When an attractive young girl is murdered, suspicion falls on several members of the local tennis club. It falls to Police Inspector Halloran to sort out all the red herrings, and finally after a confrontation at the top of the local church spire, arrest the culprit. Another fascinating look at what life was like in Britain during the 50's.

The Blue Lamp

1950

English

6.8

♡ 7

83%

Basil Dearden Director

Sam Kydd as Bookmakers Assistant at White City

Arnold Bell as Hospital Doctor

Jennifer Jayne as June

Meredith Edwards as PC 'Taff' Hughes

P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also anachronistic, unprepared and unable to answer the violence of the 1950s.

Ivory Hunter

1951

English

6.1

♡ 1

Action

Adventure

based on a true story

Harry Watt Director

Anthony Steel as Bob Payton

Andrew Cruickshank as Governor

Meredith Edwards as Gwyl Davis

Harold Warrender as Mannering

A true story about an Englishman working as a game warden in Kenya who is disgusted by the ongoing destruction of African wildlife, and decides to create a national park to protect them.

The Magnet

1950

English

6.8

♡ 4

46%

Charles Frend Director

Meredith Edwards as Harper

James Fox as Johnny Brent

David Boyd as Mike

James Robertson Justice as Tramp

A classic Ealing comedy in which a young boy steals a magnet and becomes a hero.

The Third Key

1956

English

7.0

♡ 3

Charles Frend Director

Geoffrey Keen as Chief-Superintendent Jim Malcolm

Stratford Johns as Constable

Meredith Edwards as Mr. Thomas

Ian Bannen as The Young Workman - Stanley James

Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. The film is notable for using a police procedural style made popular by Ealing in their 1950 film The Blue Lamp. It is known in the US as The Third Key.

Mix Me a Person

1962

English

6.2

♡ 1

Leslie Norman Director

Anne Baxter as Dr. Anne Dyson

Anthony Booth as Gravy

Ray Barrett as Insp. Wagstaffe

Meredith Edwards as Johnson

Eighteen-year-old Harry Jukes is literally holding a smoking gun in his hand. His lawyer thinks he did it, but his psychiatrist disagrees -- and sets out to prove she is right.

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

1966

English

5.8

♡ 6

Frank Launder Director

Meredith Edwards as Chairman

Aubrey Morris as Hutch

Michael Ripper as The Liftman

Stratford Johns as The Voice

The all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover two and a half million pounds hidden in their school.

The Conquest of Everest

1953

English

7.3

♡ 1

George Lowe Director

Meredith Edwards as Narrator

Queen Elizabeth II as Self

Edmund Hillary as Self

Michael Ward as Self

A documentary of the first successful expedition to the summit of Mount Everest. New Zealand's Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay climb Mount Everest in 1953.

The Cruel Sea

1953

English

7.4

♡ 6

100%

Charles Frend Director

Sam Kydd as Carslake

Aileen Lewis as Lady at Party

Denholm Elliott as Morell

Meredith Edwards as Yeoman Wells

At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life miserable enough, but the men must also harden themselves to rescuing survivors of U-Boat attacks, while seldom able to strike back. Traumatic events afloat and ashore create a warm bond between the skipper and his first officer

Tiger Bay

1959

English

7.5

♡ 5

78%

unfaithful girlfriend

wales

witness to murder

J. Lee Thompson Director

Hayley Mills as Gillie

Marianne Stone as Mrs. Williams

Meredith Edwards as P.C. Williams

Michael Anderson Jr. as Youth

In Tiger Bay, the docklands of Cardiff, rough-and-tumble street urchin Gillie witnesses the brutal killing of a young woman at the hands of visiting Polish sailor Korchinsky. Instead of reporting the crime to the authorities, Gillie merely pockets a prize for herself — Korchinsky's shiny black revolver — and flees the scene. When Detective Graham discovers that Gillie has the murder weapon, the fiery young girl weaves a web of lies to throw him off course.

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

1960

English

7.1

♡ 6

100%

52%

Action

based on novel or book

husband wife relationship

london, england

male friendship

sex scandal

Ken Hughes Director

Meredith Edwards as Auctioneer

David Langton as Frank

Michael Brennan as Queensbury's Friend at Auction

Nigel Patrick as Sir Edward Clarke

England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, maintains an ongoing feud with the latter in order to ruin his reputation and cause his fall from grace.

A Run for Your Money

1949

English

6.4

♡ 5

Action

Comedy

Charles Frend Director

Hugh Griffith as Huw

Fred Griffiths as Man in pub

Marianne Stone as Miss Carpenter

Meredith Edwards as Twm

Two Welsh coal-mining brothers win a trip to London to claim a monetary prize. They are supposed to meet a newspaper reporter who will be their escort. Instead, the brothers are launched into an adventure with some London riff-raff. It is up to the reporter to look out for the brothers, and what a job it turns out to be!