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- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsHugh WilliamsJoan GreenwoodBasil RadfordA young scientist freed by divorce from a nagging wife, isolates himself from women. His peace is broken by a lovely young girl to whom he is forced to give shelter. He marries her and finds that his dumb wife is not so dumb.
- DirectorMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsDavid NivenKim HunterRobert CooteA British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.
- 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.
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsMargaret LockwoodIan HunterBarry K. BarnesBedelia, a newly remarried beautiful widow, is on honeymoon in Monte Carlo. A painter approaches her inquiring about her past. When she and her husband go back to England the artist will soon be there. Danger, crime and truth will follow.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsLilli PalmerAlbert LievenCedric HardwickeA man asks a pretty young woman for a dance and discovers that she has been paralyzed in a fall from a horse and can't walk. Taking pity on her, he begins spending more and more time with her. They gradually become friends, and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Not wanting to hurt her feelings, he doesn't let her know that, although he's fond of her, he doesn't really love her. Unfortunately, she inadvertently finds out his true feelings and, distraught, flees from him, intending to kill herself.
- DirectorArthur CrabtreeStarsStewart GrangerJean KentAnne CrawfordDuring the last half of the 19th century writer Richard Darrell saves Don Carlos from two robbers, and is entrusted by Don Carlos to take a valuable necklace to Spain. Richard leaves his fiancée, Oriana, and starts the trip. He meets Wycroft, a henchman for Sir Francis Castleton, an aristocrat out to steal Oriana from Richard. The latter is assaulted, robbed and nearly killed and, as a result, loses his memory. He marries a gypsy girl, Rosal, while Oriana, thinking him dead marries the dastardly Sir Francis. Everybody will meet again. Complications will arise.
- DirectorStanley HaynesStarsSally GrayMichael WildingStanley HollowayA dancer attempts to escape from the narrow conventions of society and from the fate foretold for her at her birth.
- DirectorGeorge KingLeontine SaganStarsRichard GreeneAnn ToddPeter GravesThe life of Irishman George Howard, who bought an English theatre, and strived to improve the standard of musical entertainment. Set in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and loosely based on fact.
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsGeorge FormbyRosalyn BoulterRonald ShinerAfter leaving the armed forces, George Harper (George Formby) returns to run The Unicorn pub, beginning a fierce rivalry with The Lion pub on the other side of the river.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsJohn MillsValerie HobsonTony WagerA humble orphan boy in 1810s Kent is given the opportunity to go to London and become a gentleman, with the help of an unknown benefactor.
- DirectorSidney GilliatStarsAlastair SimSally GrayTrevor HowardAfter the nurse who declares that a recent surgical death was a murder also dies, an enigmatic Scotland Yard inspector arrives to investigate.
- DirectorJohn BaxterStarsBud FlanaganChesney AllenElsa TeeA sports reporter on the run from the police seeks to clear his name.
- DirectorFrank LaunderStarsDeborah KerrTrevor HowardRaymond HuntleyA young Irish woman hates England so much she becomes a spy for Germany.
- DirectorGeoffrey FaithfullStarsTerry RandallDon StannardHarry WelchmanWhen a soldier returns from the Far East after the war, he and his wife have to adjust to life at home.
- DirectorA.C. HammondStarsBillie BrooksGerald CaseLyn Evans
- DirectorMichael C. ChorltonStarsDaphne DayBarry MorseNoel Dryden
- DirectorPaul L. SteinStarsPatricia BurkeDavid FarrarWalter RillaA musical cabaret singer meets a British agent and goes with him to Nazi occupied France to save an atomic scientist.
- DirectorWesley RugglesStarsSid FieldGreta GyntTessie O'SheaAn aging music-hall performer returns to London believing he's the star of a new show. When he discovers that he's only slated to be the understudy, his daughter sabotages the revue's star in order to get him back into the spotlight.
- DirectorOswald MitchellStarsFleetHarry WelchmanPercy MarmontJohn Armstrong, an English hill-farmer has a dispute over debts with "Burton", a neighbouring farmer. Burton envies Armstrong's sheepdog, Fleet, and requests the dog as settlement of debts. The loyalty of Fleet to his original owner leads to intrigue and subterfuge involving stolen sheep and a cunning canine.
- DirectorAlfred TraversStarsLionel MurtonMargaret HurstJohn PrattDuring World War II, the Canadian Navy gathered a troupe of diverse performers (dancers, comedians, singers, musicians) from its ranks and sent them off to entertain their shipmates and the revue ultimately played London's Hippodrome. The acceptance of the audience was based more on wartime London's appreciation of the gallantry of Britain's sons and daughters from overseas than it was on the artistic value of the show or the talent of the performers. The film is a mixture of fact and fiction of the adventures of the troupe members, and the ending, only partly filmed in Technicolor, is primarily the revue as seen at the Hippodrome.
- DirectorThorold DickinsonStarsRobert AdamsEric PortmanOrlando MartinsAn African music student returns home and has to defeat the witch doctor who dominates his tribe and take them to healthier land.
- DirectorLawrence HuntingtonStarsRobert NewtonRaymond LovellGuy MiddletonThe allies plan to rescue a Swedish atomic scientist from under the noses of the Nazis.
- DirectorDavid MacKaneStarsJohn SlaterLouanne ShawSebastian CabotA severely condensed ("potted") version of Shakespeare's play.
- DirectorHerbert WilcoxStarsAnna NeagleMichael WildingMichael LaurenceDuring WWII, Anna marries Michael before leaving for Singapore. Her ship sinks but she survives on an island. Believing her dead, Michael remarries and has a child. After 3 years Anna returns and learns Michael has moved on.
- DirectorHarold FrenchStarsDerek FarrFrank CellierMarjorie FieldingThe ordinary and extraordinary adventures of a British family and their various guests during a weekend in their country cottage : the son and his socialite flirt hated by his adoring cousin, the local magistrate having a salmon poaching night, and so on.
- DirectorPeter UstinovStarsRalph RichardsonRaymond HuntleyJohn LaurieDuring World War II, on the eve of the Battle of Britain, British scientists develop the first radar systems to be employed against the German Luftwaffe.
- DirectorJohn ArgyleStarsAnthony HulmeJoy SheltonTamara DesniNovelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, meets a newspaper woman called "Steve." Together they investigate a gang of diamond robbers.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsPeter GravesCarol RayeLawrence O'MaddenThe film follows the history of a brooch after it is given as a present by a man to a woman in 1911.
- DirectorWilliam FreshmanGiacomo GentilomoStarsDerek FarrMarta LabarrManning WhileyA British intelligence officer discovers a plot to assassinate the President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Tehran Conference during World War II.
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsMichael RedgraveRachel KempsonFrederick LeisterIn 1940, a concentration camp escapee assumes the identity of a dead British officer, only to become a prisoner of war.
- DirectorVictor M. GoverStarsBruce SetonHenry CainePearl CameronA young captain, after participating in a duel, becomes the suspect in a series of killings in Epping Forest.
- DirectorPaul L. SteinStarsAnne ZieglerWebster BoothFrancis L. SullivanA nobleman is sent to England by Robespierre to steal Marie Antoinette's former pearls from the Prince of Wales in order to save his mother from the guillotine.
- DirectorBernard KnowlesStarsStewart GrangerPhyllis CalvertJean KentBiography of the famous--and notorious--Italian violinist Nicolo Paganini.
- DirectorHarry WattStarsChips RaffertyJohn Nugent HaywardDaphne CampbellIt's the start of WWII in Northern Australia. The Japanese are getting close. People are evacuating and burning everything in a "scorched earth" policy. Rather than kill all their cattle, a disparate group decides to drive them overland half way across the continent.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsPatricia BurkeDavid FarrarBobby HowesComedy set in opposing ends of a pantomime horse. The 'head' is dating a society lady while the 'tail' is unhappily married.
- DirectorIsadore GoldsmithMaurice J. WilsonStarsKieron MooreBarbara WhiteShaun NobleNorthern Ireland. Dennis O'Shea joins a gang of smugglers in order to raise the money to pay for his brother, who is fleeing from the IRA, to move to the USA. But after he accidentally kills a constable during a smuggling trip, the policeman's dog begins to follow him.
- DirectorHarry HughesStarsBrian PeckGraham MoffattKnox CrichtonYoung Peter Joe decides to go to Southampton to sea, this is the story of his land voyage there with many adventures for him and his friends along the way.
- DirectorJill CraigieStarsPeter WillesFrancis LuntVerena ChafféA look at Plymouth's hopes and fears just after the end of World War 2. Looks at the plan to rebuild the city - like a Phoenix, "the PLAN FOR PLYMOUTH." a local family, the Copperwheats are our stars supported by the City Engineer, Paton Watson and the progressive architect Lord Abercrombie.
- DirectorCompton BennettStarsMichael RedgraveValerie HobsonFlora RobsonA Member of Parliament, who had been reportedly killed in action during World War II, unexpectedly returns to his family, only to find that his wife has been persuaded to take his seat in the House of Commons.
- DirectorNorman WalkerStarsMervyn JohnsNora SwinburneJoyce HowardA random accident brings struggling businessman Thomas Blake into contact with Mr Knight, a successful financier. Knight encourages him to take risks with his money and his honour, and Blake discovers that all that glitters is not gold.
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsTom WallsGlynis JohnsJeanne De CasalisOne wartime Christmas the well-to-do Ferguson family extends a festive welcome to various strays, with comic results.
- DirectorJohn E. BlakeleyStarsNorman EvansNat JackleyDan YoungJoe inherits a run-down hotel which, with the help of his chums he begins to turn around. A couple of unscrupulous property developers try and persuade him to sell it to them knowing that the land is scheduled for redevelopment. His daughter's boyfriend, an accountant, saves the day!
- DirectorRalph Keene
- DirectorAveling GineverStarsJohnny WorthyBertie JarrettSusan ShawSusan Shaw is the south end of a horse for an ice show, but she longs to be a ballerina. It looks like she will achieve that goal, but will her oversized ego get in her way?
- DirectorLawrence HuntingtonStarsEric PortmanDulcie GrayDerek FarrA woman becomes the target of a man who is gradually becoming insane, unable to resist his urge to strangle women to death, but who appears to be purposely leaving pieces of evidence behind.
- DirectorHarold BaimStarsDoris ArnoldRonnie Waldman
- DirectorDarrell CatlingStarsPetula ClarkDavid LeesThea WellsShort instructional film about two city children (from London) who go and stay at their uncle's farm in the country. The film was made in order to instruct children the proper way of behaving in the country.
- DirectorRalph EltonA party of eight Royal Marines patrol the jungle in the South East Asia Command Area.
- DirectorSam LeeStarsRonnie WaldmanShowcasing an entrancing short film which looks at the Belle Vue in Manchester, featuring an exciting array of performances, courtesy of the Baim Collection
- StarsLewis HastingsThis film is about WWII and it outlines the situation after the advance to the Rhine to the end of the war in Europe. It follows the war front in the European front.
- StarsKathi Norris
- StarsAlban BlakelockStringer DavisRobert EddisonIn 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.
- StarsD.W. BroganJohn Mason BrownAlistair CookeA television version of the popular radio quiz in which teams based in London compete against teams based in New York.
- DirectorRoyston MorleyStarsJudy CampbellD.A. Clarke-SmithMartita HuntA man has died in a car crash, mistaking a dangerous corner. It was an accident, wasn't it?
- DirectorMichael BarryStarsKenneth MoreCharles VictorPeter Castner
- DirectorRoy BoultingDocumentary about the Burma Campaign during World War Two, directed by Roy Boulting.
- DirectorLewis CassonStarsSheila BerryRosalind BoxallAnn CassonThe story of Joan of Arc.
- DirectorPhilip DortéStarsJasmine BlighDebroy SomersThe Palladium GirlsAfter World War II, television returned to British screens on 7 June 1946. 'Demonstration Film: Television is Here Again' showed viewers what they could expect. There were no Graphic designers as such until the end of the 1950s, when John Sewell was employed, the first art school graduate from the Royal College of Art to be recruited. Before that the embryonic graphic design department employed sign-writers who hand lettered programme titles on card which were then superimposed over the opening shots.
- StarsPauline LettsGeoffrey EdwardsFred Kitchen Jr.An army chaplain arranges a Brains Trust - and regrets it.
- StarsA.B. CampbellC.E.M. JoadDonald McCulloughA special one-off television broadcast of the popular radio series, taped June 11th, 1946.
- DirectorEric FawcettStarsJohn LaurieEve LyndBarbara Mullen
- StarsDesmond Walter-EllisOlga LindoJames KenneyA widow weds a magistrate and makes her 19-year-old son act as a boy.
- StarsCameron MillerKenneth MoreRobert DickensProgramme for children of school age.
- StarsWalter FitzgeraldBeryl MeasorRosemary LomaxThe former flame of an Irish landlord visits him, hoping to make a profitable marriage between her impoverished son and the still unwed eldest daughter of the ancient estate.
- DirectorRoyston MorleyStarsPeter AshmoreClifford BucktonGerald CaseA mysterious criminal - known as "the Ringer" because of his powers of disguise - seeks to kill a crooked lawyer.
- StarsEamonn AndrewsJim BradyHarry CarpenterAll television coverage of professional boxing bouts.
- DirectorIan AtkinsStarsPeter BellVivienne BennettJohn ByronAfter the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her banished father while also counseling her clumsy suitor Orlando in the art of wooing.
- DirectorJack LeeStarsBasil HenriquesCharles KormosJulia LangDocumentary dealing with the work of Approved Schools for child delinquents.
- DirectorGeorge KingStarsKenneth KentKenneth GriffithJean ColinAntique dealer Mr. Heiss must deal with a blackmailer, who knows of his criminal past.
- StarsFrank FosterMonica McGrathTommy DugganThe story of a former prostitute who falls in love, but runs into difficulty in turning her life around. Set in a water-front saloon in New York City, and on a barge in the year 1910.
- DirectorRobert AtkinsStarsRobert AtkinsIris BakerPeter BellMistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
- DirectorMichael GordonStarsAlfie BassPeter CushingPeter MaddenA doctor talks about the number of injuries and deaths resulting from automobile accidents.
- DirectorDenis JohnstonStarsGeorge Bernard Shaw
- StarsEdward HortonGeoffrey LewisElisabeth KirkbyThe action of the play takes place in the parlour of the Free Kirk manse at Larach, in the West Highlands of Scotland.
- DirectorJohn Glyn-JonesStarsMartita HuntRonald AdamGuy VerneyDoes the old Countess really have the secret of winning at cards? And did she really sell her soul to the Devil to get it?
- StarsPatrick BoxillAdrian ByrneEdward ByrneA strange youth impresses the women of a remote Irish pub spot by claiming he has murdered his father.
- DirectorBrian Desmond HurstStarsStanley MaxtedThomas ScullionAllan WoodA re-enactment of the Battle of Arnhem during the Second World War which was later lavishly remade as A Bridge Too Far (1977).
- StarsD.A. Clarke-SmithPhyllis MorrisCarl BernardA mysterious stranger interrupts the bickering of the regular crowd at a London pub, saying he is one person short for his quota of people due to meet their maker that day.