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1. Devils of Darkness (1965)
Approved | 88 min | Horror
A secret vampire cult, which has its headquarters beneath the town cemetery, searches for victims for its human sacrifice rituals.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: William Sylvester, Hubert Noël, Carole Gray, Tracy Reed
Votes: 1,059
2. Ivanhoe (1958–1959)
30 min | Adventure, History
The adventures of Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, a noble knight and champion of justice during the rule of the evil Prince John.
Stars: Roger Moore, Robert Brown, Andrew Keir, Martin Wyldeck
Votes: 371
3. The Switch (1963)
69 min | Crime, Drama
The villains are members of a wristwatch-smuggling gang. Poor Zena Marshall knows too much, so the gangs abducts her. Stalwart customs official Anthony Steel struggles manfully to rescue the girl.
Director: Peter Maxwell | Stars: Anthony Steel, Zena Marshall, Conrad Phillips, Dermot Walsh
Votes: 127
4. Hotel Reserve (1944)
Approved | 79 min | Thriller
A hunt for a spy, in an hotel in the South of France just before World War Two.
Directors: Lance Comfort, Mutz Greenbaum, Victor Hanbury | Stars: James Mason, Lucie Mannheim, Raymond Lovell, Julien Mitchell
Votes: 914
5. Bedelia (1946)
Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Bedelia, a newly remarried beautiful widow, is on honeymoon in Monte Carlo. A painter approaches her inquiring about her past. When she and her husband go back to England the artist will soon be there. Danger, crime and truth will follow.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Ian Hunter, Barry K. Barnes, Anne Crawford
Votes: 449
6. Man in the Dark (1964)
Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When the wife of a blind composer discovers that her husband will cut her out of his estate, if he discovers that she is having an affair with a young artist, she and her lover plan to commit the perfect murder.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: William Sylvester, Barbara Shelley, Elizabeth Shepherd, Alexander Davion
Votes: 246
7. Daughter of Darkness (1948)
91 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Emily, a pretty young Irish girl, gets a job on an English farm owned by the Tallent family. The local men take to her but the women don't, objecting to her flirtatious nature with their ... See full summary »
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Anne Crawford, Siobhan McKenna, Maxwell Reed, George Thorpe
Votes: 353
8. Eight O'Clock Walk (1954)
Approved | 87 min | Crime, Drama
In post-WW2 England, a taxi driver is ostracized by society after he's accused of murdering a school-girl and his untried lawyer must find the real killer to save his client from the hangman.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Cathy O'Donnell, Derek Farr, Ian Hunter
Votes: 478
9. Crook's Tour (1940)
80 min | Comedy, Mystery
Charters and Caldicott, touring in the Near East, are mistaken for German agents and handed in error a gramophone record which contains vital information for Britain's enemies.
Director: John Baxter | Stars: Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Greta Gynt, Charles Oliver
Votes: 411
10. Tomorrow at Ten (1963)
80 min | Thriller
It's a race against time for the police when they have to find a kidnapped boy imprisoned with a time bomb, after his abductor dies without revealing the child's whereabouts.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: John Gregson, Alec Clunes, Robert Shaw, Helen Cherry
Votes: 460
11. The Man in the Road (1956)
83 min | Crime, Thriller
Communist agents trail an important scientist to try to steal his top-secret new formula.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Derek Farr, Ella Raines, Donald Wolfit, Lisa Daniely
Votes: 191
12. Temptation Harbor (1947)
91 min | Crime, Drama
A signalman on a quay sees a fight between two men. One of the men is deliberately pushed into the water and the signalman cannot save him, but decides to keep his suitcase which he later finds is full of banknotes with a value of £5000.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Robert Newton, Simone Simon, William Hartnell, Marcel Dalio
Votes: 206
13. Young, Willing and Eager (1961)
77 min | Crime, Drama
Carol flees to London from her alcoholic stepfather, but runs into a rough crowd in her new home.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Jess Conrad, Hermione Baddeley, Kenneth Griffith, Christina Gregg
Votes: 175
14. Sing and Swing (1963)
75 min | Comedy, Musical
Four teenage GPO dispatch riders in London form a band named 'The Smart Alecs', who go to various lengths to get themselves noticed. This movie contains many musical interludes by singers of the era, including several by Kenny Ball.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: David Hemmings, Jennifer Moss, John Pike, Heinz Burt
Votes: 186
15. A.J. Cronin's Hatter's Castle (1942)
102 min | Drama
James Brodie (Robert Newton) is the only hatter in a small area in Scotland. Ruthless in business as well as at home, he is a tyrant to his family and intimidating to everyone he knows. But... See full summary »
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Robert Newton, James Mason, Deborah Kerr, Emlyn Williams
Votes: 393
16. Love on the Dole (1941)
Approved | 98 min | Drama
During the Depression in England, a young lady from Lancashire decides to be a rich bookmaker's mistress, just to help the rest of her unemployed family.
Director: John Baxter | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, George Carney, Mary Merrall
Votes: 604
17. Perfect Understanding (1933)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman.
Director: Cyril Gardner | Stars: Gloria Swanson, Laurence Olivier, John Halliday, Nigel Playfair
Votes: 754
18. Murder Can Be Deadly (1962)
60 min | Thriller
Two con artists plan a final scam. It goes wrong when one is murdered in the other's apartment. She gets a student to hide the body but he's caught. His friends look for her to clear his name but they're seized by the killer.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Liz Fraser, Kenneth Griffith, Peter Reynolds, Tony Wickert
Votes: 208
19. Home to Danger (1951)
Not Rated | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A drug dealer tries to kill his partner's daughter after she inherits an old house.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Guy Rolfe, Rona Anderson, Francis Lister, Alan Wheatley
Votes: 305
20. The Ugly Duckling (1959)
Approved | 84 min | Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
Henry Jeckle was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon, relegated to waiting for his invitation to participate in life that never arrived: until he discovers a medical formula... See full summary »
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Bernard Bresslaw, Reginald Beckwith, Jon Pertwee, Maudie Edwards
Votes: 196
21. Great Day (1945)
62 min | Drama
An impending Eleanor Roosevelt visit causes bustle in an English village, while the Ellis family struggles with private problems.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Eric Portman, Flora Robson, Sheila Sim, Isabel Jeans
Votes: 230
22. Rheingold Theatre (1953–1957)
23 min | Drama
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. narrated, produced, and frequently starred in this anthology series, which presented everything from drama to mystery to farce.
Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Christopher Lee, Ron Randell, Barbara Mullen
Votes: 74
23. Silent Dust (1949)
82 min | Drama
A wealthy blind man is determined to build a cricket pavilion as a memorial to his dead son, who was killed in battle in World War II. Not long before the dedication ceremony is to be held,... See full summary »
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Sally Gray, Stephen Murray, Derek Farr, Nigel Patrick
Votes: 265
24. The Gay Cavalier (1957)
30 min | Adventure, Family
The adventures of swashbuckling Captain Claude Duval during the English Civil War.
Stars: Christian Marquand, Larry Burns, Ivan Craig, Sydney Bromley
Votes: 33
25. Courageous Mr. Penn (1942)
Approved | 78 min | Drama
William Penn's heroic deeds, on the European and American continents, are told in this portrait of the founding father of both the Quakers and the Pennsylvania colony. Based on C.E. Vulliamy's biography "William Penn."
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Clifford Evans, Deborah Kerr, Dennis Arundell, Aubrey Mallalieu
Votes: 167
26. The Great Armored Car Swindle (1961)
59 min | Crime, Drama
The nephew of a printer gets involved with foreign spies intent on making counterfeit money.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Peter Reynolds, Dermot Walsh, Joanna Dunham, Lisa Gastoni
Votes: 132
27. Pit of Darkness (1961)
76 min | Crime, Thriller
Richard Logan, a safe maker, wakes up with amnesia after being found unconscious. A detective hired by his wife was murdered. A safe his firm installed was robbed. Logan teams up with his wife to uncover the truth behind these events.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: William Franklyn, Moira Redmond, Bruno Barnabe, Leonard Sachs
Votes: 282
28. Be My Guest (1965)
82 min | Drama, Music
A family inherits a seaside hotel and has trouble filling it up until their son's rock group begins packing 'em in. This film was one of several British films from the mid-sixties which ... See full summary »
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: David Hemmings, Steve Marriott, John Pike, Andrea Monet
Votes: 150
29. Wire Service (1956–1957)
60 min | Drama
Adventures of three globetrotting reporters working for an international wire service.
Stars: Dane Clark, George Brent, Mercedes McCambridge, Murray Hamilton
Votes: 43
30. Escape to Danger (1943)
Approved | 84 min | Action, Romance, Thriller
Joan Grahame (Ann Dvorak), an English teacher in Denmark, appears to be working for the Axis but is really a double-agent doing her duty for the Allies. The Nazis send her to England on a ... See full summary »
Directors: Lance Comfort, Victor Hanbury | Stars: Eric Portman, Ann Dvorak, Karel Stepanek, Ronald Ward
31. The Constant Nymph (1928)
110 min | Drama, Romance
Sanger, an eccentric expatriate composer, dies in his house in the Austrian Alps, leaving his daughters penniless. Young composer Lewis Dodd, a longstanding friend of the family, falls in ... See full summary »
Director: Adrian Brunel | Stars: Ivor Novello, Mabel Poulton, Mary Clare, Georg Henrich
Votes: 99
32. The Break (1962)
Not Rated | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A dangerous prisoner, Jacko Thomas, overpowers his police guard and jumps from a speeding train in the Dartmoor countryside. In the ensuing fight Jacko kills the guard and makes his way to ... See full summary »
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Tony Britton, William Lucas, Eddie Byrne, Robert Urquhart
Votes: 157
33. The Ghost Train (1931)
72 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
The story, about the social interaction of a group of railway passengers who have been stranded at a remote rural station overnight who are increasingly threatened by a latent external force, Part talkie mostly silent.
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge, Ann Todd, Cyril Raymond
Votes: 76
34. Make Mine a Million (1959)
81 min | Comedy
Sid Gibson is a soap powder salesman who decides what he really needs is TV advertising. The problem is, he's absolutely broke. He calls upon his friend Arthur Ashton, who arranges to sneak... See full summary »
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Arthur Askey, Sidney James, Dermot Walsh, Olga Lindo
Votes: 162
35. Assignment Foreign Legion (1956–1957)
30 min | Adventure
Stars: Merle Oberon, Martin Benson, Lionel Jeffries, Peter Arne
Votes: 32
36. Squadron Leader X (1943)
90 min | War, Drama
Equipped with an RAF uniform, an English accent, a photograph of his "wife" and a packet of Players cigarettes, a German agent is parachuted into occupied Belgium to create anti-British ... See full summary »
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Eric Portman, Ann Dvorak, Walter Fitzgerald, Martin Miller
Votes: 24
37. Old Mother Riley's Ghosts (1941)
82 min | Comedy, Horror
A charwoman comes upon a plot to steal the invention of a man who lives in a haunted house.
Director: John Baxter | Stars: Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, John Stuart, A. Bromley Davenport
Votes: 93
38. Thunder Over Tangier (1957)
66 min | Crime, Drama
International crook Armstrong flees post-war Tangier with priceless forgery plates. International crook Voss sends pretty Michele after him. Arriving in London, Armstrong accidentally swaps... See full summary »
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Robert Hutton, Lisa Gastoni, Martin Benson, Derek Sydney
Votes: 132
39. Port of Escape (1956)
76 min | Crime, Drama
Two sailors visiting London get embroiled in a bar fight, resulting in a man's death. They hijack a boat with three women aboard and embark on a desperate maritime escape from authorities while holding the women hostage.
Director: Anthony Young | Stars: Googie Withers, John McCallum, Bill Kerr, Joan Hickson
Votes: 147
40. Portrait of Clare (1950)
100 min | Drama
The three marriages of a woman: a young man who is killed; a priggish lawyer; and a sympathetic barrister.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Margaret Johnston, Richard Todd, Robin Bailey, Ronald Howard
Votes: 78
41. Touch of Death (1961)
58 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: William Lucas, David Sumner, Ray Barrett, Jan Waters
Votes: 13
42. Menace in the Night (1957)
78 min | Crime, Drama
A woman witnesses the theft of soiled banknotes from a mail delivery truck, then is threatened by the perpetrators of the crime.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Griffith Jones, Lisa Gastoni, Vincent Ball, Eddie Byrne
Votes: 13
43. When We Are Married (1943)
98 min | Comedy
The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers are old friends gathered to celebrate their silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that their marriages may not be valid. On hand are an outrageous housekeeper and a photographer.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Sydney Howard, Raymond Huntley, Olga Lindo, Marian Spencer
Votes: 8
44. The Genie (1953)
75 min | Drama
A young woman discovers her grandfather owns the true Aladdin's lamp and discovers it's handsome Genie inside as well.
Directors: Lance Comfort, Lawrence Huntington | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sean Barrett, Patricia Cutts, Tommy Duggan
45. Dick Turpin (1934)
79 min | Drama
Directors: Victor Hanbury, John Stafford | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Jane Carr, Frank Vosper, James Finlayson
Votes: 19
46. Karma (1933)
68 min | Drama, Romance
The simple plot has the maharani (Devika Rani) fall in love with the neighbouring prince (Rai) despite her father's disapproval. It is presented as an Orientalist fantasy with a, by Indian ... See full summary »
Director: John Hunt | Stars: Devika Rani, Himanshu Rai, Abraham Sofaer, Sudharani
Votes: 24
47. The New Adventures of Martin Kane (1957– )
30 min | Drama
Stars: William Gargan, Brian Reece, Robert Beatty, Lee Patterson
Votes: 16
48. Old Mother Riley Detective (1943)
80 min | Comedy
Old Mother Riley does her bit for the war effort by going undercover to foil a gang of black marketeers.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, Ivan Brandt, Owen Reynolds
Votes: 66
49. Band of Thieves (1962)
69 min | Crime, Musical
Acker Bilk leads a prison jazz band. They are released and perform concerts, but soon return to crime and go back to prison, pleasing the jazz-loving governor who wanted their music to continue.
Director: Peter Bezencenet | Stars: Acker Bilk, Colin Smith, Jonathan Mortimer, Ronald McKay
Votes: 97
50. The Girl on the Pier (1953)
65 min | Crime
A London copper and his family on holiday, a Yank gangster/crooner, a junior journalist, a waxworks horror museum owner and his unfaithful dolly bird wife congregate on Brighton's Palace Pier for blackmail and murder.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Veronica Hurst, Ron Randell, Charles Victor, Marjorie Rhodes
Votes: 125