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- DirectorWalter FordeStarsHugh SinclairGriffith JonesFrancis L. SullivanThe four men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sabotage to serve their ends, but they consider themselves to be true patriots.
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsFreddie FrintonJimmy EdwardsJoyce GoldingA radio commentator is sent to a village to broadcast a bell-ringing team. Meanwhile a property speculator tries to buy a plot of land for less than it is worth.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsWilliam GrahamGarry MarshJane WelshWilliam Brown attempts to secure more pay and shorter hours for schoolboys.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsGarry MarshJack LiveseyJon PertweeA man watching a musical show at the Windmill theatre is shot apparently from the stage. The cast continues the performance so that the detective can solve the murder.
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsCarol MarshDavid TomlinsonMervyn JohnsA radio 'detective' gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping due to the machinations of a ghostly cupid who works his magic to cause mayhem and laughter throughout the film.
- DirectorThornton FreelandStarsCecil ParkerGlynis JohnsHermione BaddeleyArthur Prohack (Cecil Parker) is an official in the Treasury Department with a reputation for fiscal efficiency and running a tight ship. One day he finds out that a struggling businessman to whom he once loaned money used it to amass a fortune, and after his death he left much of it to Prohack. Despite his reputation for adeptly handling money at his job, he seems to be much less capable of handling his newfound riches.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsMichael RennieYolande DonlanGarry MarshAn young American lady arrives in Britain to advise on factory working practices and ends up embroiled in a local battle that evokes the spirit of magna Carta.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsMichael RennieYolande DonlanHy HazellA rather dizzy girl becomes convinced that someone is trying to murder a film star.
- 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.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsGeorge ColeVeronica HurstHeather ThatcherAfter a mix-up at a music hall, a henpecked bank clerk who lives a dreary existence in suburban London finds himself onstage with ambiguously foreign magician Mendoza, who hypnotizes him into losing all of his inhibitions.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsWilfred PicklesPetula ClarkMegs JenkinsJim Gay loves his racing greyhound but, out of town, he finds a dog with a better chance to win. His friends bet on his dog while he bets against.
- DirectorGordon ParryStarsPeter M. ThompsonNoelle MiddletonHarold Lloyd Jr.An American airman (Peter Thompson) inherits an English title, but will he cope with English nobility?
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsBernard BresslawReginald BeckwithJon PertweeHenry Jeckle 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?
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsLeslie RandallJoan ReynoldsMichael ShepleyJoe (Leslie Randall) a bumbling clerk in a detergent factory becomes involved in a plot to steal the firm's latest formula.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsRichard MurdochSandra DorneJon PertweeComedy in which Bertie (Richard Murdoch) and Dan (Jon Pertwee) run a smuggling operation in the seaside village of Hell, investigated by an American excise officer and a television personality, Diana Melton (Sandra Dorne).
- DirectorDon ChaffeyStarsJimmy EdwardsKenneth ConnorShirley EatonThe RAF Group Captain has a hard job to restrain the aircraft-man from tinkering with everything he can get his hands on.
- DirectorC.M. Pennington-RichardsStarsPeggy MountRobert MorleyHarry H. CorbettThe "Ladies Who Do" are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make a fortune. They then make good use of it to save their old neighbourhoods from the wicked developer.
- DirectorGerald ThomasStarsKenneth WilliamsSidney JamesKenneth ConnorTwo Britons, Hengist and Horsa, are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Royal Guard to protect Caesar.
- DirectorCompton BennettStarsJon PertweeReginald BeckwithChristine ChildComic survey of methods of undressing through the ages, from Victorian modesty to modern strip clubs.
- DirectorGerald ThomasStarsSidney JamesKenneth WilliamsJim DaleStodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a "sanitary engineer" (plumber) by the name of Marshal P. Knutt is mistaken for a law marshal! Being the conscientious sort, Marshal tries to help the town get rid of Rumpo, and a showdown is inevitable. Marshal has two aids - revenge-seeking Annie Oakley and his sanitary expertise...
- DirectorKenneth HumeStarsBilly FuryMichael MedwinAmanda BarrieA fast-moving comedy with Billy Fury, who plays himself in the film. The story reveals his great love of animals, and it features his own racehorse, Anselmo. Also featured are several of Billy's own dogs. Watch for the dances!
- DirectorGerald ThomasStarsKenneth WilliamsJim DaleHarry H. CorbettThe sinister Dr Watt has an evil scheme going. He's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores.
- DirectorRichard LesterStarsZero MostelPhil SilversBuster KeatonA wily Roman slave schemes to earn his freedom by romantically uniting his master with a courtesan. But matters get complicated and he ends up dragging in his neighbors around him, leading to chaos.
- DirectorJan Darnley-SmithStarsJohn Moulder-BrownKevin BennettLeonard BrockwellA group of young railway enthusiasts attempt to stop the closure of the local railway by trying to raise money to buy it and the steam engine "Matilda." They get help from a pair of men saying they are also enthusiasts. What the children don't know though is that these men are impostors and are really robbers who plan to rob the mail train. They find out the truth when a lorry is parked on the line. After a lengthy chase with the express train, Matilda ends up in London, crashing into buffers at the terminus and the children are pleased when the branch line and Matilda are reprieved. The two robbers are then arrested after hiding under coal in Matilda.
- DirectorJan Darnley-SmithStarsGary SmithJon PertweeFelix FeltonVictorian children improvise a balloon to escape from their Dickensian boarding school.
- DirectorDavid EvansStarsFenella FieldingNicholas ParsonsJon PertweeA humorous look at the new Naval pay structure.
- DirectorLindsay ShonteffStarsNicky HensonRichard ToddAimi MacDonaldN° 1 is fearless, irresistible, and licensed to kill. N° 1 is assigned to capture a madman who is killing international financiers. Before getting the bad guy, N° 1 encounters mercenaries from the evil organization K.R.AS.H., killing, rape, arson, slaughter, and mayhem.
- DirectorPeter DuffellStarsJohn BryansJohn BennettDenholm ElliottAn anthology of four horror stories revolving around a mysterious rental house in the U.K.
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsPeter UstinovHelen HayesDerek NimmoA suspected Western spy steals a secret microfilm from China and hides it in the skeleton of a museum dinosaur, prompting a frantic search for it by various interested parties.
- DirectorStanley A. LongStarsChristopher NeilSuzy KendallHarry H. CorbettWhile a private detective is away on vacation, his not particularly bright assistant takes it upon himself to "solve" a case that comes in. Complications ensue.
- DirectorIvan TorsStarsJon PertweeKarin DorHal FrederickA group of field researchers encounter a series of typical problems while surveying the Sahara desert -- snake bites, thieving natives, automobile break-downs, dehydration, sand storms. They lead a nomadic tribe to a fresh water-hole, cure one of its sick children, then teach them to plant seed and irrigate. All of this adds up to much less drama than it suggests, due to the documentary-like style of filming. There are no safari hunts or wild animal stampedes, and very little plot. The best thing about this is Jon Pertwee, who had just finished playing the 3rd Doctor Who, as the grizzled safari guide whose experience saves the group from several predicaments. Filmed entirely on location in Africa.
- DirectorLionel JeffriesStarsDavid TomlinsonFrances de la TourBonnie LangfordThe adventures of The Wombles, strange creatures who live on Wimbledon Common and pick up the litter left by the humans. There's always time for a nice song and dance as well. This was a film version of the popular childrens TV show.
- DirectorLionel JeffriesMiroslaw KijowiczStarsJames MasonBernard CribbinsBillie WhitelawThis children's fantasy tells the story of a 12-year-old boy who discovers a complex underwater world where young children are held prisoner by an evil shark and an eel.
- DirectorRobin CrichtonStarsJames CocoSabina FranklynJon PertweeOn Christmas Eve., Santa Claus, James Coco, visits a psychiatrist, Jon Pertwee, to find out who he is and why there are so many on him ringing bells on street corners.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsBobby BallTommy CannonSuzanne DanielleSgt. Cannon (Tommy Cannon) and PC Ball (Bobby Ball) run the police station in the quiet town of Little Botham. When the station's threatened to be shut down, due to a lack of crime, they decide to invent some crimes to justify their existence. When they try to steal a painting from a local rich businessman (Roy Kinnear), they accidently stumble across a gang of real art thieves who have just stolen £1 million worth of paintings. It is up to the two bungling cops to stop them escaping with their haul.
- CreatorDonald WilsonSydney NewmanStarsWilliam HartnellPatrick TroughtonJon PertweeThe adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.
- DirectorStewart ReinStarsJon PertweeAlexandra StordyDanny WebbKris, thought lost in the war, returns home to discover that the town has decreed him dead and taken all of his land, home and goods. He sets off to find a means of survival and ends up in a series of catastrophic encounters with assorted villains which gets him committed to an insane asylum, where he tries to convince doctors that he is perfectly sane and actually comes from another star.
- DirectorGerald ThomasStarsJim DaleBernard CribbinsMaureen LipmanHistory is only slightly rewritten: instead of experienced sailors, there are only convicts whose last and only meeting with H2O was their prison diet of bread and water. And Columbus doesn't have his own map.
- StarsSophie AldredTom BakerColin BakerThe Rani hatches a scheme to trap the incarnations of the Doctor and their various companions in a 20-year time loop in Albert Square.
- DirectorBill BaggsStarsJon PertweePeter DavisonSylvester McCoyIn a future London suffering from toxic air pollution, a reporter, his mentor, a weatherman and an environmental activist discover they are connected and set out to expose the corrupt Airzone Corporation.
- DirectorDan SellarsStarsCarrie BishopJon PertweeSimon Pickering
- DirectorBill BaggsStarsCaroline JohnJon PertweeSylvester McCoyFormer UNIT scientist Liz Shaw investigates a series of bizarre murders near a soon-to-be closed psychiatric hospital. When the hospital is suddenly saved by a wealthy businessman events seem to run out of Liz's control.
- DirectorAndy GrantStarsWendy PadburyNicholas BriggsJon PertweeTwo interviews with the actress Wendy Padbury, one an update on the other. Both feature her career with an emphasis on her 'Doctor Who' work. The main focus is her appearances as the second Doctor companion Zoe but her role in the stage play 'Seven Keys to Doomsday' is also covered.
- DirectorBen BurttStarsSean Patrick FlaneryRonny CoutteurePatrick ToomeyYoung Indiana Jones takes to the skies in the new French air force, and parachutes into Germany to convince Anthony Fokker to defect.