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1. The Strange World of Gurney Slade (1960)
30 min | Comedy
Gurney Slade wanders from place to place after breaking the fourth wall to escape from the mundanities of making a family sitcom.
Stars: Anthony Newley, Edwin Richfield, Joy Stewart, Margaret Cox
Votes: 142
2. Secret Agent (1964–1967)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
John Drake is a special operative for M9, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element that threatens world peace.
Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Peter Madden, Frank Maher, Peter Brayham
Votes: 1,538
3. Boyd Q.C. (1956–1964)
30 min | Drama
A barrister named Richard Boyd Q.C. is involved in a variety of cases in London.
Stars: Michael Denison, Charles Leno, Owen Berry, Weyman Mackay
Votes: 22
4.
ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
Episode:
The Iron Harp
(1958)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
The story of a blind IRA officer, the girl he loves, his best friend, and a captive British officer who are caught up in the violence of 1920 Ireland.
Director: Cliff Owen | Stars: James Booth, Maureen Connell, Donal Donnelly, Max Faulkner
Votes: 10
5.
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1955– )
Episode:
Gentlemen of the Road
(1956)
30 min | Adventure, Family
Sir Percy notices a beautiful woman showing an unusual interest in the Prince Regent's affairs and is unconvinced by her replies to his questions. Perhaps it's time for the Pimpernel to show his true colours.
Director: David MacDonald | Stars: Marius Goring, Patrick Troughton, Anthony Newlands, Alexander Gauge
Votes: 9
6. ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1967)
60 min | Drama
Richard O. Sullivan as a child genius in the play "Honour Bright".
Stars: Campbell Singer, Thomas Heathcote, Richard Caldicot, June Brown
Votes: 66
7.
The Strange World of Gurney Slade (1960)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(1960)
Comedy
A group of children are told about a land where people can be their best, a wedding guest is left puzzled when a lady friend has a change of heart, and rubbing a tinker's pot forces Gurney to take a trip into his own mind.
Director: Alan Tarrant | Stars: Anthony Newley, Bernie Winters, Charles Lloyd Pack, Maureen Connell
Votes: 18
8.
Secret Agent (1964–1967)
Episode:
Yesterday's Enemies
(1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Brett is known to be giving away British industrial secrets. When Drake confronts him, he discovers things are a lot more complicated and that Brett's not the only person being investigated.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Maureen Connell, Howard Marion-Crawford, Anton Rodgers
Votes: 132
9. Echo of Barbara (1961)
58 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Mervyn Johns, Maureen Connell, Paul Stassino, Ronald Hines
Votes: 9
10. Espionage (1963–1964)
48 min | Drama, War
An anthology series telling different and unrelated stories of espionage set in many countries and historical periods.
Stars: Victor Platt, Martin Lyder, Maxwell Shaw, Alan Tilvern
Votes: 80
11. Film Fanfare (1956)
Talk-Show
The goings on within the film industry.
Stars: Peter Noble, Paul Carpenter, John Fitzgerald, John Parsons
Votes: 13
12.
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1955– )
Episode:
Something Remembered
(1955)
30 min | Adventure, Family
Answering an appeal from the Princess Melanie de Monsantes to bring her brother Jacques to safety from France, the Pimpernel finds him but he refuses to leave and instead asks the Pimpernel for help in frustrating Chauvelin's latest plan.
Director: David MacDonald | Stars: Marius Goring, Patrick Troughton, Anthony Newlands, Stanley Van Beers
Votes: 9
13. Assignment Foreign Legion (1956–1957)
30 min | Adventure
Stars: Merle Oberon, Martin Benson, Lionel Jeffries, Peter Arne
Votes: 32
14. The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
30 min | Adventure, Family
A TV series adaptated from the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the ... See full summary »
Stars: George Dolenz, Nick Cravat, Robert Cawdron, Henry Corden
Votes: 65
15. Aggie (1956–1957)
30 min | Comedy
Adventures of a Fashion Designer on International Assignments.
Stars: Joan Shawlee, Michael Ward, Patrick McGoohan, Vernon Greeves
Votes: 30
16. The Vise (1954–1961)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
This British production featured lesser-known actors in filmed plays showing people caught in "the vise" of fate created by their own deeds.
Stars: Donald Gray, Colin Tapley, Ron Randell, Robert Arden
Votes: 75
17. Never Let Go (1960)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A cosmetic salesman sets out to prove to himself and his wife that he is not a failure.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Richard Todd, Peter Sellers, Elizabeth Sellars, Adam Faith
Votes: 1,691
18. The Four Just Men (1959–1960)
30 min | Drama
Four men: a British politician, an American journalist in Paris, a lawyer in the U.S., and a Roman hotelier, band together to fight injustice wherever they find it.
Stars: Richard Conte, Jack Hawkins, Dan Dailey, Arthur Gomez
Votes: 158
19. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
Stars: Derek Francis, Alfred Burke, Arthur Hewlett, Esther Lawrence
Votes: 93
20. 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
21.
The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
Episode:
Majorca
(1956)
Adventure, Family
Director: Dennis Vance | Stars: George Dolenz, Nick Cravat, Robert Cawdron, Peter Illing
Votes: 6
22.
The Four Just Men (1959–1960)
Episode:
The Protector
(1960)
30 min | Drama
Janice Gorman thinks she may be going insane. Associates contact Ryder for help believing that she could be under the influence of Dr. Bannerman, who left England under a cloud of suspicion.
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Richard Conte, June Thorburn, Maureen Connell, Ferdy Mayne
Votes: 30
23. Hell, Heaven or Hoboken (1958)
101 min | Drama, History, War
During World War II, a British actor impersonates Field Marshal Montgomery in order to confuse German intelligence.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: M.E. Clifton James, John Mills, Cecil Parker, Patrick Allen
Votes: 1,642
24. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1955– )
30 min | Adventure, Family
Sir Percy Blakeney, Baronet, is a notorious fop and hedonistic member of the Prince Regent's court, but he is secretly "the Scarlet Pimpernel", a mysterious figure who rescues innocents ... See full summary »
Stars: Marius Goring, Stanley Van Beers, Patrick Troughton, Anthony Newlands
Votes: 81
25. The Rising of the Moon (1957)
Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy, Drama
Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Tyrone Power, Noel Purcell, Cyril Cusack, Jack MacGowran
Votes: 1,144
26. Town on Trial (1957)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
At a local tennis club in a posh London suburb, an attractive but flirty young woman is murdered, prompting a Scotland Yard investigation.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: John Mills, Charles Coburn, Barbara Bates, Derek Farr
Votes: 846
27. The Man Upstairs (1958)
Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
John Wilson is troubled with pain and and an inability to sleep. He tries to light the gas-fire and seeks help from another lodger, artist Nicholas, who is spending the night with his model... See full summary »
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Bernard Lee, Richard Attenborough, Donald Houston, Dorothy Alison
Votes: 379
28. You Can't Escape (1957)
77 min | Thriller
An up and coming young writer accidentally kills his ex-girlfriend then tries to cover it up but just tangles up a web of lies he weaves. The more he tries to hide, the deeper he digs the hole.
Director: Wilfred Eades | Stars: Noelle Middleton, Guy Rolfe, Robert Urquhart, Peter Reynolds
Votes: 60
29.
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1955– )
Episode:
A Tale of Two Pigtails
(1955)
30 min | Adventure, Family
Chauvelin's scheme to capture the Countess de Monsants before she can escape to England succeeds and she and her servant fall into his trap. Sir Percy hears about it and hatches his own ... See full summary »
Director: David MacDonald | Stars: Marius Goring, Patrick Troughton, Anthony Newlands, Stanley Van Beers
Votes: 11
30. The Abominable Snowman (1957)
85 min | Adventure, Horror
A kindly English botanist and a gruff American scientist lead an expedition to the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti.
Director: Val Guest | Stars: Forrest Tucker, Peter Cushing, Maureen Connell, Richard Wattis
Votes: 4,958
31.
Espionage (1963–1964)
Episode:
Snow on Mount Kama
(1964)
60 min | Drama, War
As a British colony in Africa moves toward independence, the foreign office recommends the white citizens to leave. As some are plotting an insurrection against the incoming black president... See full summary »
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Bernard Lee, Nigel Davenport, Maureen Connell, Errol John
Votes: 9
32.
The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
Episode:
The Mazzini Affair
(1956)
Adventure, Family
The Count, disguised as a priest, enters a fortress where a rebel -- seeking to free Italy from Austria's yoke -- faces execution.
Director: Dennis Vance | Stars: George Dolenz, Nick Cravat, Robert Cawdron, Michael Aldridge
Votes: 6
33. Kill Her Gently (1957)
Approved | 75 min | Crime, Thriller
Two convicts who have just escaped from prison are picked up by a motorist. He recognizes the men from descriptions given of them on the radio, but instead of turning them over to the police, he proposes to hire them to murder his wife.
Director: Charles Saunders | Stars: Marc Lawrence, George Mikell, Griffith Jones, John Gayford
Votes: 248
34. Lucky Jim (1957)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy
Jim Dixon feels anything but lucky. At the university he has to do the bidding of absent-minded and boring Professor Welch to have any hope of keeping his job. Worse, he has managed to get ... See full summary »
Director: John Boulting | Stars: John Welsh, Ronald Cardew, Hugh Griffith, Kenneth Griffith
Votes: 776
35. Skyjacked (1972)
PG | 101 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 in this disaster film filled with the usual early '70s stereotypes, and demands to be taken to Russia.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Charlton Heston, James Brolin, Yvette Mimieux, Claude Akins
Votes: 2,342 | Gross: $2.50M
36. The Opportunists (1999)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A struggling auto mechanic with a criminal past agrees to one last heist to pay off his debts.
Director: Myles Connell | Stars: Christopher Walken, Peter McDonald, Anne Pitoniak, Kate Burton
Votes: 1,289 | Gross: $0.58M
37. Murder on Approval (1955)
Approved | 70 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
J. D. Everleigh, a wealthy American, purchases a rare stamp in London from Geoffrey Blake, who says he represents Robert Coburn, a stamp agent. Everleigh begins to suspect the stamp is a ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Tom Conway, Delphi Lawrence, Brian Worth, Michael Balfour
Votes: 194
38. Next to No Time! (1958)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy
An unassuming planning engineer must negotiate an important loan while aboard the Queen Elizabeth en route to New York City, but his lack of confidence threatens to foil his plans.
Director: Henry Cornelius | Stars: Kenneth More, Betsy Drake, Harry Green, Patrick Barr
Votes: 200
39. Black Tide (1958)
79 min | Mystery
Two swimmers are attempting to swim across the English Channel when one of them disappears. The other swimmer is convinced that it was no accident, and insists on investigating himself, even though the police do not believe him.
Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards | Stars: John Ireland, Derek Bond, Leslie Dwyer, Maureen Connell
Votes: 145
40. Port Afrique (1956)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Rip Reardon, ex-Army flier, returns to his home in French Morocco and finds his wife dead, and he suspects she has been murdered. Police Colonel Moussac insists she committed suicide. Rip ... See full summary »
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Pier Angeli, Philip Carey, Dennis Price, Eugene Deckers
Votes: 223
41. Danger on My Side (1962)
63 min | Crime, Drama
With the help of the Metropolitan Police, a girl starts to track down the gang who had her detective brother killed by a speeding car. The trail leads to Nicky's club in Soho and to diamond smuggling.
Director: Charles Saunders | Stars: Anthony Oliver, Maureen Connell, Alan Tilvern, Bill Nagy
Votes: 159
42. The White Huntress (1954)
Not Rated | 80 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
British settlers travel to Masai country in Kenya.
Director: George P. Breakston | Stars: Robert Urquhart, John Bentley, Susan Stephen, Alan Tarlton
Votes: 108
43. The Alien Sky (1956 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Director: John Jacobs | Stars: Gordon Bell, Robert Brown, Sheila Burrell, Maureen Connell
44. The Crowning Touch (1959)
75 min | Comedy
Several stories linked by a hat.
Director: David Eady | Stars: Ted Ray, Greta Gynt, Griffith Jones, Sydney Tafler
45. Death to the First Lady (1956– )
30 min | Thriller
Stars: John Loder, Maureen Connell, Dermot Walsh, Kenneth Hyde
46.
ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1967)
Episode:
Rest in Violence
(1958)
60 min | Drama
Director: Cliff Owen | Stars: Maureen Connell, Donal Donnelly, Richard Harris, David Kelly
47.
Assignment Foreign Legion (1956–1957)
Episode:
The Thin Line
(1956)
Adventure
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Merle Oberon, Patrick Barr, John Loder, Denis Shaw
48.
The Vise (1954–1961)
Episode:
Cross Channel
(1955)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Ellen Colman finds herself alone in Paris. Charles Kleber offers to show her the sights. When Kleber visits. the pair they plan to murder her husband and marry. Back in Paris she learns she is his next victim so needs to kill him first.
Director: Ernest Morris | Stars: Ron Randell, Patrick Holt, Paula Byrne, Jack Melford
49.
Sailor of Fortune (1955– )
Episode:
The Final Bargain
(1958)
30 min | Adventure, Drama
In a small town in the south of France, Mitchell encounters a long lost pianist, a beautiful woman, and another man oddly anxious to hire the Shipwreck. What secrets do these people hold?
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Lorne Greene, Jack MacGowran, Carl Jaffe, Michael Goodliffe
50.
Boyd Q.C. (1956–1964)
Episode:
The Needle Match
(1961)
Drama
Director: Jonathan Alwyn | Stars: Michael Denison, Maureen Connell, Charles Leno, Ronald Mayer