British TV & Films 1958 Not Yet Released On DVD Region 2
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1. A Christmas Night with the Stars (1958–1994)
Comedy, Music
Stars: The Television Toppers, Jack Warner, Dick Emery, The Mitchell Minstrels
Votes: 40
2. A Lady Mislaid (1958)
60 min | Comedy
Esther and her sister Jennifer have just taken a remote country cottage. But there is strange gossip about the previous occupants.
Director: David MacDonald | Stars: Phyllis Calvert, Alan White, Thorley Walters, Gillian Owen
Votes: 47
3. A Woman of Mystery (1958)
71 min | Crime
Feature writer Ray Savage is assigned to uncover the facts leading to the sudden death of Jayne Hayle. His investigations expose an intricate web of crimes and characters involved in a kidnapping, murder, and counterfeiting.
Director: Ernest Morris | Stars: Dermot Walsh, Hazel Court, Jennifer Jayne, Ferdy Mayne
Votes: 72
4. A Woman Possessed (1958)
Not Rated | 68 min | Drama
John and Ann want to marry but John's possessive mother is a bit overbearing and jealous. How far will mother go to come between them?
Director: Max Varnel | Stars: Margaretta Scott, Francis Matthews, Kay Callard, Alison Leggatt
Votes: 133
5. Blow Your Own Trumpet (1958)
56 min | Family, Music
A young lad wants to play cornet and despite the efforts of a rival, wins a competition and a place in the local band by sheer grit and perseverance.
Director: Cecil Musk | Stars: Michael Crawford, Peter Butterworth, Gillian Harrison, Martyn Shields
Votes: 65
6. Charlie Drake (1958–1960)
Comedy
Stars: Charlie Drake, Michael Henry, Sam Kydd, Robert MacKenzie
Votes: 9
7. Dangerous Exile (1957)
Not Rated | 88 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
During the French Revolution, a French nobleman saves the 10-year-old son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette from the guillotine with the help of an English woman.
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Louis Jourdan, Belinda Lee, Keith Michell, Richard O'Sullivan
Votes: 272
8. Death Over My Shoulder (1958)
89 min | Crime, Drama
A private detective, desperate for money to pay for an operation on his small son, bargains with a protection gangster chief to have himself killed and gets his girl to collect the insurance money.
Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Keefe Brasselle, Bonar Colleano, Jill Adams, Arlene DeMarco
9. Dial 999 (1958–1959)
30 min | Crime
Robert Beatty stars as Detective Inspector Mike Maguire, a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman posted to New Scotland Yard, in this popular 1950s series depicting London's fight against crime.
Stars: Robert Beatty, John Howlett, Richard Bebb, Hugh Moxey
Votes: 109
10. The Electronic Monster (1958)
Approved | 76 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
An insurance investigator finds there's more to electronic dream therapy than meets the eye.
Directors: Montgomery Tully, David Paltenghi | Stars: Rod Cameron, Mary Murphy, Meredith Edwards, Peter Illing
Votes: 221
11. Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A typical day for Scotland Yard Chief Inspector George Gideon consists of working on several cases at the same time.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Anna Lee, Anna Massey, Andrew Ray
Votes: 1,543
12. Heart of a Child (1958)
73 min | Adventure, Drama
A boy's love for his dog in face of his father's opposition.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Jean Anderson, Donald Pleasence, Richard Williams, Maureen Pryor
Votes: 65
13. High Hell (1958)
Not Rated | 87 min | Adventure
A greedy miner's determination to continue winter blasting in the Canadian Rockies threatens to bring avalanches down on a small village.
Director: Burt Balaban | Stars: John Derek, Elaine Stewart, Patrick Allen, Jerold Wells
Votes: 52
14. I Accuse! (1958)
Approved | 99 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1894 France, a Jewish officer in the French Army is falsely accused of spying for Germany.
Director: José Ferrer | Stars: José Ferrer, Anton Walbrook, Viveca Lindfors, Leo Genn
Votes: 732
15. Intent to Kill (1958)
Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A British doctor working in a Canadian hospital, has to assist in a delicate brain operation on a South American President, who is in hiding from a gang of assassins.
Director: Jack Cardiff | Stars: Richard Todd, Betsy Drake, Herbert Lom, Warren Stevens
Votes: 345
16. Ivanhoe (1958–1959)
30 min | Adventure, History
The adventures of Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, a noble knight and champion of justice during the rule of the evil Prince John.
Stars: Roger Moore, Robert Brown, Andrew Keir, Martin Wyldeck
Votes: 371
17. Links of Justice (1958)
68 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Max Varnel | Stars: Jack Watling, Sarah Lawson, Robert Raikes, Denis Shaw
Votes: 15
18. Little Women (1958)
30 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Louisa May Alcott's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the American Civil War, sisters Jo, Meg... See full summary »
Stars: Phyllis Calvert, Kate Cameron, Andree Melly, Diana Day
Votes: 12
19. Hello London (1958)
78 min | Comedy, Musical
Norwegian figure skater and film star Sonja Henie is showcased in this CinemaScope pseudo-documentary.
Director: Sid Smith | Stars: Sonja Henie, Michael Wilding, Ronny Graham, Eunice Gayson
Votes: 194
20. Moment of Indiscretion (1958)
Not Rated | 71 min | Crime, Drama
For an innocent goodbye, the married Janet meets her one-time fiance leaving the country forever and witnesses a murder. Not wanting to report the matter to her jealous husband, a lawyer, she ends up being accused of the crime.
Director: Max Varnel | Stars: Ronald Howard, Lana Morris, John Van Eyssen, Denis Shaw
Votes: 86
21. Monitor (1958–1965)
Documentary, Talk-Show
Fortnightly arts show from the BBC, covering the worlds of theatre, film, literature, painting, sculpture, architecture and music.
Stars: Huw Wheldon, Jonathan Miller, John Berger, Robert Robinson
Votes: 97
22. Murder Reported (1957)
58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ace reporter Jeff Holly is assigned to investigate the murder of a politician whose body was found stashed in a trunk. Holly's enthusiasm soon wanes when his editor insists that he take his... See full summary »
Director: Charles Saunders | Stars: Paul Carpenter, Melissa Stribling, John Laurie, Peter Swanwick
Votes: 14
23. New Look (1958–1959)
60 min | Comedy
A talent show focusing on comedy
Stars: Roy Castle, Joe Baker, Jack Douglas, Ronnie Stevens
24. Tank Force (1958)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, War
During WW2 in North Africa, an American sergeant serving with the British 8th Army is captured by the Germans but he hatches various plans of escape from the POW camp.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Victor Mature, Leo Genn, Anthony Newley, Bonar Colleano
Votes: 390
25. Oh Boy! (1958–1959)
25 min | Family, Music, Musical
Top musicians of the time perform on this 1950s variety show.
Stars: Cherry Wainer, The Vernons Girls, Red Price, The Dallas Boys
Votes: 16
26. On the Run (1958)
Not Rated | 70 min | Crime, Drama
An ex-boxer on the run from gangsters for refusing to throw a fight, helps a garage owner and his daughter to improve their business.
Director: Ernest Morris | Stars: Neil McCallum, Susan Beaumont, William Hartnell, Gordon Tanner
Votes: 14
27. Storm Over Jamaica (1958)
103 min | Romance
The erotic goings-on among the staff at Mr. Pawley's school in Jamaica are of great interest to young Sylvia, but her curiosity results in tragedy.
Director: Rudolph Cartier | Stars: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Yvonne Mitchell, Alexander Knox
Votes: 83
28. Room 43 (1958)
86 min | Crime, Drama
Cabdriver Constantine falls for French girl mixed up with white slave ring, eventually helps to liberate her.
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Diana Dors, Eddie Constantine, Herbert Lom, Odile Versois
Votes: 397
29. Robbery with Violence (1958)
Crime
Director: Ivan Barnett | Stars: Ivan Craig, J. Trevor Davies, Sally Day, Michael Golden
30. Prescription for Murder (1958)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In "Rx for Murder" and "Rx Murder" in the USA (and not "RX" in either country), American doctor Jethro Jones comes into a quiet English seaside resort to investigate the activities of its ... See full summary »
Director: Derek N. Twist | Stars: Rick Jason, Lisa Gastoni, Marius Goring, Sandu Scott
Votes: 30
31. The Poacher's Daughter (1958)
74 min | Comedy
A sincere young woman straightens out a wild and irresponsible ladies' man.
Director: George Pollock | Stars: Julie Harris, Harry Brogan, Tim Seely, Marie Kean
Votes: 47
32. Saturday Playhouse (1958–1961)
60 min | Drama
An anthology series of dramatisations of plays.
Stars: Elvi Hale, Madoline Thomas, George A. Cooper, Emrys Jones
33. She Didn't Say No (1958)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
Bridget Monaghan, a dressmaker and mother of six illegitimate children, tries to maintain her current lifestyle while the fathers of her six children try to run her out of their small Irish... See full summary »
Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: Eileen Herlie, Perlita Neilson, Wilfred Downing, Anne Dickins
Votes: 58
34. Sid Caesar Invites You (II) (1958)
30 min | Comedy, Music
Stars: Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Cliff Norton, Jeremy Hawk
Votes: 12
35. Spy in the Sky! (1958)
Approved | 75 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A captive German, engaged in the Russian satellite program, holds the secret of Sputnik's beep signals. He escapes into the Free World where he is kidnapped by agents who want to "sell" him to the highest bidder.
Director: W. Lee Wilder | Stars: Steve Brodie, Sandra Francis, Andrea Domburg, George Coulouris
Votes: 47
36. Starr and Company (1958)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Philip Ray, Mike Murray, Brian McDermott, Glenn Williams
37. Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens (1959– )
30 min | Drama
Fredric March presents tales from Charles Dickens.
Stars: Fredric March, Robert Arditti, Martin Stephens, John Salew
Votes: 41
38. Television Playwright (1958–1959)
Drama
Stars: Brian Peck, Peter Copley, Jack Allen, Helen Shingler
Votes: 14
39. The Anne Shelton Show (1958–1959)
Music
Stars: Anne Shelton, Joe Lynch, Kenneth Connor, Bill Maynard
40. The Bank Raiders (1958)
62 min | Crime, Drama
Terry, a small-time hoodlum, is the driver in a successful bank robbery. He gets his share of the loot and is told to lie low. Instead, he goes on the town with Della, a gorgeous, but ... See full summary »
Director: Maxwell Munden | Stars: Peter Reynolds, Sandra Dorne, Sydney Tafler, Lloyd Lamble
Votes: 138
41. The Dickie Henderson Half-Hour (1958–1959)
Stars: Dickie Henderson, Bernard Hunter, Eve Lister, Anthea Askey
42. The Doctor's Dilemma (1958)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
A single doctor about to be awarded a knighthood for his claim of curing tuberculosis is infatuated by a woman's beauty and charm, promising to save her husband's life, only to change his mind after discovering the man's immoral character.
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Leslie Caron, Dirk Bogarde, Alastair Sim, Robert Morley
Votes: 496
43. The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958)
TV-PG | 103 min | Drama, History, Romance
Belle (Melina Mercouri) is a tempestuous Gypsy girl who is after Sir Paul Deverill (Keith Michell). Her plan is to marry him and take him for every cent he has before moving on to other lovers.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Melina Mercouri, Keith Michell, Flora Robson, Patrick McGoohan
Votes: 315
44. The Invisible Armies (1958)
Drama
Stars: Hugh David, Margaret Barton, Frances Guthrie, Alan Edwards
45. The Kid from Canada (1957)
57 min | Family
When a Canadian boy visits his cousins in Scotland, his attitude first causes antagonism with Scottish youngsters, then disappears when he helps an injured shepherd.
Director: Kay Mander | Stars: Christopher Braden, Bernard Braden, Bobby Stevenson, Elinor Laing
Votes: 37
46. The Long Knife (1958)
57 min | Crime
The Long Knife is a 1958 British crime film concerning a young nurse who becomes drawn into criminal activities. Directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Joan Rice, Sheldon Lawrence and Victor Brooks.
Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: Joan Rice, Sheldon Lawrence, Dorothy Brewster, Ellen Pollock
Votes: 14
47. The Lost King (1958)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Barry Letts, Alan Dobie, Carlos Williams, Michael Goodliffe
48. The Man Inside (1958)
Approved | 90 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
An English bookkeeper (Nigel Patrick) who works for a jeweler steals a priceless jewel, and kills a man in the process. He flees to the continent, where he embarks on the life of his dreams... See full summary »
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Jack Palance, Anita Ekberg, Nigel Patrick, Anthony Newley
Votes: 337
49. The Naked Earth (1958)
96 min | Drama
Africa, early 20th century, an Englishman marries the girlfriend of a late friend and faces natives and adventures, on the banks of a river infested with crocodiles.
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Richard Todd, Juliette Gréco, John Kitzmiller, Finlay Currie
Votes: 46
50. The Safecracker (1958)
Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama, War
A British safe cracker goes to prison but when World War II starts he's recruited by army intelligence and is sent to German-occupied Belgium to crack the safe of a German Abwehr unit located in a chateau.
Director: Ray Milland | Stars: Ray Milland, Barry Jones, Jeanette Sterke, Victor Maddern
Votes: 451
51. The Son of Robin Hood (1958)
Approved | 81 min | Adventure
The son of Robin Hood dons his father's famous tights. Unfortunately, he's nowhere near as good as his father was so the merry men look for Robin's other child.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: David Hedison, June Laverick, David Farrar, Marius Goring
Votes: 204
52. The Spaniard's Curse (1958)
Unrated | 80 min | Crime, Thriller
A man is convicted of murder. He denies murder, and uses an ancient curse to threaten those responsible for sentencing him to death.
Director: Ralph Kemplen | Stars: Tony Wright, Lee Patterson, Susan Beaumont, Michael Hordern
Votes: 249
53. The Supreme Secret (1958)
56 min | Drama
Director: Norman Walker | Stars: Hugh David, Meredith Edwards, Anthony Green, Harry Fowler
54. The Two-Headed Spy (1958)
Approved | 93 min | Drama, Thriller, War
A long-entrenched British agent planted in the German Army is urged to continue his work during the Second World War, but struggles to keep secret his true identity from the Third Reich.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Gia Scala, Erik Schumann, Alexander Knox
Votes: 933
55. The Whole Truth (1958)
Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A movie executive is framed for the murder of his beautiful promiscuous leading lady by her jealous, estranged husband.
Directors: John Guillermin, Dan Cohen | Stars: Stewart Granger, Donna Reed, George Sanders, Gianna Maria Canale
Votes: 546
56. Them Nice Americans (1958)
62 min | Comedy
An American airman and an English girl wish to get married. The girl's mother is reasonably enthusiastic, but her father, an officer in the British police force, is totally opposed to the ... See full synopsis »
Director: Anthony Young | Stars: Bonar Colleano, Vera Day, Renee Houston, Sheldon Lawrence
57. Three Crooked Men (1959)
71 min | Drama
Three criminals decide to rob a bank by drilling through the party wall from the general store next door. The store owner is already going through a personal crisis.
Director: Ernest Morris | Stars: Gordon Jackson, Sarah Lawson, Eric Pohlmann, Philip Saville
Votes: 50
58. Tom Thumb (1958)
Approved | 98 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical
A boy (Russ Tamblyn), no bigger than a thumb, manages to outwit two thieves (Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers) determined to make a fortune from him.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Russ Tamblyn, June Thorburn, Peter Sellers, Alan Young
Votes: 2,861
59. Toto and the Poachers (1958)
Family
Director: Brian Salt | Stars: John Aloisi, Mpigano, Shabani Hamisi, David Betts
60. Cinderella (1958 TV Movie)
65 min | Drama, Family, Musical
Film ''Cinderella'' based on the novel by Charles Perrault
Stars: June Thorburn, John Fabian, Peter Sallis, Joan Benham
61. Make Me Laugh (1958– )
30 min | Comedy, Game-Show
Game show in which comedians tried to make contestants laugh. Based on the US series of the same name.
Stars: Robert Q. Lewis, Sid Gould, Joey Carter, Louis Nye
62. Shamus (1958)
54 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Engaging comedy about a young boy who has an embarrassing spell placed on him by a leprechaun.
Director: Eric Marquis | Stars: John Francis Rooney, Tiny Littler
Votes: 22
63. The Adventures of Mr. Pastry (1958 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Mr. Pastry is an old man with a driving ambition to preform Shakespeare, but having no acting experience, he sets out to find a drama professor who happens to be the recently pupil-less Buster Keaton.
Director: Ralph Smart | Stars: Richard Hearne, Buster Keaton, Peggy Mount, John Gatrell
64. Women in Love (1958 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
Six short plays based around the theme of women in love.
Directors: Julian Amyes, Joan Kemp-Welch, Tania Lieven, Ronald Marriott, Peter Graham Scott, Robert Tronson | Stars: George Sanders, George Bishop, Sean Connery, Graham Crowden
Votes: 37
65. You're a Long Time Dead (1958 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
Director: John Harrison | Stars: Alfred Burke, Billie Whitelaw, Richard Pearson, Jennifer Wright
66. A Question of Infidelity (1958)
86 min | Drama
Mark Loring is madly jealous of his wife, Mary, former American cabaret singer. Due to an automobile accident, she loses her unborn child, and Mark becomes sterile. His father, Brit-stuffy ... See full summary »
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Julie London, Anthony Steel, Basil Sydney, Donald Houston
Votes: 63
67. Blue Peter (1958– )
25 min | Family
The British children's magazine program, which has been running since the late 1950s, targets children between the ages of 6 and 14.
Stars: John Noakes, Peter Purves, Valerie Singleton, Simon Groom
Votes: 617
68. Grandstand (1958–2007)
290 min | Sport
Weekend BBC sports show featuring live coverage of all the top British and international events.
Stars: Des Lynam, David Coleman, Peter O'Sullevan, Frank Bough
Votes: 80
69. Is Art Necessary? (1958–1959)
30 min | Family
Stars: Kenneth Clark, Hugh Casson, Osbert Lancaster, John Berger
70. Ivor the Engine (1959–1964)
10 min | Animation, Family
A black and white series about a small steam engine on an old-fashioned railway in Wales, and the characters he encounters.
Stars: Oliver Postgate, David Edwards, Anthony Jackson, Olwen Griffiths
Votes: 77
73. The Black and White Minstrel Show (1958–1978)
45 min | Music
Sing-along variety show with black-face performers.
Stars: The Television Toppers, The Mitchell Minstrels, Dai Francis, John Boulter
Votes: 82
74. The Verdict Is Yours (I) (1958– )
60 min | Drama
A summer replacement show that featured actual trials dramatized. Jim McKay, as court reporter, gave the background information with real attorneys and a judge hearing the case. The studio audience was the jury.
Stars: Jim McKay, David Ensor, Martin Benson, Ralph Michael
75. The White Heather Club (1958–1968)
30 min | Music
This BBC Scotland production showcases traditional Scottish songs and dances, often performed in kilts.
Stars: The White Heather Dancers, Dixie Ingram, Harry Carmichael, Robin Hall
76. Queen's Champion (1958)
240 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Loyalty and treason on the eve of the Armada.
Stars: Michael Anderson, Frazer Hines, Patrick Cargill, Roger Delgado
77. A Tale of Two Cities (1958 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, Music
During the turbulent days of the French Revolution, Frenchwoman Lucie Manette falls in love with Englishman Charles Darnay who's hiding his true identity and purpose.
Stars: James Atkins, John Camburn, John Cameron, William Devlin
79. The Emperor's New Clothes (1958 TV Movie)
25 min | Family
Stars: James Beattie, Fanny Carby, John Cronin, Stanley Platts
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