A. Bromley Davenport
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The Way Ahead
A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casualties at Dunkirk.
Old Mother Riley's Ghosts
A charwoman comes upon a plot to steal the invention of a man who lives in a haunted house.
Love on the Dole
Depressing and realistic family drama about the struggles of unemployment and poverty in 1930s Lancashire. The 20-year-old Kerr gives an emotionally charged performance as Hardcastle, one of the cotton workers trying to make life better.
Jamaica Inn
In Cornwall, around 1800, a young woman discovers that she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit.
The Cardinal
Cardinal's brother Giuliano wrongfully accused of murder in 1510 Rome. Cardinal can't divulge confession details that could exonerate him, torn between faith and family, church doctrine and conscience crisis.
The Warren Case
A disturbed, war scarred crime reporter turns to illegal means in an attempt to generate news stories. Angry by his boss for a lack of stories, Lewis Bevan takes matters into his own hands to revive his flagging career.
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Leslie Howard plays Sir Percy Blakeney, an 18th century English aristocrat who leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an underground effort to free French nobles from Robespierre's Reign of Terror. Based on the novel by Baroness Orczy.
Love, Life & Laughter
Gracie plays a London publican's daughter named after Nell Gwynn, who much like the original, becomes romantically involved with a King(John Loder). This one however, isn't English, but from a broken down mittleEuropean duchy with a lonely castle amidst an Alpine-like landscape.
Lost in the Legion
Two ship's cooks get lost in the desert and unwittingly enroll in the Foreign Legion!