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A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

Charles Crichton

London gangster George Thomason has masterminded the perfect jewel robbery, which he is about to put into action with his henchman Ken Pile, an animal-lover with a crippling stutter, and a pair of Americans - Wanda Gerschwitz and Otto West. The latter pretend to be brother and sister but are in fact lovers who intend to double-cross George and Ken after the robbery... [More...]

A Stitch in Time (1963)

Robert Asher

Norman Pitkin is an enthusiastic but pretty inept butcher’s assistant. During a hold up, his boss, Mr Grimsdale, swallows his watch and has to be taken into hospital. Norman unintentionally wreaks havoc in the wards when he visits his employer and the two men end up being banned from the hospital... [More...]

The Alphabet Murders (1965)

Frank Tashlin

Pursued across London by a British secret service agent who is tasked with deporting him back to his own country, the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot begins to investigate the mysterious killing of a high-diving clown with the initials A.A. His first lead is a mysterious tall blonde woman who carries a handbag with the initials A.B.C... [More...]

The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (1936)

Alfred Zeisler

The life of the idle playboy millionaire does not agree with Ernest Bliss. Worried about his deteriorating health, he is persuaded to see a Harley Street consultant who advises him to give up his extravagant life style for one year and try to get by on less than five pounds a week. Ernest rises to the challenge and wagers £50,000 that he can give up his old life for one full year... [More...]

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

John Landis

David Kessler and Jack Goodman are two American college backpackers who decide to make a tour of Europe. Where better to begin than the bleak, soggy Yorkshire moors? As night falls, they enter an inn named The Slaughtered Lamb, hoping for rest and refreshment. Instead, they receive a deathly cold reception from a sinister collection of locals who, not liking foreign folk, drive them away with a warning not to stray on the moors... [More...]

The Anniversary (1968)

Roy Ward Baker

Mrs Taggart runs her late husband’s house building business with an iron hand and an implacable ruthlessness, and she manages her three grown-up sons in much the same way. But the worms are beginning to turn and a showdown is due - on the date on which the Taggart family comes together to celebrate the redoubtable matriarch’s wedding anniversary... [More...]

Arabian Adventure (1979)

Kevin Connor

The ancient city of Jadur is ruled by the tyrannical Caliph Alquazar, an evil sorcerer who employs mystical powers to prevent his people from rising up against him. Alquazar lacks only one thing to make him the most powerful of all men, the enchanted Rose of Elil. He promises his beautiful stepdaughter, the Princess Zuleira, to Prince Hasan if he can find the legendary rose and return it to him... [More...]

Ask a Policeman (1938)

Marcel Varnel

Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot is proud of the fact that since his arrival in the tranquil coastal village of Turnbotham Round, over a decade ago, not one crime has been committed. Unfortunately, the Chief Constable sees things differently and concludes that because the villagers are so law-abiding there is no reason to keep the police station open... [More...]

The Battle of the Sexes (1959)

Charles Crichton

When Old Macpherson dies, his son Robert inherits his thriving Edinburgh-based tweed clothing business. On his return to Scotland from America, the young Macpherson runs into Angela Barrows, a business consultant who agrees to look over his company with a view to modernisation. The changes that Angela immediately instigates are ill-received by Macpherson’s staff, particularly the humdrum accountant Mr Martin... [More...]

Beat the Devil (1953)

John Huston

Billy Dannreuther and his wife Maria are on their way to make their fortune in Africa, but are held up in an Italian port whilst their steamboat undergoes some repair work. Here, they meet an eccentric English couple, Harry and Gwendolen Chelm, and a strange foursome led by a man named Peterson. It gradually becomes apparent that they all have one thing in common – to secure the rights to land that is reputed to be rich in uranium ore... [More...]

The Belles of St. Trinian’s (1954)

Frank Launder

The Sultan of Makyad has decided that his daughter Fatima should be brought up as a respectable English lady and so sends her to St Trinian’s, a boarding school for girls in Barchester. What the Sultan does not know is that St Trinian’s is the scourge of the county, its wild brood of skirted monsters instilling fear amongst local shop owners whilst driving the Minister of Education into the arms of the men in white coats... [More...]

The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942)

Basil Dearden

Will Davis is the proprietor of a correspondence college that prides itself on its academic excellence, even if it has difficulty competing with the better known academic institutions. The college’s only pupil is Bobby Jessop, a junior employee at the Ministry of International Commerce in London... [More...]

Bless This House (1972)

Gerald Thomas

Sid and Jean Abbott are a happily married middle-aged couple who live in a respectable suburban neighbourhood with their teenage children, Mike and Sally. With Mike’s enthusiasm for early morning car maintenance and Sally’s determination to save the planet from waste and pollution, it isn’t long before the family is at war with its new neighbours, Mr and Mrs Baines... [More...]

Blithe Spirit (1945)

David Lean

To gather material for his next book, writer Charles Condomine invites a local mystic, Madame Arcati, to hold a séance at his house, in the presence of his wife Ruth and two guests. Sceptical of Arcati’s powers, Charles is surprised when the image of his dead wife Elvira appears before him... [More...]

Blue Murder at St. Trinian’s (1957)

Frank Launder

With headmistress Miss Fritton taking leave at her Majesty’s pleasure, St Trinian’s has descended into a state of total anarchy. Not even the British army is equipped to maintain order until a replacement head teacher is found. As his schoolgirl chums battle it out against the hopelessly ill-prepared soldiers, Flash Harry pays a visit to an Italian prince, hoping to sell one of the more attractive sixth formers through his illicit marriage brokering agency... [More...]

Boys Will Be Boys (1935)

William Beaudine

Dr Alexander Smart is hopeful that a letter of recommendation from his present employer, the Governor of Blackstone Prison, will secure him the post of headmaster at Narkover School. The Governor, however, has other ideas and writes him a far from flattering testimonial. Ex-convict Faker Brown persuades Smart to swap this letter for one which he had earlier dictated, and, by this minor subterfuge, Smart does indeed get the job... [More...]

Brothers in Law (1957)

Roy Boulting

Roger Thursby is a recently graduated barrister who is desperately keen to make his mark on the legal profession. Alas, it isn’t long before his initial optimism begins to wane as it becomes apparent that winning his first briefs is no east matter. Even when the distinguished Kendall Grimes takes him on as a pupil, Roger still hasn’t any success... [More...]

Carry on Abroad (1972)

Gerald Thomas

Pub landlord Vic Flange has booked a Wundators package holiday to the Spanish resort Elsbels, which is coincidentally where the buxom beauty Sadie Tomkins intends to spend her holiday. When Vic’s battleaxe wife Cora hears of this she insists on accompanying him, to keep him out of mischief. Stuart Farquhar, the Wundators rep, welcomes the Flanges and their fellow holidaymakers onto the coach at the start of what will be a very memorable holiday... [More...]

Carry on Again Doctor (1969)

Gerald Thomas

Dr Carver’s ambition is to run his own private clinic, but without a huge capital outlay how can he realise this dream? The wealthy widow Mrs Moore, one of his private patients, could be the answer. She is so grateful to Carver for taking out her appendix that she will offer him the support he needs, providing he sends a doctor to her late husband’s missionary in the Beatific Islands... [More...]

Carry on at Your Convenience (1971)

Gerald Thomas

William C. Boggs is the appropriately named owner of a factory that manufactures lavatories. The firm’s productivity is jeopardised by Vic Spanner, a Bolshie union representative, who routinely calls his fellow workers out on strike at the least provocation, especially on days when the football team he supports is playing at home... [More...]

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