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1. Die Bräutigamswitwe (1931)
100 min | Comedy
The night before his wedding George gets drunk and marries a chorus girl. Her boyfriend appears, they fight and are believed dead, so she is now "the bridegroom's widow" (die ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Eichberg | Stars: Mártha Eggerth, Georg Alexander, Fritz Kampers, Hans Hermann Schaufuß
Votes: 13
2. Patrol Car (1954–1956)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Dramatization of murder investigations and other criminal cases that Detective Superintendent Robert Fabian, a real-life Scotland Yard Inspector and the host of the show, worked on.
Stars: Bruce Seton, Robert Raglan, Philip Dale, Jack Melford
Votes: 23
3. Valley of Song (1953)
80 min | Drama, Comedy
Rivalry among members of the male voice choir!
Director: Gilbert Gunn | Stars: Mervyn Johns, Clifford Evans, Maureen Swanson, John Fraser
Votes: 35
4. Give Her a Ring (1934)
79 min | Musical
A telephonist falls for her employer.
Director: Arthur B. Woods | Stars: Clifford Mollison, Wendy Barrie, Zelma O'Neal, Erik Rhodes
Votes: 17
5. The Hasty Heart (1949)
102 min | Drama, War
In the final days of WW2, in a M.A.S.H. unit in Burma, a seriously wounded corporal watches in dismay as fellow soldiers pack-up to return home but a caring nurse and five remaining soldiers bring him solace.
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal, Richard Todd, Anthony Nicholls
Votes: 1,550
6. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room murders, and mysteries concerning the supernatural.
Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Eric Pohlmann, Doris Nolan
Votes: 309
7. Let's Love and Laugh (1931)
85 min | Comedy
A young bachelor gets drunk on the eve of his wedding - and marries a dancer.
Director: Richard Eichberg | Stars: Gene Gerrard, Muriel Angelus, Margaret Yarde, Frank Stanmore
Votes: 10
8.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
At Night All Cats Are Gray
(1954)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A French model asks for Colonel March's help just hours before she's found murdered.
Director: Phil Brown | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Christopher Lee, Fanny Rowe
Votes: 94
9.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Invisible Knife
(1955)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
March must solve the mystery of how a man could be stabbed to death by an invisible knife.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Hubert Gregg, Henryetta Edwards
Votes: 68
10.
Patrol Car (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Executioner
(1955)
Crime, Drama
Several murders are committed by a man seeking revenge for the accidental death of his son.
Director: Alex Bryce | Stars: Bruce Seton, Peter Swanwick, Elspet Gray, Noel Howlett
Votes: 5
11. My Brother Jonathan (1948)
Approved | 108 min | Drama, Romance, War
Doctor Jonathan Dakers in flashback tells his son Tony - a World War II veteran - about his life, dating from the 1900s. Whilst a medical student, he meets and falls for Edie. Before they ... See full summary »
Director: Harold French | Stars: Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Ronald Howard, Stephen Murray
Votes: 193
12. Regal Cavalcade (1935)
104 min | Biography, Drama, History
Through the use of newsreel footage and re-enacted sequences, this B.I.P. production, modelled along the lines "The March of Time" shorts, presents a record of the highlights of the ... See full summary »
Directors: Herbert Brenon, W.P. Kellino, Norman Lee, Walter Summers, Thomas Bentley, Marcel Varnel | Stars: Marie Lohr, Hermione Baddeley, Robert Hale, J.H. Roberts
Votes: 27
13. Children of Chance (1930)
75 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Alexander Esway | Stars: Elissa Landi, Mabel Poulton, Dorothy Minto, John Stuart
Votes: 36
14.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
Present Tense
(1955)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
March's niece witnesses her husband die in a plane crash. Soon after she begins to complain she can hear his voice in the night and others in the house become convinced her husband has returned as a ghost.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Mary Parker, Phil Brown
Votes: 91
15.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Deadly Gift
(1956)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A pretty barmaid receives an unusual Christmas gift, a music box from a thief dead for ten years.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Sandra Dorne, George Coulouris
Votes: 55
16.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Strange Event at Roman Fall
(1956)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman is accused of killing her reclusive mystery writer husband.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Philip Friend, Rachel Kempson
Votes: 62
17.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Talking Head
(1955)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A 12 year old boy insists his dead father told him to kill his mother's new fiancée.
Director: Paul Dickson | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Hugh Williams, Hugh Griffith
Votes: 67
18. So Little Time (1952)
88 min | Drama, Romance, War
During World War II, German soldiers occupy the home of a beautiful Belgian girl and her mother.
Director: Compton Bennett | Stars: Maria Schell, Marius Goring, Lucie Mannheim, Gabrielle Dorziat
Votes: 267
19. Her Panelled Door (1950)
Approved | 84 min | Drama
A young woman with amnesia finds herself in London during the second world war. She falls in love and marries a Polish man in the R.A.F. He gets killed and then a crippled man comes to her ... See full summary »
Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: Phyllis Calvert, Edward Underdown, Helen Cherry, Richard Burton
Votes: 82
20.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Second Mona Lisa
(1955)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
'The Second Mona Lisa,' painted six months after the first, is targeted by rival collectors.
Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Boris Karloff, Alan Wheatley, Eric Pohlmann, Robert Ayres
Votes: 63
21.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Silent Vow
(1956)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Colonel March and Inspector Goron are present in a café when a customer dies from poisoned wine.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Eric Pohlmann, Zena Marshall, Anton Diffring
Votes: 58
22.
Patrol Car (1954–1956)
Episode:
Brides of the Fire
(1955)
Crime, Drama
Fabian travels to Brighton seeking a serial killer who marries women, insures their lives, then sets fires to dispose of them.
Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: Bruce Seton, Sheila Burrell, Shirley Cooklin, Arnold Diamond
Votes: 7
23. Dual Alibi (1947)
81 min | Crime, Drama
Twin trapezists fall out over a lottery ticket and a worthless woman, but later extract a unique revenge.
Director: Alfred Travers | Stars: Herbert Lom, Phyllis Dixey, Terence de Marney, Ronald Frankau
Votes: 278
24. The American Prisoner (1929)
76 min | Drama
An American prisoner of war escapes and saves a squire's daughter.
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Carl Brisson, Madeleine Carroll, Cecil Barry, Carl Harbord
Votes: 10
25.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
Error at Daybreak
(1956)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A shady businessman collapses on an oceanside jetty, the apparent victim of a heart attack, but a vacationing March discovers blood and a needle near the body.
Director: Phil Brown | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Robert Brown, Patricia Marmont
Votes: 74
26.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Silver Curtain
(1956)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
How did Davos end up with a knife in his back? The murder happened behind the "silver curtain" of spray from a fountain. He was alone with Jerry Winton in a dead end alley, but Winton didn't do it. Can Col. March unravel the mystery?
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Eric Pohlmann, Anton Diffring, Christine Pollon
Votes: 66
27. Man on the Run (1949)
82 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In post-war Britain, an army deserter unwittingly gets involved in murder and armed robbery and enlists the aid of a war widow to help clear his name.
Director: Lawrence Huntington | Stars: Derek Farr, Joan Hopkins, Edward Chapman, Laurence Harvey
Votes: 448
28. Hai-Tang (1930)
80 min | Drama
A Chinese cabaret singer will do whatever it takes to save her brother when he is sentenced to death for trying to save her from a lecherous Duke.
Directors: Richard Eichberg, Jean Kemm | Stars: Anna May Wong, Marcel Vibert, Robert Ancelin, Armand Lurville
Votes: 23
29.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
Death and the Other Monkey
(1956)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A biologist is convinced that his test monkey was not only stolen but replaced.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Percy Marmont, Gudrun Ure
Votes: 57
30.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Case of the Misguided Missal
(1955)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A 15th century prayer volume disappears from a sealed casket inside the locked safe belonging to an Oxford Don.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Jane Griffiths, John Arnatt
Votes: 51
31.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Devil Sells His Soul
(1956)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Colonel March uses hypnosis to crack the case of a stabbing murder.
Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Patrick Barr, Ann Hanslip
Votes: 63
32. Those Were the Days (1934)
80 min | Comedy
A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play "The Magistrate", in which the son of a stern magistrate visits a music hall against the wishes of his father. In true farcical style, the ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Will Hay, Iris Hoey, Angela Baddeley, Claud Allister
Votes: 114
33. The Song You Gave Me (1934)
86 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Paul L. Stein | Stars: Bebe Daniels, Victor Varconi, Frederick Lloyd, Claude Hulbert
Votes: 49
34. Please Teacher (1937)
75 min | Comedy
Tommy Deacon inherits a fortune which is concealed in a bust - unfortunately the bust is in a house that he has sold and is now a girls school. So he has to find a way to gain entry into the school and search for the bust.
Director: Stafford Dickens | Stars: Bobby Howes, Rene Ray, Wylie Watson, Bertha Belmore
Votes: 31
35.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
Death in Inner Space
(1956)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
At an isolated château outside Paris, a scientist insists he's received radio waves emanating from the planet Mars.
Director: Phil Brown | Stars: Boris Karloff, Karel Stepanek, Peter Illing, Rosalie Crutchley
Votes: 64
36.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Case of the Kidnapped Poodle
(1955)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Colonel March is called in to investigate the theft of a valuable diamond as well as a poodle. As he continues his investigation he begins to think both incidents may be connected.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Doris Nolan, Michael Shepley
Votes: 69
37.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Missing Link
(1955)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Scotland Yard is baffled by the attempted theft of a museum's prized exhibit of the skull of 'Damascus Man.'
Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Stuart Lindsell, Helen Cherry
Votes: 54
38.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Stolen Crime
(1956)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man demands to be arrested for murdering his wealthy wife, whose death is attributed to natural causes.
Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Glyn Houston, Josephine Douglas
Votes: 57
39. Happy Go Lovely (1951)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A chorus girl gets a ride from millionaire Bruno's driver. The cash-strapped theater director thinks, she's Bruno's girlfriend and makes her the lead. She meets Bruno, thinking he's a reporter. More confusion follows.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: David Niven, Vera-Ellen, Cesar Romero, Bobby Howes
Votes: 876
40. Red Wagon (1933)
107 min | Drama
Director: Paul L. Stein | Stars: Charles Bickford, Raquel Torres, Greta Nissen, Don Alvarado
Votes: 23
41.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
Murder Is Permanent
(1956)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The owner of a beauty salon is found stabbed to death.
Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Elspet Gray, Margaret Halstan
Votes: 55
42.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Case of the Lively Ghost
(1955)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A phony spiritualist believes she's truly summoned a real ghost.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Virginia Downing, Genine Graham
Votes: 51
43.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Headless Hat
(1955)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Colonel March is on holidays in France when he meets an old friend from the French police who tells him of a murder at the docks. The French suspect he was a smuggler who had English ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Boris Karloff, Eric Pohlmann, Betty Paul, Marne Maitland
Votes: 65
44. White Fire (1953)
Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama
In London, American Gregor Stevens searches for his convicted murderer brother facing execution. He allies with smuggler Yvonne Durante to prove his brother's innocence, putting her at risk from her criminal associates.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Scott Brady, Mary Castle, John Blythe, Gabrielle Brune
Votes: 415
45. The Saint in London (1939)
Passed | 72 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The Saint returns to London and with the help of an American pickpocket and a beautiful adventuress breaks a counterfeiting ring.
Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: George Sanders, Sally Gray, David Burns, Gordon McLeod
Votes: 995
46. Mr. Emmanuel (1944)
97 min | Drama
An elderly Jew travels from Britain to pre-war Nazi Germany to find out what's really going on.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Felix Aylmer, Greta Gynt, Walter Rilla, Peter Mullins
Votes: 127
47.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
Passage at Arms
(1955)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A French fencing team are involved in a London murder case.
Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Eric Pohlmann, Rachel Gurney
Votes: 52
48.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Sorcerer
(1955)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A psychologist is found dead in a seemingly sealed room. Inspector March needs to decide who had the most reason to kill him, and how did they accomplish the task.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Phil Brown, Gerard Heinz
Votes: 115
49. Murder! (1930)
TV-PG | 92 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam, Edward Chapman
Votes: 6,926
50. Tomorrow We Live (II) (1942)
Approved | 85 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A mayor's daughter poses as collaborator to help British agent escape to England with vital information to help the allied war effort.
Director: George King | Stars: John Clements, Godfrey Tearle, Hugh Sinclair, Greta Gynt
Votes: 236