Genevieve
(1953) [G]

The spectacle of the London to Brighton Commemorative Run provides the background for this delightful comedy in which friendly rivalry (both automotive and married) between two couples develops into a no-holds-barred race! Four charming lead performances, a sharp and amusing script, Larry Adler's...  More

The Titfield Thunderbolt
(1952) [G]

Director Charles Crichton and writer Tibby Clarke teamed up again for the first Ealing comedy to be produced in Technicolor. When an antiquated railway line is threatened with closure, the villagers decide to run it themselves and enter into frenzied competition with the local bus route, with...  More

Whiskey Galore
(1949) [PG]

Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for Jamaica, it sank outside Eriskay, The Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in bad weather, containing 250,000 bottles of whisky. The locals gathered...  More

The Lavender Hill Mob
(1951) [PG]

Sir Alec Guinness received his first Oscar nomination as Best Actor for his delightful performance as Henry Holland, a meek clerk who devises an ingenious plan to rob a fortune in gold bullion from his own bank. But when Henry and his odd accomplice (Stanley Holloway) melt the gold into souvenir...  More

Angels One Five
(1952) [G]

A well-made study of life on an RAF front line fighter station during the Battle of Britain in 1940.  More

The Battle Of The River Plate
(1956) [G]

The Battle of the River Plate is a war film from the incomparable team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Ten days before before the outbreak of WW2, the German battleship Admiral Graf Spee sails with orders to carry out action against Allied merchant shipping in the South Atlantic....  More

The Frightened City
(1961) [PG]

London is being terrorised by gangs who wreck the premises of shops if the owners refuse to pay protection money. An evil accountant wants to combine the gangs of racketeers and form one big crime syndicate. The City of London is under an even bigger threat if this happens......  More