British Films & TV 1951 Not Yet Released On DVD Region 2
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- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsBrian ReeceJoy SheltonChristine NordenPC 49 grapples with a beautiful artist's model in a case involving the murder of a millionaire.
- StarsPauline LettsRobert SpeaightAfter the murder of her lover Julius Caesar, Egypt's queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. This develops into real love and slowly leads to a war with the other possible successor, Octavius.
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsDavid NivenGlynis JohnsGeorge CoulourisDuring WW2, British Major Valentine Moreland is tasked with rescuing a prized pedigree cow from the German-occupied Channel Island of Armorel.
- DirectorWalter RillaStarsCharles P. CarrFrancis Gough
- DirectorMarc AllégretStarsMai ZetterlingDirk BogardeFay ComptonMrs. Christopher (Fay Compton), a kindly volunteer worker at a large hospital, does a favor for a patient by delivering a sum of money to Mr. Sine (James Robertson Justice). After she discovers he is a blackmailer, she threatens to expose him, and a struggle ensues in which she kills him. Her willingness to take the law into her own hands has a disastrous effect on former victims of the blackmailer.
- DirectorVictor SavilleStarsWalter PidgeonMargaret LeightonRobert BeattyWith a ruthless gang terrorizing London, Scotland Yard calls Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond out of retirement. With the help of detective Helen Smith, Drummond infiltrates the gang under an assumed name. He and Smith become trusted gang-members until the gang's overlord discovers their true identities, and they are taken as prisoners.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsGregory PeckVirginia MayoRobert BeattyDuring the Napoleonic wars, a British Navy Captain has adventures in Central American waters.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsRobert PrestonElizabeth SellarsColin TapleyA Canadian World War II veteran working for the British Foreign Office scours England for the killer who murdered his wife.
- DirectorRobert HenrysonStarsTerence AlexanderDenis WebbLesley OsmondA man relates the story of his friend, racing driver John Bridgnorth, whose death may have been the final act of an ancient family curse.
- DirectorAnthony SquireStarsJohn HarveyMoira ListerLouise HamptonThree stories based on real Scotland Yard cases: The Lady's Companion; The Telephone; The Interrogation.
- DirectorAnthony KimminsStarsRichard ToddGlynis JohnsJoan GreenwoodThree generations of a Scottish family suffer from the effects of heredity
- DirectorDerek N. TwistStarsRoger LiveseyHonor BlackmanRichard BurtonAfter their vessel runs aground during a storm and is impounded by the British authorities, local smugglers must find a way of disposing of their contraband brandy cargo before it's discovered by the Customs Officers.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsGeorge RaftColeen GrayEnzo StaiolaAmerican gambler Nick Cain arrives at the Mediterranean town of San Paola, and befriends an orphan Italian shoe-shine boy named Toni. He is puzzled by the reception and welcome he receives from the management of the casino until he finds he has been framed on a charge of murdering a U.S. Treasury Agent. He escapes with Kay Wonderly and they flee to a deserted village where he leaves Kay to hide out. Nick gets aid from a mysterious character named Massine, whom he suspects of trying to collect the reward offered on his capture. Nick discovers that the men responsible for the agent's death are members of an international counterfeiting ring, using the casino to pass the bogus money.
- DirectorJohn HalasStarsRobert Harris
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsKathleen ByronBernadette O'FarrellJacqueline CharlesA woman blames herself for her husband's death. To overcome her grief and her guilt she becomes a nurse but then a patient dies while under her care.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Yolande DonlanJon PertweeMr. Drake and his wife live a nice, quiet life on their Sussex farm, until one of their ducks lays a radioactive egg made of uranium. After the government finds out about this, the armed forces storm onto the farm in a frantic search for the duck responsible.
- DirectorPaul RothaStarsMichael GoughEithne DunneNoel PurcellAlex Kyle is an Irish Traveller. Whilst out poaching he is disturbed by the local gamekeeper. In an attempt to escape he hurls a rock at the man and kills him. One veteran Garda Officer, Mannigan, is determined he will not escape justice.
- DirectorAnthony PelissierStarsDavid FarrarNadia GrayMaurice TeynacA partially blind Englishman (David Farrar) retires to the French Riviera. He meets and falls for the lovely widow (Nadia Gray) of a French Resistance fighter, but is horrified after he discovers she is involved with smugglers and murderers.
- DirectorJack RaymondStarsRonald ShinerDerek FarrChristine Norden
- DirectorJack RaymondStarsAlbert ModleyBruce SetonRoberta HubyAlbert, a jockey, is upset that Thunderhead, his favorite horse, may soon be retired by the stable's owner and put out to stud. He sees a chance to revive Thunderhead's career when Runaway, one of the owner's best horses, injures a leg before he is to be sent to a race in France. Albert plans to replace Runaway with Thunderhead and ride him in the race. However, thanks to two crooked stable employees, things don't turn out quite as planned.
- DirectorDavid MacDonaldStarsDennis PriceJack HawkinsSiobhan McKennaPeter Brandt is a soldier journeying across the countryside of South Africa after the Boer War.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsChristine NordenRobert AyresJennifer JayneMark Sherwin ( Robert Ayres) is the victim of a brutal beating and car theft. The thief dies in a crash; Mark suffers from amnesia, and recuperates on a horse-training property. Discovering a clue, he returns home to find he had been declared dead, his wife welcomes him back, only to plan a real death for him so she and his best friend (with whom she is having an affair) can get his substantial wealth.
- DirectorDon ChaffeyStarsIvor BowyerSuzanne GibbsStephen BourneThe Case of The Missing Scene is a children's crime thriller that has been designed in the tradition of classic British children's films. A camera team takes pictures of rare birds from a hide when a poacher happens to get into the picture. The evidence (namely shot 63) disappears under mysterious circumstances. As always in these films, the case can only be solved with the help of a few bright children.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsAlbert LievenDavid GreeneNorman MacOwanThe crew of a lighthouse rescues people they believe to be survivors of a shipwreck, only to find out that they are a gang of bank robbers on the run from the law.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsTyrone PowerAnn BlythMichael RennieA scientist obsessed with the past transports himself back in time to 18th-century London, where he falls in love with a beautiful young woman.
- DirectorFrank CadmanStarsColin BarlowUrsula StracheyCyril Wentzel
- DirectorJohn HalasStarsMary Morris
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsHelen ShinglerClement McCallinSheila BurrellA husband cheats on his disabled wife--who has been paralyzed in a car accident--with her sister. When the sister is murdered he is accused of the crime, but it turns out that he may not be the killer after all.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsSonia DresdelGuy MiddletonHubert GreggMr. Richard Carling is found dead in his home with a house full of suspects.
- DirectorKarl HartlStarsBobby HenreyElwyn Brook-JonesMuriel AkedA child pianist (Bobby Henrey) is exploited by his manager who plans to adopt him. His governess helps him to get away, where he befriends some colourful characters and acquires a faithful pet dog.
- DirectorTerry AshwoodStarsPetula ClarkGeraldoBilly CottonShort documentary film which features the activities taking place in London's famous "Street of Song" (Denmark Street) - also known as "Tin Pan Alley." The idea of the film is to lift the veil and show cinema audiences just how a new number is created and set upon the road to success. The song in question is "Last Night's Kisses" by Sam Brown, Ray Hartley and Jimmy Kennedy. To help launch the song, stars come from far and near and are seen trying it out and discussing its possibilities.
- DirectorGodfrey GraysonStarsAvis ScottPatrick BarrRobert AyresIn this melodrama, a man is permanently crippled in a horseback riding accident and then learns that he will soon die. He spends his last few days taking care of his family and trying to get his wife to find another man.
- DirectorPat JacksonStarsGoogie WithersJames DonaldGodfrey TearleHospital drama set at the Yeoman's Hospital, in the English Midlands, during the early 1950s.
- DirectorJack RaymondStarsRonald ShinerGarry MarshDiana DorsFive WWII RAF fighter pilots are billeted in a family home. Their new landlady isn't pleased to have these "guests" imposed upon her nice house and, realising she must be kind to "her boys", takes out her wrath on the rest of the family.
- DirectorHenry CassStarsJoan GreenwoodNigel PatrickHelen CherryA post-war housing crisis leaves a shy woman to share a house with two couples. Comic situations arise as the new lodger becomes infatuated with one of the husbands.
- DirectorJoy BatchelorJohn HalasThinking about home improvements? Why not try getting your house to pop a couple of pills? In this cinema ad it works far better than any lick of paint. The producers at Halas and Batchelor were dab hands at compressing sales pitches into neatly packaged, entertaining commercials. But whilst seemingly this is a fantasy about colds and flu, the rundown houses in dark smoky streets were a familiar reality to audiences in areas damaged by the Blitz, and the Great Smog of 1952 was just around the corner.
- DirectorJohn HalasStarsPeter Pears
- StarsEamonn AndrewsIsobel BarnettGilbert HardingA panel of celebrities trying to guess what a person does for a living, or figure out who a mystery guest is. This is the version for the United Kingdom.
- DirectorMaurice ClocheStarsRoberto AdaminaNerio BernardiLuigi CascianoSince the local church is not willing to bless Peppino's donkey for a successful recovery, Peppino went to Rome to see the Holy Father, in spite of the numerous difficulties of actually getting in to see him.
- DirectorHenry CorneliusStarsBasil RadfordJimmy HanleyJanette ScottA syndicate is set up by a horse lover to buy a particular racehorse, but they accidentally buy the wrong horse. The horse is useless on the flat, so they decide to enter him as a jumper.
- DirectorMario CameriniStarsKieron MooreGriffith JonesLea PadovaniAfter World War 2, a newly married couple travel to Italy on their honeymoon and visit the town where he fought. The town, however, holds some secrets.
- StarsHuw WheldonJimmy PageJimmy LoganShowcase for youngsters to display their talents or discuss their hobbies.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsDavid FarrarGeraldine FitzgeraldRoland CulverAfter a sickly Victorian woman dies suddenly, a postmortem reveals that her body contains a fatal dose of arsenic. Suspicion falls on her husband and her companion, who are lovers. Inspector Martin of Scotland Yard solves the mystery of her death, over a cup of tea.