Dead Cert
As a surprise, two horse owners decide to ride their animals themselves in a steeplechase. But Bill Davidson’s horse “Admiral” behaves weirdly, and falls hard after an obstacle. Bill dies…
Second Fiddle
Deborah and Charles, young executives at the thriving Pontifex Advertising Agency, are very much in love. Deborah is recognised by her employers as the most brilliant TV executive in the…
Moments
A depressed middle-aged man contemplates suicide while visiting the hotel resort where he spent happy moments with his parents in his youth. He meets a woman by chance and falls…
Time Bomb
When a saboteur places an explosive device on a train full of sea mines, the authorities call for bomb expert Peter Lyncort to diffuse the situation, unaware that he has…
Love Thy Neighbour
Two men who are nextdoor neighbors constantly battle it out over seemingly trivial offenses. Their wives, on the other hand, are best of friends. The two couples attempt to win…
The Captain’s Paradise
Mediterranean ferryboat captain Henry St James has things well organized – a loving and very English wife Maud in Gibraltar, and the loving if rather more hot-blooded Mistress, Nita in…
Up the Chastity Belt
A funny thing happened to Lurkalot, serf to Sir Coward de Custard, on the way to Custard Castle. Lurkalot sells lusty love potions and rusty chastity belts in the market…
Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
Some survivors of a drowning ship are rescued by Captain Nemo and his submarine crew. They are taken to an underwater city, where they may be trapped for the rest…
Up the Front
In Frankie Howerd’s third Up… film it’s World War I and he plays Lurk, an absolute cowerd, er coward. He’s evading the call-up for all he’s worth. But one evening…
A Home of Your Own
A Home of Your Own is a 1964 British comedy film which is a brick-by-brick account of the building a young couple’s dream house. From the day when the site…
The Best House in London
In Victorian London, the British Government attempts a solution to the problem of prostitution by establishing the world’s most fabulous brothel.
Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London…
Diamonds for Breakfast
Four thieves try to steal the Imperial Jewels of Russia