Acting
A detective poses as an ex-convict to expose the head of a benevolent society as a fence.
General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.
George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live. On his doctor's advice, he goes to an exclusive seaside resort to spend his savings on one last holiday.
Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.
Poisoner's victim turns tables.
During early World War II, a Danish sea captain, delayed in a British port, tangles with German spies.
A British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief.
'Man shelters from storm in old hour used by diamond smugglers.' (British Film Catalogue)
Gracie plays a London publican's daughter named after Nell Gwynn, who much like the original, becomes romantically involved with a King(John Loder).
A young woman who is in love with a penniless composer, but believes she must marry a wealthy man to please her father. But only realises after various tribulations she should follow her heart rather than her head.
A killer distracts his victims with a hideous face
Television broadcast of Bees on the Boat-Deck by J.B. Priestley.
Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment.
A rich man's worship of his first wife ends when he learns their son is a bastard.
A rich man's son loves a nature girl loved by a gypsy who is really her half brother.
A corrupt bookmaker inherits a fortune by killing his step-daughter's husband and framing her lover.
"A wealthy young man, through losing the bulk of his fortune, goes to Canada, where he encounters and loves the daughter of the scoundrel lawyer who has robbed him." (Synopsis from The Bioscope, November 1930.)
