Philip Stainton

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Cast a Dark Shadow (1955)

Edward "Teddy" Bare is a ruthless schemer who thinks he's hit the big time when he kills his older wife, believing he will inherit a fortune. When things don't go according to plan, Teddy sets his sights on a new victim: wealthy widow Freda Jeffries. Unfortunately ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Dirk Bogarde  •  Margaret Lockwood  •  Kay Walsh  •  Kathleen Harrison

Edward "Teddy" Bare is a ruthless schemer who thinks he's hit the big time when he kills his older wife, believing he will inherit a fortune. When things don't go according to plan, Teddy sets his sights on a new victim: wealthy widow Freda Jeffries. Unfortunately ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Dirk Bogarde  •  Margaret Lockwood  •  Kay Walsh  •  Kathleen Harrison

Hobson's Choice (1954)

Henry Hobson owns and tyrannically runs a successful Victorian boot maker’s shop in Salford, England. A stingy widower with a weakness for overindulging in the local Moonraker Public House, he exploits his three daughters as cheap labour. When he declares that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lean
CAST:  Charles Laughton  •  John Mills  •  Brenda De Banzie  •  Daphne Anderson

Henry Hobson owns and tyrannically runs a successful Victorian boot maker’s shop in Salford, England. A stingy widower with a weakness for overindulging in the local Moonraker Public House, he exploits his three daughters as cheap labour. When he declares that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lean
CAST:  Charles Laughton  •  John Mills  •  Brenda De Banzie  •  Daphne Anderson

Mogambo (1953)

Victor Marswell runs a big game trapping company in Kenya. Eloise Kelly is ditched there, and an immediate attraction happens between them. Then Mr. and Mrs. Nordley show up for their gorilla documenting safari. Mrs. Nordley is not infatuated with her husband any ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Ford
CAST:  Clark Gable  •  Ava Gardner  •  Grace Kelly  •  Donald Sinden

Victor Marswell runs a big game trapping company in Kenya. Eloise Kelly is ditched there, and an immediate attraction happens between them. Then Mr. and Mrs. Nordley show up for their gorilla documenting safari. Mrs. Nordley is not infatuated with her husband any ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Ford
CAST:  Clark Gable  •  Ava Gardner  •  Grace Kelly  •  Donald Sinden

Passport to Pimlico (1949)

When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory. The British government attempts to regain control by setting up ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Cornelius
CAST:  Stanley Holloway  •  Betty Warren  •  Hermione Baddeley  •  Barbara Murray

When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory. The British government attempts to regain control by setting up ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Cornelius
CAST:  Stanley Holloway  •  Betty Warren  •  Hermione Baddeley  •  Barbara Murray

Reach for the Sky (1956)

The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Kenneth More  •  Muriel Pavlow  •  Lyndon Brook  •  Lee Patterson

The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Kenneth More  •  Muriel Pavlow  •  Lyndon Brook  •  Lee Patterson

Scott of the Antarctic (1948)

The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a rival team of Norwegian explorers conspire against him  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Frend
CAST:  John Mills  •  Derek Bond  •  Kenneth More  •  James Robertson Justice

The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a rival team of Norwegian explorers conspire against him  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Frend
CAST:  John Mills  •  Derek Bond  •  Kenneth More  •  James Robertson Justice

The Blue Lagoon (1949)

In the Victorian period, two British children survive a shipwreck in the South Pacific. After days afloat, they are marooned on a lush tropical island in the company of kindly old sailor. Together they survive solely on their resourcefulness and the bounty of their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Launder
CAST:  Jean Simmons  •  Donald Houston  •  Noel Purcell  •  Cyril Cusack

In the Victorian period, two British children survive a shipwreck in the South Pacific. After days afloat, they are marooned on a lush tropical island in the company of kindly old sailor. Together they survive solely on their resourcefulness and the bounty of their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Launder
CAST:  Jean Simmons  •  Donald Houston  •  Noel Purcell  •  Cyril Cusack

The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)

A British aristocrat goes in disguise to France to rescue people from The Terror of the guillotine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Powell  •  Emeric Pressburger
CAST:  David Niven  •  Margaret Leighton  •  Cyril Cusack  •  Jack Hawkins

A British aristocrat goes in disguise to France to rescue people from The Terror of the guillotine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Powell  •  Emeric Pressburger
CAST:  David Niven  •  Margaret Leighton  •  Cyril Cusack  •  Jack Hawkins

The Ladykillers (1955)

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Mackendrick
CAST:  Alec Guinness  •  Cecil Parker  •  Herbert Lom  •  Peter Sellers

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Mackendrick
CAST:  Alec Guinness  •  Cecil Parker  •  Herbert Lom  •  Peter Sellers

The Spider and the Fly (1949)

"The Spider and the Fly is set in Paris during the cloud-cuckoo days before WW I. The storyline intertwines the destinies of three people. Guy Rolfe plays Phillipe de Ledocq, a resourceful safecracker who always manages to elude arrest. Eric Portman is cast as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Hamer
CAST:  Eric Portman  •  Guy Rolfe  •  Nadia Gray  •  George Cole

"The Spider and the Fly is set in Paris during the cloud-cuckoo days before WW I. The storyline intertwines the destinies of three people. Guy Rolfe plays Phillipe de Ledocq, a resourceful safecracker who always manages to elude arrest. Eric Portman is cast as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Hamer
CAST:  Eric Portman  •  Guy Rolfe  •  Nadia Gray  •  George Cole

Isn't Life Wonderful! (1954)

Around the turn of the century, in England, alcoholic Uncle Willie is the bane of his family, of which his brother-in-law is the family spokesman. It is decided to let Uncle Willie buy a bicycle shop in order to impress Virginia van Stuyden, an American heiress in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold French
CAST:  Peter Asher  •  Cecil Parker  •  Eileen Herlie  •  Donald Wolfit

Around the turn of the century, in England, alcoholic Uncle Willie is the bane of his family, of which his brother-in-law is the family spokesman. It is decided to let Uncle Willie buy a bicycle shop in order to impress Virginia van Stuyden, an American heiress in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold French
CAST:  Peter Asher  •  Cecil Parker  •  Eileen Herlie  •  Donald Wolfit

Trottie True (1949)

Tottie True is a gay-90s British music-hall performer who has her sights set on moving from rags to riches, who loses her heart to the pure-and-true blue balloonist, Sid Skinner, but continues her upward search on improving her social status. She finally settles ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Desmond Hurst
CAST:  Jean Kent  •  James Donald  •  Hugh Sinclair  •  Andrew Crawford

Tottie True is a gay-90s British music-hall performer who has her sights set on moving from rags to riches, who loses her heart to the pure-and-true blue balloonist, Sid Skinner, but continues her upward search on improving her social status. She finally settles ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Desmond Hurst
CAST:  Jean Kent  •  James Donald  •  Hugh Sinclair  •  Andrew Crawford

Nightbeat (1947)

After the war is over, two army pals take opposite paths in civvy street. One becomes a petty criminal, the other becomes a policeman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold Huth
CAST:  Anne Crawford  •  Maxwell Reed  •  Ronald Howard  •  Christine Norden

After the war is over, two army pals take opposite paths in civvy street. One becomes a petty criminal, the other becomes a policeman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold Huth
CAST:  Anne Crawford  •  Maxwell Reed  •  Ronald Howard  •  Christine Norden

Forbidden Cargo (1954)

Kenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a brother and sister drug smuggling team.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold French
CAST:  Jack Warner  •  Nigel Patrick  •  Elizabeth Sellars  •  Terence Morgan

Kenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a brother and sister drug smuggling team.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold French
CAST:  Jack Warner  •  Nigel Patrick  •  Elizabeth Sellars  •  Terence Morgan

John and Julie (1955)

The adventures of two children who runaway to London to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Fairchild
CAST:  Moira Lister  •  Noelle Middleton  •  Constance Cummings  •  Wilfrid Hyde-White

The adventures of two children who runaway to London to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Fairchild
CAST:  Moira Lister  •  Noelle Middleton  •  Constance Cummings  •  Wilfrid Hyde-White

Boys in Brown (1949)

Jackie lives in poverty with his widowed mother. In a bid to escape poverty he gets involved in a robbery that sees him sentenced to three years in Borstal where he meets a tough crowd, tougher than anything on the outside.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Montgomery Tully
CAST:  Dirk Bogarde  •  Richard Attenborough  •  Jack Warner  •  Jimmy Hanley

Jackie lives in poverty with his widowed mother. In a bid to escape poverty he gets involved in a robbery that sees him sentenced to three years in Borstal where he meets a tough crowd, tougher than anything on the outside.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Montgomery Tully
CAST:  Dirk Bogarde  •  Richard Attenborough  •  Jack Warner  •  Jimmy Hanley

Angels One Five (1952)

The year is 1940 and Pilot Officer T.B. Baird arrives straight out of flight school to join a front line RAF squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain. After an unfortunate start and a drumming down from his commanding officer, Baird must balance the struggle ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George More O'Ferrall
CAST:  Jack Hawkins  •  Michael Denison  •  John Gregson  •  Cyril Raymond

The year is 1940 and Pilot Officer T.B. Baird arrives straight out of flight school to join a front line RAF squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain. After an unfortunate start and a drumming down from his commanding officer, Baird must balance the struggle ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George More O'Ferrall
CAST:  Jack Hawkins  •  Michael Denison  •  John Gregson  •  Cyril Raymond

Don't Ever Leave Me (1949)

Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous actor. When Harry loses his nerve, Sheila won't let him give up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Crabtree
CAST:  Jimmy Hanley  •  Petula Clark  •  Hugh Sinclair  •  Edward Rigby

Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous actor. When Harry loses his nerve, Sheila won't let him give up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Crabtree
CAST:  Jimmy Hanley  •  Petula Clark  •  Hugh Sinclair  •  Edward Rigby

Appointment with Venus (1951)

At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. However, someone realises that a prize cow is on the islands and the Nazis mustn't get hold of her. This is the intrepid story of the cow-napping from under the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Thomas
CAST:  David Niven  •  Glynis Johns  •  George Coulouris  •  Barry Jones

At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. However, someone realises that a prize cow is on the islands and the Nazis mustn't get hold of her. This is the intrepid story of the cow-napping from under the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Thomas
CAST:  David Niven  •  Glynis Johns  •  George Coulouris  •  Barry Jones

Monsoon (1952)

A young woman named Julia brings her fiance and his mother to a village in India to meet her father and brother. Hospitality proves in short supply and things take a turn for the worse when Julia's seductive younger sister arrives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rod Amateau
CAST:  Ursula Thiess  •  Diana Douglas  •  George Nader  •  Ellen Corby

A young woman named Julia brings her fiance and his mother to a village in India to meet her father and brother. Hospitality proves in short supply and things take a turn for the worse when Julia's seductive younger sister arrives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rod Amateau
CAST:  Ursula Thiess  •  Diana Douglas  •  George Nader  •  Ellen Corby
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