List of the best Basil Radford movies: Whisky Galore!(1949), The Galloping Major(1951), Unpublished Story(1942), Night Train to Munich(1940), The Winslow Boy(1948), Passport to Pimlico(1949), Convict 99(1938), There Goes the Bride(1932), The Way to the Stars(1945), Young and Innocent(1937), When Thief Meets Thief(1937), The Lady Vanishes(1938) ... ...
Comedy, War
UK
1949
82 Minutes
Basil Radford Joan Greenwood Gordon Jackson Catherine Lacey Bruce Seton Wylie Watson Gabrielle Blunt Jean Cadell Morland Graham John Gregson James Woodburn
shopkeeper daughter sailor military officer villager captain airy amusing cheeky scotland island ship small town countryside world war ii military rebellion liquor pursuit discovery
Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship.
Comedy
UK
1951
82 Minutes
Major Arthur Hill
horse horse owner bookmaker major daughter waitress amusing madcap quirky england small town stable horse track horse racing mistaken identity disappearance misunderstanding underdog rise 1950s
A syndicate is set up by a horse lover to buy a particular racehorse, but they accidentally buy the wrong horse. The horse is useless on the flat, so they decide to enter him as a jumper.
War
UK
1942
91 Minutes
Richard Greene Valerie Hobson Basil Radford Roland Culver Brefni O'Rorke Miles Malleson Andre Morell Frederick Cooper Renee Gadd Henry Jorell
A journalist investigates a network of German fifth columnists operating in the midst of the Blitz.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1940
93 Minutes
Charters
Margaret Lockwood Rex Harrison Paul Henreid Basil Radford Naunton Wayne James Harcourt Felix Aylmer F. Wyndham Goldie Roland Culver Eliot Makeham Raymond Huntley
scientist daughter undercover agent czech nazi thrilling cheeky gutsy train concentration camp naval base germany prague england world war ii espionage scientific experiments nazism technology journey
After Germany invades Czechoslovakia, the German and the British intelligence services try to capture Czech scientist Dr. Axel Bomasch (James Harcourt), inventor of a new type of armor-plating.
Drama
1948
117 Minutes
Desmond Curry
Robert Donat Cedric Hardwicke Margaret Leighton Basil Radford Kathleen Harrison Francis L. Sullivan Marie Lohr Jack Watling Frank Lawton Neil North Walter Fitzgerald
father son sister mother lawyer emotional spirited england courtroom school court battles lawsuit family justice school quest sacrifice 1900s
The plight of a young boy unjustly accused of stealing touches off a massive lawsuit for defamation of character.
Comedy
UK
1949
85 Minutes
Gregg
Stanley Holloway Hermione Baddeley Margaret Rutherford Paul Dupuis Basil Radford Naunton Wayne Jane Hylton Raymond Huntley Betty Warren Barbara Murray John Slater
police officer shopkeeper duke of burgundy daughter king edward iv amusing cheeky lighthearted london pimlico, england duchy of burgundy shop police station bar freedom controversy diplomacy royalty discovery rivalry
Residents of a part of London declare independence when they discover an old treaty. This leads to the need for a "Passport to Pimlico".
Comedy
1938
91 Minutes
Deputy Governor
Will Hay Moore Marriott Graham Moffatt Googie Withers Peter Gawthorne Basil Radford Dennis Wyndham Wilfred Walter Alf Goddard Garry Marsh Basil McGrail
headmaster prisoner prison official airy amusing charming cheeky engaging lighthearted madcap prison school mistaken identity comedy adventure underdog 1930s
A British schoolteacher (Will Hay) becomes a prison warden and lets inmates run the place like a business.
Musical, Romance, Comedy
UK
1932
75 Minutes
Rudolph
Jessie Matthews Owen Nares Carol Goodner Jerry Verno Charles Carson Barbara Everest Basil Radford Winifred Oughton
A businessman's daughter runs away from an arranged marriage, only to find herself penniless and suspected of theft after she becomes the victim of a bag thief in the train. When she ... See full summary »
War
1945
109 Minutes
Tiny Williams
John Mills Michael Redgrave Rosamund John Douglass Montgomery Renee Asherson Stanley Holloway Basil Radford Felix Aylmer
pilot wife friend american officer airman confident emotional solemn england air force base village hotel household airplane hangar world war ii air force home front death family
Mystery & Thriller
1937
80 Minutes
Erica's Uncle Basil
Derrick de Marney Nova Pilbeam Percy Marmont Edward Rigby Mary Clare John Longden George Curzon Basil Radford Pamela Carme George Merritt J.H. Roberts
actress police chief man suspect aunt murderer tense crafty thrilling england police station on the run hotel mystery mistaken identity framed for murder escape discovery quest 1930s
A Cornish constable's (Percy Marmont) teenage daughter (Nova Pilbeam) helps a man (Derrick de Marney) accused of strangling an actress.
Drama
UK
1937
85 Minutes
Defending Counsel
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Valerie Hobson Alan Hale Jack Melford Anthony Ireland Barbara Everest Edward Rigby Esme Percy Basil Radford Leo Genn Ian Fleming
A London cat burglar (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) falls for the girlfriend (Valerie Hobson) of a stockbroker (Alan Hale) who used to be his partner.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1938
97 Minutes
Charters
Margaret Lockwood Michael Redgrave Dame May Whitty Paul Lukas Googie Withers Cecil Parker Linden Travers Catherine Lacey Naunton Wayne Basil Radford Mary Clare
musicologist governess doctor spy suspenseful charming witty thrilling central europe train london hotel kidnapping espionage disappearance conspiracy mystery rescue adventure love
While travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.
Drama
UK
1946
108 Minutes
Michael Redgrave Rachel Kempson Jack Warner Frederick Leister Mervyn Johns Rachel Thomas Gladys Henson Gordon Jackson Elliott Mason Robert Wyndham Basil Radford
soldier prisoner of war czech wife impostor nazi gripping touching dark prison camp germany great britain assumed identity world war ii prisoners of war deception on the run marriage escape love
In 1940, a concentration-camp escapee assumes the identity of a dead British officer, only to become a prisoner of war.
Romance
UK
1938
79 Minutes
Jessie Matthews Michael Redgrave Noel Madison Alastair Sim Margaret Vyner Mary Clare Francis L. Sullivan Enid Stamp-Taylor Torin Thatcher Tucker McGuire Basil Radford
model millionaire young man beautiful girl amusing airy witty tender england united kingdom secret identity love love interest wealth poverty comedy love metamorphosis pursuit 20th century
Wealthy young man Nicky (Sir Michael Redgrave) pretends to be poor to be close to model Diana (Jesse Matthews) though he's nearly engaged to aristocrat Lady Constance (Margaret Vyner).
Drama
UK
1948
120 Minutes
Harold French Ralph Smart Dirk Bogarde Francoise Rosay Mervyn Johns Ian Fleming James Robertson Justice Mai Zetterling Bernard Lee Cecil Parker
tennis player father pianist colonel mistress poet amusing lighthearted charming england paris monte carlo, monaco hobby tennis poetry piano sacrifice transformation adventure 1940s
Four of W. Somerset Maugham's short stories are brought to the screen with each introduced by the author. In the first story, "The Facts of Life", a young man with great potential on the ... See full summary »
Horror
UK
1945
104 Minutes
Charles Crichton Mervyn Johns Basil Dearden Michael Redgrave Roland Culver Mary Merrall Frederick Valk Renee Gadd Antony Baird Judy Kelly
architect host psychiatrist race car driver golfer ventriloquist creepy eerie frightening england farm household accident psychoanalysis superhuman abilities dreams ghosts paranoia discovery mystery
Architect Walter Craig (Mervyn Johns) senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality. The guests at the country house encourage him to stay as they take turns telling supernatural tales.