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Fortune in Diamonds (1951)

As the Boer War ends a South African soldier hides a cache of diamonds he finds on a body. He returns to the town he left three years earlier where his girl has married a disgraced English officer. Needing funds to get back to pick up the diamonds the Boer ...

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Portrait of Clare (1950)

The three marriages of a woman: a young man who is killed, a priggish lawyer and a sympathetic barrister. From the novel by Francis Brett Young. ...

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Once a Sinner (1950)

Impoverished British bank clerk John Ross is hopelessly in love with drop-dead gorgeous Irene James. Ross will do anything to win Irene's affections - including embezzlement. She ends up marrying him, but she can't give up her true love, slimy counterfeite ...

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Night and the City (1950)

Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan. ...

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The Spider and the Fly (1949)

"The Spider and the Fly is set in Paris during the cloud-cuckoo days before WW I. The storyline intertwines the destinies of three people. Guy Rolfe plays Phillipe de Ledocq, a resourceful safecracker who always manages to elude arrest. Eric Portman is cas ...

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Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora (1949)

An actress, urged by her detective boyfriend, takes a job as housekeeper for a wealthy elderly woman. The woman's new young husband claims she's ill and refuses entry, raising suspicions about her whereabouts. ...

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Man on the Run (1949)

An Army deserter, still a fugitive in Post-War Britain, wanders into a pawn-shop robbery and finds himself wanted for murder. He meets a war widow who helps him elude the police while he looks for the real criminals. ...

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The Man from Yesterday (1949)

A psychic goes to the home of a woman who wants him to contact her dead fiancée, even though she has already remarried. Later, she ends up murdered! Soon the psychic points the finger at her jealous husband. ...

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For Them That Trespass (1949)

In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examining his subjects first-hand. This leads him to begin wandering about the seamiest side of town where he witnesses a murder. When an innocent man is arrested, ...

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Cardboard Cavalier (1949)

A historical romance between Lord Lovelace and Nell Gwynn. In Cromwellian England, royalists commission a barrow boy to carry a secret letter. Helped by Nell Gwynn, he succeeds after encounters with a castle ghost and custard pies. ...

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Love in Waiting (1948)

The story of three women working as waitresses in post-World War II Britain. ...

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Miranda (1948)

A young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives into her request to be taken to see London. Comedy and romantic entanglements ensue. ...

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Uncle Silas (1947)

Following her father's death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke and schemes to murder his niece for her vast inheritance. ...

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Bedelia (1946)

Bedelia Carrington is living happily, it appears, in Monte Carlo with her husband Charlie Carrington. But a cultivated young artist, Ben Chaney, begins probing into her past with curious concern. Chaney, who is really a detective, learns that Bedelia's obs ...

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Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)

The aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra. ...

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Read All About It (1945)

An account of the technique of reading the tabloid press in an intelligent manor via differing editorial techniques that leads to three styles of newspapers giving varying accounts of a strip-tease act. ...

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Strawberry Roan (1944)

Farmer Chris Lowe meets and falls in love with Molly , a chorus-girl. Despite the fact that she is a city girl through and through, she accepts his proposal of marriage and after the wedding goes to live on the farm. Chris realises that the transition for ...

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A Canterbury Tale (1944)

Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury. ...

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Give Us the Moon (1944)

Set just after the end of WWII (but filmed in the middle of it) in a time of general euphoria at having won the war, with full employment and general happiness for all (or nearly all). Peter, the young wastrel son of a hard working hotel owner doesn't like ...

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The Demi-Paradise (1943)

Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naïve about British people and convinced by hearsay that they are shallow and hypocritical, Ivan is ...

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The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)

This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24. ...

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The Goose Steps Out (1942)

Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new secret weapon, causing chaos in a Hitler Youth school in the process. ...

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"Pimpernel" Smith (1941)

Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Arya ...

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Old Mother Riley's Ghosts (1941)

Old Mother Riley gets involved in a plot to steal an invention ...

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The Door with Seven Locks (1940)

A wealthy lord dies and is entombed with a valuable deposit of jewels. Seven keys are required to unlock the tomb and get hold of the treasure. A mad doctor uses an iron maiden to systematically eliminate the heirs to the fortune. ...

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Girl in the News (1940)

An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted. Some time later the nurse, under a new name and identity, cares for a patient who also dies of an overdose. When her real ...

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Let George Do It! (1940)

Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved in trying to defeat Nazi a ...

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The Body Vanished (1939)

A Scotland Yard inspector and his reporter friend arrive on vacation in a small village and are immediately involved in what is claimed to be a murder but the body has disappeared, leaving it to the inspector to find the body, determine the motive and find ...

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The Saint in London (1939)

Suave soldier of fortune Simon Templer gets mixed up with a gang of counterfeiters who've murdered and robbed an European count of 1,000,000 pounds. He is aided reluctantly by Scotland Yard inspector Teal, who's convinced that Templar himself pulled off th ...

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The Four Just Men (1939)

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. ...

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Inspector Hornleigh (1939)

When a landlady finds one of her tenants murdered, Inspector Hornleigh is sent to investigate. Inspector Hornleigh's assistant, Sergeant Bingham, soon finds an attaché case that had been stolen from the murdered man. When Hornleigh examines the case, insi ...

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Men Without Honour (1939)

A lawyer, who has been accused of being dishonest, works with the police to expose two share pushers who have employed him, saving the investors from ruin. ...

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Julius Caesar (1938)

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. ...

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The Ware Case (1938)

An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of the aristocrat's house ...

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Double or Quits (1938)

A reporter on a transatlantic cruise finds himself accused of the theft of valuable stamps. Knowing that he didn't do it, he sets out to find the real thief, but isn't prepared for what he discovers. ...

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Old Mother Riley (1937)

Old Mother Riley is a British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, Barbara Everest, Patrick Ludlow and Hubert Leslie. Mother Riley and her daughter stop the plans of some disinherited relatives to overturn the t ...

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Museum Mystery (1937)

A gang of criminals plan to steal a valuable Burmese idol from a British museum but are foiled by the curator. ...

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Storm in a Teacup (1937)

A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter. ...

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The Dominant Sex (1937)

A mature comedy based on the hit stage play in which a loving but strained marriage is put to the test! ...

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Rembrandt (1936)

A character study depicting the life of Rembrandt Van Rijn at the height of his fame in the mid 1600s. Beginning with the death of his wife, Rembrandt's work takes a dark turn, which offends many of his patrons. ...

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Crime Over London (1936)

With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they plan a major robbery on a department store. ...

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The Marriage of Corbal (1936)

The film hinges on the love triangle between a young aristocratic lady on the run (Cleonie, played by Hazel Terry), the murderous Varennes, Citizen-Deputy of the Revolution who saves her by disguising her as his nephew (Nils Asther) and finally the Marquis ...

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When Knights Were Bold (1936)

Happy-go-lucky soldier Guy De Vere must leave India and return to the family seat at Little Twittering, for he has inherited the family title. Sir Guy finds all his relatives to be frozen stuffed shirts... except lovely cousin Rowena, who is mad about knig ...

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Jury's Evidence (1936)

The Foreman of an Old Bailey jury refuses to accept circumstantial evidence and helps solve murder case. ...

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The Silent Passenger (1935)

A really well made British murder mystery from British Gaumont studios. Story opens with a dead body found in a trunk. Who's the cold-blooded killer? ...

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Royal Cavalcade (1935)

Made in commemoration and celebration of the Jubilee of King George V, this is the story of the first twenty-five years of his reign, told through the many travels of a penny that was minted in the year of his accession: 1910. Through a series of individua ...

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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet. ...

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Girls Will Be Boys (1934)

The Duke of Bridgewater sends for the heir he's never seen. His heir is Patricia, and the Duke is a woman-hater, so Patricia disguises herself as a boy. ...

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The Girl in Possession (1934)

An American woman is fooled into thinking that she is the heiress to an estate in England. ...

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Freedom of the Seas (1934)

George Smith, a mild-mannered clerk with a crush on his boss's daughter, is led astray by an old friend of his father. A midday sojourn to a public bar results in him insulting his boss, getting sacked and enlisting in the Navy. Will he still remain a feeb ...

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This Acting Business (1933)

A lighthearted look at the personal struggles of two newlywed stage performers who are driven to separation by their interfering parents. ...

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The Love Nest (1933)

On the eve of his own marriage, a man offers shelter to a runaway wife with whom he strikes up an unexpected bond. ...

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The Ghost Camera (1933)

When a photograph is taken at the scene of a murder, the camera is tossed out of a castle window to destroy the evidence and lands in the back of a passing car belonging to chemist John Gray who becomes amateur sleuth after developing the film and goes in ...

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Bachelor's Baby (1932)

Jimmy finds an abandoned baby while motorcycling in the country. ...

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Love on Wheels (1932)

A department store assistant becomes publicity conscious. ...

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Josser Joins the Navy (1932)

'Hall porter forced to join Navy while tracking spies. ...

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The Third String (1932)

A man poses as a boxer to impress a woman, but then is forced to fight a real champion. ...

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The Other Mrs. Phipps (1931)

'Broke lord poses as widow's lady companion and saves girl from kidnap. ...

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Rynox (1931)

Things are not all well at Rynox House, where the company is on the verge of collapse. At the same time, its senior partner, FX Benedik, keeps receiving threats from the disgruntled Boswell Marsh, who is seen in town buying theatre tickets and revolvers. ...

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The Great Gay Road (1931)

'Romance of the open road and the circus. A tramp poses as baronet's lost son but relinquishes his sweetheart to a younger man. ...

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The Girl in the Night (1931)

'Man shelters from storm in old hour used by diamond smugglers. ...

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Glamour (1931)

A young, ruthless woman falls in love with a rising actor. ...

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My Wife's Family (1931)

Farcical confusions ensue when newlywed bride Peggy Gay overhears her husband Jack discussing the purchase of a piano, and somehow interprets what he has said to mean he is the father of an illegitimate child. ...

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Stepping Stones (1931)

A musical film directed by Geoffrey Benstead ...

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Contraband Love (1931)

JP Paul Machin poses as a fugitive along the Cornish coast to gain the trust of a local smuggling ring. As he integrates into their world, he works to identify the leader and bring the group to justice. ...

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The Lyons Mail (1931)

A mystery film directed by Arthur Maude ...

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What a Night! (1931)

While staying at a reportedly haunted inn a traveller discovers that the 'ghost' is a thief. ...

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The Sleeping Cardinal (1931)

A card cheat is threatened with exposure into joining a criminal enterprise that Sherlock Holmes believes is controlled by Professor Moriarity. ...

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