Valerie White

My Learned Friend (1943)

An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the list, and co-opts Claude Hulbert to try and stop him from meeting a grisly end.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Basil Dearden  •  Will Hay
CAST:  Will Hay  •  Claude Hulbert  •  Mervyn Johns  •  Laurence Hanray

An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the list, and co-opts Claude Hulbert to try and stop him from meeting a grisly end.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Basil Dearden  •  Will Hay
CAST:  Will Hay  •  Claude Hulbert  •  Mervyn Johns  •  Laurence Hanray

Hue and Cry (1947)

A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Crichton
CAST:  Alastair Sim  •  Harry Fowler  •  Jack Warner  •  Jack Lambert

A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Crichton
CAST:  Alastair Sim  •  Harry Fowler  •  Jack Warner  •  Jack Lambert

Women Without Men (1956)

In love with a man who wants to marry her after he returns from a trip to sea, chorus girl Angela Booth tries to quit her seamy job and become a model citizen. When her employer refuses to dissolve her contract, though, they quarrel and she accidentally hits him. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elmo Williams
CAST:  Beverly Michaels  •  Joan Rice  •  Thora Hird  •  Avril Angers

In love with a man who wants to marry her after he returns from a trip to sea, chorus girl Angela Booth tries to quit her seamy job and become a model citizen. When her employer refuses to dissolve her contract, though, they quarrel and she accidentally hits him. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elmo Williams
CAST:  Beverly Michaels  •  Joan Rice  •  Thora Hird  •  Avril Angers

Home and Away (1956)

When George discovers that he has won the pools, there is huge excitement in the household. But it turns out that it's his son who has won, in partnership with the son of a woman against whom George has some ill feelings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vernon Sewell
CAST:  Jack Warner  •  Kathleen Harrison  •  Lana Morris  •  Charles Victor

When George discovers that he has won the pools, there is huge excitement in the household. But it turns out that it's his son who has won, in partnership with the son of a woman against whom George has some ill feelings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vernon Sewell
CAST:  Jack Warner  •  Kathleen Harrison  •  Lana Morris  •  Charles Victor

Travels with My Aunt (1972)

At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentric with more-than-shady dealings who pulls him along on a whirlwind adventure as she attempts to rescue an old lover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cukor
CAST:  Maggie Smith  •  Alec McCowen  •  Robert Stephens  •  Louis Gossett Jr.

At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentric with more-than-shady dealings who pulls him along on a whirlwind adventure as she attempts to rescue an old lover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cukor
CAST:  Maggie Smith  •  Alec McCowen  •  Robert Stephens  •  Louis Gossett Jr.

The Blue Parrot (1953)

'Rocks' Owen, the well-off owner of a car-hire business, is found murdered; the last place he was seen alive was the Blue Parrot nightclub. Scotland Yard go in to investigate, with the help of a visiting American detective and a nightclub hostess who may not be ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Harlow
CAST:  Dermot Walsh  •  Jacqueline Hill  •  Ballard Berkeley  •  June Ashley

'Rocks' Owen, the well-off owner of a car-hire business, is found murdered; the last place he was seen alive was the Blue Parrot nightclub. Scotland Yard go in to investigate, with the help of a visiting American detective and a nightclub hostess who may not be ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Harlow
CAST:  Dermot Walsh  •  Jacqueline Hill  •  Ballard Berkeley  •  June Ashley

The Halfway House (1944)

A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness in the air as they are greeted by the innkeeper and his daughter. Why are all the newspapers a year old? And why ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Basil Dearden
CAST:  Mervyn Johns  •  Glynis Johns  •  Sally Ann Howes  •  Françoise Rosay

A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness in the air as they are greeted by the innkeeper and his daughter. Why are all the newspapers a year old? And why ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Basil Dearden
CAST:  Mervyn Johns  •  Glynis Johns  •  Sally Ann Howes  •  Françoise Rosay

Blonde Bait (1956)

Seeking the whereabouts of international gangster Nick Randall, the US State Department contacts Scotland Yard, as his girlfriend, Angela Booth, is currently in a British prison. Angela has refused to give Nick up to the law, so the combined authorities arrange ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elmo Williams  •  Herbert Glazer
CAST:  Beverly Michaels  •  Thora Hird  •  April Olrich  •  Richard Travis

Seeking the whereabouts of international gangster Nick Randall, the US State Department contacts Scotland Yard, as his girlfriend, Angela Booth, is currently in a British prison. Angela has refused to give Nick up to the law, so the combined authorities arrange ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elmo Williams  •  Herbert Glazer
CAST:  Beverly Michaels  •  Thora Hird  •  April Olrich  •  Richard Travis