The Way Ahead
A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casualties at Dunkirk.
Sing As We Go!
When the textile mill closes, putting her out of work, Gracie finds herself experiencing all of the amusements of Blackpool.
Wanted for Murder
The son of a notorious hangman is gradually becoming insane and he finds himself unable to resist the urge to strangle women to death.
Another Shore
A young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti. One of the Ealing comedies.
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Herman inherits a greyhound and decides to make his fortune by dog racing. After traveling from Manchester to London in the hope of entering a national invitational, Herman and his friends find work in a pop group, and Herman falls in love.
The Titfield Thunderbolt
When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member of the community who is attracted by the complete lack of licensing hours on trains. Unfortunately the local bus company starts to use methods that can hardly be seen as fair competition.
This Happy Breed
In 1919, Frank Gibbons returns home from army duty and moves into a middle-class row house in the suburbs, bringing with him wife Ethel, carping mother-in-law Mrs. Flint, sister-in-law Sylvia and three children. Years pass, with the daily routine of family infighting and reconciliation occasionally broken by a strike or a festival, and even another World War.
No Trees in the Street
Based on the play by Ted Willis, the film is set in the years just before World War II, when England hadn't completely dug itself out of the worldwide depression. Melvyn Hayes is featured as an aimless teenager, who tries to escape his squalid surroundings by entering a life of crime. He falls in with local hoodlum Herbert Lom, who holds the rest of the slum citizens in the grip of fear including Hayes' own family. No Trees in the Street chronicles Hayes' sordid progress from nickel-and-dime thefts to murder.
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Carol Reed
Director
Jack Watling
as
Buster - Marjorie's boyfriend
Trevor Howard
as
Officer on Ship
Tracy Reed
as
The Perry's Daughter
John Loder
as
Hugh Phillips
Roland Culver
as
Chief Insp. Conway
Marie Ault
as
Flower Seller
Wilfrid Brambell
as
Moore
Marne Maitland
as
Photographer
Tom Kempinski
as
Hobart
Sidney James
as
Hawkins
Sam Kydd
as
Policeman
Robert Newton
as
Frank Gibbons
Kay Walsh
as
Queenie
Edwin Richfield
as
Jackie
Stratford Johns
as
Man Placing Bet
Marianne Stone
as
Mrs. Jokel
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