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Scrooge (1951)

Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Desmond Hurst
CAST:  Alastair Sim  •  Kathleen Harrison  •  Mervyn Johns  •  Hermione Baddeley

Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Desmond Hurst
CAST:  Alastair Sim  •  Kathleen Harrison  •  Mervyn Johns  •  Hermione Baddeley

The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery (1950)

The story evolves around a radio panel game show "Twenty Questions." The panel is challenged with an anonymous question. The answer leads to a series of murders in which the killer uses the program to name his victims in advance. Two reporters spot a link between ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul L. Stein
CAST:  Robert Beatty  •  Rona Anderson  •  Clifford Evans  •  Edward Lexy

The story evolves around a radio panel game show "Twenty Questions." The panel is challenged with an anonymous question. The answer leads to a series of murders in which the killer uses the program to name his victims in advance. Two reporters spot a link between ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul L. Stein
CAST:  Robert Beatty  •  Rona Anderson  •  Clifford Evans  •  Edward Lexy

Shadow of a Man (1955)

After a fight, a drunk is found dead, but is the cause of death heart failure or murder?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael McCarthy
CAST:  Paul Carpenter  •  Rona Anderson  •  Jane Griffiths  •  Ronald Leigh-Hunt

After a fight, a drunk is found dead, but is the cause of death heart failure or murder?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael McCarthy
CAST:  Paul Carpenter  •  Rona Anderson  •  Jane Griffiths  •  Ronald Leigh-Hunt

Little Red Monkey (1955)

Several murders of nuclear scientists, that baffles Scotland Yard, occur in London about the same time that Bill Locklin, a special officer from the United States State Department, arrives to oversee the transfer of Professor Leon Dushenko, a Russian scientist who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Hughes
CAST:  Richard Conte  •  Rona Anderson  •  Russell Napier  •  Sylva Langová

Several murders of nuclear scientists, that baffles Scotland Yard, occur in London about the same time that Bill Locklin, a special officer from the United States State Department, arrives to oversee the transfer of Professor Leon Dushenko, a Russian scientist who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Hughes
CAST:  Richard Conte  •  Rona Anderson  •  Russell Napier  •  Sylva Langová

Man with a Gun (1958)

A £20,000 insurance claim is lodged when a nightclub is destroyed by fire, and claims investigator Mike Davies is assigned to get to the bottom of things. One suspect is Harry Drayson, the club owner but if he torched his own property for the insurance, how safe ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Montgomery Tully
CAST:  Lee Patterson  •  Rona Anderson  •  John Le Mesurier  •  Bill Nagy

A £20,000 insurance claim is lodged when a nightclub is destroyed by fire, and claims investigator Mike Davies is assigned to get to the bottom of things. One suspect is Harry Drayson, the club owner but if he torched his own property for the insurance, how safe ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Montgomery Tully
CAST:  Lee Patterson  •  Rona Anderson  •  John Le Mesurier  •  Bill Nagy

Spin a Dark Web (1956)

A boxer is lured into a murder plot by a scheming woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vernon Sewell
CAST:  Faith Domergue  •  Lee Patterson  •  Rona Anderson  •  Martin Benson

A boxer is lured into a murder plot by a scheming woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vernon Sewell
CAST:  Faith Domergue  •  Lee Patterson  •  Rona Anderson  •  Martin Benson

Noose for a Lady (1953)

An amateur detective races against time to clear the name of his cousin, who is accused of murdering her husband. It is based on the novel Whispering Woman by Gerald Verner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolf Rilla
CAST:  Dennis Price  •  Rona Anderson  •  Ronald Howard  •  Pamela Alan

An amateur detective races against time to clear the name of his cousin, who is accused of murdering her husband. It is based on the novel Whispering Woman by Gerald Verner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolf Rilla
CAST:  Dennis Price  •  Rona Anderson  •  Ronald Howard  •  Pamela Alan

The Black Rider (1954)

When young reporter and amateur biker Jerry Marsh investigates a mysterious hooded figure on a motorbike, he discovers crooks hiding out in a ruined castle with atomic sabotage on their minds...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolf Rilla
CAST:  Jimmy Hanley  •  Rona Anderson  •  Leslie Dwyer  •  Lionel Jeffries

When young reporter and amateur biker Jerry Marsh investigates a mysterious hooded figure on a motorbike, he discovers crooks hiding out in a ruined castle with atomic sabotage on their minds...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolf Rilla
CAST:  Jimmy Hanley  •  Rona Anderson  •  Leslie Dwyer  •  Lionel Jeffries

Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard (1952)

Mystery directed by Francis Searle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Searle
CAST:  Richard Carlson  •  Greta Gynt  •  Herbert Lom  •  Rona Anderson

Mystery directed by Francis Searle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Searle
CAST:  Richard Carlson  •  Greta Gynt  •  Herbert Lom  •  Rona Anderson

Her Favourite Husband (1950)

While casing a bank he intends to rob, gangster Leo discovers one of the clerks, Antonio, is his exact double. He kidnaps Antonio and robs the bank, posing as Antonio. But Leo hadn't accounted for the involvement of Antonio's wife, Dorothy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Soldati
CAST:  Jean Kent  •  Robert Beatty  •  Gordon Harker  •  Margaret Rutherford

While casing a bank he intends to rob, gangster Leo discovers one of the clerks, Antonio, is his exact double. He kidnaps Antonio and robs the bank, posing as Antonio. But Leo hadn't accounted for the involvement of Antonio's wife, Dorothy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Soldati
CAST:  Jean Kent  •  Robert Beatty  •  Gordon Harker  •  Margaret Rutherford

Devils of Darkness (1965)

A secret vampire cult, which has its headquarters beneath the town cemetery, searches for victims for its human sacrifice rituals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lance Comfort
CAST:  William Sylvester  •  Hubert Noël  •  Carole Gray  •  Tracy Reed

A secret vampire cult, which has its headquarters beneath the town cemetery, searches for victims for its human sacrifice rituals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lance Comfort
CAST:  William Sylvester  •  Hubert Noël  •  Carole Gray  •  Tracy Reed

Home to Danger (1951)

A young woman becomes a murder target after inheriting her estranged father's estate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Fisher
CAST:  Guy Rolfe  •  Rona Anderson  •  Francis Lister  •  Alan Wheatley

A young woman becomes a murder target after inheriting her estranged father's estate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Fisher
CAST:  Guy Rolfe  •  Rona Anderson  •  Francis Lister  •  Alan Wheatley

The Flaw (1955)

A race car driver marries a woman for her money and plans to murder her. An old suitor steps in to help her but the driver takes steps to eliminate the rival. But there's a flaw in the driver's plans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Fisher
CAST:  John Bentley  •  Donald Houston  •  Rona Anderson  •  Doris Yorke

A race car driver marries a woman for her money and plans to murder her. An old suitor steps in to help her but the driver takes steps to eliminate the rival. But there's a flaw in the driver's plans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Fisher
CAST:  John Bentley  •  Donald Houston  •  Rona Anderson  •  Doris Yorke

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)

A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12-year-old charges with her over-romanticized worldview.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ronald Neame
CAST:  Maggie Smith  •  Robert Stephens  •  Pamela Franklin  •  Celia Johnson

A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12-year-old charges with her over-romanticized worldview.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ronald Neame
CAST:  Maggie Smith  •  Robert Stephens  •  Pamela Franklin  •  Celia Johnson

Black 13 (1953)

The son of a college professor who turns to a life of crime after killing a pedestrian in an automobile accident.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Hughes
CAST:  Peter Reynolds  •  Rona Anderson  •  Patrick Barr  •  Lana Morris

The son of a college professor who turns to a life of crime after killing a pedestrian in an automobile accident.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Hughes
CAST:  Peter Reynolds  •  Rona Anderson  •  Patrick Barr  •  Lana Morris

A Time to Kill (1955)

A man and a woman are poisoned. The woman dies, but the man survives. The finger of blame begins to point at the man. A policeman and a newspaper journalist pursue the truth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Saunders
CAST:  Jack Watling  •  Rona Anderson  •  John Horsley  •  Russell Napier

A man and a woman are poisoned. The woman dies, but the man survives. The finger of blame begins to point at the man. A policeman and a newspaper journalist pursue the truth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Saunders
CAST:  Jack Watling  •  Rona Anderson  •  John Horsley  •  Russell Napier

Poet's Pub (1949)

A loosely structured comedy allowing for a series of vignettes based around an ancient coaching inn. The story was adapted from the 1929 novel by Scottish writer Erik Linklater.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frederick Wilson
CAST:  Derek Bond  •  Rona Anderson  •  James Robertson Justice  •  John McLaren

A loosely structured comedy allowing for a series of vignettes based around an ancient coaching inn. The story was adapted from the 1929 novel by Scottish writer Erik Linklater.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frederick Wilson
CAST:  Derek Bond  •  Rona Anderson  •  James Robertson Justice  •  John McLaren

Floodtide (1949)

David Shields refuses to go into agriculture and opts instead for ship building  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frederick Wilson
CAST:  Gordon Jackson  •  Rona Anderson  •  John Laurie  •  Elizabeth Sellars

David Shields refuses to go into agriculture and opts instead for ship building  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frederick Wilson
CAST:  Gordon Jackson  •  Rona Anderson  •  John Laurie  •  Elizabeth Sellars

Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948)

Spies pursue a stolen diary aboard the Orient Express.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Paddy Carstairs
CAST:  Jean Kent  •  Albert Lieven  •  Derrick De Marney  •  Paul Dupuis

Spies pursue a stolen diary aboard the Orient Express.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Paddy Carstairs
CAST:  Jean Kent  •  Albert Lieven  •  Derrick De Marney  •  Paul Dupuis

The Bay of St. Michel (1963)

A trio of World War 2 vets band together to search for a lost Nazi fortune.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Ainsworth
CAST:  Keenan Wynn  •  Mai Zetterling  •  Ronald Howard  •  Rona Anderson

A trio of World War 2 vets band together to search for a lost Nazi fortune.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Ainsworth
CAST:  Keenan Wynn  •  Mai Zetterling  •  Ronald Howard  •  Rona Anderson
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