Roddy Hughes
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The House in Marsh Road
A novelist and his sexy lover plot to kill the novelist's wife so he can inherit her fortune including her house that happens to be haunted.
Around the World in 80 Days
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
The Crowded Day
One day in the lives and loves of the staff in a large department store.
Meet Mr. Lucifer
A T.V. set given as a retiremant present is sold on to different households causing misery each time. One of the Ealing comedies.
Hammer the Toff
A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula.
The Man in the White Suit
The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process.
Scrooge
Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge learns the error of his ways through the intervention of the ghost of his former partner and of three spirits in this faithful adaptation of the Dickens classic.
Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure
Old Mother Riley runs into a ghost who turns out to be an old pirate searching for buried treasure.
The Small Back Room
As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on 1943 Britain, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol.
Obsession
Dr. Clive Riordan's beautiful-but-flirty wife, "Storm", comes home one night in the company of an American diplomat, Bill Kronin. Riordan, obsessed with jealousy, determines to murder his most recent rival and plans, as only a psychiatrist would, to not only kill bill, but to commit the perfect crime in the process.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
A fatherless boy tries to make his fortune despite interference from his rich uncle.
Meet Sexton Blake!
Famous detective and his trusty side-kick Tinker are called in by the War Office to find some important papers that were stolen from a man killed during an air raid.
Here Comes the Sun
A sports reporter on the run from the police seeks to clear his name.
In Which We Serve
This "story of a ship", the British destroyer H.M.S. Torrin, is told in flashbacks by survivors as they cling to a life raft.
The Saint's Vacation
While on vacation, the Saint discovers a much-sought-after music box.
The Ghost of St. Michael's
Will Hay, back in his role as a hapless teacher, is hired by a grim school in remotest Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost, whose spectral bagpipes signal the death of one of the staff. Hay, assisted by Claude Hulbert and Charles Hawtrey, has to unravel the mystery before he becomes the next victim.
Quiet Wedding
A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.
Cottage to Let
Cottage to Let is a 1941 spy film starring Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim and John Mills. Set in World War II Scotland, its plot concerns Nazi spies trying to kidnap an inventor.
The Stars Look Down
Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with Jenny who gets him to marry her and return home as local schoolteacher before finishing his degree.
The Proud Valley
In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.
Saloon Bar
Against Christmas backdrop, pub regulars led by bookie Joe Harris try to prove Eddie Graves' innocence before his scheduled execution for murder the next morning, as landlord awaits new baby.
Poison Pen
The inhabitants of a peaceful village begin receiving mysterious hate mail penned by someone with malicious thoughts.
Make-Up
Make-Up is a 1937 British drama film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Nils Asther, June Clyde and Judy Kelly. It was a circus film made by an independent production company at Shepperton Studios.
Cheer Up!
A couple of out of work songwriters try to persuade a wealthy stockbroker to back them. But he turns out to be broke as they are. A series of mistaken identities, misunderstandings and general confusion as our heroes attempt to make a living as songwriters in 1930s Britain.
Honeymoon for Three
The trouble begins when a carefree playboy steals the virtue of a young French maiden and is forced to marry her when her angry father, a financier, finds out.