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1. The Phil Silvers Show (1955–1959)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Master Sergeant Bilko, regularly helped by the soldiers at Fort Baxter's motor pool, spends little time performing his duties by constantly trying to obtain money through various get-rich-quick scams and promotions.
Stars: Phil Silvers, Harvey Lembeck, Paul Ford, Allan Melvin
Votes: 1,738
2. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)
TV-G | 60 min | Music, Talk-Show
The classic prime time variety show most famous for its vaudeville acts and rock music performances.
Stars: Ed Sullivan, The Ray Bloch Orchestra, Ray Bloch, Johnny Wayne
Votes: 1,563
3. Night and the City (1950)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
A small-time grifter and nightclub tout takes advantage of some fortuitous circumstances and tries to become a big-time player as a wrestling promoter.
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Hugh Marlowe
Votes: 15,303 | Gross: $3.60M
4.
The Phil Silvers Show (1955–1959)
Episode:
Bilko Presents Kay Kendall
(1958)
TV-G | Comedy, Family
Movie star Kay Kendall visits Roseville whilst promoting her film & Bilko gets her to appear in a show he's producing. Bilko's hoping to make a bundle of dough but Miss Kendall soon proves to be more than a match for the wily Sgt.
Director: Al De Caprio | Stars: Phil Silvers, Harvey Lembeck, Paul Ford, Maurice Gosfield
Votes: 28
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 Polly Bergen Show (1957–1958)
30 min | Music
The Polly Bergen Show was a half-hour 18-episode comedy/variety show, starring then 27-year-old Polly Bergen, which aired on NBC in the 1957-1958 television season.
Stars: Polly Bergen, Bill Bergen, Bill Wendell, Julius LaRosa
Votes: 20
7. Genevieve (1953)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy
Two British couples pit their vintage automobiles against each other in an exciting cross-country race.
Director: Henry Cornelius | Stars: Dinah Sheridan, John Gregson, Kay Kendall, Kenneth More
Votes: 3,448
8. The Reluctant Debutante (1958)
Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
While visiting her father, an American teenage girl is thrown into London society during its "Debutante Season."
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Rex Harrison, Kay Kendall, John Saxon, Sandra Dee
Votes: 1,838
9. 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: 324
10. Les Girls (1957)
Approved | 114 min | Comedy, Musical
The former members of a dance troupe are suing because of recently published memoirs. Each one insists on own point of view.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Gene Kelly, Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall, Taina Elg
Votes: 3,059
11. Doctor in the House (1954)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy
The trials and tribulations of a group of medical students at St. Swithin's hospital in London, England.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Muriel Pavlow, Kenneth More, Donald Sinden
Votes: 1,618
12. Happy Go Lovely (1951)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A chorus girl gets a ride from millionaire Bruno's driver. The cash-strapped theater director thinks, she's Bruno's girlfriend and makes her the lead. She meets Bruno, thinking he's a reporter. More confusion follows.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: David Niven, Vera-Ellen, Cesar Romero, Bobby Howes
Votes: 877
13. The Square Ring (1953)
83 min | Drama, Sport
Boxing drama following the lives of five different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Jack Warner, Robert Beatty, Bill Owen, Maxwell Reed
Votes: 309
14. Champagne Charlie (1944)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
The story of a 19th century English music hall (vaudeville) performer and life behind the scenes.
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti | Stars: Tommy Trinder, Stanley Holloway, Betty Warren, Jean Kent
Votes: 304
15. Marriage a la Mode (1955)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy
An Englishman wakes in a hotel bedroom suffering from amnesia and sets out to find his identity. He tracks down his wife but soon learns that the job she saw him leave for every morning did not exist.
Director: Sidney Gilliat | Stars: Rex Harrison, Kay Kendall, Cecil Parker, Sally Lahee
Votes: 595
16. Quentin Durward (1955)
Approved | 103 min | Action, Adventure, History
A Scottish knight in France to facilitate a marriage between a rich and beautiful countess and his aging uncle becomes involved in court intrigue.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Robert Taylor, Kay Kendall, Robert Morley, George Cole
Votes: 1,149
17. Simon and Laura (1955)
87 min | Comedy
In the 1950s days of only BBC television, a wet-behind-the-ears producer has the idea of basing a family drama series on a real-life happily-married actor couple. Unfortunately, he chooses ... See full summary »
Director: Muriel Box | Stars: Peter Finch, Kay Kendall, Muriel Pavlow, Hubert Gregg
Votes: 319
18. Curtain Up (1952)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy
In a small town in the 1950s, a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Smart | Stars: Robert Morley, Margaret Rutherford, Kay Kendall, Michael Medwin
Votes: 296
19. Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Approved | 123 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
At the height of the Roman Civil War, a young Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh) meets a middle-aged Julius Caesar (Claude Rains), who teaches her how to rule Egypt.
Director: Gabriel Pascal | Stars: Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh, Stewart Granger, Flora Robson
Votes: 3,145
20. Dreaming (1944)
78 min | Comedy
A soldier is knocked unconscious during a train journey and has a series of bizarre dreams.
Director: John Baxter | Stars: Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Hazel Court, Dick Francis
Votes: 57
21. Once More, with Feeling! (1960)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Victor Fabian is a musical genius whose eccentricities are kept in check by his wife, until she discovers him "auditioning" a sultry young pianist. She walks out on him and his career ... See full summary »
Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Yul Brynner, Kay Kendall, Geoffrey Toone, Maxwell Shaw
Votes: 559
22. Dance Hall (1950)
Approved | 80 min | Drama, Music, Romance
The storyline centres on four young female factory workers who escape the monotony of their jobs by spending their evenings at the Chiswick Palais, the local dance hall, where they have various problems with their boyfriends.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Natasha Parry, Jane Hylton, Diana Dors, Petula Clark
Votes: 254
23. Waltz Time (1945)
Not Rated | 91 min | Musical, Romance
Old Vienna, at a time when the waltz was considered an immoral dance. Maria promises her dying father, the Emperor, that she will follow the wishes of the Council of Ministers when she ... See full summary »
Director: Paul L. Stein | Stars: Carol Raye, Peter Graves, Patricia Medina, John Ruddock
Votes: 37
24. The Shadow Man (1953)
Approved | 76 min | Crime, Drama
Small-time Soho hustler gets caught up in the murder of an ex-girl friend, evades the police and finally helps them to corner the real murderer.
Director: Richard Vernon | Stars: Cesar Romero, Kay Kendall, Edward Underdown, Victor Maddern
Votes: 358
25. Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953)
80 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A television given as a retirement present is sold on to different households, causing misery each time.
Director: Anthony Pelissier | Stars: Stanley Holloway, Peggy Cummins, Jack Watling, Barbara Murray
Votes: 285
26. Fast and Loose (1954)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy
An unmarried couple spend an innocent night together, owing to a shortage of rooms at the inn.
Director: Gordon Parry | Stars: Stanley Holloway, Kay Kendall, Brian Reece, Joan Young
Votes: 146
27. Bikini Baby (1951)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy
An unsophisticated and impressionable young girl finds herself in trouble after winning a beauty pageant.
Director: Frank Launder | Stars: Dennis Price, John McCallum, Stanley Holloway, Pauline Stroud
Votes: 409
28. Man in Hiding (1953)
Approved | 73 min | Crime, Mystery
A wrongly convicted murderer escapes prison to find the real killer.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Paul Henreid, Lois Maxwell, Kieron Moore, Hugh Sinclair
Votes: 231
29. It Started in Paradise (1952)
88 min | Drama
As she rises in the fashion world, a talented dress designer loses contact with her own humanity. She also forgets that you meet the same people on the way up as on the way down.
Director: Compton Bennett | Stars: Jane Hylton, Ian Hunter, Terence Morgan, Muriel Pavlow
Votes: 62
30. London Town (1946)
126 min | Comedy, Musical
An 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.
Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Sid Field, Greta Gynt, Tessie O'Shea, Claude Hulbert
Votes: 106
31. While Nero Fiddled (1944)
65 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A pair of Jolly Jack Tars on shore leave take a Wren (lady sailor) to Stonehenge and get caught in a time warp finishing up in ancient Rome.
Director: Harry Watt | Stars: Tommy Trinder, Frances Day, Sonnie Hale, Francis L. Sullivan
Votes: 135
32. Dead on Course (1952)
Not Rated | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When his girlfriend's brother's cargo plane is lost at sea, nagging questions arise, and pilot Richard Van Ness gets caught in a web of blackmail and smuggling.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Zachary Scott, Robert Beatty, Naomi Chance, Arthur Lane
Votes: 328
33. Abdullah's Harem (1955)
103 min | Comedy
Abdullah, absolute monarch of a wealthy Middle Eastern country, has everything a man could want. Everything, that is, until he falls for a beautiful model. She rejects his advances, however... See full summary »
Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Gregory Ratoff, Kay Kendall, Marina Berti, Sydney Chaplin
Votes: 25
34. The Inch Man (1951–1952)
30 min | Drama
Adventures of a house detective in a London hotel.
Stars: Robert Ayres, Hamlyn Benson, Joan Harben, Faith Bailey
35. Sweethearts and Wives (1951 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: Clive Morton, Douglas Hurn, Patricia Hastings, Kay Kendall
36.
This Is Your Life (1955–2003)
Episode:
Kenneth More
(1959)
Documentary, Biography
Director: Vere Lorrimer | Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Kenneth More, Frith Banbury, Mabel Barkby
37.
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)
Episode:
Episode #11.9
(1957)
TV-G | 60 min | Music, Talk-Show
Director: John Moffitt | Stars: Ed Sullivan, Les Garçons de la Rue, The Four Aces, Rex Harrison
38.
The Polly Bergen Show (1957–1958)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(1957)
Music
Stars: Bill Bergen, Polly Bergen, Kay Kendall, Howard Morris
39.
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
The River
(1951)
Drama
Stars: Frank Atkinson, Peter Bennett, Beckett Bould, Graveley Edwards
40.
The Inch Man (1951–1952)
Episode:
Badger Game
(1951)
Drama
Stars: Robert Ayres, Hamlyn Benson, Joan Harben, Faith Bailey
41.
The Polly Bergen Show (1957–1958)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1957)
Music
Stars: Bill Bergen, Polly Bergen, Kay Kendall, Howard Morris