Alan Wheatley
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The Shadow of the Cat
Tabitha, once the placid, gentle and devoted pet, adopts all the characteristics of a ferocious, wild animal following the murder of her mistress. The three guilty people are all trapped by the cat's power and each will come to untimely deaths of horrific proportions without anyone being able to solve the mystery that surrounds their brutal death.
The Duke Wore Jeans
A cockney lad pretends to be a nobleman in order to woo a South American princess.
The House Across the Lake
Sensuous and desirable, Carol Forrest has always attracted the attention of men. Expert in the art of manipulation and control she married an older man, loving only his vast wealth and continued to amuse herself with indiscreet affairs.
Delayed Action
Robert Ayres plays a moody author with a suicide complex. Ayres' melancholia plays right into the hands of a gang of thieves. For a lofty fee, they convince the author to confess to their crimes and then kill himself. Yes, you're way ahead of us: Ayres has a change of heart and decides that he loves life.
The Limping Man
An American veteran returns to England after WWII to learn that his London lover has become involved with a dangerous spy ring and their search for a limping sniper.
Spaceways
British scientists test rocket; matrimonial strife looms. Rocket partially fails; couple goes missing. Did they elope or are they dead, orbiting in rocket debris?
Small Town Story
A Canadian ex-serviceman has to resist criminals and the temptation of signing for Arsenal in order to help non-league Oldchester United.
Whispering Smith Hits London
US sleuth Whispering Smith arrives in London on vacation, but soon becomes embroiled in a murder case.
The Pickwick Papers
The Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find...
Home to Danger
A drug dealer tries to kill his partner's daughter after she inherits an old house.
Sleeping Car to Trieste
Spies pursue a stolen diary aboard the Orient Express.
Corridor of Mirrors
A man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life.
Calling Paul Temple
A maniac is murdering the patients of a doctor who specializes in nervous disorders. A detective is called in to catch the killer.
Brighton Rock
Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.
Appointment with Crime
An ex-con, released after imprisonment for a jewel theft, swears vengeance on his former accomplices and devises an intricate plan to steal their fortune.
The Rake's Progress
Vivian Kenway, a young Englishman from an aristocratic background, flunks out of Oxford, and decides to use his considerable charm to achieve his goal of, apparently, making dissipation his career. His derelictions include seduction, betrayals of sweethearts, family and friends, and Marriage for money.
Caesar and Cleopatra
At the height of the Roman Civil War, an aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra, whom he teaches how to rule Egypt.
The Conquest of the Air
This documentary traces man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930s.