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British Films 1950's

A Killer Walks - 1952

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British psychological thriller about a dysfuntional family
Quality: 8/10 (region free Euro PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Laurence Harvey, Trader Faulkner, Susan Shaw
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Action Of The Tiger - 1957

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An American smuggler is approached by a French woman who wants him to rescue her Brother who is a prisoner in Albania

Quality: 8/10

Stars: Van Johnson, Martine Carol, Herbert Lom, Sean Connery

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Alias John Preston - 1956

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A wealthy man arrives in a small town and falls in love. He has some inner demons that need exorcising so he seeks psychiatric help

Quality: 7.5/10

Stars: Alexander Knox, Christopher Lee, Betta St John


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The Angry Hills - 1959

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An American journalist in Greece is helped by the Resistance as Nazis track him across the country

Quality: 8.5/10

Stars: Robert Mitchum, Stanley Baker, Gia Scala, Peter Illing

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Appointment With Venus - 1951

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The Nazi's invade the Channel Islands and a prize cow has to be rescued very discreetly by the British, in this really great and sadly neglected film

Quality: 8/10

Stars: David Niven, Glynis Johns, Kenneth More, George Coulouris

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Behind The Headlines - 1956

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The Tabloids compete with police to solve a murder. Decent b-movie fun

Quality: 9/10

Stars: Paul Carpenter, Adrienne Corri, Alfie Bass, Hazel Court, Harry Fowler

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The Betrayal - 1957

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An Allied pilot, tortured and blinded by the Germans, vows revenge on the traitor who dobbed him in

Quality: 7.5/10

Stars: Philip Friend, Diana Decker, Philip Saville

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Black Orchid - 1953

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A doctor is suspected after his vindictive wife dies of nicotine poisoning in this murder mystery
Quality: 9/10 (region free Euro PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Ronald Howard, Olga Edwardes, John Bentley, Mary Laura Wood, Patrick Barr
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The Blue Peter - 1955

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A top-notch seafaring drama filmed in Aberdovey, Wales

Quality: 7.5/10

Stars: Kieron Moore, Sarah Lawson, Greta Gynt, Harry Fowler, Anthony Newley

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Break In The Circle - 1955

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An adventurer is hired by a German millionaire to help a Polish scientist escape to the West

Quality: 6/10 rough print

​Stars: Forrest Tucker, Eva Bartok, Marius Goring, Guy Middleton, Eric Pohlmann

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Breakout - 1959

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A government official arranges prison breaks as a sideline, but the police steps in to catch the gang

Quality: 9/10

Stars: Lee Patterson, Hazel Court, William Lucas

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Calling Bulldog Drummond - 1951

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A ruthless gang terrorises London so Scotland Yard call in Bulldog Drummond to sort it out

Quality: 7/10

Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Margaret Leighton, David Tomlinson, Peggy Evans

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The Case Of Mrs Loring - 1958

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Marriage breakdown drama, aka A Question Of Adultery

Quality: 7/10Stars: Julie London, Anthony Steel, Basil Sydney, Donald Houston, Anton Diffring

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Children Galore - 1954

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A new housing project competition decrees that the biggest family will win a new house
Quality: 8.5/10 (region free Euro PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: June Thorburn, Eddie Byrne, Betty Ann Davis, Marjorie Rhodes
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Cloudburst - 1951

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A Canadian World War II veteran working for the British Foreign Office scours England for the killer who murdered his wife
Quality: 8/10 (region free Euro PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Robert Preston, Elizabeth Sellars, Colin Tapley
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Conflict Of Wings - 1954

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Villagers are spurred into action in a Norfolk village when RAF Ground Attack want to take over there sacred land for firing practise

Quality: 8/10

Stars: John Gregson, Muriel Pavlow, Kieron Moore, Harry Fowler

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Count Five and Die - 1957

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Forces combine to convince the Germans that the invasion will take place in The Netherlands and not France

Quality: 7.5/10

Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, AnneMarie Duringer, Nigel Patrick, David Kossoff

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Crest Of The Wave - 1954

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A Navy officer is commissioned to supervise British torpedo experiments following the sudden death of an eminent Scientist

Quality: 7.5/10

Stars: Gene Kelly, John Justin, Bernard Lee, Sidney James

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The Dark Light - 1951

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The crew of a lighthouse rescues people they believe to be survivors of a shipwreck, only to find out that they are a gang of bank robbers on the run from the law

Quality: 7.5/10

Stars: Albert Lieven, David Greene, Katharine Blake, Norman Macowan

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Death Of An Angel - 1952

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A rural Doctor takes on a younger physician as his partner. When the older doctor's wife is found murdered, the man becomes the chief suspect
Quality: 7/10 (region free Euro PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Patrick Barr, Jane Baxter, Julie Somers, Jean Lodge, Raymond Young
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Delayed Action - 1954

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A suicidal man agrees to confess to crimes committed by two criminals before he kills himself
Quality: 9/10 (region free Euro PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: June Thorburn, Robert Ayers, Alan Wheatley, Bruce Seton, Michael Balfour
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Desperate Moment - 1953

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After being made to confess to a murder he didn't commit, Simon van Halder escapes prison and sets out to prove his innocence

Quality: 8/10

Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Mai Zetterling, Philip Friend, Albert Lieven, Simone Silva

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The Devil's Pass - 1957

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Adventure about a sailor and a young stowaway, trying to save his old fishing boat from being suppered for the insurance money, by it's new owner

Quality: 7.5/10

Stars: John Slater, Christopher Warbey, Richard George, Joan Newell

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Diplomatic Passport - 1954

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A diplomat and his wife arrive in London and are drawn into a series of confusing and frightening events

Quality: 7/10

Stars: Marsha Hunt, Paul Carpenter, Honor Blackman

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The Doctor's Dilemma - 1958

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A devoted wife tries to get help for her artist husband, who is dying of tuberculosis

Quality: 9/10

Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Leslie Carron, Alastair Sim, Robert Morley

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Escapement - 1958

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Superb sci-fi drama about electronic dream therapy. This is a must-see

Quality: 8.5/10

Stars: Rod Cameron, Mary Murphy, Meredith Edwards, Peter Illing, Kay Callard

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Fast And Loose - 1954

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Excellent comedy remake about a couple, who aren't a couple, having to share a room at an hotel for the night

Quality: 8.5/10

Stars: Stanley Holloway, Kay Kendall, Brian Reece, Dora Bryan

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Find The Lady - 1956

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A woman returns to the country to see her Godmother only to find she has mysteriously disappeared

Quality: 8.5/10

Stars: Donald Houston, Beverly Brooks, Mervyn Johns, Kay Callard, Anne Heywood

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Finger Of Guilt - 1956 aka The Intimate Stranger

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A married film studio exec's life starts to fall apart when he is stalked by a beautiful woman who he claims he does n't know

Quality: 9/10

Stars: Richard Basehart, Mary Murphy, Roger Livesey, Mervyn Johns

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The Glass Cage - 1955

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While a starving man sideshow draws the crowds at a carnival, a girl is murdered and the Police arrive to investigate
Quality: 9/10 (ad's + bonus)
Stars: John Ireland, Honor Blackman, Geoffrey Keen, Eric Pohlmann
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The Gold Express - 1955

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Honeymooning reporters get involved with a train carrying gold from the Spanish Armada

Quality: 8/10 (logo)

Stars: Vernon Gray, Ann Walford, May Hallatt, Ivy St Helier, Delphi Lawrence

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The Green Buddha - 1955

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Highly entertaining British crime B-movie with a thrilling Rollercoaster ride finale

Quality: 7/10 

Stars: Wayne Morris, Mary Germaine, Marcia Ashton, Walter Rilla, Mary Merrall

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The Green Scarf - 1954

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An extremely rare mysterious and twisty tale

Quality 6/10 (rough quality but scarce)

Stars: Michael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Keiron Moore, Leo Genn

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The Heart Of A Child - 1958

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Set in the last days of WWI, the village's poor, drunkard farmer decides to sell his livestock and faithful dog, Rudi, to the butcher. His son is devastated and sets trying to save his dog

Quality: 8.5/10, logo

Stars: Jean Anderson, Donald Pleasence, Richard Williams, Charles Gray

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The Heart Within - 1957

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A murder suspect on the run must depend on strangers to help clear his name

Quality: 8/10

Stars: James Hayter, Clifford Evans, David Hemmings, Betty Cooper

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Hidden Homicide - 1959

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'Charters new waters of terribleness' one reviewer said. But this, although quite bonkers, is a very entertaining little thriller

Quality: 8.5/10

Stars: Griffith Jones, Patricia Laffan, Bruce Seton

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The Hideout - 1956

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Hilarious review: the guns, gangsters and fast cars do their best but it's hard to disguise a bunch of Englishmen in tweed jackets, driving Ford Prefects'

Quality: 8/10

Stars: Dermot Walsh, Rona Anderson, Sam Kydd, Ronald Howard

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The House In The Square - 1951

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Wonderful time-travelling love story, recommended

Quality: 9/10

Stars: Tyrone Power, Ann Blyth, Michael Rennie, Dennis Price

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The Hour Of 13 - 1952

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A jewel thief tries to trick the Police who suspect that the valuable stone he has stolen relates to the murder of eleven Policemen

Quality: 9/10

Stars: Peter Lawford, Dawn Addams, Roland Culver, Derek Bond, Michael Hordern

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Innocent Meeting - 1959

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A teenager on probation is falsely accused of a robbery and a posh girl helps him out of trouble: 'grow a beard and wear corduroy pants' she says

Quality: 8.5/10

Stars: Sean Lynch, Beth Rogan, Raymond Huntley, Ian Fleming

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It Started In Paradise - 1952

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Portraying the cut-throat world of highs and lows inside the fashion industry
Quality: 8.5/10 (region free Euro PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Jane Hylton, Muriel Pavlow, Terrence Morgan, Ian Hunter, Kay Kendall
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Jack The Ripper - 1959

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An American detective is brought in to try help solve the Whitechapel Murders case, in this good adaptation]

Quality: 7.5/10

Stars: Lee Patterson, Eddie Byrne, Betty McDowall, John Le Mesurier

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Joe MacBeth - 1955

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Lily MacBeth pushes her husband Joe to rub out reigning crime boss so he can take over the manor, in this Shakespearean take

Quality: 8/10

Stars: Paul Douglas, Ruth Roman, Kay Callard, Sid James

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Kill Her Gently - 1957

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Two escaped convicts are picked up on the road by a man who wants to hire them to kill his wife

Quality: 9/10

Stars: Griffith Jones, Maureen Connell, Marc Lawrence, Marianne Brauns

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The Lady Craved Excitement - 1950

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A musichall performer and her boyfriend find themselves involved with some inept crooks

Quality: 6/10

Stars: Hy Hazell, Michael Medwin, Sidney James, Andrew Keir, Thelma Grigg

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Lady In The Fog - 1952

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An American detective is enlisted by a British girl to find her Brother's killer who has been killed on a fog-bound street. Not as accidental as it seems, it seems....
Quality: 7/10 (logo/region free Euro PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Cesar Romero, Lois Maxwell, Bernadette O'Farrell, Geoffrey Keen
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Laughing Anne - 1953

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A fiesty redhead who sings in Parisian nighclubs is given the nickname Laughing Anne
Quality: 6/10 fairly rough quality
Stars: Wendell Corey, Maragret Lockwood, Forrest Tucker

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Life With The Lyons - 1954

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Barking mad comedy about the Lyon family trying to move into a new London home amid total chaos, a crabby landlord and eccentric servants. Quality: 9/10 (region free Euro PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon, Richard Lyon, Barbara Lyon, Hugh Morton
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The Light Touch - 1951

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Two art thieves operate in the Med. One steals a picture from a museum and tells the other it has been lost in a boat accident in an attempt to gain all the proceeds

Quality: 7.5/10

Stars: Stewart Granger, Pier Angeli, George Sanders

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The Little Hut - 1957

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Three people are washed ashore on a desert island after their ship is wrecked

Quality: 8.5/10

Stars: Ava Gardner, Stewart Granger, David Niven

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The Long Haul - 1957

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After leaving the Army in Germany, a trucker takes a long-haul driver job in Britain where he runs into an organised-crime syndicate that controls the trucking industry

Quality: 9/10 (UK/Euro disc)

Stars: Victor Mature, Diana Dors, Patrick Allen, Peter Reynolds

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Mantrap - 1953

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A man escapes custody after being found guilty of murder and goes after the real culprit
Quality: 6.5/10 (region free Euro PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Paul Henreid, Lois Maxwell, Keiron Moore, Hugh Sinclair, Bill Travers
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The Man Without A Body - 1957

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A wealthy businessman who is dying, enlists the help of a scientist who is experimenting with monkey transplants!

Quality: 8.5/10

Stars: Robert Hutton, George Coulouris, Julia Arnall

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Midnight Episode - 1950

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A doorman gets into trouble when he helps himself to some money from a dead man's corpse
Quality: 7.5/10 (region free Euro PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Stanley Holloway, Leslie Dwyer, Reginald Tate, Wilfred Hyde-White, Natasha Parry
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Moment Of Indiscretion - 1958

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A Barrister's wife becomes a murder suspect when she is unable to provide an alibi
Quality: 8/10 (region free Euro PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Ronald Howard, Lana Morris, John Van Eyssen, Denis Shaw
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Morning Call - 1957

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A successful Doctor is kidnapped and held for ransom. The Police use his wife as bait

Quality: 6.5/10, aka The Strange Case Of Dr Manning

Stars: Greta Gynt, Ron Randall, David Lander, Bruce Seton

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Mr Peek a Boo - 1951

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A mild-mannered government official discovers that he has the ability to walk through walls

Quality: 8.5/10 (a little audio noise. English language French/Italian co-prd)

Stars: Bourvil, Joan Greenwood, Gerard Oury, Roger Treville

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My Death Is A Mockery - 1952

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A fisherman cannot make a decent living from his trawler so he decides to turn his hand to smuggling

Quality: 6-7/10, some sync issues

Stars: Donald Houston, Kathleen Byron, Bill Kerr

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Never Look Back - 1952

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A female Lawyer helps a young male friend out who has been kicked out by his current girlfriend. Then a murder takes place

Quality: 6/10

Stars: Rosamund John, High Sinclair, Guy Middleton, Brenda de Banzie

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Night Without Stars - 1951

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A partially sighted man falls for the widow of a deadFrench Resistance leader, but finds out she is involved in smuggling

Quality: 8.5/10

Stars: David Farrar, Nadia Gray, Maurice Teynac

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One Jump Ahead - 1954

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I shall always look back on this as one of my gayest evening. Ruins, a body and Scotland Yard sandwiches. Who could ask for more?' Excellent crime drama

Quality: 7/10

Stars: Paul Carpenter, Diane Hart, Jill Adams

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Passionate Summer - 1958

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British romantic love-triangle set in hot, steamy Jamaica
Quality: 9/10 (region free Euro PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna, Yvonne Mitchell, Guy Middleton, Pearl Prescod
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Prelude To Fame - 1950

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A manipulative woman who, under the guise of mentoring a child prodigy, attempts to control his life for her own glory

Quality: 8.5/10

Stars: Guy Rolfe, Kathleen Byron, Kathleen Ryan

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The Reluctant Widow - 1950

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Classic British period costume-popping romp with traditional storms and howling gales

Quality: 7.5/10

Stars: Jean Kent, Guy Rolfe, Paul Dupuis, Lana Morris, Kathleen Byron

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Room To Let - 1950

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In Victorian London, neighbours begin to suspect that a very strange man calling himself Dr. Fell may indeed be the famous Jack the Ripper

Quality: 8/10

Stars: Jimmy Hanley, Valentine Dyall, Christine Silver, Merle Tottenham, Aubrey Dexter

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Rough Shoot - 1953

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Excellent espionage thriller. A retired US Commander runs into a spy ring in the countryside, when he shoots a poacher on his land

Quality: 8.5/10

Stars: Joel McCrae, Evelyn Keyes, Herbert Lom, Marius Goring, Roland Culver

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RX Murder - 1958 aka Family Doctor

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American doctor Jethro Jones comes into a quiet English seaside resort to investigate the activities of its leading medical doctor, Henry Dysert
Quality: 8.5/10
​Stars: Marius Goring, Rick Jason, Lisa Gastoni, Sandy Scott
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The Safecracker - 1958

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Colley Dawson turns safecracker after meeting an unscrupulous antiques dealer, Carfield. Dawson steals the good and Carfield disposes of them

Quality: 8/10

Stars: Ray Milland, Barry Jones, Jeanette Sterk, Victor Maddern

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Satellite In The Sky - 1956

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There is danger at a rocket testing site and the bomb disposal team have just a few hours to make safe a Tritonium missile

Quality: 7.5/10, colour

Stars: Kieron Moore, Lois Maxwell, Jimmy Hanley, Bryan Forbes

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The Second Mate - 1950

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Smugglers kidnap a troublesome Bargeman's Son and the Second Mate, during a jaunt on the Thames

Quality: 6/10, fairly poor print

Stars: Gordon Harker, Graham Moffatt, David Hannaford, Anne Blake, Sam Kydd

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The Secret - 1955

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A rare crime b-movie about diamond smuggling in Brighton

Quality: 6.5/10

Stars: Sam Wanamaker, Mandy Miller, Andre Morell, Marian Spencer, Richard O'Sullivan

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Secret Venture - 1955

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An American visiting Britain comes into the possession of valuable documents that many other countries appear to be after

Quality: 6/10, poor print

Stars: Kent Taylor, Jane Hylton, Kathleen Byron, Michael Balfour, Michael Ripper

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