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1. The Farmer's Wife (1928)
Not Rated | 129 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After his daughter weds, a middle-aged widower with a profitable farm decides to remarry, but finds choosing a suitable mate a problematic process.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Jameson Thomas, Lillian Hall-Davis, Gordon Harker, Gibb McLaughlin
Votes: 3,129
2. The Wicked Lady (1945)
Not Rated | 97 min | Adventure, Drama
A noblewoman begins to lead a dangerous double life in order to alleviate her boredom.
Director: Leslie Arliss | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Patricia Roc, Griffith Jones
Votes: 1,640
3. The Man in Grey (1943)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, History, Romance
After a brutish, hedonistic Marquis marries a pretty young Clarissa to act as a 'brood sow,' he begins an affair with her friend who plots to take her place.
Director: Leslie Arliss | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Phyllis Calvert, Stewart Granger
Votes: 1,595
4. The Wicked Lady (1983)
R | 98 min | Adventure, Drama
Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph, however, and she becomes the new Lady, but despite her new wealthy situation, ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Faye Dunaway, Alan Bates, John Gielgud, Denholm Elliott
Votes: 1,448 | Gross: $0.72M
5. Terror House (1942)
79 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A pair of young teachers look into the disappearance of their friend in the Yorkshire Moors. They soon run across the man they suspect is the murderer, and have to sit out a storm with him.
Director: Leslie Arliss | Stars: James Mason, Wilfrid Lawson, Mary Clare, Joyce Howard
Votes: 862
6. Thunder Rock (1942)
Unrated | 90 min | Drama, Fantasy, War
Cynical, embittered newspaperman David Charleston (Michael Redgrave) is tormented, then inspired, by visions he keeps having of people who have drowned.
Director: Roy Boulting | Stars: Michael Redgrave, James Mason, Barbara Mullen, Lilli Palmer
Votes: 809
7. The Saint Meets the Tiger (1941)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The last words uttered by by a conscience-stricken crook dying on the Saint's doorstep lead the detective in pursuit of gold smugglers and the master crook known as the Tiger.
Director: Paul L. Stein | Stars: Hugh Sinclair, Jean Gillie, Gordon McLeod, Clifford Evans
Votes: 603
8. Good Morning, Boys! (1937)
79 min | Comedy
A schoolteacher and his pupils visit Paris where they outwit a gang of crooks.
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Will Hay, Martita Hunt, Peter Gawthorne, Graham Moffatt
Votes: 501
9. The Invisible Man (1958–1960)
30 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
While working on an invisibility formula, British scientist Dr. Peter Brady (Tim Turner) suffers a tragic accident which turns him invisible. Unfortunately, there is no antidote, so while ... See full summary »
Stars: Tim Turner, Lisa Daniely, Deborah Watling, Ernest Clark
Votes: 446
10. Windbag the Sailor (1936)
87 min | Comedy
A bragging sea captain's maritime experience actually extends to navigating a coal barge down inland waterways. His tall tales catch him out when he is coerced into commanding an ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Norma Varden
Votes: 432
11. Somewhere in France (1942)
Approved | 87 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In 1940, a British engineer goes to France to retrieve specialized armaments machinery, loaned to the French, before the invading Nazi armies can capture it.
Director: Charles Frend | Stars: Tommy Trinder, Constance Cummings, Clifford Evans, Robert Morley
Votes: 400
12. A Lady Surrenders (1944)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Music, Romance
After concert pianist Lissa Campbell learns that she has a serious heart problem. she vows to enjoy what time she has left. On taking her first holiday she meets Kit Firth, a pilot on leave... See full summary »
Director: Leslie Arliss | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Stewart Granger, Tom Walls, Patricia Roc
Votes: 363
13. Where There's a Will (1936)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy
An incompetent solicitor unwittingly becomes party to a bank robbery.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Will Hay, Graham Moffatt, H.F. Maltby, Norma Varden
Votes: 344
14. Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)
Passed | 98 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the Young Pretender Bonnie Prince Charlie leads an insurrection to overthrow the Protestant House of Hanover and restore his family, the Catholic branch of the House of Stuart, to the British throne.
Directors: Anthony Kimmins, Leslie Arliss, Alexander Korda, Robert Stevenson | Stars: David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Morland Graham, John Laurie
Votes: 334
15. A Man About the House (1947)
99 min | Drama
Two poor sisters inherit a giant villa from their uncle, along with his custodian Salvatore who charms his way into their lives and marries one of them.
Director: Leslie Arliss | Stars: Margaret Johnston, Dulcie Gray, Kieron Moore, Guy Middleton
Votes: 294
16. Rhodes (1936)
Approved | 90 min | Biography
This rousing adventure film tells the true story of Cecil Rhodes, a diamond miner who helped found the South African colonies.
Directors: Berthold Viertel, Geoffrey Barkas | Stars: Walter Huston, Oscar Homolka, Basil Sydney, Frank Cellier
Votes: 223
17. William Tell (1958–1959)
30 min | Adventure, Family, History
Depicts the legend of William Tell, who, as the stories say, shot an apple off of his son's head and lead the rebellion to free Switzerland.
Stars: Conrad Phillips, Willoughby Goddard, Jennifer Jayne, Richard Rogers
Votes: 212
18. Come on George! (1939)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Musical
George (George Formby) is an old stable hand and is the only one who can control a jittery racehorse.
Director: Anthony Kimmins | Stars: George Formby, Pat Kirkwood, Joss Ambler, Meriel Forbes
Votes: 199
19. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
30 min | Adventure, Drama
The Crown takes Tempest's stronghold. The ex-pirate wins a pardon and becomes a privateer. He and Deputy Gov. Beamish fight Spanish raiders despite their unease. They defend the Caribbean.
Stars: Robert Shaw, Paul Hansard, Brian Rawlinson, Edwin Richfield
Votes: 189
20. Dead by Morning (1955)
68 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A crime writer and his wife go for a break to a country cottage. They receive an unexpected visitor, the bossy Miss Tulip, who needs shelter for the night. In the morning there is a dead body in the house.
Director: Leslie Arliss | Stars: Diana Dors, Patrick Holt, Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge
Votes: 173
21. Pastor Hall (1940)
95 min | Drama
This film is based on the story of Pastor Martin Neimuller, who was sent to Dachau concentration camp for criticizing the Nazi party. The small German village of Altdorf in the 1930s has to... See full summary »
Director: Roy Boulting | Stars: Wilfrid Lawson, Nova Pilbeam, Seymour Hicks, Marius Goring
Votes: 162
22. The Forest Rangers (1963–1966)
30 min | Family
The Forest Rangers was a 1960's Canadian television series that dealt with the adventures of junior forest rangers in the Canadian wilderness.
Stars: Ralph Endersby, Graydon Gould, Peter Tully, Michael Zenon
Votes: 159
23. The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957–1958)
30 min | Mystery
Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan is called in to help solve baffling cases, aided by his #1 son. The first five episodes were filmed in the US, then production switched to the UK for the rest of the series.
Stars: J. Carrol Naish, James Hong, Rupert Davies, Arthur Gomez
Votes: 142
24. South American George (1941)
92 min | Comedy
George Butters is a double for a South American opera singer.
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: George Formby, Linden Travers, Enid Stamp-Taylor, Jacques Brown
Votes: 115
25. 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
26. Road House (1934)
76 min | Crime, Musical, Romance
Bar maid Belle (Violet Loraine) is in love with the owner of the inn where she works, a young and handsome member of the gentry, Archie (Edwin Styles). He's lost a lot of money on a race, ... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Violet Loraine, Gordon Harker, Aileen Marson, Emlyn Williams
Votes: 59
27. Saints and Sinners (1949)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
What happens to the saints and sinners of a small Irish village on the day the world is supposed to end.
Director: Leslie Arliss | Stars: Kieron Moore, Christine Norden, Sheila Manahan, Michael Dolan
Votes: 58
28. The Woman's Angle (1952)
86 min | Drama, Romance
The head of a family of musicians has a complicated love life.
Director: Leslie Arliss | Stars: Ernest Thesiger, Lois Maxwell, Anthony Nicholls, Peter Reynolds
Votes: 58
29. For Freedom (1940)
87 min | Drama, War
A semi-dramatized compilation showing major political and cultural events of the twentieth century leading to the outbreak of World War II.
Directors: Maurice Elvey, Castleton Knight | Stars: Will Fyffe, Anthony Hulme, E.V.H. Emmett, Guy Middleton
Votes: 53
30.
The Invisible Man (1958–1960)
Episode:
Behind the Mask
(1958)
26 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A disfigured millionaire asks Peter to help turn him invisible, but he has an ulterior motive.
Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards | Stars: Deborah Watling, Edwin Richfield, Barbara Chilcott, David Ritch
Votes: 51
31. The Farmer's Wife (1941)
81 min | Comedy, Drama
After his daughter weds, a middle-aged widower with a profitable farm decides to remarry but finds choosing a suitable mate a problematic process.
Directors: Leslie Arliss, Norman Lee | Stars: Basil Sydney, Wilfrid Lawson, Nora Swinburne, Patricia Roc
Votes: 48
32.
The Invisible Man (1958–1960)
Episode:
Play to Kill
(1959)
25 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An actress runs down a hobo by accident, but a blackmailer threatens to expose her secret.
Director: Peter Maxwell | Stars: Lisa Daniely, Colin Gordon, Hugh Latimer, Garry Thorne
Votes: 48
33. Top of the Form (1953)
72 min | Comedy
Some trouble with gambling forces con man Fortescue to hide out in a boys' school, posing as a professor. When the undisciplined and lazy boys have to pass a few tests, cheating becomes the only option.
Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: Ronald Shiner, Harry Fowler, Anthony Newley, Alfie Bass
Votes: 47
34. Jack Ahoy (1934)
70 min | Comedy
A song and dance comedy in which Jack Hulbert plays an incompetent sailor.
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Jack Hulbert, Nancy O'Neil, Alfred Drayton, Tamara Desni
Votes: 47
35.
The Invisible Man (1958–1960)
Episode:
Picnic with Death
(1959)
25 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Peter's existence as an invisible man becomes public knowledge, while Sally's friend needs help when her stepfather plots to kill her mother.
Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards | Stars: Lisa Daniely, Deborah Watling, Derek Bond, Faith Brook
Votes: 45
36. Heat Wave (1935)
72 min | Comedy, Musical
A greengrocer from England becomes involved in a South American revolution.
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Albert Burdon, Cyril Maude, Les Allen, Anna Lee
Votes: 42
37. Said O'Reilly to McNab (1937)
80 min | Comedy
A retired businessman in Scotland, who is also a golf fanatic, will not let his daughter marry an Irish-American boy, Terry O'Reilly. Then one day O'Reilly's father shows up for a "visit"--... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Will Mahoney, Will Fyffe, Ellis Drake, Jean Winstanley
Votes: 40
38. Insomnia Is Good for You (1957)
26 min | Short, Comedy
Sellers as the same salesman character he was in Dearth Of A Salesman is unable to sleep for 62 hours as he frets over one weekend about a meeting with his boss on Monday that he doesn't know the reason for.
Director: Leslie Arliss | Star: Peter Sellers
Votes: 40
39. Danger List (1957)
22 min | Short, Thriller
When a pharmacist accidentally prescribes poison instead of painkillers, the race is on to find the killer pills.
Director: Leslie Arliss | Stars: Philip Friend, Honor Blackman, Mervyn Johns, Constance Fraser
Votes: 39
40. The Second Mr. Bush (1940)
56 min | Comedy
A writer poses as a shy butterfly hunter with a fortune, and is hounded by reporters until the angry wife turns up.
Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: Derrick De Marney, Kay Walsh, Evelyn Roberts, Barbara Everest
Votes: 38
41. Everybody Dance (1936)
74 min | Musical
When her sister dies, a nightclub singer is left with her children. In order to raise the children properly, she leaves her singing career and takes her new family to a farm. However, her ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Cicely Courtneidge, Ernest Truex, Percy Parsons, Alma Taylor
Votes: 36
42. Sailor of Fortune (1955– )
30 min | Adventure, Drama
Captain of 'The Shipwreck' Grant Mitchell runs a cargo business, but finds himself often called on for help against problems, intrigue, and villainy on the choppy waters of his trade.
Stars: Lorne Greene, Jack MacGowran, Rupert Davies, Paul Carpenter
Votes: 35
43.
The Invisible Man (1958–1960)
Episode:
Man in Disguise
(1959)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The Invisible man is investigating an international doping ring when his identity is stolen and used to smuggle drugs.
Directors: Quentin Lawrence, Peter Maxwell | Stars: Deborah Watling, Leigh Madison, Tim Turner, Lee Montague
Votes: 30
44. Destination Milan (1954)
78 min | Drama
Compilation of three episodes of "Rheingold Theatre" (1953): "Lowland Fling", "The Guilty Person", and "Destination Milan".
Directors: Leslie Arliss, John Gilling, Lawrence Huntington | Stars: Lorraine Clewes, Yusef Crandall, Cyril Cusack, Tommy Duggan
Votes: 28
45. Orders Is Orders (1933)
62 min | Comedy
A brash American movie producer arrives at an army base in England wanting to shoot a movie and use the soldiers as extras. The base commander doesn't want any part of it, but the producer ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Charlotte Greenwood, James Gleason, Cyril Maude, Finlay Currie
Votes: 24
46. Idol of Paris (1948)
106 min | Drama
The story of the journey of a poor rag-man's daughter all the way to the Paris high-life.
Director: Leslie Arliss | Stars: Michael Rennie, Beryl Baxter, Christine Norden, Miles Malleson
Votes: 22
47. My Old Dutch (1934)
82 min | Drama
Director: Sinclair Hill | Stars: Betty Balfour, Gordon Harker, Michael Hogan, Florrie Forde
Votes: 22
48. Bulldog Sees It Through (1940)
Approved | 77 min | Mystery
The armaments production programme is being sabotaged by a gang of Germans. A few arrests are made but the destruction of a vital plant goes on. Test Pilot 'Bulldog' Bill Watson plunges headlong into the mystery.
Director: Harold Huth | Stars: Jack Buchanan, Greta Gynt, Sebastian Shaw, David Hutcheson
Votes: 21
49.
The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode:
Dan Tempest's War with Spain
(1956)
Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Drama
Gov. Woodes Rogers has left the Island of New Providence and left Lt. Beamish in command as Acting Governor. Meanwhile a Spanish Galleon has sailed into the harbor presumably with peaceful ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie Arliss | Stars: Robert Shaw, Edwin Richfield, Peter Hammond, Brian Rawlinson
Votes: 21
50.
William Tell (1958–1959)
Episode:
The Emperor's Hat
(1958)
25 min | Adventure, Family, History
Overrun by Austrians, and ruled by the evil tyrant, Landburgher Gessler, Switzerland soon forms a resistance movement. One such band is led by William Tell.
Director: Ralph Smart | Stars: Conrad Phillips, Jennifer Jayne, Richard Rogers, Willoughby Goddard
Votes: 21