Reginald Beckwith

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A Shot in the Dark (1964)

When rich Mr. Benjamin Ballon’s Spanish driver is found shot dead, Inspector Jacques Clouseau is the first official on the scene. All evidence suggests Maria Gambrelli, the maid, to be the murderer. But Clouseau, being attracted to the beautiful girl, is convinced ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Blake Edwards
CAST:  Peter Sellers  •  Elke Sommer  •  George Sanders  •  Herbert Lom

When rich Mr. Benjamin Ballon’s Spanish driver is found shot dead, Inspector Jacques Clouseau is the first official on the scene. All evidence suggests Maria Gambrelli, the maid, to be the murderer. But Clouseau, being attracted to the beautiful girl, is convinced ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Blake Edwards
CAST:  Peter Sellers  •  Elke Sommer  •  George Sanders  •  Herbert Lom

Dentist in the Chair (1960)

The misfortunes that befall three dental students when they become unwitting accessories to a burglary.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Chaffey
CAST:  Peggy Cummins  •  Kenneth Connor  •  Eric Barker  •  Ronnie Stevens

The misfortunes that befall three dental students when they become unwitting accessories to a burglary.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Chaffey
CAST:  Peggy Cummins  •  Kenneth Connor  •  Eric Barker  •  Ronnie Stevens

Dentist on the Job (1961)

Colonel Proudfoot of Proudfoot Industries tries to entice a couple of newly qualified dentists to advertise "Dreem", a revolutionary type of toothpaste, but he knows that if the dentists learn that they are part of an advertising campaign, they will be struck off, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  C.M. Pennington-Richards
CAST:  Kenneth Connor  •  Ronnie Stevens  •  Shirley Eaton  •  Eric Barker

Colonel Proudfoot of Proudfoot Industries tries to entice a couple of newly qualified dentists to advertise "Dreem", a revolutionary type of toothpaste, but he knows that if the dentists learn that they are part of an advertising campaign, they will be struck off, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  C.M. Pennington-Richards
CAST:  Kenneth Connor  •  Ronnie Stevens  •  Shirley Eaton  •  Eric Barker

Genevieve (1953)

Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Cornelius
CAST:  Dinah Sheridan  •  John Gregson  •  Kay Kendall  •  Kenneth More

Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Cornelius
CAST:  Dinah Sheridan  •  John Gregson  •  Kay Kendall  •  Kenneth More

Night of the Demon (1957)

American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns out that the deceased had been investigating a cult lead by Dr. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Tourneur
CAST:  Dana Andrews  •  Peggy Cummins  •  Niall MacGinnis  •  Maurice Denham

American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns out that the deceased had been investigating a cult lead by Dr. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Tourneur
CAST:  Dana Andrews  •  Peggy Cummins  •  Niall MacGinnis  •  Maurice Denham

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 39 Steps (1959)

In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Thomas
CAST:  Kenneth More  •  Taina Elg  •  James Hayter  •  Barry Jones

In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Thomas
CAST:  Kenneth More  •  Taina Elg  •  James Hayter  •  Barry Jones

The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have caused the orbit of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Val Guest
CAST:  Janet Munro  •  Leo McKern  •  Edward Judd  •  Michael Goodliffe

British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have caused the orbit of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Val Guest
CAST:  Janet Munro  •  Leo McKern  •  Edward Judd  •  Michael Goodliffe

The Million Pound Note (1954)

An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds that whenever he tries to use the note to buy something, people ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ronald Neame
CAST:  Gregory Peck  •  Ronald Squire  •  Joyce Grenfell  •  Maurice Denham

An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds that whenever he tries to use the note to buy something, people ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ronald Neame
CAST:  Gregory Peck  •  Ronald Squire  •  Joyce Grenfell  •  Maurice Denham

The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)

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. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Crichton
CAST:  Stanley Holloway  •  George Relph  •  Naunton Wayne  •  John Gregson

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. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Crichton
CAST:  Stanley Holloway  •  George Relph  •  Naunton Wayne  •  John Gregson

The Password Is Courage (1962)

Sergeant-Major Charles Coward, a brave British soldier is captured by German forces during World War II. When he's thrown into a prisoner of war camp, he immediately plans his escape. Masquerading as a wounded German soldier, he makes it as far as the medical tent, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew L. Stone
CAST:  Dirk Bogarde  •  Maria Perschy  •  Alfred Lynch  •  Nigel Stock

Sergeant-Major Charles Coward, a brave British soldier is captured by German forces during World War II. When he's thrown into a prisoner of war camp, he immediately plans his escape. Masquerading as a wounded German soldier, he makes it as far as the medical tent, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew L. Stone
CAST:  Dirk Bogarde  •  Maria Perschy  •  Alfred Lynch  •  Nigel Stock

Another Man's Poison (1951)

Novelist Janet Frobisher, lives in an isolated house, having been separated for years from her criminal husband. She has fallen in love with her secretary's fiancé and when her estranged husband unexpectedly appears, Janet poisons him, but just as she's about to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Rapper
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Gary Merrill  •  Emlyn Williams  •  Anthony Steel

Novelist Janet Frobisher, lives in an isolated house, having been separated for years from her criminal husband. She has fallen in love with her secretary's fiancé and when her estranged husband unexpectedly appears, Janet poisons him, but just as she's about to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Rapper
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Gary Merrill  •  Emlyn Williams  •  Anthony Steel

The March Hare (1956)

Sir Charles Hare, a young Irish baronet, gambles his all on one of his horses at Ascot. But the horse is 'pulled', and Sir Charles is forced to sell his Irish estate. His aunt, however, has some surprises in store for him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George More O'Ferrall
CAST:  Peggy Cummins  •  Terence Morgan  •  Martita Hunt  •  Cyril Cusack

Sir Charles Hare, a young Irish baronet, gambles his all on one of his horses at Ascot. But the horse is 'pulled', and Sir Charles is forced to sell his Irish estate. His aunt, however, has some surprises in store for him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George More O'Ferrall
CAST:  Peggy Cummins  •  Terence Morgan  •  Martita Hunt  •  Cyril Cusack

Atomowa kaczka (1951)

Mr. Drake and his wife live a nice, quiet life on their Sussex farm, until one of their ducks lays a radioactive egg made of uranium! When the government finds out about this, the Armed Forces storm onto the farm in a frantic search for the duck responsible.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Val Guest
CAST:  Douglas Fairbanks Jr.  •  Yolande Donlan  •  Jon Pertwee  •  Wilfrid Hyde-White

Mr. Drake and his wife live a nice, quiet life on their Sussex farm, until one of their ducks lays a radioactive egg made of uranium! When the government finds out about this, the Armed Forces storm onto the farm in a frantic search for the duck responsible.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Val Guest
CAST:  Douglas Fairbanks Jr.  •  Yolande Donlan  •  Jon Pertwee  •  Wilfrid Hyde-White

Lucky Jim (1957)

Jim Dixon feels anything but lucky. At the university he has to do the bidding of absent-minded and boring Professor Welch to have any hope of keeping his job. Worse, he has managed to get entangled with unexciting but neurotic Margaret Peel, a friend of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Boulting
CAST:  Ian Carmichael  •  Terry-Thomas  •  Hugh Griffith  •  Sharon Acker

Jim Dixon feels anything but lucky. At the university he has to do the bidding of absent-minded and boring Professor Welch to have any hope of keeping his job. Worse, he has managed to get entangled with unexciting but neurotic Margaret Peel, a friend of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Boulting
CAST:  Ian Carmichael  •  Terry-Thomas  •  Hugh Griffith  •  Sharon Acker

You're Only Young Twice (1951)

Seeking her long lost uncle, Ada Shore arrives at Skerryvore University to find him working under another name as the Gate Keeper. Ada is mistaken by the Principal as his new secretary so she jumps headlong into the role  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry Bishop
CAST:  Duncan Macrae  •  Joseph Tomelty  •  Patrick Barr  •  Charles Hawtrey

Seeking her long lost uncle, Ada Shore arrives at Skerryvore University to find him working under another name as the Gate Keeper. Ada is mistaken by the Principal as his new secretary so she jumps headlong into the role  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry Bishop
CAST:  Duncan Macrae  •  Joseph Tomelty  •  Patrick Barr  •  Charles Hawtrey

They Can't Hang Me (1955)

A murderer hopes to escape his death sentence by identifying the leaders of a spy ring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Val Guest
CAST:  Terence Morgan  •  Yolande Donlan  •  Anthony Oliver  •  André Morell

A murderer hopes to escape his death sentence by identifying the leaders of a spy ring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Val Guest
CAST:  Terence Morgan  •  Yolande Donlan  •  Anthony Oliver  •  André Morell

The Ugly Duckling (1959)

Henry Jekyll was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon, relegated to waiting for his invitation to participate in life that never arrived: until he discovers a medical formula developed by a dead uncle, which claimed to turn 'a man of timid ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lance Comfort
CAST:  Bernard Bresslaw  •  Jon Pertwee  •  Reginald Beckwith  •  Maudie Edwards

Henry Jekyll was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon, relegated to waiting for his invitation to participate in life that never arrived: until he discovers a medical formula developed by a dead uncle, which claimed to turn 'a man of timid ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lance Comfort
CAST:  Bernard Bresslaw  •  Jon Pertwee  •  Reginald Beckwith  •  Maudie Edwards

Expresso Bongo (1959)

A seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Val Guest
CAST:  Laurence Harvey  •  Sylvia Syms  •  Yolande Donlan  •  Cliff Richard

A seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Val Guest
CAST:  Laurence Harvey  •  Sylvia Syms  •  Yolande Donlan  •  Cliff Richard

Gonks Go Beat (1965)

A swiftly assembled musical fantasy movie made to capitalise on the mid-Sixties, British craze for gonks (a sort of soft, furry toy). Today it is of more interest for featuring music by such artists as Lulu, The Nashville Teens, and The Graham Bond Organisation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Hartford-Davis
CAST:  Kenneth Connor  •  Frank Thornton  •  Iain Gregory  •  Terry Scott

A swiftly assembled musical fantasy movie made to capitalise on the mid-Sixties, British craze for gonks (a sort of soft, furry toy). Today it is of more interest for featuring music by such artists as Lulu, The Nashville Teens, and The Graham Bond Organisation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Hartford-Davis
CAST:  Kenneth Connor  •  Frank Thornton  •  Iain Gregory  •  Terry Scott
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