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- DirectorMark RobsonStarsRichard WidmarkMai ZetterlingNigel PatrickWorld War II sergeant Joe Lawrence falls for refugee aiming to relocate German orphans. He conspires with comrades to fund relocation through heist. Plot follows daring robbery plan and blossoming romance amidst wartime challenges.
- DirectorGregory RatoffStarsGregory RatoffKay KendallMarina BertiAbdullah, absolute monarch of a wealthy Middle Eastern country, has everything a man could want. Everything, that is, until he falls for a beautiful model. She rejects his advances, however, along with his offers of riches and luxury, chosing instead an officer in the king's army as her lover. As all of this is going on, the ruler is oblivious to the growing discontent among his subjects, and the threat of revolt that is increasing with each passing day.
- DirectorDavid MacDonaldStarsBetta St. JohnAlexander KnoxChristopher LeeJohn Preston meets Sally who agrees to marry him. Then, Preston begins to have dreams about Sylvia, a woman from his past, who comes to Deanbridge to blackmail him. In his dream, Preston strangles. He seeks help from Doctor Walton.
- StarsNatasha ParryDenholm ElliottGerald LawsonA dramatic anthology series.
- DirectorDesmond DavisStarsJoan ShawleePeter ReynoldsGreta GyntJoan Shawlee, the redhead star, plays Aggie Anderson, an American fashion scout who has a genius for getting into trouble. She finds herself involved in several exciting adventures in Paris, Berlin and London.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsForrest TuckerEva BartokMarius GoringAn adventurer is hired by a German millionaire to help a Polish scientist escape to the West.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsEddie ByrneJune ThorburnBetty Ann DaviesThe Joneses compete for a cottage offered by a British lord to the couple with the most grandchildren.
- DirectorKen HughesStarsSydney ChaplinAudrey DaltonJefferson CliffordA falling-out between thieves over the proceeds of a stickup results in several killings and a priest being marked for murder because of a confession he heard from one of the gang members.
- DirectorLawrence HuntingtonJulio SalvadorStarsRichard GreeneAnouk AiméeMichael DenisonA government agent is sent to the French-Spanish border to round up smugglers and counterfeiters after his brother is murdered. He is helped by singer Anouk Aimee, who he falls in love with.
- DirectorPaul DicksonStarsRon RandellJohn LongdenGenine GrahamTwo stories - one about a ruthless financier who inadvertently wills his own death, the other about a surgeon who seduces a friend's wife and lives just long enough to regret it.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsGene NelsonMona FreemanJohn BentleyA man tells his wife that the police are after him for having killed a bookie during an alcoholic binge, but that he is innocent and is being framed for the murder. The wife and her brother hide him and try to find out who the real killer was. The more they investigate, the more holes they begin to find in the husband's story.
- DirectorDavid MacDonaldStarsRon RandellJohn LongdenJeanette SterkeTwo crime drama tales of plans for a murder gone wrong. In the first story, a man plots to murder his daughter's blackmailer and then himself. In the second story, a doctor hypnotizes a man who's been having an affair with his wife to kill her, or hopefully she will kill him. Originally released to television as individual episodes of "The Vise".
- DirectorBernard KnowlesStarsBruce SetonDerek AylwardKathleen ByronA man finds a rare stamp and takes it to an expert to find out what it's worth. He discovers it is a forgery and starts to find out who is behind it.
- StarsDerek FrancisAlfred BurkeArthur HewlettAn anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
- StarsCampbell SingerThomas HeathcoteRichard CaldicotRichard O. Sullivan as a child genius in the play "Honour Bright".
- StarsBen LyonBarbara LyonRichard LyonBen Lyon, wife Bebe plus children Richard and Barbara play themselves handling everyday situations with any crisis taken care of. Aggie is their Scottish housekeeper and Florrie Wainwright their nosy neighbor.
- DirectorHenry CassStarsReg DixonPeter MartynBelinda LeeReg is a scientist who invents a pill to cure smokers of their nicotine addiction. However, when he makes his discovery public, he encounters strong resistance from the tobacco industry.
- DirectorMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsAnthony QuayleAnton WalbrookDennis PricePseudonym Dr. Falke pursues his wife through disguises and deceptions in postwar Vienna, an operetta adaptation involving occupying powers' protagonists, not a staged production but a cinematic reimagining.
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsPaul CarpenterDiane HartJill AdamsA hard-boiled reporter tries to solve a mysterious crime despite an increasingly complicated love life.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsJill AdamsEddie ByrneLyndon BrookAs he is about to retire, a police officer discovers that his daughter is mixed up with a criminal gang and is about to go to prison for a crime she didn't commit. Against his better judgment, he comes up with a plan to keep her from going to prison.
- DirectorWendy ToyeStarsKenneth MoreShelagh FraserMandy MillerTony Kent returns home after 3 years in the Navy to find his children are strangers. After his wife is suddenly called away, Tony takes his brood to his father's windmill home where he tries to bond with Peter, Anne and Fusty.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsPatrick BarrHubert GreggMarjorie Rhodes
- StarsLorne GreeneJack MacGowranRupert DaviesCaptain of 'The Shipwreck' Grant Mitchell runs a cargo business, but finds himself often called on for help against problems, intrigue, and villainy on the choppy waters of his trade.
- DirectorR.G. SpringsteenStarsKent TaylorJane HyltonKathleen ByronAn American is visiting Britain and finds himself in possession of a briefcase full of secret documents that the spies of many different countries seem determined to get.
- DirectorLeslie ArlissStarsRonald ShinerGreta GyntJames HayterCockney corporal Wally Winton (Ronald Shiner) desires promotion so that he can finally receive an inheritance. He dresses up as a priest and goes out one night with Penelope Toop (Greta Gynt), the vicar's attractive blonde wife. To add to the theme of mistaken identity, there are several priests running around, some real, some fake. One of these, Basher (Charles Farrell), is discovered by Winton to be an escaped convict, and is placed under arrest. The corporal is then promoted and becomes eligible for his inheritance.
- DirectorZoltan KordaTerence YoungStarsAnthony SteelLaurence HarveyJames Robertson JusticeA CinemaScope remake of The Four Feathers (1939).
- DirectorCésar Fernández ArdavínTed LeversuchStarsFernando ReyBob SimmonsJune PowellAn undercover agent tracks a smuggling ring to Morocco, and finds himself involved with a nightclub singer, a seemingly cavalier police inspector and a murder.
- DirectorTerence YoungStarsOlivia de HavillandGilbert RolandPaul ScofieldIn 1570, widowed Princess Ana de Mendoza becomes the love object of a deadly rivalry between her cousin Don Inigo, King Philip II of Spain and his secretary of state Antonio Perez.
- StarsBenny HillJeremy HawkPatricia HayesBritish comedy TV variety series starring Benny Hill containing episodes aired for the BBC (1955-1968).
- DirectorWolf RillaStarsKieron MooreSarah LawsonGreta GyntThe title is derived from the flag of England's Outward Bound Sea School at Aberdovey, Wales: Mike Merriworth, a Merchant Navy hero of the Korean War returns to England after three years of captivity in Communist hands, his mind confused by brainwashing and indoctrination at the hands of his captors, and accepts a post as an instructor at the Outward Bound Sea School. He is placed in charge of "Nelson Watch," which consists of 12 boys from all walks of British life, including the usual juvenile delinquent, a dictatorial bully, and a kid afraid of heights. He is a harsh commander and fails to appreciate some of their problems in light of what he has been through.
- DirectorWilliam C. HammondStarsDavid HannafordJulia LockwoodHarcourt WilliamsColonel Audacious is an inventor and with the help of his young assistant, Barnstuffer, he invents a model aeroplane with a TV camera attached that can then fly around revealing all sorts of goings on. After a few slapstick goofs the flying eye reveals the activities of a gang of spies.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsJohn IrelandHonor BlackmanGeoffrey KeenCrowds flock to a carnival sideshow to see "The Starving Man", a heavyset man who claims he can go 70 days without eating. However, a couple of murders occur at the carnival, resulting in the police becoming involved.
- DirectorGuy FergussonStarsIvy St. HelierAnn WalfordVernon GrayThe robbery of gold is planned from a train which also carries several eccentric passengers, including two elderly ladies who write lurid thrillers under a pseudonym.
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsSam WanamakerMandy MillerAndré MorellDiamond smuggling, and the disappearance of the mother of several children, in the seaside resort of Brighton after World War II.
- DirectorDon SharpStarsDiana DayFella EdmondsMichael MaguireThree air cadets foil criminals who are plotting to steal an airliner.
- DirectorGeorge More O'FerrallStarsDiane CilentoGeorge BakerJimmy KaroubiA sideshow owner and his main attraction, a midget, fall for the same woman.
- StarsHerbert Lom
- DirectorVal GuestStarsTerence MorganYolande DonlanAndré MorellA senior civil servant is condemned to hang for murder but he claims to have top secret security information...
- DirectorDavid MacDonaldStarsJoyce HeronMark DignamIan WhittakerA compilation film of 3 episodes of the television series "The Vise":- (i) "Cruel Test" (ii) "Death on the Boards" and (iii) "The Fair and The Fallen"
- DirectorTerry BishopStarsDavid CooteJohn KellyHugh LatimerOne Irish boys adventures with his beloved donkey.
- DirectorDavid MacDonaldA compilation film of 3 episodes of the television series "The Vise" :- (i) "Behind The Mask" (ii) "The Deception" and (iii) "Broken Honeymoon"
- DirectorHenry CassStarsLionel JeffriesJack WatlingGordon JacksonA shop assistant finds a case with £2000 in it, and doesn't quite know what to do with it.
- StarsBert HayesPeter GlazeJillian ComberThe shows were broadcast live in front of an audience largely of children, originally at the King's Theatre on Hammersmith Road until 1963, then at the BBC Television Theatre (now the Shepherds Bush Empire). The format of the programme included competitive games for teams of children, a music spot, a comedy double act, and a finale in which the cast performed a short comic play, adapting popular songs of the day and incorporating them into the action.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsJohn MillsYvonne MitchellAlastair SimThis movie concerns a pacifist husband who is so involved in his causes he totally neglects his wife and two sons. The wife, ready to leave her husband, finds the schoolmaster knocking on their door informing them their boys are going to be expelled for fighting, which he finds ironic, in as much as the father is a known pacifist. When they get to the school, their sons have disappeared.
- DirectorCharles DeaneStarsRichard ArlenSusan ShawConstance LeighAfter serving seven years for a murder he did not commit, Tony Pelassier, is determined to clear his name, but he finds that going back seven years in an attempt to piece together threads of information is not an easy task. A Scotland Yard detective tries to persuade him to forget the past but Tony and his fiancée, Marie, go ahead with the investigation. Tony had been convicted of the murder of a girl who was the cashier in the garage where he worked, and evidence at the trial showed her to be an accomplished blackmailer. Tony became involved by repairing a bracelet for her and taking it to her home where he was apparently the last to see her alive. Tony and Marie succeed in tracking down Carole Carlton, a model who had been a close friend of the murdered girl.
- DirectorHenry LevinStarsErrol FlynnJoanne DruPeter FinchDuring the fourteenth century when the Hundred Years War between France and England is beginning the English occupation of French Aquitainia, rebel French Knights vow to oust Edward, Prince of Wales, ruler of Aquitaine.
- CreatorMaria BirdFreda LingstromStarsPeter HawkinsMaria BirdEileen BrowneAdventures of a family of wooden dolls living on a farm.
- DirectorTony RichardsonStarsGordon HeathRosemary HarrisPaul RogersThe Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
- StarsGerald AndersenFrank AtkinsonDouglas BlackwellFox Aircraft is facing it's first strike since 1938. When Harry Jones gets sacked for being lazy the men become worried about Fox implementing changes. Management refuse to talk so shop steward Brendon takes the workers out on strike.
- DirectorHarold ClaytonStarsSylvia SymsJohn BreslinEric Lander
- DirectorAnatole LitvakStarsVivien LeighKenneth MoreEric PortmanA woman unhappy in her passionless marriage leaves her husband for a younger and more ardent lover.
- StarsBruce AndersonAn explorer introduces strange and mysterious tales told about the African Jungle.
- StarsLucy VerasamyJulia SomervilleMark AustinITN news bulletins separate from the fixed time slots of their flagship programmes.
- StarsJohn Fitzgerald
- StarsJack PayneThe George Mitchell SingersJimmy YoungJack Payne introduces stars and personalities who are Off the Record together with the latest news from the record industry featuring Benny Hill, Jill Day, Lita Roza, Bert Weedon, Ronnie Carroll, Sid Phillips and his Band, The Concert Orchestra and George Mitchell Singers.
- StarsOrson WellesOrson Welles recounts various stories from his life while drawing sketches of the events.
- CreatorFreda LingstromStarsPatricia DriscollMaria BirdVera McKechnieLearn how to make arts and crafts, see and hear stories about Bizzy Lizzy and others, and laugh at the antics of Sausage the puppet dachshund.
- StarsEamonn AndrewsTony HartIvan OwenPlaybox used to alternate weekly with Crackerjack both hosted by Eamon Andrews. Whereas Crackerjack was set in a theatre with an audience, Playbox was studio based with quizzes and games plus the animated cartoon Bengo about a pet puppy and the drawings of Tony Hart
- StarsPeter WilliamsPeter SallisJohn WoodOffers three minute plus eerie tales. Peter Williams narrates.
- StarsMichael MilesMichael BentineAlec DaneContestants picked from the studio audience play a game for cash prizes where they must answer questions without ever saying the words "yes" or "no".
- CreatorWilliam SpierStarsLilli PalmerRoddy HughesIan Fleming
- CreatorRalph EdwardsStarsEamonn AndrewsMichael AspelElizabeth DawnThe UK version of the popular US show. Eamonn Andrews (later Michael Aspel) surprises celebrities by presenting them with the Big Red Book before taking them into the studio to tell viewers the story of their life, featuring guest appearances by members of their family, friends and colleagues.
- DirectorDavid EadyStarsGeorge MurcellGlyn DearmanAnthony Green
- DirectorAlbert S. RogellStarsMona FreemanJean KentMaxwell ReedA college student returns home to attend her father's funeral and begins to suspect her stepmother of foul play.
- StarsHughie GreenBarbara RoscoeMonica RoseQuiz show in which every time a contestant answers a question correctly on their chosen subject their prize money doubles, starting at £1 upto £32. If they get a question wrong however they lose everything. The best player then goes on to a £1000 Treasure Trail.
- StarsKay HammondFred HoyleBilly ButlinExperts provide answers to two linked questions.
- DirectorCliff OwenStarsDiana BeeversOlga DickieFella Edmonds