List of the best Charles Crichton movies: The Lavender Hill Mob(1951), Dead of Night(1945), A Fish Called Wanda(1988), The Titfield Thunderbolt(1953), The Divided Heart(1954), Hue and Cry(1946), Against the Wind(1948), The Third Secret(1964), Law and Disorder(1958), For Those in Peril(1944), Another Shore(1949), The Love Lottery(1954) ... ...
7.6/10
Comedy
UK
1951
78 Minutes
Director
Alec Guinness Stanley Holloway Sidney James Alfie Bass Marjorie Fielding John Gregson Edie Martin Clive Morton Ronald Adam Sydney Tafler Meredith Edwards
bank robbers police officer schoolgirl artist inspector petty criminal witty cheeky charming london paris bank robbery scams adventure pursuit underdog 1950s
A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers.
7.6/10
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.
7.5/10
Comedy
UK|USA
1988
107 Minutes
Director
John Cleese Jamie Lee Curtis Kevin Kline Michael Palin Maria Aitken Tom Georgeson Patricia Hayes Geoffrey Palmer
gangster con artist criminal henchman lawyer wife hilarious cheeky england hideout courtroom family home street robbery seduction murder jealousy pursuit transformation 1980s
In London, four very different people team up to commit armed robbery, then try to doublecross each other for the loot.
7.1/10
Comedy
UK
1953
84 Minutes
Director
Stanley Holloway George Relph Naunton Wayne John Gregson Godfrey Tearle Hugh Griffith Gabrielle Brune Sidney James Reginald Beckwith Edie Martin Michael Trubshawe
townsperson wealthy man railway inspector vicar clerk bus driver charming witty hysterical village england railroad tracks museum train station bus station railroad public transportation feud competition runaway train
Volunteers take over their local passenger train service (against bus company resistance) when the government announces its closure.
7.0/10
Drama
UK
1954
89 Minutes
Director
Cornell Borchers Yvonne Mitchell Armin Dahlen Alexander Knox Geoffrey Keen Liam Redmond Eddie Byrne Theodore Bikel Ferdinand Mayne Andre Mikhelson Pamela Stirling
orphan missing person child judge adoptive father adoptive mother melodramatic emotional bleak germany orphanage house courtroom street adoption presumed dead family foster care custody battle world war ii
A story of litigation between a birth mother and an adopted family due to a child lost during a war.
6.8/10
Comedy, Crime, Drama
UK
1946
85 Minutes
Director
Alastair Sim Jack Warner Harry Fowler Valerie White Douglas Barr Joan Dowling Stanley Escane Ian Dawson Gerald Fox David Simpson Frederick Piper
boy group member mastermind comic book artist amusing creative london schemes comic books quest mystery 1940s
A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing ... See full summary »
6.5/10
War, Drama, History
UK
1948
96 Minutes
Director
Robert Beatty Jack Warner Simone Signoret Gordon Jackson Paul Dupuis James Robertson Justice Gisèle Préville John Slater Peter Illing
priest pretty woman secret agent spy engaging suspenseful belgium england dangerous assignment espionage deception nazism betrayal world war ii discovery adventure quest 1940s
British agents engage in hazardous duty behind German lines.
6.5/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1964
103 Minutes
Director
The first secret is what we don't tell people, the second secret is what we don't tell ourselves, and the third secret is the truth. The death of a psychologist is investigated by his teenage daughter and a former patient.
6.4/10
Comedy
UK
1958
76 Minutes
Director
Michael Redgrave Robert Morley Ronald Squire Elizabeth Sellars Joan Hickson Lionel Jeffries Jeremy Burnham
con artist son judge colonel aunt thrilling lighthearted charming england household courtroom secret life crime father/son relationship frame-ups deception adventure discovery pursuit 1950s
A British petty criminal lies to his son about his frequent prison terms by inventing honorable plausible explanations for his absences from home, but things get complicated when his son becomes a judge's assistant.
6.4/10
Adventure
UK
1944
67 Minutes
Director
pilot hero soldier survivor rescue worker enemy fascinating gripping inspiring intense patriotic channel sea war zone boat plane world war ii rescue mission stranded
An RAF officer wishes to fly, but isn't allowed and is posted to the RAF Air Sea Rescue operating in the English Channel.
5.9/10
Comedy, Drama
UK
1949
77 Minutes
Director
Robert Beatty Moira Lister Stanley Holloway Michael Medwin Sheila Manahan Fred O'Donovan Maureen Delaney Dermot Kelly
irishman tycoon socialite wealthy man schemer boxer amusing witty melodramatic engaging winsome emotional dublin schemes irish life post-war life romance wealth car accident escape
A young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti.
5.8/10
Comedy
UK
1954
89 Minutes
Director
David Niven Peggy Cummins Anne Vernon Herbert Lom Charles Victor Gordon Jackson Felix Aylmer Hugh McDermott Stanley Maxted June Clyde John Chandos
movie star actor love interest lover beautiful woman amusing hilarious cheeky lighthearted playful great britain hollywood italy attraction relationships comedy romance fun adventure discovery
An American WWII veteran goes back to England after the war only to discover that his wartime sweetheart has got mixed up with a dangerous spy ring.
5.6/10
Comedy
USA
1959
88 Minutes
Director
Peter Sellers Robert Morley Constance Cummings Jameson Clark Ernest Thesiger Donald Pleasence Moultrie Kelsall Alex Mackenzie Roddy McMillan Michael Goodliffe Noel Howlett
accountant business woman american business owner colleague hilarious lighthearted playful amusing edinburgh factory comedy battle of the sexes male/female relationship failing business sexism modernization rivalry 20th century
A detective is assigned to track down and capture a crazed serial rapist.
Drama
1952
88 Minutes
actor prisoner of war composer estranged wife brooding suspenseful tense engaging intense train england point-of-view flashbacks train travel train crash stories discovery fall love mystery
An English train wreck links four stories: "The Engine Driver," "The Prisoner of War," "The Actor," "The Composer."
Crime, Drama
1965
103 Minutes
Director
Tom Bell Judi Dench Paul Rogers Kay Walsh Ray McAnally Jeremy Spenser Peter Madden Inigo Jackson Annette Andre Edina Ronay Nicolette Pendrell
thief police officer social worker sergeant brooding tense thrilling england city street rehabilitation crime self-destruction unrequited love fall pursuit temptation 1960s
Habitual thief Peter Rayston is released from prison and begins planning his next series of robberies. When he meets Joanne, a social worker who attempts to reform him, Rayston is tempted to give up his life as a criminal and go straight.
Drama
1950
80 Minutes
Director
Donald Houston Natasha Parry Petula Clark Bonar Colleano Jane Hylton Diana Dors Gladys Henson Sydney Tafler Douglas Barr Fred Johnson James Carney
factory worker friend dance hall girl boyfriend manager mother engaging melodramatic gritty raw spirited fascinating london escapism dancing romance working class post-war life big-band music discovery
A woman (Natasha Parry) imperils her marriage when she chooses a man other than her husband (Donald Houston) to be her partner in a dance contest.
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