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1. Young and Innocent (1937)
Not Rated | 83 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
A man on the run from a murder charge enlists the help of a beautiful stranger who must put herself at risk for his cause.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney, Percy Marmont, Edward Rigby
Votes: 10,863
2. Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Of the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live including the entire first season.
Stars: Richard Joy, Paul Lambert, Helen Kleeb, Charles Bickford
Votes: 419
3. Paranoiac (1963)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A man long believed dead returns to the family estate to claim his inheritance.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Janette Scott, Oliver Reed, Sheila Burrell, Maurice Denham
Votes: 3,292
4. Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
60 min | Drama
This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Billie Whitelaw, Neil McCallum
Votes: 246
5. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
6. The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
60 min | Drama
This live dramatic series featured original stories and adaptations of novels, plays, etc., during its eight-year run. During the first year, the show was sponsored by the Actor's Equity ... See full summary »
Stars: Bert Lytell, Jay Jackson, Bob Stanton, E.G. Marshall
Votes: 137
7. Brat Farrar (1986)
155 min | Drama, Mystery
When a lookalike agrees to impersonate a presumed dead heir, he suspects the death wasn't accidental as he gets close to the family.
Stars: Mark Greenstreet, Angela Browne, Frederick Treves, Dominique Barnes
Votes: 134
8. Next Time We Love (1936)
Approved | 87 min | Drama, Romance
A young married couple's relationship becomes strained when he is assigned overseas as a foreign correspondent and she becomes a major stage star.
Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Ray Milland, Grant Mitchell
Votes: 672
9. The Franchise Affair (1951)
88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Michael Denison plays a lawyer investigating kidnapping charges against Dulcie Gray. Based on a novel of Josephine Tey.
Director: Lawrence Huntington | Stars: Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Anthony Nicholls, Marjorie Fielding
Votes: 392
10. Detective (1964–1969)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Anthology series featuring adaptations of detective stories.
Stars: Rupert Davies, Ralph Michael, Barbara Couper, Esmond Knight
Votes: 27
11. The Franchise Affair (1988)
155 min | Drama
A girl gets kidnapped, beaten up and is released.
Stars: Patrick Malahide, Joanna McCallum, Rosalie Crutchley, Alex Jennings
Votes: 42
12. Sure As Fate (1950–1951)
60 min | Drama
Live melodrama series featuring situations that people did not create themselves.
Stars: John McQuade, Marsha Hunt, E.G. Marshall, Frank Campanella
Votes: 21
13. Richard of Bordeaux (1955 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, History
Director: Victor Menzies | Stars: Philip Guard, Bryan Kendrick, Peter Cushing, Jeanette Sterke
14. Richard of Bordeaux (1938 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Filmed adaption of the play of the same name about Richard II, presenting the same favourable view as in the author's later The Daughter of Time.
Stars: Andrew Osborn, Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Michael Ashwin, Fred Groves
15. The Franchise Affair (1962)
30 min | Drama, Mystery
Stars: Rosalie Crutchley, Michael Aldridge, Veronica Turleigh, Gladys Boot
16. Skandál v Milfordu (1988 TV Movie)
80 min | Drama
Director: Anna Procházková | Stars: Miroslav Hanus, Jirina Jirásková, Barbora Kodetová, Ruzena Merunková
17. Cornelia (1955 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: Griffith Jones, Walter Hudd, Andree Melly, Marian Spencer
18. Triple Bill (1950 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Stars: Helen Haye, Carol Marsh, Sonia Dresdel, Griffith Jones
19. Richard of Bordeaux (1947 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Stars: Andrew Osborn, Joyce Heron, J. Leslie Frith, Alan Judd
20. The Little Dry Thorn (1947 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Stars: André Morell, Marie Ney, Alan Wheatley, Peggy Thorpe-Bates
21. Lady Charing Is Cross (1955 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
Stars: Diana Wynyard, Fanny Rowe, William Mervyn, Tom Fleming
22. Sweet Coz (1955 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: Jane Baxter, Robert Eddison, June Ellis, Bernard Lee
23. Tätini kynä (1963 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Director: Ere Kokkonen | Stars: Rauha Rentola, Heidi Krohn, Ismo Kallio, Aimo Tepponen
24. Youthful Folly (1934)
72 min | Drama, Romance
A smart Mayfair society girl notorious for her many engagements, and tired of the usual set., becomes interested in a young musician from Balham and readily uses her influence on his behalf... See full summary »
Director: Miles Mander | Stars: Irene Vanbrugh, Jane Carr, Mary Lawson, Grey Blake
25.
Detective (1964–1969)
Episode:
The Singing Sands
(1969)
Crime, Drama
Director: Moira Armstrong | Stars: John Carson, Stuart Cooper, Windsor Davies, David Gallacher
26.
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
Episode:
Brat Farrar
(1950)
Drama
Identical twins concoct a plan to defraud an insurance company and collect a large sum of cash.
Director: Gordon Duff | Stars: John Newland, John Baragrey, Augusta Dabney, Richard Derr
27.
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
Episode:
Bratt Farrar
(1952)
Drama
No Not Brett Favre- Brat Farrar has been carefully coached to assume the identity of Patrick Ashby, heir to the Ashby fortune who disappeared when he was 13.
Stars: John Baragrey, Augusta Dabney, Richard Derr, John Newland
28.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
The Clouded Image
(1957)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A young stranger, Brat Farrar, shows up claiming to be the twin brother of a young Englishman, Peter Ashby, who is set to inherit a huge fortune. Farrar claim to have a right to half of the estate.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Farley Granger, Judith Anderson, Terry Moore
29.
Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
Episode:
The Franchise Affair
(1958)
Drama
An elderly woman and her spinster niece are accused of kidnapping.
Director: Wilfred Eades | Stars: Alec Clunes, Martita Hunt, Gwen Watford, Paul Whitsun-Jones
30.
Sure As Fate (1950–1951)
Episode:
The Franchise Affair
Drama
After a young lawyer rescues a mother and her daughter, he discovers that the girl had been beaten and then farmed out for adoption by her mother.
Star: Paul Lukas
31.
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
The Laughing Woman
(1958)
Drama
Stars: Rosalie Crutchley, Peter O'Toole, Ronald Adam, Lally Bowers
32.
The Franchise Affair (1962)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1962)
Drama, Mystery
Director: Mervyn Pinfield | Stars: Rosalie Crutchley, Michael Aldridge, Veronica Turleigh, Peggy Thorpe-Bates
33.
Brat Farrar (1986)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1986)
Drama, Mystery
Brat Farrar has returned to Britain after injuring himself working with horses in Mexico. Alec Loding persuades him to be Patrick Ashby, who vanished aged 9, and gain Latchetts Estate.
Director: Leonard Lewis | Stars: Mark Greenstreet, Francis Matthews, Angela Browne, Frederick Treves
34.
Brat Farrar (1986)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1986)
Drama, Mystery
Brat gets a warm welcome from the family when he returns to Latchets as Patrick. Twin brother Simon finally acknowledges him but catches him out with shared childhood memories.
Director: Leonard Lewis | Stars: Mark Greenstreet, Angela Browne, Frederick Treves, Dominique Barnes
35.
Brat Farrar (1986)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1986)
Drama, Mystery
Brat Farrar contacts solicitor Mr Sandal who vets his background. After preliminary investigations he meets sister Eleanor and proclaimed to be Patrick but twin Simon believes he is a fraud.
Director: Leonard Lewis | Stars: Mark Greenstreet, Francis Matthews, Angela Browne, Frederick Treves
36.
Brat Farrar (1986)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1986)
Drama, Mystery
With Patrick's 21st birthday approaching Brat is reach of inheriting Latchetts. Simon is drinking heavily and starting to unravel. After failing to buy off Brat, he realises Simon must know what happened to the real Patrick.
Director: Leonard Lewis | Stars: Mark Greenstreet, Francis Matthews, Angela Browne, Frederick Treves
37.
Brat Farrar (1986)
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(1986)
Drama, Mystery
Brat comes clean to George that he is not Patrick. Alec Loding goes on the run to Australia. Simon attempts to kill Brat but dies instead. While in hospital it is discovered Brat is Walter's son thus being the rightful heir of Latchets.
Director: Leonard Lewis | Stars: Mark Greenstreet, Francis Matthews, Angela Browne, Frederick Treves
38.
Brat Farrar (1986)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(1986)
Drama, Mystery
Brat finally inherits Latchets but a guilty conscious makes him offer an interest free loan to Simon. Alec Loding lays down his blackmail terms. Brat is sure the body of Patrick is at the bottom of Melchit quarry.
Director: Leonard Lewis | Stars: Mark Greenstreet, Francis Matthews, Angela Browne, Frederick Treves
39.
The Franchise Affair (1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1988)
Drama
Betty Kane gives a detailed description of the interior of Franchise but Inspector Grant still needs more evidence before he is willing to proceed. Her angry brother goes to newspaper and starts a campaign of hatred against the Sharpe's.
Director: Leonard Lewis | Stars: Patrick Malahide, Joanna McCallum, Rosalie Crutchley, Jean Heywood
40.
The Franchise Affair (1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1988)
Drama
Insp. Grant has a new witness that saw Betty Kane getting into car but the driver remains unknown. At the Assizes, Betty Kane gives damning evidence while police witness Rose Glynn's, stealing from the Sharpe's, remains unchallenged.
Director: Leonard Lewis | Stars: Patrick Malahide, Joanna McCallum, Rosalie Crutchley, Jean Heywood
41.
The Franchise Affair (1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1988)
Drama
Schoolgirl Betty Cox runs out on to the road and collapses in front of a passing lorry. The police are called in where she claims she has been held prisoner for a week at the Franchise. Marion Sharpe begs lawyer Robert Blair for help.
Director: Leonard Lewis | Stars: Patrick Malahide, Joanna McCallum, Rosalie Crutchley, Alex Jennings
42.
The Franchise Affair (1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1988)
Drama
The newspaper article has enough fact that the Sharpe's can not sue. Robert Blair interviews Betty Cox foster mother Mrs Wynn and discovers on the night she returned she still had her lipstick. Insp Grant returns with an arrest warrant.
Director: Leonard Lewis | Stars: Patrick Malahide, Joanna McCallum, Rosalie Crutchley, Jean Heywood
43.
The Franchise Affair (1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(1988)
Drama
Private investigator Ramsden discovers that Betty Kane picked up a businessman in Larborough hotel. The search is on for a Danish man who went into a Newcastle police station holding a newspaper. Local youths set fire to the Franchise.
Director: Leonard Lewis | Stars: Patrick Malahide, Joanna McCallum, Rosalie Crutchley, Jean Heywood
44.
The Franchise Affair (1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(1988)
Drama
The search is on for Bernard Chadwick, the man who was with Betty Kane. During the trial, Kevin McDermott KC produced Chadwick who told the court she traveled to Copenhagen as his wife. His real wife found Betty and beat her up.
Director: Leonard Lewis | Stars: Patrick Malahide, Joanna McCallum, Rosalie Crutchley, Jean Heywood
45.
The Franchise Affair (1962)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1962)
Drama, Mystery
Director: Mervyn Pinfield | Stars: Rosalie Crutchley, Michael Aldridge, Veronica Turleigh, Peggy Thorpe-Bates
46.
The Franchise Affair (1962)
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(1962)
Drama, Mystery
Director: Mervyn Pinfield | Stars: Rosalie Crutchley, Michael Aldridge, Veronica Turleigh, Peggy Thorpe-Bates
47.
The Franchise Affair (1962)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1962)
Drama, Mystery
Director: Mervyn Pinfield | Stars: Rosalie Crutchley, Michael Aldridge, Veronica Turleigh, Gladys Boot
48.
The Franchise Affair (1962)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(1962)
Drama, Mystery
Director: Mervyn Pinfield | Stars: Rosalie Crutchley, Michael Aldridge, Veronica Turleigh, Peggy Thorpe-Bates
49.
The Franchise Affair (1962)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1962)
Drama, Mystery
Director: Mervyn Pinfield | Stars: Rosalie Crutchley, Michael Aldridge, Veronica Turleigh, Gladys Boot