Production
Occupied Yugoslavia. With organised resistance shattered by the Nazi onslaught it is only the activity of small guerrilla bands that bring fresh hope to the people. But quislings and infiltrators are everywhere – and trusting the wrong person could easily get you killed...
The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, they do whatever they can to thwart the Nazis plans.
A comedy short directed by W.P. Kellino.
Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.
Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade Greece, he gets a chance to redeem himself and rejoin his old unit on a British carrier. This is regarded the last of the conventional, rather stiff 1930's style Ealing war films, to be succeeded by much more realism and better storytelling.
In Victorian Brighton, a scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkard husband. (The title is from the way pharmacists used to wrap parcels containing poison.)
The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sabotage to serve their ends, but they consider themselves to be true patriots.
The fisherman from a Cornish village have a friendly rivalry with the fishermen (and one formidable woman) from a French port. Then war comes and they must all rethink their petty differences.
Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre company in England.
'Newsreel cameramen wrest secret papers from Chinese bandit.' (British Film Catalogue)
The story, starring Constance Bennett and Douglass Montgomery, involves a Canadian POW being hidden by a German citizen during World War I.
An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of the aristocrat's house
'Girl reporter and insane fiancé join pirate's descendant in treasure hunt.' (British Film Catalogue)
'Spain. English tourist gets drunk and fights bull.' (British Film Catalogue)
A short comedy film directed by W.P. Kellino
A young man is shocked to discover that his fiancé is the mistress of his mother's lover.
