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1. 'Pimpernel' Smith (1941)
Passed | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Professor Horatio Smith, while seeming very unassuming, rescues victims of Nazi persecution during World War II.
Director: Leslie Howard | Stars: Leslie Howard, Francis L. Sullivan, Allan Jeayes, Mary Morris
Votes: 1,849
2. 49th Parallel (1941)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, Thriller, War
A World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.
Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Leslie Howard, Laurence Olivier, Richard George, Eric Portman
Votes: 7,670
3. Atlantic Ferry (1941)
Passed | 98 min | Drama, History, Romance
After their state-of-the-art steamship the "Gigantic" sinks a few minutes after being launched, the MacIver brothers of Liverpool begin to plan for the future of their company. David (... See full summary »
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson, Griffith Jones, Hartley Power
Votes: 151
4. Bombsight Stolen (1941)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight.
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim, Jeanne De Casalis, Carla Lehmann
Votes: 1,365
5. Suicide Squadron (1941)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, Romance, War
During World War II, an American newswoman falls for a Polish piano virtuoso...who wants to go back and fight.
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Anton Walbrook, Sally Gray, Derrick De Marney, Cecil Parker
Votes: 512
6. Danny Boy (1941)
80 min | Drama, Musical
A successful singer in America returns to Britain during the Blitz to find her ex-husband and son have fallen on hard times.
Director: Oswald Mitchell | Stars: Wilfrid Lawson, Ann Todd, John Warwick, Grant Tyler
Votes: 75
7. The Strangler (1941)
Approved | 75 min | Mystery
The homicidal maniac,who is strangling young women in London's West Side, is being sought by both Scotland Yard and a young reporter/writer, Penny Sutton. She had found one of the murder ... See full summary »
Director: Harold Huth | Stars: Judy Campbell, Sebastian Shaw, Niall MacGinnis, Henry Edwards
Votes: 69
8. Facing the Music (1941)
79 min | Comedy
Director: Maclean Rogers | Stars: Bunny Doyle, Betty Driver, H.F. Maltby, Chili Bouchier
9. Fingers (1941)
69 min | Drama
Director: Herbert Mason | Stars: Clifford Evans, Leonora Corbett, Esmond Knight, Edward Rigby
10. The Voice in the Night (1941)
95 min | Drama, War
Hitler's doctor is gradually realizing that the Nazi regime isn't as good as it pretends to be when his friends start disappearing into the camps. His wife is courted by the party and ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Clive Brook, Diana Wynyard, Raymond Huntley, Derek Farr
Votes: 307
11. Gasbags (1941)
Not Rated | 77 min | Adventure, Comedy
The Crazy gang invade Nazi Germany !! They accidentally pilot a balloon over enemy territory.
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Jimmy Nervo, Teddy Knox
Votes: 180
12. He Found a Star (1941)
Approved | 89 min | Musical
Lucky Lyndon and his devoted secretary Ruth use their talent agency to find and help unknowns who need an opportunity.
Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: Vic Oliver, Sarah Churchill, Evelyn Dall, Gabrielle Brune
Votes: 78
13. Hi Gang! (1941)
100 min | Comedy, Romance
Bebe and Ben are husband and wife (precisely as in real life), striving for the best scoop for their rival radio broadcasts, amidst troubles caused by Vic Oliver. Bebe, now Miss Liberty for... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon, Vic Oliver, Moore Marriott
Votes: 60
14. I Thank You (1941)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy
Struggling entertainers who are trying to put on a show pose as servants to wealthy woman in hopes of raising the money.
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Lily Morris, Moore Marriott
Votes: 208
15. Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It (1941)
Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama
The plot pits Hornleigh and Bingham against a clever gang of Nazi espionage agents. Most of the action takes place aboard a speeding train, with our heroes never quite certain who can be ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim, Phyllis Calvert, Edward Chapman
Votes: 291
16. Jeannie (1941)
101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Based on Aimée Stuart's play. Little Scots girl decides to use her inheritance for a grand tour of the Continent.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Barbara Mullen, Michael Redgrave, Wilfrid Lawson, Kay Hammond
Votes: 104
17. The Remarkable Mr. Kipps (1941)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Drama
Kipps, the draper's apprentice, falls in love with a girl above his station. After he unexpectedly inherits a fortune, he thinks his dream has come true. But money can't make him a gentleman, or bring him the girl he really wants.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Phyllis Calvert, Philip Frost, Diana Wynyard
Votes: 519
18. Love on the Dole (1941)
Approved | 98 min | Drama
During the Depression in England, a young lady from Lancashire decides to be a rich bookmaker's mistress, just to help the rest of her unemployed family.
Director: John Baxter | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, George Carney, Mary Merrall
Votes: 603
19. Major Barbara (1941)
Approved | 121 min | Comedy
A young and idealistic woman, who has adopted the Salvation Army and whose father is an armament industrialist, will save more souls directing her father's business. A comedy with social commentary.
Directors: Gabriel Pascal, Harold French | Stars: Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison, Robert Morley, Robert Newton
Votes: 1,514
20. My Wife's Family (1941)
82 min | Comedy
A naval officer attempts to juggle a visit from his wife's family, and a visit from an ex-girlfriend, with farcical results.
Director: Walter C. Mycroft | Stars: Charles Clapham, John Warwick, Patricia Roc, Wylie Watson
Votes: 9
22. Old Bill and Son (1941)
96 min | Comedy
World War I veteran Bill is inspired to re-enlist in 1939, and ends up serving with his son.
Director: Ian Dalrymple | Stars: Morland Graham, John Mills, Mary Clare, Renee Houston
Votes: 127
23. Old Mother Riley in Business (1941)
Comedy
Director: John Baxter | Stars: Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, Ernest Butcher, Cyril Chamberlain
Votes: 24
24. Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941)
Approved | 70 min | Comedy
Mother Riley takes over a circus on the point of closing down, and makes it a success.
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, John Longden, Edgar Driver
Votes: 64
25. Old Mother Riley's Ghosts (1941)
82 min | Comedy, Horror
A charwoman comes upon a plot to steal the invention of a man who lives in a haunted house.
Director: John Baxter | Stars: Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, John Stuart, A. Bromley Davenport
Votes: 93
26. Once a Crook (1941)
78 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Herbert Mason | Stars: Gordon Harker, Sydney Howard, Kathleen Harrison, Carla Lehmann
Votes: 8
28. Quiet Wedding (1941)
Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
A young couple become engaged, but enjoy several comedic adventures before their wedding day.
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Marjorie Fielding, A.E. Matthews, David Tomlinson
Votes: 156
29. Sheepdog of the Hills (1941)
76 min | Drama
A blind West country preacher is in love with a local girl but she wants to marry another. Meanwhile the local farmers are puzzled by the sheep that seem to vanish from their flocks.
Director: Germain Burger | Stars: David Farrar, Philip Friend, Helen Perry, Dennis Wyndham
Votes: 37
30. Ships with Wings (1941)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, War
Lt. Dick Stacey is dismissed from the Fleet Air Arm for poor discipline. He joins the Aircraft Carrier "HMS Ark Royal" (The Ship with Wings). When they go into battle in the Mediterranean he acts heroically and redeems himself.
Director: Sergei Nolbandov | Stars: John Clements, Leslie Banks, Jane Baxter, Ann Todd
Votes: 172
31. 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
32. The Spell of Amy Nugent (1941)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, Horror
A young man's fiancée dies after contracting a terminal illness and, in his efforts to contact her, he gets involved with a group of spiritualists.
Director: John Harlow | Stars: Derek Farr, Vera Lindsay, Hay Petrie, Felix Aylmer
Votes: 198
33. Three Wise Brides (1941)
93 min | Comedy, Romance
A young man's mother wants him to marry a wealthy heiress, but the man falls in love with the girl's sister.
Director: Walter C. Mycroft | Stars: Enid Stamp-Taylor, Michael Wilding, Basil Sydney, Sarah Churchill
Votes: 135
34. The Common Touch (1941)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
On his father's death, an 18-year-old lad leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realizing that the other directors want to keep him in the dark, he starts to ask... See full summary »
Director: John Baxter | Stars: Geoffrey Hibbert, Harry Welchman, Greta Gynt, Joyce Howard
Votes: 150
35. 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
36. The Ghost Train (1941)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Horror
High jinks and chills ensue when a group of people become stranded at an isolated station and a legendary phantom train approaches.
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Kathleen Harrison, Peter Murray-Hill
Votes: 1,658
37. The Ghost of St. Michael's (1941)
82 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A hapless teacher named Will Lamb is hired by a grim school in Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost, whose spectral bagpipes signal the death of one of the ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Will Hay, Claude Hulbert, Felix Aylmer, Raymond Huntley
Votes: 622
38. Men of the Sea (1941)
48 min | Drama
Henry Foley gave up fishing when his two sons were lost at sea. But when war breaks out, he joins a lifeboat crew, to his wife's dismay.
Director: Norman Walker | Stars: Wilfrid Lawson, Mary Jerrold, William Freshman, Kathleen O'Regan
Votes: 14
39. Death Cell (1941)
Approved | 73 min | Mystery
James Mason as a private detective, whose father is a Scotland Yard man, takes a case involving extortion and kidnapping. A young girl is kidnapped from a nursing home and he advises the ... See full summary »
Director: Lawrence Huntington | Stars: James Mason, Mary Clare, Margaret Vyner, Gordon McLeod
Votes: 37
40. The Prime Minister (1941)
Approved | 94 min | Biography, Drama, History
A biopic of the legendary Benjamin Disraeli, his rise from a foppish young novelist to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and confidante of Queen Victoria.
Director: Thorold Dickinson | Stars: John Gielgud, Diana Wynyard, Will Fyffe, Owen Nares
Votes: 303
41. The Saint's Vacation (1941)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
While on vacation, the Saint discovers a much-sought-after music box.
Director: Leslie Fenton | Stars: Hugh Sinclair, Sally Gray, Arthur Macrae, Cecil Parker
Votes: 591
42. This England (1941)
Approved | 84 min | Drama, History, Romance
A visiting American woman is shown how the people of an English village responded to invasions and threats through four historical vignettes.
Director: David MacDonald | Stars: Emlyn Williams, John Clements, Constance Cummings, Frank Pettingell
Votes: 91
43. Tower of Terror (1941)
62 min | Thriller, War
A British secret agent in Germany takes a job as the assistant to an elderly lighthouse keeper, planning to make his escape with some valuable documents when a British boat arrives to pick them up.
Director: Lawrence Huntington | Stars: Wilfrid Lawson, Movita, Michael Rennie, Morland Graham
Votes: 212
44. Turned Out Nice Again (1941)
Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy, Musical
George Pearson, who works for a underwear firm that is 20 years out of date, invests his own money in a new type of thread. The company are not interested in changes, and he quits. Later ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: George Formby, Peggy Bryan, Elliott Mason, Edward Chapman
Votes: 245
45. You Will Remember (1940)
86 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
Biopic of Victorian songwriter Leslie Stuart who achieved fame and international success as a composer of Edwardian musical comedy, but with the coming of the Jazz Age sank back into poverty and obscurity.
Director: Jack Raymond | Stars: Robert Morley, Emlyn Williams, Dorothy Hyson, Tom E. Finglass
Votes: 55
46. The Western Isles (1941)
14 min | Documentary, Short
How Harris Tweed is made by the islanders in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Director: Terry Bishop | Stars: Bean Ailein, Somhaisle Mac 'Ille Mhoire, Ian Mac Néill Ghiolais, Kitty MacLeod
Votes: 12
47. Queen Cotton (1941)
14 min | Documentary, Short
A Technicolor introduction to the manufacture and design of both woven and printed cotton fabrics, the products of which are presented in a stunning fashion show.
Director: Cecil Musk
Votes: 18
48. The Heart of Britain (1941)
32 min | Documentary, Short
Shows glimpses of wartime in the North and Midlands of Britain.
Director: Humphrey Jennings | Star: Edward R. Murrow
Votes: 88
49. John Smith Wakes Up (1941)
42 min | Short, War
Director: Jirí Weiss | Stars: Eliot Makeham, Joan Greenwood, Derek Blomfield, Percy Parsons
50. Men of the Lightship (1941)
25 min | Documentary, Short, War
Lightships (ships serving the functions of a lighthouse) have for centuries been treated as neutral during wartime, but a British lightship during World War II finds the Nazis don't respect the lightships' humanitarian purpose.
Director: David MacDonald | Stars: Bill Blewitt, Robert Newton, Leonard Sharp
Votes: 75
51. Words for Battle (1941)
8 min | Documentary, Short, War
Poetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence Olivier, illuminate documentary footage ... See full summary »
Director: Humphrey Jennings | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Winston Churchill, Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 265
53. An Airman's Letter to His Mother (1941)
5 min | Short, War
Narrated by John Gielgud, the letter in question appeared in The Times of London, written by a pilot who had been killed in the war.
Director: Michael Powell | Stars: John Gielgud, Michael Powell
Votes: 170
54. Night Watch (1941)
7 min | Short, Drama
Bill and Sally are looking for some privacy before Bill rejoins his unit. The ARP points out that they'd be better off taking raids seriously and staying under cover.
Director: Donald Taylor | Stars: Anne Firth, Cyril Chamberlain, Noel Dainton, Rita Grant
55. Target for Tonight (1941)
Approved | 48 min | Documentary, Drama, War
The planning and implementation of an RAF night raid on Germany in World War II, concentrating on a low level mission by a Wellington bomber on an oil storage facility by the Rhine.
Director: Harry Watt | Stars: John Cobb, Richard Peirse, Percy Charles Pickard, Robert Saundby
Votes: 406
56. The Team (It All Depends on Me) (1941)
6 min | Documentary, Short
Arsenal footballer George Allison explains to them the importance of team spirit to a group of ill-disciplined children and how this applies to the war effort.
Directors: Leslie Arliss, Norman Lee | Star: George Allison
Votes: 15
57. A Good Landfall (1941)
Short, Drama
Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Caven Watson, Cyril Chamberlain
58. Ten Tips for Tackling Tanks (1941)
10 min | Short, War
Using boxing as a metaphor, methods of dealing with enemy tanks are discussed.
Director: Sydney Box
60. A Letter from Home (1941)
17 min | Short, Drama
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Joyce Grenfell, Kathleen Harrison, Celia Johnson, Edie Martin
Votes: 75
61. Schichlegruber - Doing the Lambeth Walk (1941)
3 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Footage from Leni Riefenstahl's Nazi propaganda documentary, Triumph of the Will, is juxtaposed with a popular British dance tune to make fun of Hitler, in this playful short subject.
Director: Charles Ridley | Star: Adolf Hitler
Votes: 121
62. When the Pie Was Opened (1941)
8 min | Short, War
A recipe for a wartime vegetable pie.
Director: Len Lye | Stars: Valerie Forrest, Hilda Masters
Votes: 53
63. Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard (1941)
5 min | Animation, Short
Directors: Joy Batchelor, John Halas
64. This Is England (1941)
10 min | Documentary, Short
A short documentary about life in England during wartime. Narrated by Edward R. Murrow.
Director: Humphrey Jennings
Votes: 72
65. Yellow Caesar (1941)
24 min | Documentary, Short
Using edited archive footage, mockery is made of Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini.
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti | Stars: Michael Frank, Duggie Byng, Marcel King, Sam Lee
Votes: 83
66. Plastic Surgery in Wartime (1941)
Documentary, Short
Director: Frank Sainsbury | Star: Harold Gillies
67. Merchant Seamen (1941)
Documentary
Director: J.B. Holmes | Stars: Howard St. John, Bill Blewitt
Votes: 6
68. How to File (1941)
Documentary, Short
Filing is a way of smoothing and shaping material to exact dimensions. It is used in all branches of engineering, from the finishing of heavy castings to the precision work of the aircraft ... See full synopsis »
Director: Kay Mander
Votes: 6
71. How to Dig (1941)
14 min | Short, Documentary
Documentary on different methods of digging over ground before sowing.
Director: Jack Ellitt | Star: Roy Hay
72. Fighting Fields (1941)
Short, Documentary
Food production in wartime Scotland.
Director: Stanley L. Russell | Star: Alvar Liddell
Votes: 6
74. War Front (1941)
Documentary, Short, Drama
A newspaper editor despatches his reporters to cover the war effort at home and abroad.
Director: John Eldridge | Stars: Bruce Belfrage, Bernard Miles, Archie Harradine
75. The Dawn Guard (1941)
5 min | Short, War
Two Home Guard volunteers discuss the causes of war and their hopes for peace in the future.
Director: Roy Boulting | Stars: Percy Walsh, Bernard Miles
Votes: 30
76. Telefootlers (1941)
6 min | Short, War
Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: Barbara Everest, Muriel George
77. Rush Hour (1941)
5 min | Short
The British government tries to persuade people not to clog up the wartime (World War II) public transportation system by keeping its use to a minimum during "rush hour".
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Muriel George, David Keir, Hay Petrie, Joan Sterndale-Bennett
Votes: 50
78. Shunter Black's Night Off (1941)
9 min | Documentary, Short, War
Short war time film about the daily activities of Shunter Trains in British Railway Yards and their importance and contribution to the war effort.
Director: Maxwell Munden | Star: John Slater
Votes: 28
79. Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light (1941)
7 min | Short, War
Comic propaganda short explaining the importance of blackout procedures during WWII.
Director: Herbert Mason | Stars: Sydney Howard, Muriel George, Wylie Watson, Noel Dainton
Votes: 21
81. A Musical Cocktail (1941)
15 min | Short, Musical
Director: Horace Shepherd | Stars: Alfredo Campoli, Frank Drew
83. You're Telling Me! (1941)
5 min | Short, Comedy
Ministry of Information propaganda short illustrating how irresponsible citizens can distort war news by repeating and embellishing rumours.
Director: Bladon Peake | Stars: Charles Victor, James Harcourt, Valentine Dunn, Grace Arnold
Votes: 7
84. The Fine Feathers (1941)
12 min | Short, Comedy
How to achieve a balanced diet in wartime.
Director: Andrew Buchanan | Stars: Jeanne De Casalis, Wallace Evennett, Aubrey Mallalieu, David Keir
85. Queen's Messengers (1941)
7 min | Documentary, Short, War
Propaganda film showing how mobile canteens would be rushed to bombed areas of Britain during World War II.
Director: Jay Lewis | Star: Frederick Allen
86. Tank Patrol (1941)
36 min | Short, War
Made in 1941, this stirring Ministry of Information dramatisation tells the story of a Crusader tank crew trapped behind enemy lines in the Desert. With no intercom, a wounded crewman and ... See full summary »
Director: John Eldridge | Stars: Norman Williams, Bill Elliot, John Martin, Jorge Juan Rodriguez
87. This Is Poland (1941)
20 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Eugeniusz Cekalski | Stars: Derrick De Marney, Terence de Marney
Votes: 22
88. The Battle of the Books (1941)
8 min | Documentary, Short
The Nazis' book-burning is contrasted with the wartime boom in reading and publishing in Britain.
Director: J.D. Chambers | Star: Henry Ainley
89. Five and Under (1941)
18 min | Documentary, Short
Childcare for working women during the Second World War.
Director: Donald Alexander | Star: Beatrix Lehmann
Votes: 22
91. Eating Out with Tommy Trinder (1941)
6 min | Documentary, Short
Tommy Trinder promotes the virtues of the wartime communal British Restaurants.
Director: Desmond Dickinson | Stars: Tommy Trinder, Jean Colin, Edward Chapman, Marjorie Fielding
Votes: 18
92. Two Cooks and a Cabbage (1941)
6 min | Documentary, Short
Grandma gives the task of cooking the cabbage to Sally and Jane, who each get one half a cabbage to work with. Sally's half turns out delicious; Jane's half is nasty and tasteless.
Director: Alex Bryce | Stars: Mrs. Inglestone, The Children
Votes: 21
93. The Countrywomen (1941)
14 min | Short
World War II propaganda film that shows the war-time agricultural work of women from the Women's Institute.
Director: John Page
Votes: 15
94. Steel Goes to Sea (1941)
16 min | Documentary, Short
British Council short film about building ships from steel and the different trades involved. The story is told through the eyes of young David, the son of a journeyman steel fabricator. ... See full summary »
Director: John E. Lewis
Votes: 12
100. Dig for Victory (1941)
7 min | Short, War
Produced by the Ministry of Agriculture in 1941, this film explains how to prepare an area of ground for growing your veg, and shows why not having space is simply no excuse.
Director: Michael Hankinson | Star: Roy Hay
Votes: 19
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