Pink String and Sealing Wax
Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkard husband. (The title is from the way pharmacists used to wrap parcels containing poison).
Dead of Night
While seeking some architectural work at a country farmhouse, Walter Craig soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. He’s forced to listen to the bizarre tales of each guest while dreading the terrible end he knows is coming.
Trouble Brewing
Ealing comedy starring music hall star George Formby. An eager newspaper reporter (Formby) goes undercover to expose a gang of counterfeiters. Posing as a wrestler and waiter in his investigative efforts, George proves a greater menace to public order than the criminals he is chasing.
It Always Rains on Sunday
During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.
The Green Cockatoo
A young girl is travelling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man who has been stabbed by a member of a gang of crooks involved with greyhound racing. She becomes a suspect, but flees the scene in order to deliver a message to the dead man's brother. She is protected from the police by a night club entertainer, who she learns is the man she is seeking.
On Approval
Two wealthy Victorian widows are courted tentatively by two impoverished British aristocrats. When one of the dowagers suggests that her beau go away with her for a month to see if they are compatible, the fireworks begin.
They Came to a City
People from different walks of life mysteriously find themselves at the gate of an unknown city
Her Last Affaire
Desperate to prove his father innocent of treason, a secretary arranges a clandestine assignation with his employer's wife in order to get the proof he needs. But the plan goes awry when he becomes implicated in her sudden death.
The Lady Vanishes
On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.
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Robert Hamer
Director
Gordon Jackson
as
David Sutton
Roland Culver
as
Eliot Foley
Basil Radford
as
George Parratt
Ralph Michael
as
Peter Cortland
Martita Hunt
as
Madame Berdi
Alfie Bass
as
Dicey
Nigel Stock
as
Ted Edwards
Arthur Hambling
as
Yardmaster
Robert Newton
as
Dave Connor
Sybil Grove
as
Hotel Majestic Proprietress
Bruce Seton
as
Madison - Tall Henchman
Elliott Mason
as
Mrs. McCosh - the Housekeeper
Raymond Huntley
as
Malcolm Stritton
Michael Powell
Director
Cecil Parker
as
Sir Arthur Harding
Alfred Hitchcock
Director
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