Search results for "Charles Crichton"
Into Infinity

Into Infinity

Into Infinity
IMDb: 5.8
52

The spaceship Altares, with a photon drive capable of accelerating it to the speed of light, leaves an Earth-orbiting space station. The Altares crew, two families of scientific specialists, journey…

The Titfield Thunderbolt

The Titfield Thunderbolt

The Titfield Thunderbolt
IMDb: 7
84

When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member…

Genre: Comedy
Painted Boats

Painted Boats

Painted Boats
IMDb: 6.7
63

In this modest drama, set during World War II, two rival boat families battle it out for supremacy.

Genre: Drama
The Love Lottery

The Love Lottery

The Love Lottery
IMDb: 5.5
89

Rex Allerton is a top Hollywood star and an idol of the female population. To get away from the pressure of the fans who won’t leave him alone, he relocates…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Man in the Sky

The Man in the Sky

The Man in the Sky
IMDb: 6.8
87

The efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two children seem doomed to failure and he blames himself. At the…

Genre: Drama
A Fish Called Wanda

A Fish Called Wanda

A Fish Called Wanda
IMDb: 7.5
109

A diamond advocate is attempting to steal a collection of diamonds, yet troubles arise when he realizes that he is not the only one after the diamonds.

Genre: Comedy, Crime
The Third Secret

The Third Secret

The Third Secret
IMDb: 6.5
103

A prominent London Psychologist seems to have taken his own life, causing stunned disbelief amongst his colleagues and patients. His teenage daughter refuses to believe it was suicide as this…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Battle of the Sexes

The Battle of the Sexes

The Battle of the Sexes
IMDb: 6.7
84

Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets Robert MacPherson, a businessman who asks for…

Genre: Comedy
Dead of Night

Dead of Night

Dead of Night
IMDb: 7.6
103

Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. Dreading the end of the dream that…

Hue and Cry

Hue and Cry

Hue and Cry
IMDb: 6.8
82

A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip’s wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first…

For Those in Peril

For Those in Peril

For Those in Peril
IMDb: 6.4
77

A WWII flyer fails to join the RAF so he joins the Air – Sea Rescue instead. His boat is out in all conditions picking up downed pilots and taking…

Genre: Drama, War
Hunted

Hunted

Hunted
IMDb: 7.4
84

An unusual relationship develops between a fugitive killer and a runaway orphan on an odyssey across England.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Against the Wind

Against the Wind

Against the Wind
IMDb: 6.4
96

A disparate group of volunteers are trained as saboteurs and parachuted into Belgium to blow up an office containing important Nazi records and to rescue a prominent S.O.E. agent, who…

Genre: Drama, War
Another Shore

Another Shore

Another Shore
IMDb: 5.9
77

A young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti. One of the Ealing comedies.

Genre: Comedy
Dance Hall

Dance Hall

Dance Hall
IMDb: 6.3
80

Episodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall in Chiswick, London. Unusual at the time, the film tells its story from a feminine…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Train of Events

Train of Events

Train of Events
IMDb: 6.6
88

A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.

Genre: Drama
The Lavender Hill Mob

The Lavender Hill Mob

The Lavender Hill Mob
IMDb: 7.6
78

A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.

Genre: Comedy, Crime
The Divided Heart

The Divided Heart

The Divided Heart
IMDb: 6.9
89

During World War II, a German woman, Inga, goes missing and is presumed dead. Her infant son is placed in an orphanage where, years later, he’s adopted by a childless…

Genre: Drama