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51. She Went to the Races (1945)
Passed | 86 min | Comedy
Scientists have developed a method for winning at the track. Lovely Ava is a horse owner interest to a desperate gambler.
Director: Willis Goldbeck | Stars: James Craig, Frances Gifford, Ava Gardner, Edmund Gwenn
Votes: 309
52. The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1957)
30 min | Drama
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.
Stars: Philip Carey, Laraine Day, Willis Bouchey, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 276
53. Dangerous Partners (1945)
Approved | 74 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
After surviving a plane crash, a couple tries to find out why one of the passengers was carrying four wills for a million dollars, with each one naming him as the beneficiary.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: James Craig, Signe Hasso, Edmund Gwenn, Audrey Totter
Votes: 267
54. Penny Paradise (1938)
72 min | Comedy, Musical
A Liverpool tug boat captain finds he's won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. However, after giving up his job and throwing a large expensive party, he discovers that he may not really have won after all.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Betty Driver, Jimmy O'Dea, Ethel Coleridge
Votes: 239
55. The Good Companions (1933)
95 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Musical taken from J. B. Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Jessie Matthews, Edmund Gwenn, John Gielgud, Mary Glynne
Votes: 238
56. Something for the Birds (1952)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Romance
Enviromentalist Anne Richards goes to Washington D. C. to fight for getting legislation passed to save the last remaining sanctuary of the almost-extinct California Condor. She enlists the ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Victor Mature, Patricia Neal, Edmund Gwenn, Larry Keating
Votes: 233
57. Mad Holiday (1936)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Philip Trent is tired of playing film detective Shelby James, thinking that the stories are tripe, and plans a vacation to get away from Hollywood. But on the ship he meets a mysterious ... See full summary »
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Elissa Landi, Zasu Pitts, Ted Healy
Votes: 224
58. I Was a Spy (1933)
Passed | 89 min | Drama, War
During World War I, a young nurse in a hospital in German-occupied Belgium is secretly feeding military information to the British. Complicating matters is the guilt she feels when she has ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Herbert Marshall, Conrad Veidt, Madeleine Carroll, Edmund Gwenn
Votes: 223
59. The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953 TV Special)
113 min
The 25th Academy Awards and the first time the ceremony is broadcast on television. Held on March 19th, 1953 at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, it is hosted by Bob Hope and honors the films of 1952.
Directors: Bill Bennington, John Rich | Stars: Bob Hope, Anne Baxter, Edgar Bergen, Jacques Bergerac
Votes: 215
60. South Riding (1938)
Approved | 85 min | Drama, Romance
Winifred Holtby realised that local government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda, but the front-line defence thrown up by humanity against its common enemies of sickness, ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Edna Best, Ralph Richardson, Edmund Gwenn, Ann Todd
Votes: 184
61. Bonzo Goes to College (1952)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy
The educated chimp moves in with a college football coach's family.
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Maureen O'Sullivan, Edmund Gwenn, Charles Drake, Gigi Perreau
Votes: 163
62. Peking Express (1951)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Drama, Film-Noir
A group of refugees fleeing Chinese Communist rule via train are beset by a gang of terrifying outlaws.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Corinne Calvet, Edmund Gwenn, Marvin Miller
Votes: 155 | Gross: $2.40M
63. Sally and Saint Anne (1952)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy
Sally O'Moyne, a good-natured but awkward school-girl lives with her extended and eccentric Irish-American clan. One day at school, unable to find her lunch bucket, Sally says a prayer to ... See full summary »
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Ann Blyth, Edmund Gwenn, John McIntire, Gregg Palmer
Votes: 144
64. Java Head (1934)
68 min | Drama, Romance
The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. The owner has two sons. One, a handsome seafarer, is in love with a local girl, but cannot... See full summary »
Director: J. Walter Ruben | Stars: Anna May Wong, Elizabeth Allan, John Loder, Edmund Gwenn
Votes: 140
65. Cheer Boys Cheer (1939)
84 min | Comedy
Set in the world of brewing, a classic tale (an Ealing speciality) of the small, friendly, family run company being threatened with closure by the nasty, modern, large organisation. ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Nova Pilbeam, Edmund Gwenn, Jimmy O'Dea, Moore Marriott
Votes: 137
66. Matinee Theatre (1955–1958)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A daily anthology show, featuring original material, as well as adaptations of literary classics.
Stars: John Conte, Peter Hansen, Sarah Churchill, Johnny Crawford
Votes: 132
67. Laburnum Grove (1936)
65 min | Comedy
In Mr. Radfern's house relatives and in-law parasites are pestering him about lending them money. One day he discloses that he is earning his living by illegal means, scaring them off for good. But did he just tell that story in jest?
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Cedric Hardwicke, Victoria Hopper, Ethel Coleridge
Votes: 129
68. The Greatest Gift (1942)
Passed | 11 min | Short, Drama
Medieval French legend tells of monks who devote the cold nights of winter to making gifts they offer to Our Lady when spring comes. On the night snowfall blocks the pass to Italy, the ... See full summary »
Director: Harold Daniels | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Hans Conried, Lumsden Hare, Robert Emmett O'Connor
Votes: 121
69. One Night in Lisbon (1941)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy
A Texas pilot courts a British aristocrat in London amid bombing and in Portugal amid spies.
Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll, Patricia Morison, Billie Burke
Votes: 105
70. For Love or Money (1933)
73 min | Comedy
A schemer and his daughter have lived the high life, but they are out of cash. A last-ditch plan to lure investors goes awry when the electric company shows up to turn off the lights. But the new employee brings hope and something more.
Director: Zoltan Korda | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Wendy Barrie, Robert Donat, Morris Harvey
Votes: 100
71. Hindle Wakes (1931)
79 min | Drama
A Lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owner's son while on holiday. Based on the once notorious Houghton play.
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Sybil Thorndike, John Stuart, Norman McKinnel, Edmund Gwenn
Votes: 86
72. Channel Crossing (1933)
70 min | Crime, Drama
Money isn't everything. Tycoon races against time to cross the English Channel in order to save a business deal, but along the way his whole value system is thrown into turmoil.
Director: Milton Rosmer | Stars: Matheson Lang, Constance Cummings, Anthony Bushell, Dorothy Dickson
Votes: 85
73. Scotland Yard (1941)
68 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Inspector Cork pursues a bank robber who serves in the army and receives facial injuries. After plastic surgery he shows up as a bank president planning an enormous robbery.
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Nancy Kelly, Edmund Gwenn, John Loder, Henry Wilcoxon
Votes: 66
74. The Star and the Story (1955–1956)
30 min | Drama
Each show features a different star or stars in this dramatic anthology produced by the successful team by Four Star Productions, there are many young actors and actresses that went onto bigger things.
Stars: Henry Fonda, Hugh Sanders, Frank Lovejoy, Hillary Brooke
Votes: 62
75. All American Chump (1936)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy
Carnival promoters and gangsters back a math genius rube in a big money bridge tournament.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Stuart Erwin, Robert Armstrong, Betty Furness, Edmund Gwenn
Votes: 61
76. Love on Wheels (1932)
86 min | Musical
A shy shop assistant tries to romance a pianist he always sees on the morning bus to work.
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Jack Hulbert, Leonora Corbett, Gordon Harker, Edmund Gwenn
Votes: 59
77. Thunder in the Valley (1947)
Passed | 103 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A story of the Scottish highlands about a crockerty old sheepherder, Adam MacAdam (Edmund Gwenn),who loves his prize collie dog, but little else, not even his son Davis (Lon McAllister). ... See full summary »
Director: Louis King | Stars: Lon McCallister, Peggy Ann Garner, Edmund Gwenn, Reginald Owen
Votes: 55
78. Frail Women (1932)
72 min | Drama
Lilian has an illegitimate war-baby adopted by a wealthy spinster.
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Margaret Vines, Frederick Peisley, Jane Welsh, Athole Stewart
Votes: 52
79. The Admiral's Secret (1934)
63 min | Comedy
1934. Comedy. Directed by Guy Newall and starring Edmund Gwenn, James Raglan and Hope Davy. A retired admiral who has a valuable diamond is pursued by crooks intent on getting the gem.
Director: Guy Newall | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Aubrey Mather, James Raglan, Edgar Driver
Votes: 48
80. The Frank Sinatra Show (1950–1952)
60 min | Music
The Frank Sinatra Show (also known as Bulova Watch Time) was an American musical variety series hosted by Frank Sinatra from 1950 to 1952.
Stars: Frank Sinatra, June Hutton, Ben Blue, The Whippoorwills
Votes: 45
81. The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (1955)
30 min | Comedy
Stars: Eddie Cantor, Keith Richards, Mona Freeman, Kenneth Tobey
Votes: 42
82.
Science Fiction Theatre (1955–1957)
Episode:
A Visit from Dr. Pliny
(1955)
30 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Quirky strangers appear at the research institute. They have curious ideas, and unexplained knowledge. Local researchers aren't sure if they are legitimate or if they are dangerous nuts. What will happen if they are allowed into the lab?
Director: Henry S. Kesler | Stars: Truman Bradley, Edmund Gwenn, William Schallert, Juney Ellis
Votes: 36
83.
Science Fiction Theatre (1955–1957)
Episode:
The Strange Doctor Lorenz
(1955)
30 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
A physician who is losing the use of his hands due to X-ray radiation seeks out a mysterious beekeeper who is apparently able to cure the most severe burns.
Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Truman Bradley, Edmund Gwenn, Donald Curtis, Kristine Miller
Votes: 33
84.
The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1957)
Episode:
Heart of Gold
(1952)
30 min | Drama
James Lindsey insists his children Fitzjames and Violet face reality when Christmas fantasies are strong, but when their snowman comes to life and starts providing magical experiences, his ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Anita Louise, Tommy Rettig, Beverly Washburn
Votes: 23
85. Condemned to Death (1932)
75 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Sentenced to death, a murderer uses hypnotism skills to make a judge go out and kill the people who had accused him of the crime.
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Arthur Wontner, Gillian Lind, Gordon Harker, Cyril Raymond
Votes: 22
86. Be Mine Tonight (1932)
70 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
An Italian operatic tenor is dominated by his female business manager.
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Jan Kiepura, Sonnie Hale, Magda Schneider, Edmund Gwenn
Votes: 21
87. Passing Shadows (1934)
67 min | Mystery
Director: Leslie S. Hiscott | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Barry MacKay, Aileen Marson, D.A. Clarke-Smith
Votes: 15
88.
The Millionaire (1955–1960)
Episode:
The Walter Carter Story
(1955)
30 min | Drama
Walter Carter has had mental care and has had hallucinations about receiving a fortune since a business failure has broke him hurting his partners so those associates and his family believe that his million is imaginary.
Director: Charles F. Haas | Stars: Marvin Miller, Edmund Gwenn, Hugh Beaumont, Julie Jordan
Votes: 15
89. Theatre Parade (1936–1938)
Scenes taken from popular London theatrical productions.
Stars: D.A. Clarke-Smith, Antoinette Cellier, Greer Garson, John Wyse
Votes: 13
90. Mad Men of Europe (1940)
73 min | Drama, War
Director: Albert de Courville | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Mary Maguire, Paul Henreid, Geoffrey Toone
Votes: 13
91. Early to Bed (1933)
83 min | Musical
A nightclub waiter and a manicurist share the same room, he sleeps there by night and she by day. They meet by chance, not knowing who's who, and fall in love.
Director: Ludwig Berger | Stars: Heather Angel, Fernand Gravey, Edmund Gwenn, Sonnie Hale
Votes: 13
92. The Real Thing at Last (1916)
Short, Comedy
A satire on American films, in which Shakespeare's Macbeth is performed as it might be imagined performed in an American film. (The film was prepared as part of a live benefit for the YMCA ... See full summary »
Director: L.C. MacBean | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Nelson Keys, Godfrey Tearle, Owen Nares
Votes: 9
93.
The Star and the Story (1955–1956)
Episode:
The Great Shinin' Saucer of Paddy Faneen
(1955)
30 min | Drama
Paddy Faneen is the town storyteller and McGinnis is his chief skeptic. Problem is, McGinnis' grandson Terry wants to marry Paddy's granddaughter Sheila and Paddy's latest yarn about a flying saucer is causing turmoil between the 2 clans.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Arthur Shields, Sheila Connolly, Harry Shannon
Votes: 9
94. The Skin Game (1921)
105 min | Drama
A rich woman thwarts a pottery manufacturer's plans by exposing his daughter-in-law's past.
Director: B.E. Doxat-Pratt | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Mary Clare, Helen Haye, Dawson Millward
Votes: 8
95. Warn London (1934)
68 min | Drama
A German criminologist working for the Paric Police is bilked out of his life savings, and latterly joins up with a career burglar to pull off one big moneymaking heist in London. The case ... See full summary »
Director: T. Hayes Hunter | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, John Loder, Leonora Corbett, D.A. Clarke-Smith
96. Money for Nothing (1932)
72 min | Comedy
Director: Monty Banks | Stars: Seymour Hicks, Betty Stockfeld, Edmund Gwenn, Donald Calthrop
97. Happy Family (1939)
9 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
A typical English family sit down to eat, and discuss the prospect of war.
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, John Mills, Frank Lawton, Eva Moore
98. Smithy (1933)
53 min | Comedy, Drama
A staid stockbroker decides to break out of his boring, monotonous life by treating himself to one wild night.
Director: George King | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Peggy Novak, D.A. Clarke-Smith, Eve Gray
99. How He Lied to Her Husband (1931)
33 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Cecil Lewis | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Vera Lennox, Robert Harris
100. Father and Son (1934)
48 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Monty Banks | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Esmond Knight, James Finlayson, Roland Culver