Humphrey Lestocq

The Good Beginning (1953)

After their honeymoon, Johnny Lipton and his wife Kit move into their small apartment. Kit runs the flat on a tight budget, for she hopes that one day with her support her husband will eventually run his own business. A lack of understanding of each other s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilbert Gunn
CAST:  John Fraser  •  Eileen Moore  •  Peter Reynolds  •  Humphrey Lestocq

After their honeymoon, Johnny Lipton and his wife Kit move into their small apartment. Kit runs the flat on a tight budget, for she hopes that one day with her support her husband will eventually run his own business. A lack of understanding of each other s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilbert Gunn
CAST:  John Fraser  •  Eileen Moore  •  Peter Reynolds  •  Humphrey Lestocq

The Third Alibi (1961)

A composer (Laurence Payne) is stuck in a middle-class marriage and finds that his affair with his wife's half-sister (Jane Griffiths) has resulted in a pregnancy. When his wife refuses to give him a divorce he hatches a murder scheme that is too clever by half.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Montgomery Tully
CAST:  Laurence Payne  •  Patricia Dainton  •  Jane Griffiths  •  Edward Underdown

A composer (Laurence Payne) is stuck in a middle-class marriage and finds that his affair with his wife's half-sister (Jane Griffiths) has resulted in a pregnancy. When his wife refuses to give him a divorce he hatches a murder scheme that is too clever by half.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Montgomery Tully
CAST:  Laurence Payne  •  Patricia Dainton  •  Jane Griffiths  •  Edward Underdown

Stop Press Girl (1949)

A young woman leaves her backwards hometown to go to London to find a runaway suitor. What she doesn't know is that she has inherited a strange ability; if she's in the vicinity of a machine for more than fifteen minutes, it stops working.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Barry
CAST:  Sally Ann Howes  •  Gordon Jackson  •  Basil Radford  •  Naunton Wayne

A young woman leaves her backwards hometown to go to London to find a runaway suitor. What she doesn't know is that she has inherited a strange ability; if she's in the vicinity of a machine for more than fifteen minutes, it stops working.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Barry
CAST:  Sally Ann Howes  •  Gordon Jackson  •  Basil Radford  •  Naunton Wayne

Son of Robin Hood (1958)

Ten years after the death of Robin Hood, the bandit of Sherwood Forest and defender of the Crown, the power-mad Duke Simon Des Roches plots to seize the British kingdom from its rightful heir, the boy prince, and only Robin's men stand in his way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  David Hedison  •  June Laverick  •  David Farrar  •  Marius Goring

Ten years after the death of Robin Hood, the bandit of Sherwood Forest and defender of the Crown, the power-mad Duke Simon Des Roches plots to seize the British kingdom from its rightful heir, the boy prince, and only Robin's men stand in his way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  David Hedison  •  June Laverick  •  David Farrar  •  Marius Goring

Two on the Tiles (1951)

A married couple both face temptations while separated for a few days. The husband meets an attractive female fellow traveler in Paris while the wife accidentally spends a night aboard a Royal Navy ship with a male friend after she is stranded following a party. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Guillermin
CAST:  Herbert Lom  •  Hugh McDermott  •  Brenda Bruce  •  Humphrey Lestocq

A married couple both face temptations while separated for a few days. The husband meets an attractive female fellow traveler in Paris while the wife accidentally spends a night aboard a Royal Navy ship with a male friend after she is stranded following a party. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Guillermin
CAST:  Herbert Lom  •  Hugh McDermott  •  Brenda Bruce  •  Humphrey Lestocq

Once a Sinner (1950)

Impoverished British bank clerk John Ross is hopelessly in love with drop-dead gorgeous Irene James. Ross will do anything to win Irene's affections - including embezzlement. She ends up marrying him, but she can't give up her true love, slimy counterfeiter Jimmy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Pat Kirkwood  •  Jack Watling  •  Joy Shelton  •  Sydney Tafler

Impoverished British bank clerk John Ross is hopelessly in love with drop-dead gorgeous Irene James. Ross will do anything to win Irene's affections - including embezzlement. She ends up marrying him, but she can't give up her true love, slimy counterfeiter Jimmy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Pat Kirkwood  •  Jack Watling  •  Joy Shelton  •  Sydney Tafler

The Unstoppable Man (1961)

Mitchell is a rich American businessman whose son is kidnapped in England. Naturally, there's a huge ransom demand, but Scotland Yard tells Mitchell to butt out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry Bishop
CAST:  Cameron Mitchell  •  Marius Goring  •  Harry H. Corbett  •  Lois Maxwell

Mitchell is a rich American businessman whose son is kidnapped in England. Naturally, there's a huge ransom demand, but Scotland Yard tells Mitchell to butt out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry Bishop
CAST:  Cameron Mitchell  •  Marius Goring  •  Harry H. Corbett  •  Lois Maxwell

Conflict of Wings (1954)

In rural Norfolk, villagers are spurred to action when it is announced that the nearby RAF station is taking over the Island of Children, a much-loved and untouched bird sanctuary, for rocket practice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Eldridge
CAST:  John Gregson  •  Muriel Pavlow  •  Kieron Moore  •  Niall MacGinnis

In rural Norfolk, villagers are spurred to action when it is announced that the nearby RAF station is taking over the Island of Children, a much-loved and untouched bird sanctuary, for rocket practice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Eldridge
CAST:  John Gregson  •  Muriel Pavlow  •  Kieron Moore  •  Niall MacGinnis

Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953)

A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Pelissier
CAST:  Stanley Holloway  •  Peggy Cummins  •  Jack Watling  •  Ian Carmichael

A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Pelissier
CAST:  Stanley Holloway  •  Peggy Cummins  •  Jack Watling  •  Ian Carmichael

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

Two Wives at One Wedding (1961)

Tom Murray's wedding day takes a turn for the worse when a mysterious woman arrives uninvited and claims to be Tom's wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Montgomery Tully
CAST:  Gordon Jackson  •  Christina Gregg  •  Lisa Daniely  •  André Maranne

Tom Murray's wedding day takes a turn for the worse when a mysterious woman arrives uninvited and claims to be Tom's wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Montgomery Tully
CAST:  Gordon Jackson  •  Christina Gregg  •  Lisa Daniely  •  André Maranne

Toad of Toad Hall (1946)

An adaptation of the 1908 novel, The Wind in the Willows.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Barry
CAST:  Alan Reid  •  Kenneth More  •  Jack Newmark  •  Andrew Osborn

An adaptation of the 1908 novel, The Wind in the Willows.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Barry
CAST:  Alan Reid  •  Kenneth More  •  Jack Newmark  •  Andrew Osborn

Life in Danger (1959)

Panic and fear overtake a small British farming community after a homicidal child-killer escapes from a local mental hospital.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry Bishop
CAST:  Derren Nesbitt  •  Julie Hopkins  •  Howard Marion-Crawford  •  Victor Brooks

Panic and fear overtake a small British farming community after a homicidal child-killer escapes from a local mental hospital.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry Bishop
CAST:  Derren Nesbitt  •  Julie Hopkins  •  Howard Marion-Crawford  •  Victor Brooks

Come Back Peter (1952)

There's pandemonium in a country house when various relatives come to stay.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Saunders
CAST:  Patrick Holt  •  Peter Hammond  •  Humphrey Lestocq  •  Kathleen Boutall

There's pandemonium in a country house when various relatives come to stay.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Saunders
CAST:  Patrick Holt  •  Peter Hammond  •  Humphrey Lestocq  •  Kathleen Boutall

The Court Martial of Major Keller (1961)

Lawrence Payne stars as Major Kellor, a well respected and decorated officer who is being court-martialled for the murder of his commanding officer Colonel Winch. The facts of the case are shrouded by the mayhem of war and the effects that fear, pressure and duty ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernest Morris
CAST:  Laurence Payne  •  Susan Stephen  •  Ralph Michael  •  Richard Caldicot

Lawrence Payne stars as Major Kellor, a well respected and decorated officer who is being court-martialled for the murder of his commanding officer Colonel Winch. The facts of the case are shrouded by the mayhem of war and the effects that fear, pressure and duty ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernest Morris
CAST:  Laurence Payne  •  Susan Stephen  •  Ralph Michael  •  Richard Caldicot