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1. The Inheritance (1947)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Following her father's death, a teenage British heiress goes to live with her guardian uncle--who is broke and schemes to murder her for her inheritance.
Director: Charles Frank | Stars: Jean Simmons, Derrick De Marney, Katina Paxinou, Derek Bond
Votes: 825
2. Parkinson (1971–2007)
50 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Journalist Michael Parkinson interviews a broad range of the most famous people in the world.
Stars: Michael Parkinson, Marian Montgomery, Billy Connolly, Barry Humphries
Votes: 803
3. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
4. Fast and Loose (1954)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy
An unmarried couple spend an innocent night together, owing to a shortage of rooms at the inn.
Director: Gordon Parry | Stars: Stanley Holloway, Kay Kendall, Brian Reece, Joan Young
Votes: 146
5. A Cuckoo in the Nest (1933)
85 min | Comedy
A crowded inn means that a man and a woman must share the same room for a night. One problem is that they are both married - to other people. The other problem is that they used to be engaged to each other.
Director: Tom Walls | Stars: Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn, Grace Edwin, Yvonne Arnaud
Votes: 134
6. Stormy Weather (1935)
74 min | Comedy
Businessman Sir Duncan Craggs and two of his managers visit the Chinatown district in London where a sinister Russian (the first husband of Sir Duncan's wife) is plotting blackmail, but is foiled during a skirmish in a Chinese opium den.
Director: Tom Walls | Stars: Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn, Yvonne Arnaud, Robertson Hare
Votes: 80
7. Lady in Danger (1934)
68 min | Comedy, Thriller
Walls plays an Englishman who's assigned the task of transporting a Queen(Yvonne Arnaud) of a revolution-torn country to England incognito. Hiding her in his London apartment, then his ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Walls | Stars: Tom Walls, Yvonne Arnaud, Leon M. Lion, Anne Grey
Votes: 73
8. Fighting Stock (1935)
69 min | Comedy
On a fishing holiday, irascible Sir Donald Rowley (Walls) is soon at loggerheads with neighbour Rivers. Then nephew Sidney (Lynn) falls for Rivers' stepdaughter. All kinds of complications ensue.
Director: Tom Walls | Stars: Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn, Robertson Hare, Marie Lohr
Votes: 66
9. Dirty Work (1934)
70 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Staff in a jewellery store hatch a plan to catch a thief.
Director: Tom Walls | Stars: Ralph Lynn, Gordon Harker, Robertson Hare, Lilian Bond
Votes: 62
10. Dishonour Bright (1936)
83 min | Comedy, Romance
Stephen Champion is a correspondent in the case of Lamb v Lamb. Prosecuting council reviles him in the witness box as a Don Juan but Stephen cheerfully maintains that he is human and honest.
Director: Tom Walls | Stars: Tom Walls, Eugene Pallette, Betty Stockfeld, Diana Churchill
Votes: 52
11. Pot Luck (1936)
71 min | Comedy, Crime
Recently retired, big-headed, Inspector Fitzpatrick (Walls) traces priceless vase to manor house owned by the ineffectual Pye (Robertson Hare)
Director: Tom Walls | Stars: Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn, Robertson Hare, Diana Churchill
Votes: 51
12. Foreign Affaires (1935)
71 min | Comedy
Upper class but broke, two British scroungers cause havoc in high society on the French Riviera.
Director: Tom Walls | Stars: Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn, Robertson Hare, Norma Varden
Votes: 50
13. Second Best Bed (1938)
74 min | Comedy, Romance
A newly-married couple runs into difficulty when the wife refuses to obey her husband.
Director: Tom Walls | Stars: Tom Walls, Jane Baxter, Veronica Rose, Carl Jaffe
Votes: 50
14. A Cup of Kindness (1934)
81 min | Comedy
Theatrical adaptation about squabbling neighbors includes a musical pantomime dream flashback to show the same characters re-enacting their conflicts way back in the Stone Age.
Director: Tom Walls | Stars: Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn, Robertson Hare, Dorothy Hyson
Votes: 46
15. Banana Ridge (1942)
88 min | Comedy
When Susie Long appears, together with her 20 year old son, Pink and Pound are thrown into confusion that one of them could be his father.
Director: Walter C. Mycroft | Stars: Robertson Hare, Alfred Drayton, Isabel Jeans, Nova Pilbeam
Votes: 40
16. For Valour (1937)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
During the Boer War a private saves the life of an officer.Years later in the Great War the private 's son is an established gentleman while the officer's son is a crook.
Director: Tom Walls | Stars: Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn, Veronica Rose, Joan Marion
Votes: 37
17. Turkey Time (1933)
73 min
Max (Walls) and David (Lynn) are enjoying a Christmas holiday and have a lot of fun, mainly at the expense of the feeble Stoatt (Robertson Hare)
Director: Tom Walls | Stars: Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn, Dorothy Hyson, Robertson Hare
Votes: 32
18. One Embarrassing Night (1930)
90 min | Comedy
A husband tries to hide a runaway girl from his wife and mother-on-law.
Director: Tom Walls | Stars: Ralph Lynn, Tom Walls, Winifred Shotter, Mary Brough
Votes: 25
19. Thark (1932)
79 min | Comedy, Horror
Aldwych farce. Acting as legal guardian of Kitty Stratton, Sir Hector Benbow sells the titular country house to Mrs Frush - who then complains that it is haunted. Various investigators and occupants spend a night searching for the ghost.
Director: Tom Walls | Stars: Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn, Mary Brough, Robertson Hare
Votes: 21
20. So This Is London (1939)
70 min | Comedy
American (Churchill) in London dislikes England until his daughter (Lehmann) falls for the son (Granger) of the Lord (Drayton) with whom he wants to conclude a business deal.
Director: Thornton Freeland | Stars: Robertson Hare, Alfred Drayton, George Sanders, Berton Churchill
Votes: 20
21. En natt på Smygeholm (1933)
80 min | Comedy
It is rumored that there are ghosts at Smygeholm Castle.
Director: Sigurd Wallén | Stars: Ingrid Robbert, Anna Olin, Ernst Eklund, Adolf Jahr
Votes: 20
22. A Night Like This (1932)
72 min
Going under cover, P.C. Mahoney passes for a gentleman to get into the notorious Moonstone Club. There he meets Clifford Tope, a ne'er do well who is love with cabaret star Cora Mellish. ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Walls | Stars: Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter, Mary Brough
Votes: 15
23. Skirts (1928)
72 min | Comedy
A flirtatious husband tries to steal a dancer's necklace from his wife. So does a crook.
Directors: Wheeler Dryden, Jess Robbins | Stars: Syd Chaplin, Betty Balfour, Edmund Breon, Nancy Rigg
Votes: 14
24. The Jazz Age (1968– )
50 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Anthology series of plays set during the 1920's.
Stars: Kevin McHugh, David Garfield, Arthur Hewlett, Shirley Knight
Votes: 12
25. Laughter from the Whitehall (1963– )
75 min | Comedy
Stars: Brian Rix, Sheila Mercier, Larry Noble, Leo Franklyn
26. The Chance of a Night Time (1931)
70 min | Comedy, Drama
Directors: Ralph Lynn, Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter, Kenneth Kove, Sunday Wilshin
27. Just My Luck (1933)
77 min | Comedy
Director: Jack Raymond | Stars: Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter, Davy Burnaby, Robertson Hare
29. Plunder (1930)
98 min | Comedy, Crime
Director: Tom Walls | Stars: Ralph Lynn, Tom Walls, Winifred Shotter, Robertson Hare
30. Rookery Nook (1970 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy
Stars: Richard Briers, Arthur Lowe, Joan Cooper, Irene Handl
31. A Cup of Kindness (1970 TV Movie)
50 min | Comedy
Stars: Richard Briers, Jenny McCracken, Patricia Hastings, Charles Lloyd Pack
32. She Follows Me About (1970 TV Movie)
50 min | Comedy
A harassed vicar has to cope with some mischievous girls and a bishop who is not all he seems.
Stars: Polly Adams, Terence Alexander, Jessica Benton, A.J. Brown
33. Ehrlich währt am längsten (1978 TV Movie)
Comedy
Director: Arno Assmann | Stars: Peter Capell, Reiner Schöne, Astrid Fournell, Anita Lochner
34. Up to the Neck (1934)
73 min | Comedy
Director: Jack Raymond | Stars: Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter, Francis Lister, Reginald Purdell
35. A Cuckoo in the Nest (1970 TV Movie)
50 min | Comedy
Stars: Arthur Lowe, Richard Briers, Nan Munro, Jenny McCracken
36. Yo robo, tú chantajeas, ella estafa y, además, un muerto (1984)
50 min | Comedy
Stars: Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Queta Claver, Alfonso Zambrano, Maria Jesús Lleonart
37. Old Iron (1938)
80 min | Drama
Director: Tom Walls | Stars: Tom Walls, Eva Moore, Cecil Parker, Richard Ainley
38. Turkey Time (1970 TV Movie)
50 min | Comedy
Stars: Margot Field, Betty Hare, Eunice Gayson, Arthur Lowe
39. Ein Kuckuck im Nest (1989 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Michael Günther | Stars: Edgar Bessen, Dagmar Biener, Uschi Bour, Margret Homeyer
40. Wilde paarden (1959 TV Movie)
120 min | Family
Director: Luc Philips | Stars: René Bertal, Jan Cammans, Paul Cammermans, Cois Cassiers
41. Jeste není pozde (1997 TV Movie)
88 min | Comedy
Director: Viktor Polesný | Stars: Eliska Balzerová, Jirí Bartoska, Andrea Cerná, Radek Holub
42. A Cup of Kindness (1950 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: Jane Barrett, John Derrick, Sandra Dorne, Muriel George
43. Plunder (1970 TV Movie)
50 min | Comedy
Stars: Tim Barrett, Jean Harvey, Megs Jenkins, Frank Thornton
44. Thark (1948 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Mrs Frush complains to Sir Hector Benbow that Thark, the large country house she has bought from him, is haunted. Investigators and occupants spend a tense night searching for the spook.
Stars: Erik Chitty, Joan Mundy, Eleanor Summerfield, Kenneth Kove
45. Rablók (1980 TV Movie)
79 min | Comedy
Director: Levente Málnay | Stars: Lajos Balázsovits, Tibor Szilágyi, Nóra Tábori, Péter Balázs
46. Dirty Work (1970 TV Movie)
50 min | Comedy
Stars: Richard Briers, Jenny McCracken, Terence Alexander, Jill Melford
47. Mikä yö! (1945)
73 min | Comedy
Director: Ville Salminen | Stars: Ville Salminen, Arvo Lehesmaa, Sirkka Sipilä, Aune Häme
48. Mischief (1931)
67 min | Comedy
Director: Jack Raymond | Stars: Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter, Jeanne Stuart, James Carew
49. Rookery Nook (1947 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: Joan Playfair, Muriel George, Erik Chitty, Jack Melford
50. Wild Horses (1953 TV Movie)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Charles Hickman | Stars: Colin Douglas, Robertson Hare, Joan Haythorne, Robin Hunter