Cyril Chamberlain
Biography: Cyril Chamberlain (8 March 1909 – 5 December 1974) was an English film and television actor.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 08, 1909
Deathday: December 05, 1974
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Known For
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
1960-12-22
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
Overview: The fourth form monsters' latest trick is their best ever – they have burned down St Trinian’s school! As the girls stand trial, the police breathe a sigh of relief, but miraculously the judge's infatuation with a student means the school is freed. For the authorities, it means a new reign of terror as the girls of St Trinian’s regroup with gleeful anticipation.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-12-22
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This Man in Paris
1939-07-01
This Man in Paris
Overview: A British reporter and his wife, on vacation in Paris, run into a gang of counterfeiters.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-01
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Carry On Sergeant
1958-08-31
Carry On Sergeant
Overview: Sergeant Grimshawe wants to retire in the flush of success by winning the Star Squad prize with his very last platoon of newly called-up National Servicemen. But a motley bunch they turn out to be, and it's up to Grimshawe to put the no-hopers through their paces.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-08-31
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Carry On Teacher
1959-08-20
Carry On Teacher
Overview: When a well-loved headmaster decides to retire, his scheming pupils have other ideas. The cunning boys unleash a campaign of practical jokes, armed with gin, itching power, and bombs!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-08-20
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The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
1966-03-11
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
Overview: The all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover two and a half million pounds hidden in their school.
Genres: Comedy Crime Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-03-11
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The Gamma People
1956-12-01
The Gamma People
Overview: An American reporter smells a story when he is stranded in an Iron Curtain country where the local dictator is using gamma rays to transform children into mutated henchmen.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-01
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Impulse
1954-01-01
Impulse
Overview: An American realtor living in England is dissatisfied with what he believes to be his humdrum life. One weekend while his wife is out of town, he gives a ride to a woman he sees stranded on the road. One thing leads to another, and he soon finds himself enmeshed in a plot involving a diamond robbery, gangsters and murder.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-01-01
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Dial 999
1955-12-01
Dial 999
Overview: A man tells his wife that the police are after him for having killed a bookie during an alcoholic binge, but that he is innocent and is being framed for the murder. The wife and her brother hide him and try to find out who the real killer was. The more they investigate, the more holes they begin to find in the husband's story.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-01
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Trouble in Store
1953-12-14
Trouble in Store
Overview: Norman is working in the stock room of a large London department store, but he has ambition (doesn't he always !!), he wants to be a window dresser making up the public displays. Whilst trying to fulfill his ambition, he falls in love (doesn't he always !!), with one of the shopgirls. Together they discover a plot to rob the store and, somehow, manage to foil the robbers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-14
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Stage Fright
1950-02-23
Stage Fright
Overview: A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-23
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Doctor at Sea
1955-07-12
Doctor at Sea
Overview: The second of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970. A bachelor doctor goes to sea to escape the boredom of shore practice, but studies the nurses more than medicine, and Brigitte Bardot is around.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-12
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Please Turn Over
1959-12-17
Please Turn Over
Overview: The orderly suburban life of a 1950's English town is turned on its head when the teenaged daughter of one of the residents writes a steamy bestseller featuring characters obviously based on the local population.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-12-17
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The Man Within
1947-05-19
The Man Within
Overview: A man goes on the run from hardened smugglers.
Genres: Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-19
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Dancing with Crime
1947-06-25
Dancing with Crime
Overview: When his best friend is murdered inside a London dancehall, a cab driver and his girlfriend involve themselves in the investigation and discover a major criminal operation hiding behind the club's friendly facade.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-25
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Blackmailed
1951-01-30
Blackmailed
Overview: A blackmailer is murdered, and those who witnessed the scene agree to keep quiet; the complication is that the scene is also witnessed by a young artist, a victim of blackmail as well. (BFI Website)
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-01-30
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It's Not Cricket
1949-04-01
It's Not Cricket
Overview: Kicked out of Army Intelligence, a pair of upper class twits set up as private detectives. The result is refined English chaos. " This is the regettable story of two Drones who didn't even know their own Zones. It starts in Germany, gets nowhere and stops at nothing." Radford and Wayne, cashiered from the army when they let a captured Nazi escape, become private detectives who later get involved with the same German and a missing diamond ...
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-04-01
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Doctor in the House
1954-03-23
Doctor in the House
Overview: The first of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970. Simon Sparrow is a newly arrived medical student at St Swithin's hospital in London. Falling in with three longer-serving hopefuls he is soon immersed in the wooing, imbibing and fast sports-car driving that constitute 1950s medical training. There is, however, always the looming and formidable figure of chief surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt to remind them of their real purpose.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-03-23
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The Embezzler
1954-07-01
The Embezzler
Overview: Bank robber's plans for a wealthy lifestyle gradually turn to more noble aims.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-07-01
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Love on Leave
1940-11-13
Love on Leave
Overview: George and Katherine plan to marry but war breaks out. When he returns on two weeks leave, but has his marriage proposal put down by Katherine, George enters a relationship with another woman.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-13
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Stop Press Girl
1949-06-02
Stop Press Girl
Overview: A young woman leaves her backwards hometown to go to London to find a runaway suitor. What she doesn't know is that she has inherited a strange ability; if she's in the vicinity of a machine for more than fifteen minutes, it stops working.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-06-02
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The League of Gentlemen
1960-04-15
The League of Gentlemen
Overview: Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field. The job is a bank robbery, and military discipline and planning are imposed by Hyde and second-in-command Race on the team, although civilian irritations do start getting in the way.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-04-15
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Sing Along with Me
1952-02-19
Sing Along with Me
Overview: Story of a grocer who wins a radio song writing contest and is signed on by a music publisher. Placed in a luxury flat in London he is like fish out of water.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-02-19
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The Heart of a Man
1959-08-06
The Heart of a Man
Overview: Sailor Frankie Martin is offered a thousand pounds by a millionaire in disguise if he can earn a hundred pounds in a week by honest means. Frankie tries his hand as a boxer, a bouncer and a commissionaire, and finally finds success as a singer. He also falls for the charms of night club chanteuse Julie, and this leads to further success when he wins a recording contract.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-08-06
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London Belongs to Me
1948-11-05
London Belongs to Me
Overview: Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of characters in central London. Although well intentioned, he becomes mixed up with gangsters and murder. The story focuses on the effects this has on Percy and the other residents.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-11-05
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Ring of Spies
1964-03-23
Ring of Spies
Overview: The film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K. A disgruntled Navy Clerk is transferred to a secret research establishment and is subsequently black-mailed/paid by Czech intelligence to procure secrets for them. He seduces the secretary who controls the most secret documents, and they enjoy the fruits of their treachery until the British authorities begin to close in on them.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-03-23
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The Diamond Wizard
1954-04-01
The Diamond Wizard
Overview: While in London trying to nab several fugitives who stole a million dollars from a U.S. Treasury vault, American federal agent Dennison (Dennis O'Keefe) assists Scotland Yard Insp. McClaren (Philip Friend) in his search for a missing atomic scientist (Paul Hardtmuth). The detective duo discovers that the key to solving both cases may rest with the scientist's daughter (Margaret Sheridan) and her fascinating diamond.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-04-01
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The Chiltern Hundreds
1949-09-27
The Chiltern Hundreds
Overview: Young Viscount Tony Pym wangles National Service leave on the pretext of standing as a Tory candidate for a local seat held by his family for generations. The request is a ruse to enable Pym to marry his wealthy American fiancee while she's still in England, but his masterplan backfires when he finds himself swept into an election campaign and beaten by Labour's Mr Cleghorn – who is then made a peer. In an attempt to save face, Pym decides to stand again – as a socialist. It all proves too much for the Pyms' loyal, true-blue butler, Mr Beecham...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-09-27
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Fortune in Diamonds
1951-03-07
Fortune in Diamonds
Overview: As the Boer War ends a South African soldier hides a cache of diamonds he finds on a body. He returns to the town he left three years earlier where his girl has married a disgraced English officer. Needing funds to get back to pick up the diamonds the Boer enlists the help of a fellow soldier as well as the Englishman and a local hotel keeper. This ill-assorted bunch set off into the bush intent on finding their fortune.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-07
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Crackerjack
1938-10-01
Crackerjack
Overview: London has become enthralled by the antics of the contemporary Robin Hood, but when a band of bad guys start framing him for their misdeeds, the hero has to catch the criminals and clear his name.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-01
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Dead Men Are Dangerous
1939-02-01
Dead Men Are Dangerous
Overview: Unsuccessful writer Aylmer Franklyn takes the chance to change identities after he discovers a corpse. However, he soon finds himself accused of the murder of a maid at a near-by boarding house.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-01
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Poison Pen
1939-07-03
Poison Pen
Overview: The inhabitants of a peaceful village begin receiving mysterious hate mail penned by someone with malicious thoughts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-03
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Ask a Policeman
1939-04-29
Ask a Policeman
Overview: The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremias Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime-wave to save their jobs---and then find themselves involved in the real thing.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-29
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The Spy in Black
1939-08-03
The Spy in Black
Overview: A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.
Genres: War Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-08-03
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Innocent Sinners
1958-03-25
Innocent Sinners
Overview: A neglected girl in post-World War II London befriends street urchins who help her build a tiny garden in a bombed-out church.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-03-25
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Nightbeat
1947-12-22
Nightbeat
Overview: After the war is over, two army pals take opposite paths in civvy street. One becomes a petty criminal, the other becomes a policeman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-22
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Scarlet Thread
1951-05-01
Scarlet Thread
Overview: Tale of Cambridge college exploits of two smash-and-grab thieves on the run.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-05-01
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Wonderful Things
1958-06-10
Wonderful Things
Overview: Set in a beautiful fishing village in Gibraltar, Wonderful Things! stars Frankie Vaughan as Carmello, a young fisherman who, unable to earn enough from fishing to marry his tempestuous fiancée, decides to come to England to seek his fortune and finds fortunes are not quite so easy to come by.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-06-10
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Spare a Copper
1940-12-02
Spare a Copper
Overview: George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned destruction of the British battleship HMS Hercules. Framed by the villains and forced to go on the run, George sets out to clear his name with the aid of new girlfriend, Jane.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-02
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Night Watch
1941-01-01
Night Watch
Overview: Two lovers search for some privacy to kiss during the blitz.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-01-01
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Man with a Gun
1958-08-11
Man with a Gun
Overview: A £20,000 insurance claim is lodged when a nightclub is destroyed by fire, and claims investigator Mike Davies is assigned to get to the bottom of things. One suspect is Harry Drayson, the club owner but if he torched his own property for the insurance, how safe are his other, heavily insured properties?
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-08-11
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Carry On Constable
1960-02-22
Carry On Constable
Overview: With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills police station. With help from Special Constable Gorse, they manage to totally wreck operations of the police force and let plenty of criminals get away, even before they arrive at the station. They all have to prove themselves or else they'll be out of a job and Sgt. Wilkins will be transferred.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-02-22
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Escape Route
1952-12-01
Escape Route
Overview: When nuclear scientists are kidnapped and smuggled behind the Iron Curtain, an FBI man and a British agent are assigned to catch the kidnappers.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-01
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Carry On Regardless
1961-04-04
Carry On Regardless
Overview: After a bunch of no-hopers approaches an employment agency, the anarchy mounts as they do a series of odd jobs, including a chimp's tea party, trying to stay sober at a wine tasting… and demolishing a house.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-04-04
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Doctor in Love
1960-07-12
Doctor in Love
Overview: Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice, stopping off on the way as patients at the Foulness Anti-cold Unit. Hare then takes up a position as junior in a well-healed G.P.'s surgery while Burke continues to sow his doctorial wild oats.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-07-12
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No Time for Tears
1957-10-04
No Time for Tears
Overview: The interwoven dramas of staff and patients in Mayfield Children's Hospital, where the doctors and nurses are in the business of restoring children's lives. One small child risks losing his sight, while twin boys fool the doctors over which one has appendicitis. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, new nurse Margaret Collier suffers pangs of unrequited love for houseman Dr. Nigel Barnes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-04
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Dentist on the Job
1961-06-01
Dentist on the Job
Overview: Colonel Proudfoot of Proudfoot Industries tries to entice a couple of newly qualified dentists to advertise "Dreem", a revolutionary type of toothpaste, but he knows that if the dentists learn that they are part of an advertising campaign, they will be struck off, and the campaign will be a disaster.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-06-01
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Carry On Nurse
1959-01-30
Carry On Nurse
Overview: In Haven Hospital, a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital altogether. The formidable Matron's debut gives everyone a chill every time she walks past, with only Reckitt standing up to her. There's a colonel who's a constant nuisance, a bumbling nurse, a romance between Ted York and Nurse Denton, and Bell wants his bunion removed straight away, so after a couple of pints, the men decide to remove the bunion themselves!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-30
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Carry On Cruising
1962-03-12
Carry On Cruising
Overview: Captain Crowther's lot is not a happy one! Five of his crew have to be replaced and at such short notice before the voyage begins there isn't much to choose from. Not only does he get the five most incompetent shipmates ever to sail the seven seas, but the passengers turn out to be a rather strange bunch too. The SS Happy Wanderer will never be the same.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-03-12
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The Bad Lord Byron
1949-04-18
The Bad Lord Byron
Overview: Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to determine the worth of his character.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-04-18
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The Lavender Hill Mob
1951-06-28
The Lavender Hill Mob
Overview: A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-28
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Tiger by the Tail
1955-09-19
Tiger by the Tail
Overview: On the first night of his London assignment, newsagency reporter John Desmonmd becomes heavily involved with enigmatic Anna Ray. The affair ends when she is shot struggling for a gun she has pulled on him. This is only the start of his troubles, as Anna worked for a criminal organisation who know Desmond has now got her valuable contacts list.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-09-19
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Return to Yesterday
1940-03-09
Return to Yesterday
Overview: Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre company in England.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-09
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After the Ball
1957-08-13
After the Ball
Overview: The life and loves of Music hall singer Vesta Tilley, who married into the nobility
Genres: Music History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-13
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The Tommy Steele Story
1957-06-01
The Tommy Steele Story
Overview: A rags-to-riches tale of a young merchant seaman called Tommy who discovers a certain way with the guitar.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-06-01
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The Green Man
1956-12-21
The Green Man
Overview: Unknown to everyone but his shady Middle Eastern bosses, watchmaker Hawkins is actually a professional hired assassin with a predilection for killing his targets with bombs. After disposing of a dictator and millionaire, Hawkins is assigned to kill a politician who is heading to a remote hotel, The Green Man, for a secret tryst with his secretary. There, however, Hawkins' plot is discovered by vacuum salesman William Blake, who determines to stop him.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-21
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The Common Touch
1941-11-15
The Common Touch
Overview: The Common Touch is a 1941 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Geoffrey Hibbert, Harry Welchman, Greta Gynt and Joyce Howard. On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old lad leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-15
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Crook's Tour
1940-09-03
Crook's Tour
Overview: Charters and Caldicott are touring the Middle East. After visiting Saudi Arabia they find themselves in Bagdad where they are mistaken by a group of German spies for the messengers who are to carry a song record by beautiful singer La Palermo which contains secret instructions of the German Intelligence. Realizing their error, the German spies follow Charters and Caldicott to Istanbul and Budapest, trying to eliminate them and retrieve the record.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-03
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The Body Vanished
1939-10-27
The Body Vanished
Overview: A Scotland Yard inspector and his reporter friend arrive on vacation in a small village and are immediately involved in what is claimed to be a murder but the body has disappeared, leaving it to the inspector to find the body, determine the motive and find the killer.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-10-27
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The Net
1953-02-09
The Net
Overview: A secret jet aircraft capable of traveling three times the speed of sound is being developed by a group of scientists. On the day of the test flight, one of the scientists dies in a mysterious accident, and there are many arguments concerning the flight itself; some think it should be ground-controlled while Heathley (James Donald) wants it to be a manned flight with himself at the controls. Conflict also arises when one of his fellow scientists, taking advantage of Heathley's lack of attention toward his wife, Lydia (Phyllis Calvert), makes some moves on her. Then there is the question of just who is the enemy agent on the project.
Genres: Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-02-09
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Old Mother Riley in Society
1940-07-27
Old Mother Riley in Society
Overview: Old Mother Riley does the laundry for the dancers in the pantomime "Aladdin", where her daughter Kitty works as a chorus girl. Sneaking a peek at the show one day, Mother Riley accidentally pops up through a trap door onto the stage. Accosted by the angry star, Mother Riley’s belligerent responses have the audience in stitches. Outraged, the star walks out, leaving Kitty to take over the leading role, to great success.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-27
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Operation Bullshine
1959-06-30
Operation Bullshine
Overview: During World War II, a Royal Artillery officer is assigned to an anti-aircraft battery that is filled with female soldiers of the Auxiliary Territorial Service. His wife who has enlisted is mistakenly posted to the battery in violation of regulations of husbands and wives serving together in the same formation. She becomes jealous of what she perceives as him paying too much attention to the other Auxiliary Territorial Service women.
Genres: War Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-06-30
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Up in the World
1956-12-06
Up in the World
Overview: Norman is a window cleaner who has to clean a manor house with hundreds of windows. He is distracted by the son of the house who persuades him to go into town. When some villains try and kidnap the young heir Norman fights them off but the heir has banged his head and can't remember Norman's heroic stand
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-06
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Here Come the Huggetts
1948-12-02
Here Come the Huggetts
Overview: The Huggetts have their first telephone installed, sleep rough on The Mall whilst waiting for the Royal Wedding and deal with a fire at the 'Oatibix' factory.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-02
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My Brother's Keeper
1948-08-19
My Brother's Keeper
Overview: War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive young crook Willie Stannard. After using a clever plan to obtain railway tickets, and with the police and the press in hot pursuit, George has to find a way of breaking loose from Willie, and to make his escape.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-08-19
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Lost
1956-01-31
Lost
Overview: U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their 18-month-old son, Simon, has disappeared in London. He was last seen with their nanny, and the couple seemingly have no leads that might help police Detective Craig in his investigation. The media sensationalizes the incident, causing an unnecessary distraction as the couple prepares to confront the culprit face-to-face.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-31
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Flame in the Streets
1961-06-19
Flame in the Streets
Overview: Flame in the Streets is a 1961 British drama film directed by Roy Ward Baker. Racial tensions manifest themselves at home, work and on the streets during Bonfire Night in the burgeoning West Indian community of early 1960s Britain. Trades union leader (Mills) fights for the rights of a black worker but struggles with the news that his own daughter is planning to marry a West Indian, much against his own logic and the prejudice of his wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-06-19
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The Ugly Duckling
1959-09-09
The Ugly Duckling
Overview: Henry Jekyll was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon, relegated to waiting for his invitation to participate in life that never arrived: until he discovers a medical formula developed by a dead uncle, which claimed to turn 'a man of timid disposition into a bold, fearless dragon'. Taking a draught of the elixir Henry is transformed into suave, sophisticated and highly desirable Teddy Hyde. Armed with his new persona, Teddy is ready to face the world; but is Henry ready for the consequences?
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-09-09
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Waterfront
1950-07-26
Waterfront
Overview: When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, with two young daughters and a boy born soon after his departure. After an absence of fourteen years McCabe returns, sacked and humiliated, trailing trouble in his wake.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-07-26
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The Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942-02-23
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Overview: A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-02-23
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Eyewitness
1956-08-14
Eyewitness
Overview: After a fight with her husband, Lucy runs out of the house, and into a night of terror. She heads for the local cinema, and in doing so, becomes the only eyewitness to a couple of crooks, who are robbing the cinema's safe. In her haste to escape the thieves, she is knocked down by a passing bus, and is taken to the local hospital. The two crooks follow, and wait for a chance to finish her off, and thus eliminate the only person who can tie them to the robbery.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-08-14
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Boys in Brown
1949-12-01
Boys in Brown
Overview: Jackie lives in poverty with his widowed mother. In a bid to escape poverty he gets involved in a robbery that sees him sentenced to three years in Borstal where he meets a tough crowd, tougher than anything on the outside.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-12-01
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A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949-05-23
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Overview: The lives of the members of a West Yorkshire cycling club are complicated by romantic entanglements and a series of bike thefts.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-23
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The Iron Maiden
1963-06-07
The Iron Maiden
Overview: The film follows Jack Hopkins, an aircraft designer with a passion for traction engines. His boss is eager to sell a new supersonic jet plane that Jack has designed to American millionaire Paul Fisher. The first encounter between Fisher and Jack goes badly, and tensions only heighten after Fisher's daughter Kathy damages Jack's prize traction engine "The Iron Maiden", rendering it impossible to drive solo. Jack is desperate to enter the annual Woburn Abbey steam rally with the machine, but his fireman is injured and unable to participate. When all seems lost the millionaire himself is won over by Jack's plight and joins him in driving the engine; the two soon become firm friends.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-07
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The Upturned Glass
1947-06-17
The Upturned Glass
Overview: A neurosurgeon relates to his students in medical school a story about an affair he had with a married woman and how after the affair was over, the woman fell out a window and died. The surgeon, suspecting that she was murdered, set out to find her killer -- but, instead of turning the suspect over to the police, he planned to take his own revenge on the murderer.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-17
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A Day to Remember
1953-11-10
A Day to Remember
Overview: A group of men from a London pub are going on a darts team outing to Boulogne. Various members of the party have different reasons for going and get involved in various adventures.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-10
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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1958-01-21
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Overview: American scientist Dr. Frank Smith is brought to Britain to help the C.I.A. There is a defecting East block scientist they want him to debrief. The commies are less than amused and set Dr. Smith up for a murder.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-21
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Chain of Events
1958-09-30
Chain of Events
Overview: When a clerk tries to dodge paying a bus fare, it sparks a series of unforseen consequences
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-09-30
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The Duke Wore Jeans
1958-03-30
The Duke Wore Jeans
Overview: A cockney lad pretends to be a Lord in order to woo a South American princess
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-03-30
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Forbidden Cargo
1954-05-04
Forbidden Cargo
Overview: Kenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a brother and sister drug smuggling team.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-05-04
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Above Us the Waves
1955-03-29
Above Us the Waves
Overview: In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to attack by conventional means, so a plan is hatched for a special commando unit to attack it, using midget submarines to plant underwater explosives.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-03-29
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Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951-10-25
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Overview: Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva - though not in the buff. This leads by way of a suspect beauty competition to the show-business world of London. But it could be a slippery slope for simple home-town Marge.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-25
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No Kidding
1960-11-01
No Kidding
Overview: A young couple, David and Catherine Robinson, has to turn their large country house into a money-making proposition. Their solution is to invite the kids of the rich and famous to spend a summer enjoying all the loving care and attention they miss at home. After the youngsters arrive, David quickly realizes what the offensive little punks need is some real discipline, and so the summer begins.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-11-01
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Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
1957-12-01
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
Overview: With their headmistress under lock and key in her majesty's prison, the St Trinian's girls find themselves under the protection of the army. However, when the sixth form take a fancy to winning a trip to Italy through means fair or foul, the army discover this is one battle they can't win. Let loose in Europe, it is not long before St Trinian's have succeeded in endangering European relations.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-01
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A Night to Remember
1958-07-03
A Night to Remember
Overview: The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.
Genres: Drama Action History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-07-03
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Folly to Be Wise
1952-12-04
Folly to Be Wise
Overview: A newly-arrived army chaplain 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 panelists than he wants to know about - though the audience obviously thinks differently.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-04
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The Big Money
1958-06-09
The Big Money
Overview: Petty thief Willie Frith steals a suitcase full of bank notes, only to find out that they have been given all the same serial number. But this is only the start of his troubles, now he has to find a way of changing the notes, so he can impress the barmaid of his local pub.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-06-09
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Raising the Wind
1961-09-06
Raising the Wind
Overview: 'Carry On' director Gerald Thomas helms this comedy caper featuring early appearances by James Robertson Justice, Sid James, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Williams, Liz Fraser and Eric Barker. The film follows the hi-jinks of a group of music students who move into a shared flat in order to cut costs and have somewhere to practice their instruments. Things get tricky when Mervyn Hughes (Phillips) accidentally sells one of his compositions to an advertising agency and risks losing his scholarship. Can he and his friends find a way to raise the money to buy back the song rights?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-09-06
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The Blind Goddess
1948-09-14
The Blind Goddess
Overview: Justice, the poets have it, is a blind goddess. Eric Portman stars as the lawyer defending a lord, Hugh Williams, accused by his secretary Michael Dennison of having diverted public funds for his own use.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-14
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Helter Skelter
1949-01-07
Helter Skelter
Overview: A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.
Genres: Comedy Romance Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-01-07
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Simon and Laura
1955-11-02
Simon and Laura
Overview: A couple of bickering, married performers agree to star in a "Mr. and Mrs." TV show.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-02
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Portrait from Life
1948-12-01
Portrait from Life
Overview: A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to find her, only to discover that she is suffering from amnesia.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-01
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Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure
1951-01-01
Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure
Overview: Old Mother Riley runs into a ghost who turns out to be an old pirate searching for buried treasure.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-01-01
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Marry Me
1949-06-07
Marry Me
Overview: The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on the run from a violent boyfriend, a country vicar, and a newspaper reporter, sent by his editor, to do an undercover story.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-06-07
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Don't Ever Leave Me
1949-07-19
Don't Ever Leave Me
Overview: Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous actor. When Harry loses his nerve, Sheila won't let him give up.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-19
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Old Mother Riley in Business
1941-04-11
Old Mother Riley in Business
Overview: Old Mother Riley starts a new business.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-11
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Two Left Feet
1963-03-16
Two Left Feet
Overview: Based on David Stuart Leslie's novel Two Left Feet is a story about Alan Crabbe (Michael Crawford a callow youth desperate for a date with any girl who can offer him the experience he lacks. Every time Alan tries a manful stride into the jungle of sex, his two left feet turn the attempt into a trip-and-stumble. Then he meets Eileen (Nyree Dawn Porter), the new waitress at the corner cafe, who signal unmistakable messages with her large inviting eyes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-03-16
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Upstairs and Downstairs
1959-11-02
Upstairs and Downstairs
Overview: On marrying the boss's daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law's advice to hire a live-in domestic. He soon finds good help is hard to come by. Run-ins follow with dipsomaniacs, bank robbers, a Welsh lass who takes one look at London and runs, and an Italian charmer who turns the place into a bawdy house. Then when Ingrid arrives from Sweden things actually start to get complicated.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-11-02
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Two Way Stretch
1960-12-20
Two Way Stretch
Overview: Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning to jail afterwards. First however they must get out, a task made more difficult by a new, stricter prison officer.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-12-20
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Value for Money
1955-08-09
Value for Money
Overview: A wealthy young man from Yorkshire visits a London nightclub and meets a performer. She decides to take him for every penny he is worth, and he decides to let her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-08-09
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Once a Jolly Swagman
1949-02-02
Once a Jolly Swagman
Overview: A factory worke quits his job to become a motorcycle racer.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-02
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The Calendar
1948-07-05
The Calendar
Overview: The favourite for the big race is nobbled and suspicion falls on the owner. His secret admirer proves it wasn't him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-07-05
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The Dark Road
1948-07-28
The Dark Road
Overview: Crime thriller following the rise of a petty thief to underworld crime boss.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-07-28
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The Dover Road Mystery
1960-02-01
The Dover Road Mystery
Overview: A British short film about Scotland Yard investigating a group of bank robbers who take normal sedan cars and transform them into race cars.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-02-01
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Jailbirds
1940-04-20
Jailbirds
Overview: Two convicts escape prison and get a job in a bakery. Their attempts to go straight are endangered by a third escaped convict.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-20
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