The Ealing Studios Films
by PoppyTransfusion | created - 31 Aug 2013 | updated - 31 Aug 2013 | PublicList transcribed from wikipedia's entry on films produced from Ealing Studios. I've not seen many and I'm sure that some will be unavailable but it's a sort of project for me to watch more.
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1. The Perfect Alibi (1930)
98 min | Mystery
Two men plan revenge on a policeman who had had them convicted some years before.
Director: Basil Dean | Stars: Dorothy Boyd, Nigel Bruce, Audrey Carten, David Hawthorne
Votes: 87
2. Footsteps in the Night (1931)
59 min | Crime, Drama
An inventor and his new bride go on their honeymoon, only to be pursued by criminals after his latest invention.
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Benita Hume, Peter Hannen, Harold Huth, Walter Armitage
Votes: 72
3. Sally in Our Alley (1931)
74 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A British soldier goes off to fight in World War I, and his girlfriend waits and worries at home. He is soon wounded in battle. When he realizes that he is crippled, he comes to the ... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Gracie Fields, Ian Hunter, Florence Desmond, Ivor Barnard
Votes: 136
4. Looking on the Bright Side (1932)
81 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Gracie and Laurie are lovers who together form a musical act. Gracie sings and Laurie writes the songs, but when Laurie gets a taste of fame, he runs off after a glamorous actress.
Directors: Graham Cutts, Basil Dean | Stars: Gracie Fields, Richard Dolman, Julian Rose, Wyn Richmond
Votes: 77
5. Nine Till Six (1932)
75 min | Drama
A romantic drama about a dressmaker accused of stealing a dress she borrowed to wear to a dance with a peer.
Director: Basil Dean | Stars: Louise Hampton, Elizabeth Allan, Florence Desmond, Isla Bevan
6. The Bailiffs (1932)
24 min | Short, Comedy
Two incompetent Bailiffs men reposess the wrong house.
Director: Frank Cadman | Stars: Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Florence Harwood, Reginald Smith
Votes: 29
7. Woman in Chains (1932)
70 min | Crime, Drama
Grace Marwood and her husband, a hopeless hypochondriac, take a cruise where she falls in love with the ship's medical officer, young Dr Daventry. The two continue to meet chastely for ... See full summary »
Directors: Graham Cutts, Basil Dean | Stars: Owen Nares, Betty Stockfeld, Allan Jeayes, George Curzon
Votes: 76
8. The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case (1932)
Passed | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young woman turns to Sherlock Holmes for protection when she's menaced by an escaped killer seeking missing treasure. However, when the woman is kidnapped, Holmes and Watson must penetrate the city's criminal underworld to find her.
Director: Graham Cutts | Stars: Arthur Wontner, Isla Bevan, Ian Hunter, Graham Soutten
Votes: 631
9. The Water Gipsies (1932)
80 min | Drama
Jane Bell has lived on an old barge moored in the Thames with her feckless father and sister ever since their mother died, but she would prefer her life to be more like the movies; reality ... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Ann Todd, Sari Maritza, Ian Hunter, Peter Hannen
Votes: 65
10. The Right to Live (1933)
72 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Albert Parker | Stars: Davy Burnaby, Pat Paterson, Richard Bird, Francis L. Sullivan
11. Loyalties (1933)
67 min | Crime, Drama
While he's a houseguest at an upper-class gathering, wealthy Jewish man Ferdinand de Levis is robbed of £1,000 with evidence pointing towards the guilt of another guest, Captain Dancy.
Directors: Basil Dean, Thorold Dickinson | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Miles Mander, Alan Napier, Algernon West
Votes: 89
12. Perfect Understanding (1933)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman.
Director: Cyril Gardner | Stars: Gloria Swanson, Laurence Olivier, John Halliday, Nigel Playfair
Votes: 748
13. The Fortunate Fool (1934)
73 min | Comedy
A wealthy author, looking for material, 'adopts' an incorrigible thief he finds in the streets, together with an attractive typist who is down on her luck.
Director: Norman Walker | Stars: Hugh Wakefield, Joan Wyndham, Jack Raine, Elizabeth Jenns
Votes: 46
14. The House of Trent (1933)
74 min | Drama
Director: Norman Walker | Stars: Anne Grey, John Stuart, Wendy Barrie, Peter Gawthorne
15. This Week of Grace (1933)
92 min | Comedy
A poor, unemployed woman is made housekeeper at the estate of a wealthy duchess.
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Gracie Fields, Henry Kendall, Douglas Wakefield, Frank Pettingell
Votes: 56
16. Three Men in a Boat (1933)
54 min | Comedy
The comic adventures of three friends and a dog when they take a boating holiday on the River Thames.
Director: Graham Cutts | Stars: William Austin, Edmund Breon, Billy Milton, Davy Burnaby
Votes: 52
17. To Brighton with Gladys (1933)
45 min | Comedy
Story of nephew's tribulations in conveying penguin to wealthy uncle's seaside home.
Director: George King | Stars: Harry Milton, Constance Shotter, Kate Cutler, Sunday Wilshin
18. Tiger Bay (1934)
Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young Englishman abroad, Michael, visits the local low-life spot of Tiger Bay to test his assertion that the spirit of human romance survives even in the most unpromising of circumstances... See full summary »
Director: J. Elder Wills | Stars: Anna May Wong, Henry Victor, Lawrence Grossmith, Margaret Yarde
Votes: 87
19. Autumn Crocus (1934)
86 min | Drama, Romance
A demure Manchester schoolmistress falls in love while holidaying in the Austrian Tyrol.
Director: Basil Dean | Stars: Ivor Novello, Fay Compton, Muriel Aked, Esme Church
Votes: 80
20. Love, Life & Laughter (1934)
83 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Gracie plays a London publican's daughter named after Nell Gwynn, who much like the original, becomes romantically involved with a King(John Loder). This one however, isn't English, but ... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Gracie Fields, John Loder, Ivor Barnard, Allan Aynesworth
Votes: 70
21. Rolling in Money (1934)
85 min | Comedy
A barber played by Leslie Sarony inherits £50,000 a year. He winds up being introduced into Society by a duchess, who tolerates his socialist tendencies in order to relieve him of his money... See full summary »
Director: Albert Parker | Stars: Isabel Jeans, Leslie Sarony, Horace Hodges, John Loder
22. Sing As We Go! (1934)
80 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
When the textile mill closes, putting her out of work, Gracie finds herself experiencing all of the amusements of Blackpool.
Director: Basil Dean | Stars: Gracie Fields, John Loder, Dorothy Hyson, Stanley Holloway
Votes: 146
23. Love on the Spot (1932)
Passed | 64 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
A frothy musical in which a con-man's daughter, Joan Prior (Rosematy Ames), in her film debut, gets involved with Bill Maitland (Richard Dolman),a hotel-thief, and the romance reforms both ... See full summary »
Director: Graham Cutts | Stars: Rosemary Ames, Richard Dolman, Aubrey Mather, Helen Ferrers
24. The Perfect Flaw (1934)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Director: H. Manning Haynes | Stars: Naomi Waters, D.A. Clarke-Smith, Ralph Truman, Wally Patch
25. The Secret of the Loch (1934)
72 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy
A batty Scottish professor attempts to prove the existence of the Loch Ness Monster, but everyone thinks he's crazy. Meanwhile, a foolish young reporter attempts to get a scoop on the story.
Director: Milton Rosmer | Stars: Seymour Hicks, Nancy O'Neil, Gibson Gowland, Frederick Peisley
Votes: 153
26. Lorna Doone (1934)
90 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
High drama, set in the English moorland of the 1600's. John Ridd wants revenge on the criminal Doone family, but falls in love with the daughter of the family, Lorna.
Director: Basil Dean | Stars: Victoria Hopper, John Loder, Margaret Lockwood, Roy Emerton
Votes: 107
27. Honeymoon for Three (1935)
81 min | Musical
The trouble begins when a carefree playboy steals the virtue of a young French maiden and is forced to marry her when her angry father, a financier, finds out.
Director: Leo Mittler | Stars: Stanley Lupino, Aileen Marson, Jack Melford, Robert English
Votes: 52
28. It Happened in Paris (1935)
68 min | Comedy, Romance
Paul, artistically-inclined son of an American millionaire, moves to Paris where he can find inspiration and study the masters. While there, he finds inspiration of a different sort in the form of the beautiful Jacqueline.
Directors: Robert Wyler, Carol Reed | Stars: John Loder, Nancy Burne, Edward H. Robins, Dorothy Boyd
Votes: 145
29. Look Up and Laugh (1935)
80 min | Comedy, Musical
Gutsy lass Gracie rallies fellow stall-holders at Birkenhead Market to prevent its takeover and demolition by a department store chain. She invokes the Market's foundation by Royal Charter ... See full summary »
Director: Basil Dean | Stars: Gracie Fields, Vivien Leigh, Douglas Wakefield, Alfred Drayton
Votes: 152
30. Midshipman Easy (1935)
73 min | Adventure
A young man runs away to sea but finds more adventures than he was expecting.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Hughie Green, Margaret Lockwood, Harry Tate, Robert Adams
Votes: 211
31. No Limit (1935)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Musical, Sport
George Shuttleworth is convinced that he has the talent to win the Isle of Man TT races, despite what his neighbours back home in Wigan may think. During the trials, the brakes go on ... See full summary »
Director: Monty Banks | Stars: George Formby, Florence Desmond, Howard Douglas, Beatrix Fielden-Kaye
Votes: 328
32. Play Up the Band (1935)
71 min | Comedy
The brass band of a North of England town travel south to London to compete in a national contest.
Director: Harry Hughes | Stars: Stanley Holloway, Betty Ann Davies, Leslie Bradley, Frank Atkinson
Votes: 41
33. Loves of a Dictator (1935)
Approved | 81 min | History, Romance
The story opens in Copenhagen in the year 1776 on the wedding night of the King and Princess Caroline Mathilde. But the marriage was a political alliance, and the Princess felt only repugnance for her dissolute husband. On the night of their marriage the King leaves Copenhagen on a pleasure trip abroad, but his fast life proves too much for his weak constitution. Summoned to attend him, an ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Clive Brook, Madeleine Carroll, Emlyn Williams, Helen Haye
Votes: 58
34. The Public Life of Henry the Ninth (1935)
60 min | Comedy
Henry, an unemployed London street entertainer, gets his big break when he is engaged to perform as the opening act of a cabaret in local pub. He proves a huge success and his popularity ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Mainwaring | Stars: Leonard Henry, Betty Frankiss, George Mozart, Wally Patch
35. The Silent Passenger (1935)
75 min | Crime, Mystery
A blackmailer with many enemies is murdered and his body placed in a trunk. A gentleman sleuth sets out to prove the innocence of a falsely accused man.
Director: Reginald Denham | Stars: John Loder, Peter Haddon, Austin Trevor, Aubrey Mather
Votes: 159
36. Two Who Dared (1936)
73 min | Drama, Romance
An officer becomes entangled in a love affair with a woman who works as a maid.
Director: Eugene Frenke | Stars: Anna Sten, Henry Wilcoxon, Viola Keats, John Garrick
Votes: 38
37. Calling the Tune (1936)
80 min | Drama
A gramophone manufacturer's daughter loves the son of the man he once cheated.
Directors: Reginald Denham, Thorold Dickinson | Stars: Adele Dixon, Sally Gray, Sam Livesey, Eliot Makeham
Votes: 50
38. Cheer Up! (1936)
72 min | Musical
A couple of out of work songwriters try to persuade a wealthy stockbroker to back them. But he turns out to be broke as they are. A series of mistaken identities, misunderstandings and ... See full summary »
Director: Leo Mittler | Stars: Stanley Lupino, Sally Gray, Roddy Hughes, Wyn Weaver
Votes: 84
39. Dreams Come True (1936)
78 min | Musical
Director: Reginald Denham | Stars: Frances Day, Nelson Keys, Hugh Wakefield, Frederick Bradshaw
40. Guilty Melody (1936)
75 min | Drama
A secret message is on a recording.A man who had disappeared for a while may be trying to steal it.His wife, a singer, teams up with a spy chief she has met, to confront her husband.
Director: Richard Pottier | Stars: Nils Asther, Gitta Alpar, John Loder, Don Alcaide
41. Keep Your Seats, Please! (1936)
82 min | Comedy, Musical
A fortune in gems is hidden in one of six chairs, and it's up to the prospective heir to find it.
Director: Monty Banks | Stars: George Formby, Florence Desmond, Gus McNaughton, Alastair Sim
Votes: 266
42. Laburnum Grove (1936)
65 min | Comedy
In Mr. Radfern's house relatives and in-law parasites are pestering him about lending them money. One day he discloses that he is earning his living by illegal means, scaring them off for good. But did he just tell that story in jest?
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Cedric Hardwicke, Victoria Hopper, Ethel Coleridge
Votes: 129
43. Queen of Hearts (1936)
78 min | Comedy
An ordinary working class seamstress who is mistaken as a rich patron of the arts. When she's asked to back a new show she plays along with the charade, hoping that she can become the production's leading lady.
Director: Monty Banks | Stars: Gracie Fields, John Loder, Enid Stamp-Taylor, Fred Duprez
Votes: 50
44. The House of the Spaniard (1936)
71 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A mild-mannered young British man finds himself caught up in a web of smuggling, counterfeiting and political chicanery, and falls for a beautiful Spanish senorita whose father is one of the heads of the criminal gangs threatening him.
Director: Reginald Denham | Stars: Brigitte Horney, Peter Haddon, Jean Galland, Allan Jeayes
Votes: 62
45. Lonely Road (1936)
61 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Commander Stevenson, suffering from unrequited love, drives to the coast while drunk and interrupts some smugglers.
Director: James Flood | Stars: Clive Brook, Victoria Hopper, Nora Swinburne, Malcolm Keen
Votes: 76
46. Tropical Trouble (1936)
70 min | Comedy
Director: Harry Hughes | Stars: Douglass Montgomery, Betty Ann Davies, Alfred Drayton, Natalie Hall
47. Mozart (1936)
96 min | Drama
The story of Mozart and his wife Constance, set against a background of court intrigue and professional jealousy, with music conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham.
Director: Basil Dean | Stars: Stephen Haggard, Victoria Hopper, John Loder, Liane Haid
Votes: 59
48. Dangerous Secrets (1937)
60 min | Drama, Romance
Before he leaves for a posting in India, young Jim Wyndham has a fling with pretty Helen Norwood. After he leaves, Helen marries Prof. Paul Bernardy, a much older man. Four years later Jim returns from India, ready to take up where he left off with Helen, only to find out that she's now married. Complications ensue.
Director: Edmond T. Gréville | Stars: Paul Lukas, Linden Travers, Hugh Williams, Marie Ney
Votes: 156
49. Feather Your Nest (1937)
86 min | Comedy, Musical
An employee of a record manufacturing company comes up with a hit song.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: George Formby, Polly Ward, Enid Stamp-Taylor, Gilbert Russell
Votes: 109
50. Keep Fit (1937)
82 min | Comedy, Musical
A weak, cowardly barber (George Formby)gets fit to win over a beautiful woman. However, she prefers his muscle-bound rival until George challenges him to a boxing match.
Director: Anthony Kimmins | Stars: George Formby, Kay Walsh, Guy Middleton, Gus McNaughton
Votes: 191
51. I Married a Spy (1937)
59 min | Drama
A German-born woman works as a spy for the French in Switzerland during the First World War, and has to marry an interned French lieutenant in order to be able to stay in the country.
Director: Edmond T. Gréville | Stars: Brigitte Horney, Neil Hamilton, Raymond Lovell, Charles Carson
Votes: 101
52. Take a Chance (1937)
73 min | Comedy
Archie Burton is a horse trainer who has entered one of his horses, Take A Chance, into the Gold Cup. But his wife is irritated by his mood towards her so becomes friendly with another man ... See full summary »
Director: Sinclair Hill | Stars: Claude Hulbert, Binnie Hale, Henry Kendall, Enid Stamp-Taylor
Votes: 48
53. The Girl in the Taxi (1937)
70 min | Musical
The head of a Parisian purity league is found out to be anything but when his organizations mistakenly sends an award to the wrong person.
Director: André Berthomieu | Stars: Frances Day, Henri Garat, Lawrence Grossmith, Jean Gillie
Votes: 72
54. Who's Your Lady Friend? (1937)
73 min | Comedy
A plastic surgeon dispatches his assistant to bring in a young woman who is scheduled to have a procedure done. Unfortunately, the assistant brings in the wrong woman. When his fiancée sees... See full summary »
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Frances Day, Vic Oliver, Betty Stockfeld, Romney Brent
Votes: 35
55. The Show Goes On (1937)
93 min | Musical
A mill worker is plucked from obscurity and thrust towards fame and fortune when an ailing composer needs a singer to perform his work.
Director: Basil Dean | Stars: Gracie Fields, Owen Nares, John Stuart, Horace Hodges
Votes: 66
56. The High Command (1937)
Not Rated | 84 min | Crime, Drama, War
A general of the old school, who believes strongly in his own honour and sense of duty, must come to terms with a crime he commited years earlier, during the Irish War for Independence in 1921.
Director: Thorold Dickinson | Stars: Lionel Atwill, Lucie Mannheim, Steven Geray, James Mason
Votes: 194
57. I See Ice! (1938)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Musical
George plays an aspiring news photographer that gets pictures by way of a spy camera in his bow tie. Comic confusion and chases arise from his inadvertently taking blackmail-able snaps of ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Kimmins | Stars: George Formby, Kay Walsh, Betty Stockfeld, Cyril Ritchard
Votes: 151
58. George Takes the Air (1938)
Not Rated | 74 min | Comedy, Musical, War
A case of mistaken identity leads to accident-prone George Brown (George Formby) entering the Royal Air Force and falling in love with the Sergeant Major's daughter.
Director: Anthony Kimmins | Stars: George Formby, Polly Ward, Jack Hobbs, Garry Marsh
Votes: 250
59. Penny Paradise (1938)
72 min | Comedy, Musical
A Liverpool tug boat captain finds he's won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. However, after giving up his job and throwing a large expensive party, he discovers that he may not really have won after all.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Betty Driver, Jimmy O'Dea, Ethel Coleridge
Votes: 237
60. The Phantom Strikes (1938)
58 min | Drama, Mystery
The ex-partner of a master criminal is protected by the police after his life is threatened. The criminal--a master of disguise--tracks down and kills him anyhow, in spite of the police protection.
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Sonnie Hale, Wilfrid Lawson, Louise Henry, Alexander Knox
Votes: 136
61. The Ware Case (1938)
79 min | Drama, Mystery
Sir Hubert Ware (Clive Brook) an apparently wealthy businessman is in fact on the verge of bankruptcy. When his boorish well-healed brother is found dead on the family estate he finds himself on trial for murder.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Clive Brook, Jane Baxter, Barry K. Barnes, C.V. France
Votes: 164
62. Let's Be Famous (1939)
83 min | Comedy
An Irishman sets out to become famous as a singer on the radio. Due to a mix up he is instead entered as a contestant on a quiz show. He causes mayhem in the studio and the publicity ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Jimmy O'Dea, Betty Driver, Sonnie Hale, Patrick Barr
Votes: 86
63. Trouble Brewing (1939)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
George has won a lot of money at the races but he's paid with counterfeit money. He sets about tracking down the criminals himself.
Director: Anthony Kimmins | Stars: George Formby, Googie Withers, Gus McNaughton, Garry Marsh
Votes: 281
64. The Secret Four (1939)
Approved | 85 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The four men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sabotage to serve their ends, but they consider themselves to be true patriots.
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Hugh Sinclair, Griffith Jones, Francis L. Sullivan, Frank Lawton
Votes: 188
65. There Ain't No Justice (1939)
83 min | Drama
A young boxer falls in with a crooked fight promoter.
Director: Pen Tennyson | Stars: Jimmy Hanley, Edward Rigby, Mary Clare, Edward Chapman
Votes: 63
66. Young Man's Fancy (1939)
77 min | Comedy
An aristocratic Englishman is engaged to a brewery heiress. He's not happy though and, during a visit to a circus he meets and falls in love with a human cannonball.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Griffith Jones, Anna Lee, Seymour Hicks, Martita Hunt
Votes: 111
67. Cheer Boys Cheer (1939)
84 min | Comedy
Set in the world of brewing, a classic tale (an Ealing speciality) of the small, friendly, family run company being threatened with closure by the nasty, modern, large organisation. ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Nova Pilbeam, Edmund Gwenn, Jimmy O'Dea, Moore Marriott
Votes: 134
68. Come on George! (1939)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Musical
George (George Formby) is an old stable hand and is the only one who can control a jittery racehorse.
Director: Anthony Kimmins | Stars: George Formby, Pat Kirkwood, Joss Ambler, Meriel Forbes
Votes: 199
69. Olympic Honeymoon (1940)
63 min | Comedy
Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Claude Hulbert, Monty Banks, Princess Pearl, Sally Gray
70. Return to Yesterday (1940)
69 min | Drama
Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre company in England. When she falls in love with Maine, Carol has the same dilemma.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Clive Brook, Anna Lee, May Whitty, Hartley Power
Votes: 155
71. The Tunnel (1940)
Not Rated | 76 min | Drama, Music
In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.
Director: Pen Tennyson | Stars: Paul Robeson, Edward Chapman, Simon Lack, Rachel Thomas
Votes: 610
72. To Hell with Hitler (1940)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Musical, War
Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukulele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: George Formby, Phyllis Calvert, Garry Marsh, Romney Brent
Votes: 368
73. Convoy (1940)
78 min | Drama, War
A tale of the highs and lows of life protecting the vital convoys between America & England during WWII.
Director: Pen Tennyson | Stars: Clive Brook, John Clements, Edward Chapman, Judy Campbell
Votes: 439
74. Saloon Bar (1940)
76 min | Comedy, Thriller
Against a background of Christmas and the pending arrival of another baby for the landlord, a group of pub locals lead by bookie Joe Harris set out to prove that former customer Eddie ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Gordon Harker, Elizabeth Allan, Mervyn Johns, Joyce Barbour
Votes: 293
75. Three Cockeyed Sailors (1940)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, War
Three British sailors find they've accidentally strayed on board a German warship during World War II. They then proceed to take it over and requisition it for the Royal Navy.
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Tommy Trinder, Claude Hulbert, Carla Lehmann, Michael Wilding
Votes: 134
76. Spare a Copper (1940)
Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy, Musical
A brave wartime copper (policeman) becomes a hero when he thwarts a plot to destroy a battleship. But then the rest of the police get the idea that he is one of the enemy agents.
Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: George Formby, Dorothy Hyson, George Merritt, John Warwick
Votes: 199
77. The Ghost of St. Michael's (1941)
82 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A hapless teacher named Will Lamb is hired by a grim school in Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost, whose spectral bagpipes signal the death of one of the ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Will Hay, Claude Hulbert, Felix Aylmer, Raymond Huntley
Votes: 621
78. Turned Out Nice Again (1941)
Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy, Musical
George Pearson, who works for a underwear firm that is 20 years out of date, invests his own money in a new type of thread. The company are not interested in changes, and he quits. Later ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: George Formby, Peggy Bryan, Elliott Mason, Edward Chapman
Votes: 242
79. Ships with Wings (1941)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, War
Lt. Dick Stacey is dismissed from the Fleet Air Arm for poor discipline. He joins the Aircraft Carrier "HMS Ark Royal" (The Ship with Wings). When they go into battle in the Mediterranean he acts heroically and redeems himself.
Director: Sergei Nolbandov | Stars: John Clements, Leslie Banks, Jane Baxter, Ann Todd
Votes: 172
80. Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942)
80 min | Comedy
Professor Davis, who teaches at a correspondence school, discovers that a Nazi Agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America. The agent is posing ... See full summary »
Directors: Basil Dearden, Will Hay | Stars: Will Hay, John Mills, Basil Sydney, Henry Hewitt
Votes: 357
81. The Big Blockade (1942)
Approved | 73 min | Drama, War
Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.
Director: Charles Frend | Stars: Will Hay, Bernard Miles, John Stuart, David Evans
Votes: 239
82. Somewhere in France (1942)
Approved | 87 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In 1940, a British engineer goes to France to retrieve specialized armaments machinery, loaned to the French, before the invading Nazi armies can capture it.
Director: Charles Frend | Stars: Tommy Trinder, Constance Cummings, Clifford Evans, Robert Morley
Votes: 400
83. The Next of Kin (1942)
Approved | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Wartime propaganda piece giving the warning "Be like Dad, Keep Mum". A gossipy housewife is overheard talking about what her son is doing by a Nazi spy.
Director: Thorold Dickinson | Stars: Mervyn Johns, John Chandos, Nova Pilbeam, Reginald Tate
Votes: 301
84. The Goose Steps Out (1942)
Approved | 79 min | Comedy
A bumbling teacher turns out to be the double of a German general. He is flown into Germany to impersonate the general and cause chaos and hilarity in a Hitler Youth college.
Directors: Basil Dearden, Will Hay | Stars: Will Hay, Charles Hawtrey, Peter Croft, Barry Morse
Votes: 517
85. Went the Day Well? (1942)
Approved | 92 min | Thriller, War
An English village is occupied by disguised German paratroopers as an advance post for a planned invasion.
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti | Stars: Leslie Banks, C.V. France, Valerie Taylor, Marie Lohr
Votes: 4,333 | Gross: $0.02M
86. Nine Men (1943)
Approved | 68 min | Drama, War
The Nine men of the title are a British WWII Army patrol stuck in a desert fort during the African campaign. The Men must defend the fort against the Italian and German troops until they cam be relieved.
Director: Harry Watt | Stars: Jack Lambert, Grant Sutherland, Gordon Jackson, Frederick Piper
Votes: 328
87. Far into the Night (1943)
TV-G | 90 min | Drama, War
Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service), the dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WWII.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Tommy Trinder, James Mason, Philip Friend, Mervyn Johns
Votes: 264
88. Underground Guerrillas (1943)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, War
A World War II film made by Ealing Studios on the Yugoslav guerrilla resistance movement in German-occupied Yugoslavia.
Director: Sergei Nolbandov | Stars: John Clements, Tom Walls, Rachel Thomas, Stephen Murray
Votes: 176
89. My Learned Friend (1943)
Approved | 74 min | Comedy, Thriller
An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Fitch is on the list, and co-opts Claude Babbington to try and stop him from meeting a grisly end.
Directors: Basil Dearden, Will Hay | Stars: Will Hay, Claude Hulbert, Mervyn Johns, Lawrence Hanray
Votes: 427
90. San Demetrio London (1943)
Approved | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle of the Atlantic by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer and then had been abandoned.
Directors: Charles Frend, Robert Hamer | Stars: Arthur Young, Walter Fitzgerald, Ralph Michael, Neville Mapp
Votes: 536
91. The Halfway House (1944)
78 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A group of travellers, all with something to hide in their past, take shelter from a storm in an old inn. The inn-keeper seems a little mysterious...
Directors: Basil Dearden, Alberto Cavalcanti | Stars: Mervyn Johns, Glynis Johns, Tom Walls, Françoise Rosay
Votes: 1,209
92. For Those in Peril (1944)
67 min | Drama, War
An RAF officer wishes to fly, but isn't allowed and is posted to the RAF Air Sea Rescue operating in the English Channel.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: David Farrar, Ralph Michael, Robert Wyndham, John Slater
Votes: 145
93. They Came to a City (1944)
Not Rated | 78 min | Drama, Fantasy
Adapted from a J.B. Priestley play with many of the original actors. The tale of various people who have come to live in an "ideal" city and their hopes and reasons for doing so.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: John Clements, Googie Withers, Raymond Huntley, Renee Gadd
Votes: 282
94. 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
95. 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
96. Johnny Frenchman (1945)
Approved | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
There exists an age-old rivalry between the Cornish and Breton fisherfolk, but harbormaster Nat Pomeroy holds a particular grudge - not just for the Bretons' incessant poaching, but for the harbor dues he loses in the process.
Director: Charles Frend | Stars: Françoise Rosay, Tom Walls, Patricia Roc, Ralph Michael
Votes: 197
97. The Girl of the Canal (1945)
Approved | 48 min | Drama
Drama following the lives of two families living on the colourfully painted canal boats of Britain.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Jenny Laird, Bill Blewitt, May Hallatt, Robert Griffiths
Votes: 254
98. Dead of Night (1945)
Approved | 77 min | Drama, Horror
Guests invited to a weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig, who senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality.
Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer | Stars: Mervyn Johns, Michael Redgrave, Roland Culver, Mary Merrall
Votes: 14,194
99. Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Thriller
A drunken, abusive tavern-keeper's adulterous wife uses the backward son of a rigid, puritanical pharmacist who makes his entire family miserable.
Director: Robert Hamer | Stars: Mervyn Johns, Mary Merrall, Gordon Jackson, Jean Ireland
Votes: 684
100. The Captive Heart (1946)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, War
In 1940, a concentration camp escapee assumes the identity of a dead British officer, only to become a prisoner of war.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Rachel Kempson, Frederick Leister, Mervyn Johns
Votes: 1,175
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