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1. The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
TV-G | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A Disney-produced anthology covering many different genres.
Stars: Walt Disney, Paul Frees, Clarence Nash, Slim Pickens
Votes: 2,298
2. The Paris Express (1952)
Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama
A Dutch company's owner bankrupts his own company, burns the incriminating ledgers and plans to run to Paris with the company funds but he is caught in the act by his accountant who challenges his actions, leading to a reversal of roles.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Claude Rains, Michael Nightingale, Felix Aylmer, Herbert Lom
Votes: 730
3. My Brother Jonathan (1948)
Approved | 108 min | Drama, Romance, War
Doctor Jonathan Dakers in flashback tells his son Tony - a World War II veteran - about his life, dating from the 1900s. Whilst a medical student, he meets and falls for Edie. Before they ... See full summary »
Director: Harold French | Stars: Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Ronald Howard, Stephen Murray
Votes: 195
4. This Is Your Life (1955–2003)
30 min | Documentary, Biography
The UK version of the popular US show. Eamonn Andrews (later Michael Aspel) surprises celebrities by presenting them with the Big Red Book before taking them into the studio to tell viewers... See full summary »
Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Michael Aspel, Elizabeth Dawn, June Whitfield
Votes: 325
5. High Fury (1947)
71 min | Drama
A Swiss town shelters French war orphans. When the children return home, one orphaned boy wants to stay. His Swiss foster parents argue whether to adopt him or send him back to France.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Madeleine Carroll, Ian Hunter, Michael Rennie, Anne-Marie Blanc
Votes: 101
6. Dangerous Masquerade (1939)
69 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Down-and-out writer finds dead man, assumes identity. Falsely accused, he uses diary and murder weapon to expose real killers while evading Scotland Yard. Truth clears him and lover, unveiling a twisted tale of misjudgment and deceit.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Robert Newton, Betty Lynne, Peter Gawthorne, John Warwick
Votes: 87
7. Elvis (1990)
30 min | Biography, Drama, Music
An account of the life of Elvis Presley in the early days of his fame in the 1950s.
Stars: Michael St. Gerard, Millie Perkins, Billy Green Bush, Jesse Dabson
Votes: 246
8. Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue (1953)
Approved | 81 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The wartime adventures of Scotish highland leader Rob Roy MacGregor during the reign of King George I in the 18th century.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Richard Todd, Glynis Johns, James Robertson Justice, Michael Gough
Votes: 663
9. Major Barbara (1941)
Approved | 121 min | Comedy
A young and idealistic woman, who has adopted the Salvation Army and whose father is an armament industrialist, will save more souls directing her father's business. A comedy with social commentary.
Directors: Gabriel Pascal, Harold French | Stars: Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison, Robert Morley, Robert Newton
Votes: 1,519
10. Trio (1950)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance
Three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham, "The Verger", "Mr. Know-All", and "The Sanatorium" are introduced by the author.
Directors: Ken Annakin, Harold French | Stars: James Hayter, Kathleen Harrison, Felix Aylmer, Lana Morris
Votes: 907
11. The Avengers (1942)
Approved | 87 min | Drama, War
On the eve of WWII, a British journalist is sent to neutral Norway to report on the possible Nazi intentions there; later he's tasked with a secret combat mission after Germany invades that country.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Hugh Williams, Griffith Jones, Deborah Kerr, Ralph Richardson
Votes: 592
12. The Sentimental Agent (1963)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Argentinian shipping agent Carlos Varela (Carlos Thompson) finds that the people using his services often need a lot more of his help than purely shipping goods.
Stars: Burt Kwouk, Clemence Bettany, Carlos Thompson, John Turner
Votes: 44
13. Forbidden Cargo (1954)
85 min | Crime, Drama
Inspector Michael Kenyon (Nigel Patrick) is a Narcotics Agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher, attempts to trap a brother/sister drug-smuggling team.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Jack Warner, Nigel Patrick, Elizabeth Sellars, Terence Morgan
Votes: 302
14. Secret Mission (1942)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Thriller, War
Three British spies and a French resistance fighter sneak into occupied France to gather information about the German forces for a planned invasion.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Hugh Williams, James Mason, Carla Lehmann, Roland Culver
Votes: 451
15. When Thief Meets Thief (1937)
Approved | 85 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A London cat burglar (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) falls for the girlfriend (Valerie Hobson) of a stockbroker (Alan Hale) who used to be his partner.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Valerie Hobson, Alan Hale, Edward Rigby
Votes: 154
16. Quartet (1948)
Approved | 120 min | Drama, Romance
Four of W. Somerset Maugham's short stories are brought to the screen with each introduced by the author. In "The Facts of Life", a young man with great potential on the tennis courts goes ... See full summary »
Directors: Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French, Ralph Smart | Stars: Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Ian Fleming, Jack Raine
Votes: 988
17. The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955)
100 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
The honourable Mark St. Neots is playing with some 'chums' when he meets and is bowled over by Sylvia. As he grows older he retains his image of this beautiful young girl with the red hair.... See full summary »
Director: Harold French | Stars: Moira Shearer, John Justin, Roland Culver, Gladys Cooper
Votes: 238
18. Encore (1951)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
Adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham comprise this anthology film in which the celebrated author introduces each segment of the film in front of the camera.
Directors: Harold French, Pat Jackson, Anthony Pelissier | Stars: Nigel Patrick, Roland Culver, Alison Leggatt, Charles Victor
Votes: 603
19. Adam and Evalyn (1949)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Romance
When a friend dies, a gambler adopts his daughter. Complications ensue.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons, Helen Cherry, Joan Swinstead
Votes: 616
20. Her Man Gilbey (1944)
Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Romance, War
While bird-fancier Lady Christabel Beauclark (Dame Margaret Rutherford) scurries around demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her Ladyship's niece is ... See full summary »
Director: Harold French | Stars: Michael Wilding, Margaret Rutherford, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Lilli Palmer
Votes: 347
21. Talk About Jacqueline (1942)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Romance
While yachting and flirting on the Riviera, a woman with a past meets a shy, retiring young researcher from the Far East and, against her better judgment, marries him. When he runs across ... See full summary »
Directors: Harold French, Paul L. Stein | Stars: Carla Lehmann, Hugh Williams, Joyce Howard, John Warwick
Votes: 24
22. Theatre Night (1957–1961)
45 min | Drama
A BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London.
Stars: Cicely Courtneidge, Evelyn Laye, Dora Bryan, Hugh Williams
Votes: 70
23. Unpublished Story (1942)
92 min | Drama, War
A journalist investigates a network of German fifth columnists operating in the midst of the Blitz.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Richard Greene, Valerie Hobson, Basil Radford, Roland Culver
Votes: 264
24. Quiet Weekend (1946)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy
The 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Harold French | Stars: Derek Farr, Frank Cellier, Marjorie Fielding, George Thorpe
Votes: 181
25. The Blind Goddess (1948)
87 min | Drama
Lord Brasted is in charge of a postwar fund for displaced persons. His secretary, Derek Waterhouse, visits the Prime Minister to accuse Brasted of taking money from the fund. This results ... See full summary »
Director: Harold French | Stars: Eric Portman, Anne Crawford, Hugh Williams, Michael Denison
Votes: 168
26. Dear Octopus (1943)
86 min | Comedy, Drama
Members of a well-to-do family reunite for Golden Wedding celebrations.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Wilding, Celia Johnson, Roland Culver
Votes: 25
27. Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1995)
348 min | Documentary, History
Documentary mini-series about the rise and fall of the European silent film industry.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ulrich Tukur, Sidney Gilliat
Votes: 441
28. Jeannie (1941)
101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Based on Aimée Stuart's play. Little Scots girl decides to use her inheritance for a grand tour of the Continent.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Barbara Mullen, Michael Redgrave, Wilfrid Lawson, Kay Hammond
Votes: 104
29. The Hour of 13 (1952)
Approved | 80 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
A jewel thief tries to mislead police who suspect that his theft of a valuable emerald is related to the serial murder of 11 policemen.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Peter Lawford, Dawn Addams, Roland Culver, Derek Bond
Votes: 389
30. Uncle Willie's Bicycle Shop (1953)
Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Romance
In England, alcoholic Uncle Willie vexes his family. They let him buy a bike shop to woo American heiress Virginia, who loves Willie's nephew Frank.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Cecil Parker, Eileen Herlie, Donald Wolfit, Peter Asher
Votes: 146
31. The Dancing Years (1950)
Approved | 98 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
The episodic story of a composer of operettas, Rudi Kleiber, in old Viennese days, and the two women in his life; Maria Zeitler, his sweetheart, later mistress, lost love, operetta star, ... See full summary »
Director: Harold French | Stars: Dennis Price, Gisèle Préville, Patricia Dainton, Anthony Nicholls
Votes: 81
32. Mr. Emmanuel (1944)
97 min | Drama
An elderly Jew travels from Britain to pre-war Nazi Germany to find out what's really going on.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Felix Aylmer, Greta Gynt, Walter Rilla, Peter Mullins
Votes: 127
33. The Girl in the Crowd (1934)
52 min | Comedy
Bookseller David Gordon's new wife Marian has never met David's friend Bob but by telephone advises him on how to meet women by following the first attractive girl he sees. Unfortunately, ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Barry Clifton, Patricia Hilliard, Googie Withers, Harold French
Votes: 25
34. The Cavalier of the Streets (1937)
70 min
A struggling writer is so deep in debt that he believes he'll never be able to get out of it, and is being hounded by creditors. One night during a storm he comes upon the body of a man who... See full summary »
Director: Harold French | Stars: Margaret Vyner, Patrick Barr, Carl Harbord, James Craven
35. When London Sleeps (1932)
78 min | Crime
Slippery Rodney Haines runs a high-class gambling joint in Hampstead, while elsewhere in London Lamberti's Fair for the less-well-off is on its last legs. The only link between them seems ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie S. Hiscott | Stars: Harold French, Francis L. Sullivan, Alexander Field, Ben Field
Votes: 62
36. The House of the Arrow (1940)
Approved | 66 min | Mystery
If the murderer of wealthy widow Mme.Harlowe (Louise Hampton) had not relied on information obtained from a book in her library, the old lady might have lived for years, as chronic invalids... See full summary »
Director: Harold French | Stars: Kenneth Kent, Diana Churchill, Belle Chrystall, Peter Murray-Hill
37. The Bedroom Diplomat (1934)
68 min | Musical
A ballerina poses as a diplomat's fiancée to make his friends jealous.
Director: Anthony Kimmins | Stars: Harold French, Tamara Desni, Davy Burnaby, Morton Selten
38. A Fire Has Been Arranged (1935)
Not Rated | 70 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical
A pair of friends robs from a jewelry shop, and buries their loot in a field out in the country before they get caught. They spend ten years in prison, and when they're let out they go back... See full summary »
Director: Leslie S. Hiscott | Stars: Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Mary Lawson, Robb Wilton
Votes: 149
39. Crime Over London (1936)
Approved | 63 min | Adventure, Crime, Romance
Things are getting too hot in New York City for "Joker" Finnigan and his gang, so they decide to move their activities to London. There, Inspector Gary of Scotland Yard is keeping a polite ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred Zeisler | Stars: Margot Grahame, Paul Cavanagh, Joseph Cawthorn, Rene Ray
Votes: 40
40. Two on a Doorstep (1936)
71 min | Comedy
Director: Lawrence Huntington | Stars: Kay Hammond, Harold French, Anthony Hankey, George Mozart
41. I Adore You (1933)
74 min | Comedy, Musical
A film studio is awaiting the arrival of its new owner, and the executives mistake an old actor for him. Complications ensue.
Director: George King | Stars: Margot Grahame, Harold French, Clifford Heatherley, O.B. Clarence
Votes: 27
42. Zuster Brown (1921)
At a house-party, Roy Chertsey, the heir of a family of ancient lineage, meets and falls in love with Joyce Sinclair. When Roy is hunting in the woods, he is accidentally shot by his on gun while fighting over it with Joyce.
Directors: Maurits Binger, B.E. Doxat-Pratt | Stars: Marjorie Villis, Rolf Leslie, Harold French, Reginald Barton
43. The Land of Mystery (1920)
Drama
In Russia, a thief, saved by a prince, becomes a revolutionary and lets the prince escape with a dancer.
Directors: Harold M. Shaw, Basil Thompson | Stars: Edna Flugrath, Norman Tharp, Fred Morgan, Christine Rayner
44. Our Film (1942)
14 min | Short, War
A British factory is inefficient because of pre-war rules and red tape. A Soviet trades union representative shows workers and management the value of unity.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Bert Batchelor, Walter Hudd, Brefni O'Rorke, Edward Rigby
Votes: 15
45. A Tight Corner (1932)
49 min | Comedy
Director: Leslie S. Hiscott | Stars: Harold French, Frank Pettingell, Gina Malo, Betty Astell
46. Mannequin (1933)
54 min | Drama
A boxer sees the error of his ways after deserting his true love.
Director: George A. Cooper | Stars: Harold French, Judy Kelly, Diana Beaumont, Whitmore Humphreys
Votes: 16
47. The Umbrella (1933)
56 min | Comedy
Two thieves are released from prison; one of them has an umbrella with jewels hidden in its handle.
Director: Redd Davis | Stars: Kay Hammond, Harold French, Victor Stanley, Dick Francis
Votes: 10
48. The Star Reporter (1931)
44 min | Short, Crime, Drama
The story of a smash and grab robbery is followed up by a reporter who tracks down the villains and helps to bring them to justice.
Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Harold French, Isla Bevan, Garry Marsh, Spencer Trevor
Votes: 18
49. Jealousy (1931)
56 min | Drama
Director: G.B. Samuelson | Stars: Lilian Oldland, Malcolm Keen, Harold French, Gibb McLaughlin
50. East Lynne on the Western Front (1931)
85 min | Comedy
A group of bored soldiers, waiting for action on the Western Front in France in 1915 decide to produce a burlesque version of "East Lynne".
Director: George Pearson | Stars: Herbert Mundin, Mark Daly, Alf Goddard, Hugh E. Wright