Hugget Family makes the first of three film appearances in this domestic comedy from Great Britain. ~ Sandra...
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Joe Huggett
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1948
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Easy Money is a satire of that most venerated of all middle-class British traditions, the football pool. The film is divided...
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1948
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In this comedy, the Huggett family patriarch decides to run for public office. His entire platform is built upon a promise...
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1948
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Set in World War II times, this drama involves a highly trained bunch of British soldiers who must parachute into Nazi-held...
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Max Cronk
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1948
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Holiday Camp was a British comedy that served the same purpose as Hollywood's The Egg and I--to act as the launching pad for...
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1947
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After the war, British films began avoiding the heiresses and lordships that had dominated the drama field and began pursuing...
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1947
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When a wealthy man discovers that his wife is having an affair, he murders her lover, committing the perfect crime. ~ Rovi...
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Inspector Pembury
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1947
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Alastair Sim is a delight to behold as always in the British Hue and Cry, but the film's true star is approximately 40 years...
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Jim Nightingale
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1947
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The Captive Heart is set in a German POW camp for British soldiers. Michael Redgrave plays a Czech patriot, who has assumed...
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Cpl. Ted Horsfall
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1947
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In this weird crime drama the murder of a ventriloquist is solved by a midget who goes undercover as a dummy. ~ Sandra...
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1943
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Knute Rockne-All American was Pat O'Brien's finest hour: thanks to intensive rehearsals and numerous makeup applications, he...
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Producer
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1940
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A poor street cleaner inherits a fortune in this farce, which came complete with a music score and sound effects. According...
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Screenwriter
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1928
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1919
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