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- DirectorJack RaymondStarsJack PaynePercy MarmontEvelyn Roberts
- DirectorAdrian BrunelStarsWilliam HartnellGladys JenningsEliot MakehamThe son of an inventor accidentally drinks an explosive liquid.
- DirectorArthur MaudeStarsAnne GreyCyril RaymondAlec Fraser
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsMax DearlyConchita MontenegroNeil HamiltonA rich Brazilian, Mendoza, visited Paris in 1900 and was romantically involved with the star of Offenbach's "La Vie Parisienne" which was playing at the time. Thirty five years later, he returns with his son and granddaughter, who is engaged to a young Frenchman. But Mendoza's puritanical son forbids the marriage. Mendoza and the actress's friends conspire to change his mind and soon succeed in converting him to "Parisian life".
- DirectorGeorge PearsonStarsJames CarewCharles OliverLucille LisleExplorer Sir Clive bets that he can spend the night alone in Madame Tussauds Chamber of Horrors. Meanwhile, crooks hope to exploit his ward, Carol, for her fortune.
- DirectorArthur B. WoodsStarsEmlyn WilliamsAnna KonstamAllan JeayesA convict, just out of prison, is implicated in a murder and goes on the run, hitching a ride with a truck driver.
- DirectorAnthony HankeyLeslie NormanStarsSebastian ShawAnna KonstamReginald Tate"Too Dangerous to Live" is a 1939 British crime film directed by Anthony Hankey and Leslie Norman and starring Sebastian Shaw, Anna Konstam and Reginald Tate. It was based on the novel Crime Unlimited by David Hume. A private detective goes undercover by joining a gang of burglars.
- DirectorRoy William NeillStarsJohn LoderJane BaxterJack HawkinsLoder and Baxter become immersed in intrigue after receiving a costly jade. As they look for assistance in saving their skins, all their leads disappear, including the man who had given them the jade.
- DirectorLawrence HuntingtonStarsClifford EvansPatricia RocDavid FarrarThe mastermind behind money stolen from an American bank takes it to London. He is then pursued by the gangsters he tried to cheat and have convicted Stateside, as well as by the Met Police.
- DirectorHerbert WilcoxStarsAnna NeagleRobert NewtonEdward ChapmanThe story of flyer Amy Johnson who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.
- DirectorLeslie S. HiscottStarsDavid HutchesonMargaretta ScottJane CarrThe captain of a cargo ship shanghais saboteurs unaware that the daughter of the ship's owner is among them.
- DirectorWalter FordeStarsAnne CrawfordDonald StewartRenee HoustonThe ignored wife of an industrialist hatches a plot to make him pay more attention to her.
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsTommy TrinderJames MasonPhilip FriendComedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service), the dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WWII.
- DirectorJohn HarlowStarsBen LyonAnne CrawfordDavid FarrarA struggling circus finds salvation in the form of an exciting new twist on their high-wire act.
- DirectorJohn HarlowStarsDavid FarrarAnne CrawfordJohn StuartA crime reporter begins to investigate the disappearance of his bosses wife who had witnessed a murder.
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsDavid NivenStanley HollowayJames DonaldWorld War II drama that follows a group of British draftees, starting with their rigorous basic training, and ending with their deployment in North Africa.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsWilliam HartnellCarol RayeWalter FitzgeraldA farmer marries a beautiful city girl and tries to help her become more settled on the farm by buying her a calf to look after. She begins to spend their money so fast that the farmer goes broke, Then she runs away on her horse.
- DirectorJohn HarlowStarsWilliam HartnellMary MorrisJohn LaurieA socialist inherits the ownership of a major firm and begins wrestling with his beliefs.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsWilliam HartnellJimmy HanleyChili BouchierDock worker Tom Masterick is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is commuted to a long prison term. When released as an old man, he vows to show that his alleged victim is still alive.
- DirectorJohn HarlowStarsWilliam HartnellRobert BeattyJoyce HowardAn ex-con, released after imprisonment for a jewel theft, swears vengeance on his former accomplices and devises an intricate plan to steal their fortune.
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsJames MasonRobert NewtonCyril CusackA wounded Irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police following a failed robbery in Belfast.
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsRobert NewtonSimone SimonWilliam HartnellA signalman on a quay sees a fight between two men. One of the men is deliberately pushed into the water and the signalman cannot save him, but decides to keep his suitcase which he later finds is full of banknotes with a value of £5000.
- DirectorJohn BoultingStarsRichard AttenboroughHermione BaddeleyWilliam HartnellIn Brighton in 1935, small-time gang leader Pinkie Brown murders a journalist and later desperately tries to cover his tracks but runs into trouble with the police, a few witnesses, and a rival gang.
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsRex HarrisonPeggy CumminsWilliam HartnellA convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl.
- DirectorGordon ParryStarsRichard GreeneCedric HardwickeKathleen HarrisonA humane prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.
- DirectorBernard KnowlesStarsDennis PriceMai ZetterlingRichard AttenboroughSet in a German theatre after World War II, two British soldiers are holding a disparate and hostile band of refugees in this theatre, prior to returning them to their homelands. The soldiers have difficulty dealing with the rivalries between Serb and Croat, resistance fighter and collaborator, Pole and Russian, et cetera. The threat of plague briefly unites them, but eventually even this wears off and the refugees unite in their hostility to the British.
- DirectorKen AnnakinStarsDerek FarrJoan HopkinsPeter LorreAfter his wife is murdered, the husband tries to divert suspicion from himself to someone else. Unfortunately, his scheme winds up getting him mixed up with some real murderers.
- DirectorJeffrey DellStarsEdward UnderdownMaxwell ReedNatasha ParryA killer known as 'The Dark Man' commits double murder. This is witnessed by the young aspiring actress Molly Lester. The Dark Man tries everything to put Molly out of the way. Detective Inspector Viner of Scotland Yard investigates the murders.
- DirectorJohn BoultingStarsRobert DonatMaria SchellRenée AshersonA chronicle of the life of William Friese-Greene, a British inventor and early pioneer in cinema.
- DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsHerbert LomDonald WolfitMai ZetterlingA criminal master of disguise nicknamed The Ringer is out for deadly revenge against a treacherous London lawyer who is under police protection.
- DirectorNoel LangleyStarsJames HayterJames DonaldNigel PatrickThe Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find. In the course of their travels, they repeatedly encounter the friendly but disreputable Mr. Jingle, who becomes a continual source of trouble for all who know him. Pickwick himself is the victim of a number of misunderstandings that bring him both embarrassment and problems with the law.
- DirectorGeorge More O'FerrallStarsRalph RichardsonCelia JohnsonMargaret LeightonA heartwarming tale of an English minister and his family reunited at Christmas time. Their story includes a remembrance of their World War II trials.
- 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.
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsStewart GrangerJean SimmonsBill TraversIn early-1900s England, a maid tries to blackmail her master into romancing her when she discovers that he murdered his wife.
- DirectorRoy BoultingStarsGlynis JohnsJack BuchananDonald SindenThe trouble with Josephine is that her ever-loving and over-sympathetic nature leads her to switch from needful men to even more needful men...
- DirectorLeslie S. HiscottStarsRichard HearneWilliam HartnellAustin TrevorThe eccentric caretaker of a block of flats, Mr. Pastry is in charge of two of its boilers, whom he names "Mavis" and "Ethel." His love for the pair leads him into unforeseen problems
- DirectorAnthony SquireStarsDonald HoustonFay ComptonAnton DiffringA Cornish poacher clashes with dangerous international spies.
- DirectorJohn BoultingStarsIan CarmichaelRonald AdamHenry B. LonghurstIn World War II, a failed British officer is selected by his uncle, a brigadier with the War Office, to participate in a secret operation to recover looted artwork from the Germans.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsRichard ToddWilliam HartnellAkim TamiroffIn 1949, during the Chinese Civil War, British warship H.M.S. Amethyst sails up the Yangtse river but on the return trip, finds its way blocked by a barrage of fire from the Communist Chinese shore batteries.
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsRobert RobinsonMaurice KaufmannTom DrakeThe honest owner of a second hand car business has crooks for employees.
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsStanley BakerHerbert LomPeggy CumminsA rookie trucker tries to expose his boss' rackets.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsRoland CulverPatricia RocPaul CarpenterAfter a test pilot is injured in a plane crash, his fiancée takes him to a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist is unhappily married and has a crush on the fiancée, and attempts to hypnotize the pilot into murdering his wife.
- DirectorBrian TeslerStarsAvril AngersAnthea AskeyArthur Askey
- DirectorErnest MorrisStarsNeil McCallumSusan BeaumontWilliam HartnellAn ex-boxer on the run from gangsters for refusing to throw a fight, helps a garage owner and his daughter to improve their business.
- DirectorGerald ThomasStarsKenneth WilliamsCharles HawtreyWilliam HartnellSergeant 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 what a motley bunch they turn out to be.
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsRichard MurdochWilliam KendallMaya KoumaniTwo con-men are released from prison, but get straight back up to their old tricks.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsJames CagneyDon MurrayDana WynterIn 1920s Ireland, I.R.A. members are being led by the war mongering Dr. Sean Lenihan (James Cagney), as they fight oppressive British forces.
- DirectorJack ArnoldStarsPeter SellersJean SebergWilliam HartnellAn impoverished backward nation declares a war on the United States of America, hoping to lose, but things don't go according to plan.
- DirectorPeter MaxwellStarsConrad PhillipsJill IrelandWilliam HartnellTwo reporters are held hostage in old castle, by thief, looking for jewels, that he had buried, after robbing a local house.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsWilliam HartnellBetty McDowallEddie ByrneA safe in 'The Jackpot Club' is robbed of £6,000. The police and the owner of the club want to track down the safecracker, but for very different reasons.
- DirectorGeorge PollockStarsBrian RixWilliam HartnellTommy CooperA priest's nephew struggles to hide his boxing career from his uncle.
- DirectorWolf RillaStarsTerence MorganYôko TaniJohn CrawfordIn London, a wealthy playboy, an American adventurer, a small-time thief and a retired safe-cracker team-up to rob a foreign embassy's safe by digging a tunnel from the London Underground into the embassy's cellar.
- DirectorDarcy ConyersStarsBrian RixCecil ParkerWilliam HartnellA WWII British secret agent has a desperate mission in occupied France. An airman who is his double is enlisted in the scheme with the intention of confusing the enemy, but everyone gets confused.
- DirectorHerbert WiseStarsRay BarrettKatharine BlakeNigel StockA young woman is harassed by a man and seeks help from the police. The officer who visits her falls in love with her, but shortly after she is murdered.
- DirectorLindsay AndersonStarsRichard HarrisRachel RobertsAlan BadelDespite success on the field, a rising rugby star senses the emerging emptiness of his life as his inner angst begins to materialize through aggression and brutality, so he attempts to woo his landlady in hopes of finding reason to live.
- DirectorJohn BoultingRoy BoultingStarsPeter SellersCecil ParkerIsabel JeansA minister is accidentally appointed to a snobbish parish.
- DirectorWolf RillaStarsSylvia SymsEdward JuddJune RitchieTwo Soho club hostesses and roommates endanger their friendship due to their romantic rivalry over the affections of a married businessman.
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsJohn GregsonAlec ClunesRobert ShawIt's a race against time for the police when they have to find a kidnapped boy imprisoned with a time bomb, after his abductor dies without revealing the child's whereabouts.
- 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.