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1. The Gang (1938)
69 min | Musical
The leader of a group of singing Boy Scouts tries to get them into the "big time". When the Scouts lose the lease on their building, he comes up with an idea to raise funds to buy the building: put on a musical show.
Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Ralph Reader, Gina Malo, Stuart Robertson, Richard Ainley
Votes: 15
2. Decameron Nights (1924)
100 min | Drama, Romance
A Saracen sultan's disguised son loves an amnesiac Moslem princess.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Ivy Duke, Werner Krauss, Bernhard Goetzke
Votes: 14
3. Madame Pompadour (1927)
70 min | Drama
The French king's mistress frees her jailed lover and makes him her bodyguard.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Dorothy Gish, Antonio Moreno, Nelson Keys, Henri Bosc
Votes: 14
4. Backstage (1937)
80 min | Drama, Musical
A chorus girl (Anna Neagle) discovers a singer (Arthur Tracy) in the streets and asks her producer to give him a shot at stardom. Musical. Initial release: June 25, 1937
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Arthur Tracy, Jane Winton, Ellis Jeffreys
Votes: 33
5. The Blue Danube (1932)
72 min | Romance
The Blue Danube is a 1932 British romance film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Brigitte Helm, Joseph Schildkraut and Desmond Jeans. Its plot, based on a short story by Doris ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Joseph Schildkraut, Chili Bouchier, Desmond Jeans
Votes: 12
6. 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
7. Brewster's Millions (1935)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Musical
Jack Brewster is a pennyless English lad who learns that he has inherited 6 million pounds sterling from a recently deceased relative. But soon learns that he must spend 500,000 pounds in ... See full summary »
Director: Thornton Freeland | Stars: Jack Buchanan, Lili Damita, Nancy O'Neil, Sydney Fairbrother
Votes: 84
8. To See Such Fun (1977)
90 min | Comedy, Documentary
Excerpts from 80 years of the greatest British comedies.
Director: Jon Scoffield | Stars: Frank Muir, Chesney Allen, Arthur Askey, Ronnie Barker
Votes: 54
9. Quartet (1948)
Approved | 120 min | Drama, Romance
Four of W. Somerset Maugham's short stories are brought to the screen with each introduced by the author. In "The Facts of Life", a young man with great potential on the tennis courts goes ... See full summary »
Directors: Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French, Ralph Smart | Stars: Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Ian Fleming, Jack Raine
Votes: 986
10. Girl in the Street (1937)
Approved | 66 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Jacqueline, a London gutter-snipe is "befriended" by Marius Andreani, a diplomat known for being a rounder with the ladies, but he goes pure with Jacqueline, resolved to help her to the ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Tullio Carminati, Robert Douglas, Horace Hodges
Votes: 39
11. 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
12. Spring in Park Lane (1948)
100 min | Comedy
A diamond merchant's niece falls for his new footman who is really an impoverished aristocrat.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Tom Walls, Peter Graves
Votes: 284
13. Flames of Passion (1922)
90 min | Crime, Drama
A KC's wife is forced to admit in court that the child killed by her drunken ex-chauffeur was hers.
Director: Graham Cutts | Stars: Mae Marsh, C. Aubrey Smith, Hilda Bayley, Herbert Langley
Votes: 17
14. One Precious Year (1933)
76 min | Drama
Director: Henry Edwards | Stars: Anne Grey, Basil Rathbone, Owen Nares, Flora Robson
Votes: 11
15. Venetian Nights (1931)
88 min | Drama
During a performance of Othello, a jealous actor attempts to strangle his wife, believing that she has committed adultery.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Matheson Lang, Joseph Schildkraut, Chili Bouchier, Lilian Braithwaite
Votes: 10
16. Forever and a Day (1943)
Approved | 104 min | Drama, History
During World War II, an American travels to Britain to sell an old house near London that belongs to his family. However, he meets Leslie Trimble who lives in the house and who is ... See full summary »
Directors: Edmund Goulding, Cedric Hardwicke, Frank Lloyd, Victor Saville, Robert Stevenson, Herbert Wilcox, René Clair | Stars: George Kirby, Doreen Munroe, May Beatty, Connie Leon
Votes: 795
17. The Return of the Frog (1938)
73 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
The former partner of a master criminal turns himself in to Scotland Yard. The criminal, a master of disguise, plots to kill his partner, but must first get through the wall of security Scotland Yard has thrown around him.
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Gordon Harker, Hartley Power, Rene Ray, Cyril Smith
Votes: 66
18. Battle Hell (1957)
Approved | 113 min | Drama, History, War
In 1949, during the Chinese Civil War, British warship H.M.S. Amethyst sails up the Yangtse river but on the return trip, finds its way blocked by a barrage of fire from the Communist Chinese shore batteries.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Richard Todd, William Hartnell, Akim Tamiroff, Donald Houston
Votes: 781
19. Odette (1950)
105 min | Drama, History, War
During WW2, a French woman living in England volunteers to work for British Intelligence in Nazi-occupied France.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Trevor Howard, Marius Goring, Peter Ustinov
Votes: 1,043
20. Magic Night (1932)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
In Vienna just prior to the outbreak of World War I, Captain Maximilian Scheltoff falls in love with poor flower-shop girl Viki. Unfortunately, his father, General Scheltoff, has arranged ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Jack Buchanan, Anna Neagle, Gina Malo, Clive Currie
Votes: 32
21. A Royal Divorce (1938)
85 min | Drama, History
The love affair between the French Emperor Napoleon and the lady Josephine leads through Napoleon's rise to power and their eventual divorce.
Director: Jack Raymond | Stars: Ruth Chatterton, Pierre Blanchar, Frank Cellier, Carol Goodner
Votes: 12
22. The Show Goes On (1936)
70 min | Drama, Musical
Two acrobats compete for their beautiful female partner, until one of them decides to leave the circus.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Tullio Carminati, Leslie Banks, Arthur Finn
Votes: 23
23. This Is Your Life (1955–2003)
30 min | Documentary, Biography
The UK version of the popular US show. Eamonn Andrews (later Michael Aspel) surprises celebrities by presenting them with the Big Red Book before taking them into the studio to tell viewers... See full summary »
Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Michael Aspel, Elizabeth Dawn, June Whitfield
Votes: 324
24. Dawn (1928)
80 min | Drama, War
A nurse helps 210 men escape to England before the Germans catch and execute her.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Sybil Thorndike, Ada Bodart, Gordon Craig, Marie Ault
Votes: 43
25. The Frog (1937)
Approved | 60 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Police Captain Gordon and Sergeant Elk set out to put an end to the activities of a criminal mastermind who calls himself The Frog. They encounter blackmail, murder, arson and robbery along... See full summary »
Director: Jack Raymond | Stars: Noah Beery, Jack Hawkins, Richard Ainley, Vivian Gaye
Votes: 39
26. Katy's Love Affair (1947)
Unrated | 112 min | Drama
The fortunes of an upper-class British family are followed through three wars and four generations.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Gladys Young, Daphne Slater
Votes: 209
27. Bitter Sweet (1933)
93 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A young woman falls in love with a young orchestra conductor in Vienna, and they marry. Their marriage, however, is threatened by a wealthy man who sets his sights on the wife.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Fernand Gravey, Miles Mander, Clifford Heatherley
Votes: 80
28. Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
Approved | 108 min | Biography, Drama, War
An English nurse with a great reputation for her work in Belgian hospitals, becomes outraged at the number of Allied soldiers detained in German prisoner-of-war camps during World War I, and devises a secret plan to help hundreds escape.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Edna May Oliver, George Sanders, May Robson
Votes: 408
29. They Met at Midnight (1946)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, War
During WWII, Anna marries Michael before leaving for Singapore. Her ship sinks but she survives on an island. Believing her dead, Michael remarries and has a child. After 3 years Anna returns and learns Michael has moved on.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Michael Laurence, Reginald Owen
Votes: 275
30. Man in the Dinghy (1950)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy
A mysterious stowaway opens the door to adventure for two unsuspecting holidaymakers.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Michael Wilding, Odile Versois, Jack Hulbert, Constance Cummings
Votes: 56
31. This'll Make You Whistle (1936)
79 min | Comedy, Musical
A young man is pursued by his fiancee after a quarrel. She sends her uncle to investigate him and to give his consent to the marriage. The young man gives a wild party in order to shock the uncle but he enjoys himself thoroughly.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Jack Buchanan, Elsie Randolph, Jean Gillie, William Kendall
Votes: 22
32. Yellow Canary (1943)
Approved | 84 min | Drama, Thriller
A woman wrongfully accused of being a Nazi sympathizer is forced to move to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Richard Greene, Nova Pilbeam, Albert Lieven
Votes: 744
33. The Lady with a Lamp (1951)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, History, War
Florence Nightingale struggled to gain access to battlefield hospitals during the Crimean War for her nursing staff. But by succeeding, she improved sanitary medical conditions for wounded soldiers, changing the course of medical history.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Gladys Young, Felix Aylmer
Votes: 229
34. Queen of Destiny (1938)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama
Picking up where Victoria the Great (1937) left off, this sequel to the 1937 film has Anna Neagle return to the role of Queen Victoria in another colorful account of the revered British ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook, C. Aubrey Smith, Walter Rilla
Votes: 114
35. Derby Day (1952)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The stories of four sets of characters intersect via chance-encounters at Epsom Downs racecourse on the morning of Derby Day.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Googie Withers, John McCallum
Votes: 226
36. The Flag Lieutenant (1932)
85 min | Drama, War
Director: Henry Edwards | Stars: Henry Edwards, Anna Neagle, Joyce Bland, Peter Gawthorne
Votes: 12
37. Irene (1940)
Approved | 101 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery
Sent by her employers on an errand to the home of the wealthy Mrs. Vincent, Irene O'Dare meets Don, a friend of Mrs. Vincent's son Bob. Attracted to Irene, Don decides to invest some money ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Ray Milland, Roland Young, Alan Marshal
Votes: 788
38. Victoria the Great (1937)
112 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of an 18-year-old princess who becomes Queen of England. It chronicles six decades of her reign during a period of immense change and her marriage to a prince who would become her treasured source of stability and affection.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook, Walter Rilla, H.B. Warner
Votes: 276
39. The Rat (1937)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama
Jean Boucheron the cat burglar is the darling of the Montmartre whores--and catches the eye of slumming socialite Zelia de Chaumont, who decides to "reform" him. A complication is his ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Raymond | Stars: Ruth Chatterton, Anton Walbrook, Rene Ray, Beatrix Lehmann
Votes: 85
40. The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958)
Unrated | 85 min | Crime, Drama
A barrister (Anna Neagle) tries to defend her client, a U.S. scientist (Anthony Quayle), for killing his bride (Zsa Zsa Gabor), a U.S. spy.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Anthony Quayle, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Katherine Kath
Votes: 226
41. Millions (1936)
70 min | Comedy
Financier Otto Forbes threatens to disinherit his feckless son Jimmy, who then tries to pass off an aspiring composer's work as his own.
Director: Leslie S. Hiscott | Stars: Gordon Harker, Frank Pettingell, Richard Hearne, Stuart Robertson
Votes: 34
42. Chu-Chin-Chow (1923)
Passed | 120 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
In Baghdad a girl escapes from a robber sheikh and thwarts a plot to rob a merchant.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Betty Blythe, Herbert Langley, Randle Ayrton, Eva Moore
Votes: 28
43. Nell Gwyn (1934)
Approved | 85 min | History
King Charles sees actress Nell perform and they become close, as he favors her over the Duchess. Nell serves Charles devotedly though she and the Duchess clash. Despite the King's fondness, as an actress she's barred from the royal circle.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Cedric Hardwicke, Jeanne De Casalis, Muriel George
Votes: 137
44. A Yank in London (1945)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1943 England, an American Army Air Force gunner falls in love with a corporal in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force who has long been expected to marry a British paratrooper Major, prompting him to go back to combat duty.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Rex Harrison, Dean Jagger, Robert Morley
Votes: 253
45. The Beggar's Opera (1953)
Approved | 94 min | Crime, History, Musical
When the composer of an opera about a swashbuckling, wenching highwayman meets his hero's real-life counterpart, he's disappointed with his lack of dash.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Hugh Griffith, George Rose, Stuart Burge
Votes: 395
46. Wings and the Woman (1942)
Approved | 94 min | Biography, Drama
The story of flyer Amy Johnson who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Robert Newton, Edward Chapman, Nora Swinburne
Votes: 249
47. Nell Gwyn (1926)
80 min | Biography, Drama, History
An actress becomes the king's mistress and persuades him to convert the palace to a servicemen's home.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Dorothy Gish, Randle Ayrton, Juliette Compton, Sydney Fairbrother
Votes: 265
48. Elizabeth of Ladymead (1948)
97 min | Drama, History, War
Four generations of a British family live through their experiences in the Crimean War, Boer War, WWI and WWII.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Hugh Williams, Isabel Jeans, Michael Lawrence
Votes: 132
49. Dangerous Youth (1957)
98 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
Just after a young singer comes out with his first hit record, he is drafted into the Army.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: George Baker, Frankie Vaughan, Carole Lesley, Jocelyn Lane
Votes: 112
50. The Volunteer (1944)
45 min | War
After a masterful performance as Othello in a London theater, Ralph Richardson is asked for an autograph by Fred, his dresser. A short while later, Fred has joined the Fleet Air Arm (Fly ... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Pat McGrath, Anna Neagle, Laurence Olivier
Votes: 235