The Ladykillers (1955)
(1955) [PG]

Alexander Mackendrick's last Ealing comedy and certainly one of the best for which William Rose received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Alec Guinness stars in one of his most vivid disguises, in this killingly funny black comedy gem. The Villains plot to kill the old lady who...  More

The Man In The White Suit
(1951) [G]

The most satirical of Ealing's comedies, played as a farce and put together with meticulous cinematic counterpoint. Alec Guinness, by now the most ubiquitous of Ealing faces, plays a would-be research chemist who invents a fabric which will never soil or wear out. Before the threatened unions and...  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 Maggie
(1954) [G]

An American businessman in Scotland is conned into shipping a valuable load of cargo to a Scottish island via a coal powered boat.  More