Brian Oulton

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There Was a Crooked Man (1960)

When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is caught and jailed. When he is released he goes straight and then notices a leading citizen in his town is cheating his neighbours.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Burge
CAST:  Norman Wisdom  •  Alfred Marks  •  Andrew Cruickshank  •  Reginald Beckwith

When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is caught and jailed. When he is released he goes straight and then notices a leading citizen in his town is cheating his neighbours.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Burge
CAST:  Norman Wisdom  •  Alfred Marks  •  Andrew Cruickshank  •  Reginald Beckwith

The Dog and the Diamonds (1953)

A group of children establish their own zoo in the garden of a disused house, which proves to be the headquarters of a gang of crooks.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Thomas
CAST:  Kathleen Harrison  •  George Coulouris  •  Geoffrey Sumner  •  Brian Oulton

A group of children establish their own zoo in the garden of a disused house, which proves to be the headquarters of a gang of crooks.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Thomas
CAST:  Kathleen Harrison  •  George Coulouris  •  Geoffrey Sumner  •  Brian Oulton

Castle in the Air (1952)

The owner of a Scottish castle discovers that it is haunted by the spirit of a beautiful woman. He decides to use the ghost as a tourist attraction for his castle  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Cass
CAST:  David Tomlinson  •  Helen Cherry  •  Margaret Rutherford  •  Barbara Kelly

The owner of a Scottish castle discovers that it is haunted by the spirit of a beautiful woman. He decides to use the ghost as a tourist attraction for his castle  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Cass
CAST:  David Tomlinson  •  Helen Cherry  •  Margaret Rutherford  •  Barbara Kelly

No Kidding (1960)

A young couple, David and Catherine Robinson, has to turn their large country house into a money-making proposition. Their solution is to invite the kids of the rich and famous to spend a summer enjoying all the loving care and attention they miss at home. After ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerald Thomas
CAST:  Leslie Phillips  •  Geraldine McEwan  •  Julia Lockwood  •  Irene Handl

A young couple, David and Catherine Robinson, has to turn their large country house into a money-making proposition. Their solution is to invite the kids of the rich and famous to spend a summer enjoying all the loving care and attention they miss at home. After ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerald Thomas
CAST:  Leslie Phillips  •  Geraldine McEwan  •  Julia Lockwood  •  Irene Handl

Suspect (1960)

A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list. One of their number is so incensed by this that he lets the maimed and jealous companion of a female colleague draw him into what, technically, could be a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Tony Britton  •  Virginia Maskell  •  Ian Bannen  •  Kenneth Griffith

A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list. One of their number is so incensed by this that he lets the maimed and jealous companion of a female colleague draw him into what, technically, could be a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Tony Britton  •  Virginia Maskell  •  Ian Bannen  •  Kenneth Griffith

Charley Moon (1956)

A new career opens for Charley Moon when, during his army service, he is detailed to appear in a unit concert. In doing so, he becomes friendly with Harold Armytage, a peacetime actor of the old school. Hearing that Charley has no job to go to when demobilized, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Max Bygraves  •  Dennis Price  •  Michael Medwin  •  Florence Desmond

A new career opens for Charley Moon when, during his army service, he is detailed to appear in a unit concert. In doing so, he becomes friendly with Harold Armytage, a peacetime actor of the old school. Hearing that Charley has no job to go to when demobilized, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Max Bygraves  •  Dennis Price  •  Michael Medwin  •  Florence Desmond

The Huggetts Abroad (1949)

Life is not going well for the Huggetts. Father has lost his job. Jimmy and his wife cannot get to South Africa where he has a new job. So the family decide that they should go to South Africa by truck. With their travelling companion they travel across the desert ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Annakin
CAST:  Jack Warner  •  Kathleen Harrison  •  Dinah Sheridan  •  Susan Shaw

Life is not going well for the Huggetts. Father has lost his job. Jimmy and his wife cannot get to South Africa where he has a new job. So the family decide that they should go to South Africa by truck. With their travelling companion they travel across the desert ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Annakin
CAST:  Jack Warner  •  Kathleen Harrison  •  Dinah Sheridan  •  Susan Shaw

The Reluctant Bride (1955)

A money-to-burn and girl-chasing Texas oilman, and a sensitive, dignified entomologist find themselves in charge of a brood of wild kids whose parents, both famous explorers, are reported lost while on an African safari.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Cass
CAST:  John Carroll  •  Virginia Bruce  •  Brian Oulton  •  Kay Callard

A money-to-burn and girl-chasing Texas oilman, and a sensitive, dignified entomologist find themselves in charge of a brood of wild kids whose parents, both famous explorers, are reported lost while on an African safari.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Cass
CAST:  John Carroll  •  Virginia Bruce  •  Brian Oulton  •  Kay Callard

Jigsaw (1962)

A woman is found murdered in a house along the coast from Brighton. Local detectives Fellows and Wilks lead an investigation methodically following up leads and clues mostly in Brighton and Hove but also further afield.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Val Guest
CAST:  Jack Warner  •  Yolande Donlan  •  Michael Goodliffe  •  John Le Mesurier

A woman is found murdered in a house along the coast from Brighton. Local detectives Fellows and Wilks lead an investigation methodically following up leads and clues mostly in Brighton and Hove but also further afield.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Val Guest
CAST:  Jack Warner  •  Yolande Donlan  •  Michael Goodliffe  •  John Le Mesurier

Mr. Forbush and the Penguins (1971)

Life for Richard Forbush, brilliant biology student and conceited philanderer, is one long round of eat, drink and be merry. But his decision to accept a six-month research post in the Antarctic, making the first detailed study of a penguin colony, changes all that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting  •  Alfred Viola  •  Arne Sucksdorff
CAST:  John Hurt  •  Hayley Mills  •  Dudley Sutton  •  Tony Britton

Life for Richard Forbush, brilliant biology student and conceited philanderer, is one long round of eat, drink and be merry. But his decision to accept a six-month research post in the Antarctic, making the first detailed study of a penguin colony, changes all that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting  •  Alfred Viola  •  Arne Sucksdorff
CAST:  John Hurt  •  Hayley Mills  •  Dudley Sutton  •  Tony Britton

Some Will, Some Won't (1970)

Four people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical joker.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Duncan Wood
CAST:  Ronnie Corbett  •  Thora Hird  •  Michael Hordern  •  Barbara Murray

Four people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical joker.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Duncan Wood
CAST:  Ronnie Corbett  •  Thora Hird  •  Michael Hordern  •  Barbara Murray

The Good Companions (1957)

The story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Lee Thompson
CAST:  Eric Portman  •  Celia Johnson  •  Janette Scott  •  Hugh Griffith

The story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Lee Thompson
CAST:  Eric Portman  •  Celia Johnson  •  Janette Scott  •  Hugh Griffith

The Damned (1962)

An American tourist, a youth gang leader, and his troubled sister find themselves trapped in a top secret government facility experimenting on children.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Losey
CAST:  Macdonald Carey  •  Shirley Anne Field  •  Viveca Lindfors  •  Alexander Knox

An American tourist, a youth gang leader, and his troubled sister find themselves trapped in a top secret government facility experimenting on children.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Losey
CAST:  Macdonald Carey  •  Shirley Anne Field  •  Viveca Lindfors  •  Alexander Knox

The Intelligence Men (1965)

A chance meeting with a Schlecht agent forces a humble coffee shop manager into the secret world of spies in Swinging London. With the help of his MI5 friend, he poses as the recently dead Major Cavendish who had managed to infiltrate the dreaded organization; he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Asher
CAST:  Eric Morecambe  •  Ernie Wise  •  Warren Mitchell  •  April Olrich

A chance meeting with a Schlecht agent forces a humble coffee shop manager into the secret world of spies in Swinging London. With the help of his MI5 friend, he poses as the recently dead Major Cavendish who had managed to infiltrate the dreaded organization; he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Asher
CAST:  Eric Morecambe  •  Ernie Wise  •  Warren Mitchell  •  April Olrich

Ooh... You Are Awful (1972)

Charlie Tully and womanising Reggie Peek con two rich Italians out of £500,000 but during their flight out Charlie is arrested for coning an American and a dog. Reggie stores the money in a Swiss Bank and after Charlie is released is about to tell him which Bank ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cliff Owen
CAST:  Dick Emery  •  Ronald Fraser  •  Derren Nesbitt  •  Cheryl Kennedy

Charlie Tully and womanising Reggie Peek con two rich Italians out of £500,000 but during their flight out Charlie is arrested for coning an American and a dog. Reggie stores the money in a Swiss Bank and after Charlie is released is about to tell him which Bank ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cliff Owen
CAST:  Dick Emery  •  Ronald Fraser  •  Derren Nesbitt  •  Cheryl Kennedy

The Silent Enemy (1958)

The Mediterranean, 1941/42 - Axis forces are using frogmen and manned torpedoes to attack previously impregnable harbours. The Allied forces need to come up with something to answer this threat, which they find in the form of Lt. Lionel "Buster" Crabb.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Fairchild
CAST:  Laurence Harvey  •  Michael Craig  •  Dawn Addams  •  John Clements

The Mediterranean, 1941/42 - Axis forces are using frogmen and manned torpedoes to attack previously impregnable harbours. The Allied forces need to come up with something to answer this threat, which they find in the form of Lt. Lionel "Buster" Crabb.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Fairchild
CAST:  Laurence Harvey  •  Michael Craig  •  Dawn Addams  •  John Clements

Last Holiday (1950)

George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live. On his doctor's advice, he goes to an exclusive seaside resort to spend his savings on one last holiday.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Cass
CAST:  Alec Guinness  •  Beatrice Campbell  •  Kay Walsh  •  Grégoire Aslan

George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live. On his doctor's advice, he goes to an exclusive seaside resort to spend his savings on one last holiday.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Cass
CAST:  Alec Guinness  •  Beatrice Campbell  •  Kay Walsh  •  Grégoire Aslan

The Deep Blue Sea (1955)

A woman is unhappy in her marriage to a boring, stiff judge, so she takes up with a wild-living RAF pilot, who ends up being more than she can handle. (TCM.com)  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anatole Litvak
CAST:  Vivien Leigh  •  Kenneth More  •  Eric Portman  •  Emlyn Williams

A woman is unhappy in her marriage to a boring, stiff judge, so she takes up with a wild-living RAF pilot, who ends up being more than she can handle. (TCM.com)  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anatole Litvak
CAST:  Vivien Leigh  •  Kenneth More  •  Eric Portman  •  Emlyn Williams

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DIRECTION:  Paul Dickson
CAST:  Brian Oulton  •  Patricia Burke  •  Peter Copley  •  Jefferson Clifford

Let's Be Happy (1957)

On receiving an inheritance from her grandfather, Canadian Jeannie MacLean decides to visit the family's Scottish roots. On the plane she meets businessman Stanley Smith, and romance blossoms in Edinburgh. The complications begin when Stanley breaks a date with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Levin
CAST:  Vera-Ellen  •  Tony Martin  •  Robert Flemyng  •  Zena Marshall

On receiving an inheritance from her grandfather, Canadian Jeannie MacLean decides to visit the family's Scottish roots. On the plane she meets businessman Stanley Smith, and romance blossoms in Edinburgh. The complications begin when Stanley breaks a date with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Levin
CAST:  Vera-Ellen  •  Tony Martin  •  Robert Flemyng  •  Zena Marshall
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