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British cinema: Comedy
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Kenneth Branagh
In Sicily, the nobleman Don Pedro receives a hero's welcome from Leonardo, the Governor of Messina, having thwarted an uprising led by Don John, his bastard half-brother...
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Kenneth Branagh
Murder at the Gallop (1963)
George Pollock
Whilst collecting money for a charity, Miss Marple and her friend Mr Stringer pay a call on the reclusive Mr Enderby. They are amazed when the old man suddenly appears at the top of his staircase and drops dead at their feet...
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George Pollock
The Naked Truth (1957)
Mario Zampi
Nigel Dennis is the proprietor of the magazine The Naked Truth in which he exposes the sordid private lives of well-known celebrities...
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Mario Zampi
No Limit (1935)
Monty Banks
George Shuttleworth is a chimney sweep's assistant from Wigan who has just one dream: to win the TT motorcycle race on the Isle of Man...
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Monty Banks
Oh, Mr. Porter! (1937)
Marcel Varnel
After having failed in virtually every other job going, railway employee William Porter finally feels he has found his metier as a wheel-tapper, but his sister decides that this is too lowly a position for him...
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Marcel Varnel
On the Beat (1962)
Robert Asher
Norman Pitkin has one ambition in life: to become a policeman, just like his dear old dad. Unfortunately, he is too short for the job and so has to content himself with being a parking attendant at Scotland Yard... [More...]
Robert Asher
Norman Pitkin has one ambition in life: to become a policeman, just like his dear old dad. Unfortunately, he is too short for the job and so has to content himself with being a parking attendant at Scotland Yard... [More...]
On the Fiddle (1961)
Cyril Frankel
Incorrigible spiv Horace Pope is not one to let a small thing like World War II get in the way of his money making exploits... [More...]
Cyril Frankel
Incorrigible spiv Horace Pope is not one to let a small thing like World War II get in the way of his money making exploits... [More...]
Passport to Pimlico (1949)
Henry Cornelius
When an unexploded German bomb is detonated in an area of central London, a lost vault of 15th Century treasure is revealed, along with a royal charter which makes Miramont Place, Pimlico, the property of the Duke of Burgundy... [More...]
Henry Cornelius
When an unexploded German bomb is detonated in an area of central London, a lost vault of 15th Century treasure is revealed, along with a royal charter which makes Miramont Place, Pimlico, the property of the Duke of Burgundy... [More...]
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Blake Edwards
Charles Dreyfus, formerly Chief Inspector Dreyfus of the French National Police, is a changed man. He no longer harbours any homicidal feelings for Inspector Jacques Clouseau, the man who drove him insane and robbed him of his position... [More...]
Blake Edwards
Charles Dreyfus, formerly Chief Inspector Dreyfus of the French National Police, is a changed man. He no longer harbours any homicidal feelings for Inspector Jacques Clouseau, the man who drove him insane and robbed him of his position... [More...]
The Plank (1967)
Eric Sykes
Two workmen have almost finished laying the floorboards in a new house when they realise that they are short by one plank... [More...]
Eric Sykes
Two workmen have almost finished laying the floorboards in a new house when they realise that they are short by one plank... [More...]
Porridge (1979)
Dick Clement
Escaping from Slade Prison is the last thing on Norman Stanley Fletcher's mind (particularly as he is due for parole in a year's time) but this is the unintended result of his agreeing to do a favour for Harry Grout, the unofficial boss of the prison... [More...]
Dick Clement
Escaping from Slade Prison is the last thing on Norman Stanley Fletcher's mind (particularly as he is due for parole in a year's time) but this is the unintended result of his agreeing to do a favour for Harry Grout, the unofficial boss of the prison... [More...]
Private's Progress (1956)
John Boulting
In 1941, Stanley Windrush has his university studies interrupted when he is conscripted into the British army. Because of his aristocratic background, Windrush is considered officer material, but when he fails to get past an officer selection board, he ends up being posted to a holding unit, under the command of the hard-to-please Major Hitchcock... [More...]
John Boulting
In 1941, Stanley Windrush has his university studies interrupted when he is conscripted into the British army. Because of his aristocratic background, Windrush is considered officer material, but when he fails to get past an officer selection board, he ends up being posted to a holding unit, under the command of the hard-to-please Major Hitchcock... [More...]
The Rebel (1961)
Robert Day
Tired of the unending monotony of his life as a lowly office clerk, Anthony Hancock Esq. sets out for Paris to make a name for himself as an artist... [More...]
Robert Day
Tired of the unending monotony of his life as a lowly office clerk, Anthony Hancock Esq. sets out for Paris to make a name for himself as an artist... [More...]
Rich and Strange (1931)
Alfred Hitchcock
Office clerk Fred Hill is tired of his humdrum life, tired of never having enough money to enjoy the luxuries than others can afford... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Office clerk Fred Hill is tired of his humdrum life, tired of never having enough money to enjoy the luxuries than others can afford... [More...]
Sailors Three (1940)
Walter Forde
During WWII, a British destroyer, H.M.S. Ferocious, patrols the South Atlantic, her mission: to locate and destroy the German pocket battleship Ludendorf... [More...]
Walter Forde
During WWII, a British destroyer, H.M.S. Ferocious, patrols the South Atlantic, her mission: to locate and destroy the German pocket battleship Ludendorf... [More...]
School for Scoundrels (1960)
Robert Hamer
Tired of being put down by others, mild-mannered and thoroughly decent Henry Palfrey decides to enrol at Mr Potter's School for Lifemanship... [More...]
Robert Hamer
Tired of being put down by others, mild-mannered and thoroughly decent Henry Palfrey decides to enrol at Mr Potter's School for Lifemanship... [More...]
The Square Peg (1959)
John Paddy Carstairs
During WWII, Norman Pitkin believes that he, a humble council employee, is making an invaluable contribution to the war effort, by digging up roads... [More...]
John Paddy Carstairs
During WWII, Norman Pitkin believes that he, a humble council employee, is making an invaluable contribution to the war effort, by digging up roads... [More...]
Stage Fright (1950)
Alfred Hitchcock
Jonathan Cooper is on the run from the police, suspected of murdering the husband of the renowned singer-actress Charlotte Inwood... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Jonathan Cooper is on the run from the police, suspected of murdering the husband of the renowned singer-actress Charlotte Inwood... [More...]
Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973)
Peter Sykes
When the Steptoes put their faithful horse out to grass, they must buy a replacement if they are to stay in business as rag-and-bone men... [More...]
Peter Sykes
When the Steptoes put their faithful horse out to grass, they must buy a replacement if they are to stay in business as rag-and-bone men... [More...]
Superman II (1980)
Richard Lester
In the nick of time, Superman manages to thwart a plot by terrorists to blow up Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower with a hydrogen bomb, but when the bomb detonates in deep space it releases three criminals from the planet Krypton from their two-dimensional prison... [More...]
Richard Lester
In the nick of time, Superman manages to thwart a plot by terrorists to blow up Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower with a hydrogen bomb, but when the bomb detonates in deep space it releases three criminals from the planet Krypton from their two-dimensional prison... [More...]
Theatre of Blood (1973)
Douglas Hickox
Edward Lionheart is convinced he was the greatest Shakespearean actor of his day but instead of glory his final season of performances ended in humiliation when a group of critics bestowed on a newcomer an award which was his by right... [More...]
Douglas Hickox
Edward Lionheart is convinced he was the greatest Shakespearean actor of his day but instead of glory his final season of performances ended in humiliation when a group of critics bestowed on a newcomer an award which was his by right... [More...]
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Ludwig Berger
Anxious to find out how his subjects live, Ahmad, the rightful King of Bagdad, explores the city disguised as a poor man, allowing his Grand Vizier, Jaffar, to usurp his position... [More...]
Ludwig Berger
Anxious to find out how his subjects live, Ahmad, the rightful King of Bagdad, explores the city disguised as a poor man, allowing his Grand Vizier, Jaffar, to usurp his position... [More...]
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
Ken Annakin
In 1910, newspaper magnate Lord Rawnsley organises an aeroplane race between London and Paris in the hope of allowing Great Britain to claim supremacy of the skies... [More...]
Ken Annakin
In 1910, newspaper magnate Lord Rawnsley organises an aeroplane race between London and Paris in the hope of allowing Great Britain to claim supremacy of the skies... [More...]
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
Charles Crichton
It is a black day when British Rail announces the closure of an unprofitable branch line connecting the village of Titfield with the town of Mallingford... [More...]
Charles Crichton
It is a black day when British Rail announces the closure of an unprofitable branch line connecting the village of Titfield with the town of Mallingford... [More...]
Too Many Crooks (1959)
Mario Zampi
A gang of small-time crooks are having a hard time making a dishonest living, thanks to the ineptitude of their leader, Fingers... [More...]
Mario Zampi
A gang of small-time crooks are having a hard time making a dishonest living, thanks to the ineptitude of their leader, Fingers... [More...]
Two Way Stretch (1960)
Robert Day
Dodger Lane, Lennie Price and Jelly Knight are doing time at Her Majesty's pleasure, but thanks to their benign Prisoner Governor, Horatio Bennett, they have not had to sacrifice their creature comforts... [More...]
Robert Day
Dodger Lane, Lennie Price and Jelly Knight are doing time at Her Majesty's pleasure, but thanks to their benign Prisoner Governor, Horatio Bennett, they have not had to sacrifice their creature comforts... [More...]
What a Carve Up! (1961)
Pat Jackson
Ernest Broughton is a proof reader for pulp fiction publisher. One evening, whilst absorbed in his latest penny dreadful, he is visited by a solicitor who informs him that he must attend the reading of the will of his Uncle Gabriel, who has just past away... [More...]
Pat Jackson
Ernest Broughton is a proof reader for pulp fiction publisher. One evening, whilst absorbed in his latest penny dreadful, he is visited by a solicitor who informs him that he must attend the reading of the will of his Uncle Gabriel, who has just past away... [More...]
What the Butler Saw (1950)
Godfrey Grayson
In the dim and distant days when Great Britain still had an empire and knew how to run it, a member of the British aristocracy - an earl no less - was happily ensconced as the proud governor of the most paradisiacal South Sea island... [More...]
Godfrey Grayson
In the dim and distant days when Great Britain still had an empire and knew how to run it, a member of the British aristocracy - an earl no less - was happily ensconced as the proud governor of the most paradisiacal South Sea island... [More...]
Whisky Galore! (1949)
Alexander Mackendrick
In 1943, calamity befalls the small Scottish island of Todday. The last reserves of whisky - the water of life to the locals - run dry... [More...]
Alexander Mackendrick
In 1943, calamity befalls the small Scottish island of Todday. The last reserves of whisky - the water of life to the locals - run dry... [More...]
The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)
Cliff Owen
London gang leader Pearly Gates is none too pleased when a rival gang, disguised as police officers, thwart his brilliantly contrived robberies and run off with the ill-gotten gains... [More...]
Cliff Owen
London gang leader Pearly Gates is none too pleased when a rival gang, disguised as police officers, thwart his brilliantly contrived robberies and run off with the ill-gotten gains... [More...]