List of the best Sydney Tafler movies: Wide Boy(1952), Assassin for Hire(1951), The Birthday Party(1968), The Counterfeit Plan(1957), Bottoms Up(1960), Light Up the Sky(1960), Reach for the Sky(1957), A Weekend With Lulu(1961), Carve Her Name With Pride(1958), The 7th Dawn(1964), Dance Hall(1950), It Always Rains on Sunday(1947) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
1951
59 Minutes
Antonio Riccardi
Drama
UK
1968
123 Minutes
Nat Goldberg
Robert Shaw Patrick Magee Sydney Tafler Dandy Nichols Moultrie Kelsall Helen Fraser
mobster british man neighbor woman suspenseful raw quirky thrilling melodramatic seaside house mysterious strangers danger birthdays lie medical care pursuit quest adventure discovery
The down-at-heel lodger in a seaside boarding house is menaced by two mysterious strangers, who eventually take him away.
Crime, Drama
UK
1957
87 Minutes
Harry Flint
Zachary Scott Peggie Castle Mervyn Johns Sydney Tafler Lee Patterson David Lodge Mark Bellamy Chili Bouchier Robert Arden Eric Pohlmann Aubrey Dexter
forger murderer counterfeiter tense suspenseful mansion blackmail crime counterfeit money wretched excess 1950s
A reformed forger runs into an acquaintance from his past, now an escaped murderer, who blackmails him into resuming his criminal career.
Comedy
1960
89 Minutes
Sid Biggs
Jimmy Edwards Arthur Howard Martita Hunt Sydney Tafler Raymond Huntley Reginald Beckwith Donald Hewlett Richard Briers Neil Wilson Gordon Phillott
student bookmaker principal airy amusing creative charming hilarious school office financial troubles lie rebellion wealth adventure escape quest rise fall 1960s
Wild students rebel against a cane-wielding headmaster (Jimmy Edwards) and his assistant (Arthur Howard) at a British school for boys.
Comedy, Drama
1960
90 Minutes
Ted Green
Ian Carmichael Tommy Steele Benny Hill Sydney Tafler Victor Maddern Harry Locke Johnny Briggs Cyril Smith
soldier amusing cheeky cheery patriotic playful witty england world war ii military life adventure underdog rise 1940s
Bunglers (Ian Carmichael, Tommy Steele, Benny Hill) man a British searchlight battery during World War II.
War, Biography
UK
1957
123 Minutes
Robert Desoutter
Kenneth More Muriel Pavlow Lyndon Brook Alexander Knox Sydney Tafler Nigel Green Dorothy Alison
fighter pilot squadron leader thrilling suspenseful spectacular spirited patriotic inspiring frenetic plane united kingdom office world war ii biography flying career battle of britain underdog rise rivalry
Biopic of RAF Group Captain Douglas Bader who, after having lost both legs, flew a British fighter plane during WW2.
Comedy
UK
1961
91 Minutes
Station Master
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.
Drama, Biography, History
UK
1958
116 Minutes
Potter
Virginia McKenna Paul Scofield Jack Warner Denise Grey Alain Saury Maurice Ronet Anne Leon Sydney Tafler
spy woman man soldier husband daughter confident emotional engaging patriotic france england germany train concentration camp espionage war love death pursuit
During World War II, a recently widowed young woman is recruited to work as a spy in France.
Action
UK|USA
1964
123 Minutes
Tom
William Holden Susannah York Capucine Tetsuro Tamba Michael Goodliffe Allan Cuthbertson Maurice Denham Sydney Tafler Beulah Quo Hugh Robinson David Keith
businessman girlfriend revolutionary daughter tense gritty thrilling fiery british malaya jungle guerrilla warfare political coup unusual friendship death row hostage situation world war ii pursuit rescue 1950s
Political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of the Second World War.
Drama
1950
80 Minutes
Jim Fairfax
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.
Crime, Drama
UK
1947
92 Minutes
Morry Hyams
Googie Withers John McCallum Jack Warner Edward Chapman Jimmy Hanley John Carol John Slater Susan Shaw Sydney Tafler Alfie Bass Betty Ann Davies
criminal escaped convict woman neighbor police officer old flame dark melodramatic engaging london prison bomb shelter backyard crime hiding relationships family prison break friendship escape
An escaped convict tries to hide out at his former lover's house, but she has since married and is reluctant to help him.
Fantasy
UK
1956
91 Minutes
Madam Rita
Celia Johnson Diana Dors David Kossoff Joe Robinson Jonathan Ashmore Brenda De Banzie Vera Day Primo Carnera Sydney Tafler Sidney James Daphne Anderson
son mother tailor goat charming touching spirited london childhood mother/child relationship poverty wishes animals growing up discovery underdog 1950s
In a lower-class London community of small shops, open-air vendors and flea-marketers, Joe, a small boy, lives with his mother, Joanne, who works in and rooms above the Kandinsky tailor ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1951
78 Minutes
Clayton
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.
Comedy
1961
90 Minutes
Alfredo
Ernie Kovacs Cyd Charisse George Sanders Kay Hammond Dennis Price John Le Mesurier Finlay Currie Reginald Beckwith Avice Landone Sydney Tafler Martin Benson
con artist baroness widow amusing cheeky rome italy mental institution deception death romance stocks bad behavior love pursuit 1960s
A professional mourner (Ernie Kovacs) bilks bereaved widows to bail out a broke baroness (Cyd Charisse).
Comedy
UK
1949
85 Minutes
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, Drama
UK
1966
114 Minutes
Michael Caine Shelley Winters Millicent Martin Julia Foster Jane Asher Shirley Anne Field Vivien Merchant Eleanor Bron Denholm Elliott Alfie Bass Graham Stark
ladies' man girlfriend friend quirky witty london car sex infidelity pregnancy illness romance growing up transformation 1950s
An unrepentant ladies' man gradually begins to understand the consequences of his lifestyle.
Comedy
UK
1960
101 Minutes
Terry-Thomas Athene Seyler Hattie Jacques Billie Whitelaw Elspeth Duxbury Irene Handl Jack Hedley Kenneth Williams Caroline Leigh Denis Shaw Michael Peake
landlady major maid boarder police officer witty quirky winsome cheeky boarding house england theft unlikely criminal friendship moral dilemma thrill seeking adventure underdog 1960s
A weird mix of social misfits and neighbors becomes a gang of thieves stealing mink coats in order to fund local charities.
War
UK|USA
1955
97 Minutes
Jose Ferrer Trevor Howard Anthony Newley Victor Maddern David Lodge Peter Arne Percy Herbert Graham Stewart John Fabian John Van Eyssen Robert Desmond
british officer british soldier submarine officer major captain nazi tense suspenseful witty patriotic england bordeaux, france submarine river shipyard coast world war ii secret mission suicide mission kayaking
During World War II, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.
Adventure
USA
1970
191 Minutes
Bekim Fehmiu Charles Aznavour Alan Badel Candice Bergen Thommy Berggren Delia Boccardo Ernest Borgnine Rossano Brazzi Olivia de Havilland Anna Moffo Leigh Taylor-Young
The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was really murdered on orders of the corrupt president of the country--a man who was his ... See full summary »