List of the best John Paddy Carstairs movies: The Square Peg(1958), Sleeping Car to Trieste(1948), One Good Turn(1955), Spare a Copper(1940), Just My Luck(1957), A Weekend With Lulu(1961), Talk of a Million(1951), Tommy the Toreador(1960), Trouble in Store(1953), Tony Draws a Horse(1951), The Saint in London(1939) ... ...
Comedy
UK
1958
89 Minutes
Director
Norman Wisdom Honor Blackman Edward Chapman Campbell Singer Hattie Jacques Brian Worth Terence Alexander John Warwick Arnold Bell André Maranne Victor Beaumont
road worker colonel sergeant private british soldier resistance leader amusing witty madcap engaging lighthearted hilarious england military draft world war ii humor retribution hijinks escape rescue
A British road repairman gets into a feud with the Army, gets drafted and is mistakenly parachuted into Nazi occupied France where his physical resemblance to the local German commandant triggers a hilarious chain reaction.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1948
95 Minutes
Director
Jean Kent Albert Lieven Derrick de Marney Paul Dupuis Rona Anderson David Tomlinson Bonar Colleano Finlay Currie Gregoire Aslan Alan Wheatley
spy accomplice man criminal traveler train passenger suspenseful thrilling intense gory train embassy paris train station trieste, italy wagon train espionage diary theft double-cross
Spies pursue a stolen diary aboard the Orient Express.
Comedy
UK
1955
74 Minutes
Director
Joan Rice Norman Wisdom Shirley Abicair Thora Hird William Russell Richard Caldicot Marjorie Fender Keith Gilman Joan Ingram Harold Kasket Fred Kitchen Jr.
handyman stranger orphan witty amusing lighthearted heartwarming orphanage united kingdom orphanage closure growing up charity happy endings comedy love 1950s
Norman is the oldest orphan at Greenwood Children's Home and now acts as their caretaker. All the orphans are very happy and well cared for. The adventures start when a nasty property ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1940
77 Minutes
Director
saboteur police officer amusing charming cheeky madcap liverpool, england police station docks world war ii sabotage mistaken identity quest pursuit transformation 20th century
A brave wartime copper (policeman) becomes a hero when he thwarts a plot to destroy a battleship. But then the rest of the police get the idea that he is one of the enemy agents.
Comedy
UK
1957
86 Minutes
Director
Norman Wisdom Margaret Rutherford Jill Dixon Leslie Phillips Delphi Lawrence Joan Sims Edward Chapman Peter Copley Vic Wise Marjorie Rhodes
assistant love interest bookie secretary partner jockey amusing madcap london jewelry shop racetrack café betting horse racing jewelry engagement money love rise 1950s
Norman Hackett (Norman Wisdom) works in a jewellers workshop and fantasises (in the nicest way) about meeting the window dresser across the road from his workshop. He wants to buy her a ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1961
91 Minutes
Director
Bob Monkhouse Leslie Phillips Shirley Eaton Irene Handl Sidney James Kenneth Connor Sydney Tafler Russ Conway Eugene Deckers Graham Stark Harold Berens
couple young man young woman mother chaperone amusing quirky playful cheeky engaging caravan france england romance comedy mishaps vacation adventure 1960s
Fred, Tim and Deirdre plan a fun weekend break on the coast. What they didn't make allowances for was the company of Deirdre's mother who insists on coming along as her daughter's chaperone.
Comedy
UK
1951
78 Minutes
Director
Comedy, Drama
UK
1960
90 Minutes
Director
Tommy is a happy sailor, travelling the world, singing his favourite songs. When he visits Spain, he gets mistaken for a famous bullfighter. Tommy finishes up in the bull-ring facing a VERY... See full summary »
Comedy
1953
85 Minutes
Director
Norman Wisdom Margaret Rutherford Moira Lister Megs Jenkins Jerry Desmonde Lana Morris Eddie Leslie Michael Brennan Michael Ward Joan Ingram
stock boy thief store owner shopgirl supervisor playful amusing winsome department store london unlikely hero workplace romance aspirations class distinctions shoplifting underdog love 1950s
Comedy
1951
90 Minutes
Director
A British doctor (Cecil Parker) and his analyst wife (Anne Crawford) argue over their son's drawing of an anatomically correct horse.
Mystery & Thriller
1939
72 Minutes
Director
George Sanders Sally Gray David Burns Gordon McLeod Henry Oscar Ralph Truman Carl Jaffe Ben Williams John Abbott
private detective scotland yard agent gambler pickpocket socialite counterfeiter thrilling tense intricate london party house hotel room counterfeit money investigation murder espionage kidnapping false accusations pursuit
British sleuth Simon Templar (George Sanders) and his sidekicks (Sally Gray, David Burns) catch counterfeiters for Scotland Yard.