"Leslie Phillips"
In a small Japanese town, Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing he must successfully perform before the appearance of the Mikado in a month’s time, Ko-Ko…
Set in 1890s North Wales over a long, hot August weekend, the Victorian calm of a household is suddenly upset with the arrival of a London couple who impose their…
Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice, stopping off on the way as patients at the Foulness Anti-cold Unit. Hare then…
As the only relative in line to ascend the Royal throne, a down-on-his-luck American slob must learn the ways of the English.
An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties…
When Dexter Munro and his new wife Juliet get married, they decide to escape Juliet’s meddling father by buying a rundown cottage and doing it up themselves. But when the…
Lucinda goes on a trip away with her two friends Katherine and Amanda and convinces them to join her on form a variety act in order to impress her childhood…
The Commanding Officer of an RAF Training School must deal with a difficult cadet, but the cadet reminds the C.O. of himself when young.
A young couple, David and Catherine Robinson, has to turn their large country house into a money-making proposition. Their solution is to invite the kids of the rich and famous…
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks…
With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills police station. With help from Special Constable Gorse, they manage to totally wreck operations of…
A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.
Unexpectedly widowed, prim and proper housewife Grace Trevethyn finds herself in dire financial straits when she inherits massive debts her late husband had been accruing for years. Faced with losing…
A septet of satirical vignettes based on the Seven Deadly Sins.
In Haven Hospital, a certain men’s ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital altogether. The formidable Matron’s debut gives everyone a chill every time she walks past, with…
Fred, Tim and Deirdre plan a fun weekend break on the coast. What they didn’t make allowances for was the company of Deirdre’s mother who insists on coming along as…
When a well-loved headmaster decides to retire, his scheming pupils have other ideas. The cunning boys unleash a campaign of practical jokes, armed with gin, itching power, and bombs!
Not Now, Comrade tells the story of Rudi, a Russian ballet star who defects to the West, and the chaos that befalls those who try to help him… not least…
After 10 years of failure a bumbling vet finally graduates and takes on his own practice.
In 1941 Greece, on the eve of German occupation, cynical American foreign correspondent Michael Morrison arrives in Athens, intending to depart for London the following day. While there he is…
Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is…
Orphaned heiress, English aristocrat and intrepid archaeologist, Lara Croft, embarks on a dangerous quest to retrieve the two halves of an ancient artifact which controls time before it falls into…
Four people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical joker.
Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wrong way. When he is thrown in at the deep-end, with a particularly hot-tempered judge…
After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe “Barry Nichols and Les Girls”, Sybil Wren is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Angele. A Rashômon style…
An American reporter smells a story when he is stranded in an Iron Curtain country where the local dictator is using gamma rays to transform children into mutated henchmen.
An American reporter smells a story when he is stranded in an Iron Curtain country where the local dictator is using gamma rays to transform children into mutated henchmen.
A wealthy young man from Yorkshire visits a London nightclub and meets a performer. She decides to take him for every penny he is worth, and he decides to let…
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of…
Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.
A group of American executives making a film about World War II decide that since their lead is rather unglamorous, they will draft in an American G.I. to play the…
A Scottish civil servant must learn how to drive a Bentley to impress his girlfriend’s tycoon father.
When a teenaged girl moves to England, with her brothers and parents into the ancient Canterville Hall, she’s not at all happy. Especially as there’s a ghost and a mysterious…
Christopher Columbus believes he can find an alternative route to the far East and persuades the King and Queen of Spain to finance his expedition…
The lady of a top fashion magazine doubles as a jewel thief and becomes involved in Moroccan intrigue.
Following the sudden death of their last surviving parent – their Dad, two brothers and two sisters return to the family home after many years to face each other, face…
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.
The orderly suburban life of a 1950’s English town is turned on its head when the teenaged daughter of one of the residents writes a steamy bestseller featuring characters obviously…
Maurice is an aging veteran actor who becomes taken with Jessie, the grandniece of his closest friend. When Maurice tries to soften the petulant and provincial young girl with the…
‘Carry On’ director Gerald Thomas helms this comedy caper featuring early appearances by James Robertson Justice, Sid James, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Williams, Liz Fraser and Eric Barker. The film follows…
Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them Bill’s long-lost uncle has died and left them…
A young RAF pilot tests his father-in-law’s prototype supersonic aircraft to the limit, at a time of intense development in the field of aviation, just as commercial jet airliners are…
A young boy who lives in an old folks’ home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.