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51. Johnny Frenchman (1945)

Approved | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

There exists an age-old rivalry between the Cornish and Breton fisherfolk, but harbormaster Nat Pomeroy holds a particular grudge - not just for the Bretons' incessant poaching, but for the harbor dues he loses in the process.

Director: Charles Frend | Stars: Françoise Rosay, Tom Walls, Patricia Roc, Ralph Michael

Votes: 197

52. She Always Gets Their Man (1962)

R | 61 min | Comedy

A group of young women staying at hostel try to keep a vamp from taking a wealthy man for a ride.

Director: Godfrey Grayson | Stars: Terence Alexander, Ann Sears, Sally Smith, William Fox

Votes: 27

53. Valley of Song (1953)

80 min | Drama, Comedy

Rivalry among members of the male voice choir!

Director: Gilbert Gunn | Stars: Mervyn Johns, Clifford Evans, Maureen Swanson, John Fraser

Votes: 35

54. The Supreme Secret (1958)

56 min | Drama

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Director: Norman Walker | Stars: Hugh David, Meredith Edwards, Anthony Green, Harry Fowler

55. Trinity House (1942)

50 min | Documentary

Fascinating documentary about the lighthouses on Great Britains shores.

Director: John Eldridge | Stars: John Snagge, Frank Phillips, Laidman Browne

56. A Good Landfall (1941)

Short, Drama

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Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Caven Watson, Cyril Chamberlain

57. One Step Beyond (1959–1961)
Episode: Eyewitness (1961)

Approved | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

In 1883, a Boston newspaperman writes a detailed eyewitness account of a natural disaster -- a full day before it happens. Working in his office late one night, Henry Soames finds his ... See full summary »

Director: John Newland | Stars: John Meillon, Rose Alba, Anton Rodgers, Robin Hughes

Votes: 57

58. One Step Beyond (1959–1961)
Episode: Nightmare (1961)

Approved | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A troubled painter is obsessed with painting a young lady he's never met before. He determines to find her in real life before the obsession drives him crazy.

Director: John Newland | Stars: Peter Wyngarde, Mary Peach, Ambrosine Phillpotts, Jean Cadell

Votes: 53

59. The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode: Honey for the Prince (1966)

TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two undercover agents are shot at Q.Q.F. Incorporated but one survives long enough to clue in Steed and Peel. So, Steed visits the Quite Quite Fantastic office (where fantasies are made to ... See full summary »

Director: James Hill | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Ron Moody, Zia Mohyeddin

Votes: 328

60. The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode: How to Succeed .... At Murder (1966)

TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Eleven businessmen and counting have been mysteriously murdered, their affairs taken over by their able secretaries. The smell of perfume lingering over one of the dead bodies leads Mrs ... See full summary »

Director: Don Leaver | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Sarah Lawson, Angela Browne

Votes: 315

61. The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode: Small Game for Big Hunters (1966)

TV-14 | 51 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A man dressed in Safari clothes is found in Hertfortshire with an arrow in his back, and falls into a coma-like state. All clues lead to a delusional Colonel living nearby. Whilst Emma ... See full summary »

Director: Gerry O'Hara | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Bill Fraser, James Villiers

Votes: 310

62. The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode: The Girl from Auntie (1966)

TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

When Steed returns home early from a holiday, he finds Mrs. Peel replaced by an actress, Georgie Price-Jones. Subsequently everyone involved in the hiring of Georgie is stabbed to death ... See full summary »

Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Liz Fraser, Alfred Burke

Votes: 375

63. The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode: The House That Jack Built (1966)

TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Mrs. Peel is bequeathed an old house by an uncle Jack, whom she never knew existed. In the event, he did not exist. The house is a former lunatic asylum and it is all a ruse by a vengeful ... See full summary »

Director: Don Leaver | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Michael Goodliffe, Griffith Davies

Votes: 439

64. The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode: The Thirteenth Hole (1966)

TV-14 | 51 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Steed and Mrs. Peel join an exclusive golf club to catch a government scientist passing secrets to the Iron Curtain.

Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Patrick Allen, Hugh Manning

Votes: 322

65. The Baron (1966–1967)
Episode: Samurai West (1966)

TV-PG | 49 min | Crime, Drama

Asano, an aging Japanese man, agrees to sell a family heirloom, a 500-year-old samurai sword, to Mannering for 10,000 pounds. When Asano delivers the sword to the antiques dealer, he bumps ... See full summary »

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Steve Forrest, Lee Montague, Raymond Huntley, Paul Ferris

Votes: 32

66. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode: At Night All Cats Are Gray (1954)

27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A French model asks for Colonel March's help just hours before she's found murdered.

Director: Phil Brown | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Christopher Lee, Fanny Rowe

Votes: 95

67. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode: Death and the Other Monkey (1956)

26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A biologist is convinced that his test monkey was not only stolen but replaced.

Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Percy Marmont, Gudrun Ure

Votes: 57

68. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode: Death in Inner Space (1956)

26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

At an isolated château outside Paris, a scientist insists he's received radio waves emanating from the planet Mars.

Director: Phil Brown | Stars: Boris Karloff, Karel Stepanek, Peter Illing, Rosalie Crutchley

Votes: 64

69. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode: Murder Is Permanent (1956)

26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The owner of a beauty salon is found stabbed to death.

Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Elspet Gray, Margaret Halstan

Votes: 55

70. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode: Passage at Arms (1955)

27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A French fencing team are involved in a London murder case.

Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Eric Pohlmann, Rachel Gurney

Votes: 52

71. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode: Present Tense (1955)

26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

March's niece witnesses her husband die in a plane crash. Soon after she begins to complain she can hear his voice in the night and others in the house become convinced her husband has returned as a ghost.

Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Mary Parker, Phil Brown

Votes: 93

72. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode: Error at Daybreak (1956)

26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A shady businessman collapses on an oceanside jetty, the apparent victim of a heart attack, but a vacationing March discovers blood and a needle near the body.

Director: Phil Brown | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Robert Brown, Patricia Marmont

Votes: 76

73. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode: The Abominable Snowman (1955)

26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Members of a Britsh mountain climbing club are seemingly terrorized by an abominable snow man after film of tracks belonging to the creature are released. March struggles to accept the ... See full summary »

Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Doris Nolan, Ivan Craig

Votes: 92

74. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode: The Case of the Kidnapped Poodle (1955)

27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Colonel March is called in to investigate the theft of a valuable diamond as well as a poodle. As he continues his investigation he begins to think both incidents may be connected.

Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Doris Nolan, Michael Shepley

Votes: 70

75. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode: The Case of the Lively Ghost (1955)

26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A phony spiritualist believes she's truly summoned a real ghost.

Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Virginia Downing, Genine Graham

Votes: 51

76. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode: The Case of the Misguided Missal (1955)

27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A 15th century prayer volume disappears from a sealed casket inside the locked safe belonging to an Oxford Don.

Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Jane Griffiths, John Arnatt

Votes: 51

77. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode: The Deadly Gift (1956)

27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A pretty barmaid receives an unusual Christmas gift, a music box from a thief dead for ten years.

Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Sandra Dorne, George Coulouris

Votes: 55

78. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode: The Devil Sells His Soul (1956)

30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Colonel March uses hypnosis to crack the case of a stabbing murder.

Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Patrick Barr, Ann Hanslip

Votes: 63

79. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode: The Headless Hat (1955)

27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Colonel March is on holidays in France when he meets an old friend from the French police who tells him of a murder at the docks. The French suspect he was a smuggler who had English ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Boris Karloff, Eric Pohlmann, Betty Paul, Marne Maitland

Votes: 65

80. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode: The Invisible Knife (1955)

26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

March must solve the mystery of how a man could be stabbed to death by an invisible knife.

Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Hubert Gregg, Henryetta Edwards

Votes: 69

81. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode: The Missing Link (1955)

27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Scotland Yard is baffled by the attempted theft of a museum's prized exhibit of the skull of 'Damascus Man.'

Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Stuart Lindsell, Helen Cherry

Votes: 54

82. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode: The Second Mona Lisa (1955)

27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

'The Second Mona Lisa,' painted six months after the first, is targeted by rival collectors.

Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Boris Karloff, Alan Wheatley, Eric Pohlmann, Robert Ayres

Votes: 63

83. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode: The Silent Vow (1956)

27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Colonel March and Inspector Goron are present in a café when a customer dies from poisoned wine.

Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Eric Pohlmann, Zena Marshall, Anton Diffring

Votes: 59

84. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode: The Silver Curtain (1956)

30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

How did Davos end up with a knife in his back? The murder happened behind the "silver curtain" of spray from a fountain. He was alone with Jerry Winton in a dead end alley, but Winton didn't do it. Can Col. March unravel the mystery?

Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Eric Pohlmann, Anton Diffring, Christine Pollon

Votes: 67

85. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode: The Sorcerer (1955)

26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A psychologist is found dead in a seemingly sealed room. Inspector March needs to decide who had the most reason to kill him, and how did they accomplish the task.

Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Phil Brown, Gerard Heinz

Votes: 117

86. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode: The Stolen Crime (1956)

27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A man demands to be arrested for murdering his wealthy wife, whose death is attributed to natural causes.

Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Glyn Houston, Josephine Douglas

Votes: 59

87. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode: The Strange Event at Roman Fall (1956)

27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A woman is accused of killing her reclusive mystery writer husband.

Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Philip Friend, Rachel Kempson

Votes: 63

88. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode: The Talking Head (1955)

27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A 12 year old boy insists his dead father told him to kill his mother's new fiancée.

Director: Paul Dickson | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Hugh Williams, Hugh Griffith

Votes: 67

89. The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
Episode: A Matter of Justice (1956)

Adventure, Family

A mother's plea that her soldier-son has been unjustly sentenced to Devil's Island prompts the Count to investigate. He discovers a web of corruption involving two officers in the French army.

Director: David MacDonald | Stars: George Dolenz, Nick Cravat, Robert Cawdron, Alan Wheatley

Votes: 7

90. The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
Episode: A Toy for the Infanta (1956)

TV-G | 25 min | Adventure, Family

In 1833, the death of the King creates a struggle for the throne of Spain. The Count of Monte Cristo supports the claim of the King's widow who seeks to reign as regent for her young daughter, the Infanta.

Director: Charles Bennett | Stars: George Dolenz, Nick Cravat, Robert Cawdron, Margaret Whiting

Votes: 10

91. The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
Episode: Albania (1956)

Adventure, Family

A man claiming to be the Count of Monte Cristo has headquartered in Albania and is working with another man who wishes to become dictator of that country. The true Count travels to Tirana to set things right.

Director: David MacDonald | Stars: George Dolenz, Nick Cravat, Robert Cawdron, Ralph Michael

Votes: 8

92. The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
Episode: Athens (1956)

Adventure, Family

The murder in Athens of a dealer in Greek antiquities leads the Count to the recovery of an ancient statue being smuggled out of the country.

Director: Dennis Vance | Stars: George Dolenz, Nick Cravat, Robert Cawdron, Reed De Rouen

Votes: 6

93. The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
Episode: Bordeaux (1956)

Adventure, Family

Mercedes, the great love of the Count's early life, accepts the Count's help after her husband has been imprisoned and sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit.

Director: Charles Bennett | Stars: George Dolenz, Nick Cravat, Robert Cawdron, Betty McDowall

Votes: 7

94. The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
Episode: Burgundy (1956)

Adventure, Family

A grape-grower in Burgundy seeks help after he's forced to pay tribute to a man claiming to be able to bring about a tax cut. The Count investigates and uncovers a fraud.

Director: David MacDonald | Stars: George Dolenz, Nick Cravat, Robert Cawdron, William Franklyn

Votes: 6

95. The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
Episode: Flight to Calais (1956)

Adventure, Family

While traveling to England to be married, Princess Anne of France is kidnapped just outside Calais. The Count of Monte Cristo takes action to rescue her.

Director: Charles Bennett | Stars: George Dolenz, Nick Cravat, Robert Cawdron, Hugh Williams

Votes: 7

96. The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
Episode: Lichtenburg (1956)

Adventure, Family

The death of the King of Lichtenburg creates a power struggle. Princess Anne, the rightful heir, finds herself imprisoned in the palace by an ambitious man anxious to assume power. The Count seeks to help her.

Director: Charles Bennett | Stars: George Dolenz, Nick Cravat, Robert Cawdron, Margaret Whiting

Votes: 6

97. The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
Episode: Marseilles (1956)

Adventure, Family

The Count goes undercover on the Marseilles waterfront to expose a piracy ring preying on ships bound from Spain.

Director: Charles Bennett | Stars: George Dolenz, Nick Cravat, Robert Cawdron, Conrad Phillips

Votes: 7

98. The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
Episode: Mecklenburg (1956)

Adventure, Family

The heir to the French throne runs into trouble when he pays a secret visit to Mecklenburg. He wants to see there the princess he loves but she's been promised to another suitor and the French heir winds up in prison.

Director: Charles Bennett | Stars: George Dolenz, Nick Cravat, Robert Cawdron, Raymond Huntley

Votes: 6

99. The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
Episode: Monaco (1956)

Adventure, Family

A printer tries to live down his counterfeiting past but his young, greedy wife has other ideas. She becomes involved in illegal dealings at the Monte Carlo casino and it takes the Count of Monte Cristo to sort things out.

Director: Charles Bennett | Stars: George Dolenz, Nick Cravat, Robert Cawdron, Patricia Laffan

Votes: 6

100. The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
Episode: Naples (1956)

Adventure, Family

The reading of a wealthy banker's will in Naples, Italy, produces unexpected results. The Count investigates and finds danger and deceit.

Director: Dennis Vance | Stars: George Dolenz, Nick Cravat, Robert Cawdron, Hildy Christian

Votes: 6