School for Scoundrels (1960)
School for Scoundrels (1960) Based on the Stephen Potter "One Upmanship" and "Lifemanship" books, Henry Palfrey tries hard to impress but always loses out to the rotter Delauney. Then he discovers the Lifeman college run by "Professor" Potter and discovers the secrets o
A Christmas Carol (1951)
A Christmas Carol (1951) Stingy businessman Ebenezer Scrooge is known as the meanest miser in Victorian London. He overworks and underpays his humble clerk, Bob Cratchit, whose little son, Tiny Tim, is crippled and may soon die. He also has nothing to do with his nephew, Fred, because his birth cost
The Doctors Dilemma (1958)
The Doctors Dilemma (1958) Mrs. Dubedat loves and idolizes her artist husband, Louis, but he is dying of tuberculosis. She goes to a doctor and convinces him to save her husband. The doctor can keep only so many patients, and must choose who is worth saving, but is convinced that Louis' artistic tal
An Inspector Calls (1954)
An Inspector Calls (1954) Based on a famous stage play and set in the year 1912, an upper crust English family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could have had a han
The Millionairess (1960)
The Millionairess (1960) London-based Millionairess Epifania (Sophia Loren) is attracted to Dr. Kabir (MD from Delhi and PhD from Calcutta), who is more intent on treating patients. When she persists, he confides in her that he had made a commitment to his late widowed seamstress mother that he will
Rogue Male (1976)
Rogue Male (1976) Early in 1939 Sir Robert Hunter takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo and left for dead, Sir Robert makes his way back to England where he discovers the Gestapo has followed him. Knowing that his gove
The Ruling Class (1972)
The Ruling Class (1972) A member of the House of Lords dies in a shockingly silly way, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son is insane: he thinks he is Jesus Christ. The other somewhat-more respectable members of their family plot to steal the estate from him. Murder and mayhem ensue
Wee Geordie (1955)
Wee Geordie 1955 Concerned about his small stature, a young Scottish boy applies for a mail order body building course and successfully gains both height and strength At 21, he displays a talent for hammer throwing and is selected to represent Britain in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australi
The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted with due to wartime restrictions. The shock is that it's an all-girls school that has been sent. The two head teachers are soon battling for the upper
Hue and Cry (1947)
Hue and Cry (1947) A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies.
The Green Man (1956)
The Green Man (1956) Work has been going with a bang for freelance assassin Hawkins but a job in England just after the war is a different matter. His apparently easy target, a pompous government minister, is off for some hanky-panky at the Green Man on the south coast, where Hawkins is planning to
Laughter in Paradise (1951)
Laughter in Paradise (1951) Famed practical joker Henry Russell leaves 50,000 pounds to each of his four surviving relatives. But his will has one last joke - they each have to undertake a task completely out of character within a month. As each sets out on their objective they find that quite apart
The Belles of St. Trinians (1954)
The Belles of St. Trinians (1954) The arrival of Sultan's daughter Princess Fatima at England's famous and prestigious 'School for Young Ladies' precipitates even more chaos than usual. Her father's horse Arab Boy is due to run at the nearby Gold Cup so Clarence Fitton, bookie brother of headmistres
The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976)
The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976) When the owner of a Yorkshire coal-mine decides to mechanize to increase profits, the mine's pit ponies are scheduled to be destroyed. So, three children plan to steal them to keep them safe. But when they're caught, it's up to the mine owners and the miners themsel
Bombsight Stolen (1941)
Bombsight Stolen (1941) A wartime cottage on a Scottish estate becomes a focus of attention when not only the new tenant but a London evacuee and a downed fighter pilot all move in. The interest may not be unconnected with the fact that the landowner is also a key British military inventor. For a st
Innocents in Paris (1953)
Innocents in Paris 1953 A selection of passengers catch the plane from London for an early 1950s weekend in Paris The Scotsman in his kilt, the elderly lady painter, the international negotiator, and the pretty young girl all find the city welcomes them and changes their lives in some way
Folly to Be Wise (1952)
Folly to Be Wise 1952 A newly arrived army padre is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on a Brains Trust with local notables Unfortunately for him, it emerges from a question on the rights and wrongs of marriage that there is more going on between three of the panellists