List of the best Val Guest movies: The Day the Earth Caught Fire(1961), Hell Is a City(1960), The Quatermass Xperiment(1955), The Camp on Blood Island(1958), The Runaway Bus(1954), Expresso Bongo(1959), Up the Creek(1958), Stop Me Before I Kill(1961), Where the Spies Are(1966), Give Us the Moon(1944), Killer Force(1975), Bees in Paradise(1944) ... ...
Sci-Fi
UK
1961
99 Minutes
Director
Janet Munro Leo McKern Edward Judd Michael Goodliffe Bernard Braden Reginald Beckwith Gene Anderson Renee Asherson
journalist government official russian general weather forecaster president friend bleak powerful chilling london united states destroyed city office abandoned building nuclear weapons testing apocalypse natural disasters journalism race against time epidemic
When the U.S. and Russia unwittingly test atomic bombs at the same time, it alters the nutation (axis of rotation) of the Earth.
Crime, Drama
UK
1960
98 Minutes
Director
Stanley Baker John Crawford Donald Pleasence Billie Whitelaw
inspector escaped convict murderer detective gang leader criminal gripping thrilling suspenseful tense intense engaging manchester, england jailbreak on the run mission criminals murder investigation money discovery
In Britain, a Manchester police inspector becomes obsessed with capturing a criminal who escapes from prison.
Sci-Fi
UK|Japan
1955
78 Minutes
Director
Brian Donlevy Jack Warner Margia Dean Richard Wordsworth David King-Wood Thora Hird Gordon Jackson Harold Lang Lionel Jeffries Maurice Kaufman Frank Phillips
astronaut mutant monster construction worker scientist shocking thrilling gory raw suspenseful brooding space center space shuttle space laboratory space exploration crash mutation monsters alien life-forms
Professor Bernard Quatermass' manned rocket ship returns to Earth, but two of the astronauts are missing and the survivor seems ill and unable to communicate.
War
UK
1958
81 Minutes
Director
Carl Mohner Andre Morell Edward Underdown Walter Fitzgerald Ronald Radd Michael Gwynn Marne Maitland
prisoner of war prisoners brutal engaging powerful british malaya prison camp world war ii prisoners of war allied forces quest rescue escape 1940s
Deep in Malaya, as World War II is rapidly coming to an end, men, women and children, trapped by the Japanese invasion, are held captive in the Blood Island prison camp. Knowing that ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1954
80 Minutes
Director
Frankie Howerd Margaret Rutherford Petula Clark Belinda Lee George Coulouris Toke Townley Terence Alexander John Horsley
bus driver passenger stewardess pilot thief inspector hilarious suspenseful madcap london airport bus stranded lost fog robbery travel mystery escape 1950s
When heavy fog prevents all aircraft from leaving London airport, a group of passengers take an airline bus to get them to an alternative airport. However, one amongst their number is the ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
UK
1959
111 Minutes
Director
Laurence Harvey Sylvia Syms Cliff Richard Yolande Mallott Meier Tzelniker Ambrosine Philpotts Eric Pohlmann Hermione Baddeley Reginald Beckwith Wilfrid Lawson Martin Miller
promoter talent scout pop star musician teenager melodramatic spirited disheartening london music hall coffee shop music industry rock 'n' roll media circus rags to riches exploitation fame underdog rise temptation
Johnny Jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager Bert Rudge singing in a coffee house. Despite Bert's protestation that he really is only interested in playing bongos, Johnny ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1958
86 Minutes
Director
David Tomlinson Peter Sellers Wilfrid Hyde-White Vera Day Michael Goodliffe Liliane Sottane
During the Cold War, an idiotic R.N. lieutenant, who cannot be fired due to his connections, is transferred from the Admiralty to the far away Mothball Fleet to a rusty destroyer whose crew is running an illegal money-making scheme.
Drama
UK
1961
93 Minutes
Director
After surviving a traumatic car accident, a race car driver travels to the Cote D'Azur to recover but is plagued by an urge to strangle his wife.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Animation
UK
1966
110 Minutes
Director
A local doctor is recruited as a cold war spy to fulfill a very important secret mission in the Middle East, only to experience that his mission is complicated by a sexy female double agent.
Comedy
UK
1944
95 Minutes
Director
Margaret Lockwood Vic Oliver Roland Culver Peter Graves Frank Cellier Eliot Makeham George Relph Max Bacon Alan Keith Jean Simmons Iris Lang
war hero hotel owner pilot outcast russian amusing offbeat playful madcap united kingdom hotel club london secret society work quest transformation underdog 20th century
In Britain after the end of WWII, it is a time of general euphoria at having won the war, with full employment and general happiness for all (or nearly all). Peter, the young wastrel son of... See full summary »
Action
Ireland|Switzerland|USA
1975
102 Minutes
Director
Telly Savalas Peter Fonda Hugh O'Brian O.J. Simpson Maud Adams Christopher Lee Ian Yule Michael Mayer Victor Melleney Richard Loring Stuart Brown
security guard criminal jewel thief mercenary enforcer businessman engaging tense thrilling mine warehouse car deception diamond heist undercover operations teamwork dangerous mission misunderstanding quest escape
A five-man team of professionals undertake a daring robbery at a diamond mine.
Musical, Comedy
UK
1944
75 Minutes
Director
Arthur Askey Anne Shelton Peter Graves Ronald Shiner Jean Kent Max Bacon Antoinette Cellier Joy Shelton Beatrice Varley
During World War II, a plane crashes on an island full of dominating women.
Sci-Fi
UK
1970
96 Minutes
Director
Angela Dorian Robin Hawdon Patrick Allen Drewe Henley Sean Caffrey Magda Konopka Imogen Hassall Patrick Holt Jan Rossini Carol Hawkins Maria O'Brien
caveman beautiful woman tribesman fisherman jealous woman campy wild outlandish beach earth dinosaurs survival ritual sacrifice love triangle monsters adventure escape stone age
Sanna escapes being sacrificed and meets Tara. Together, they live in a seaside tribe that worships the Sun God and survive the dangers of the creatures from the Mesozoic era.
Comedy
UK|USA
1967
131 Minutes
Director
Robert Parrish Peter Sellers Ken Hughes Ursula Andress David Niven Orson Welles Joanna Pettet Woody Allen Deborah Kerr
james bond secret agent spy femme fatale villain madcap playful england scotland casino espionage assassination deception showdown adventure quest pursuit 1960s
In an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH.
Musical
1945
104 Minutes
Director
Margaret Lockwood Vic Oliver Michael Rennie Peter Graves Moore Marriott Frederick Burtwell Garry Marsh George Merritt Muriel George
Sci-Fi
1957
84 Minutes
Director
Brian Donlevy Michael Ripper Sidney James Bryan Forbes John Longden Vera Day William Franklyn
professor soldier government official government agent colleague suspenseful campy creepy playful england moon government building alien invasion saving the world science conspiracy cover-up investigation underdog quest
British Dr. Quatermass (Brian Donlevy) finds a colony of pressure domes built by aliens who are taking over officials.
Drama
1963
113 Minutes
Director
doctor wife colleague lover dark emotional suspenseful england house hospital affair disease medicine marriage forbidden love discovery quest 1960s
An English doctor (Richard Johnson) and his nurse wife (Claire Bloom) seek a smallpox carrier in the health resort of Bath.
Adventure
1954
77 Minutes
Director
Don Taylor Reginald Beckwith Eileen Moore David King-Wood Douglas Wilmer Harold Lang Ballard Berkeley Patrick Holt
robin hood little john friar tuck nobleman prince king richard i rousing engaging england castle sherwood forest village tower river outlaws english history ambush murder knights secret mission
Robin Hood (Don Taylor), Friar Tuck (Reginald Beckwith) and the Merry Men try to rescue King Richard.
Mystery & Thriller
1961
107 Minutes
Director
Jack Warner Ronald Lewis Yolande Mallott Michael Goodliffe John Le Mesurier Moira Redmond Christine Bocca Brian Oulton Ray Barrett Norman Chappell John Barron
murderer victim detective investigator creative dark engaging gripping intricate uneasy united kingdom murder murder case murder investigation mystery mystery 20th century
Two detectives (Jack Warner, Ronald Lewis) try to solve a woman's brutal murder by reconstructing her past.
Comedy
1951
80 Minutes
Director
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Yolande Mallott Howard Marion-Crawford
American newlyweds (Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Yolande Donlan) move to a farm in England and buy a duck which happens to lay radioactive eggs.
Horror
1957
85 Minutes
Director
Forrest Tucker Peter Cushing Maureen Connell Richard Wattis Robert Brown Michael Brill Arnold Marie Anthony Chin Wolfe Morris
scientist adventurer guide marksman wife beast chilling suspenseful uneasy spectacular himalayas mountain wilderness legends hunting yeti exploitation adventure quest 1950s
An adventurer (Forrest Tucker) and a botanist (Peter Cushing) lead a Tibetan search for the legendary big-footed Yetis.
Comedy, Drama
1956
81 Minutes
Director
cabinet minister ship captain admiral statesman old friend naval officer amusing madcap cheeky hilarious witty playful sea drunkenness switched identities humor mishaps hijinks life at sea discovery
British buddies (David Tomlinson, Brian Reece) top a drinking binge by trading places, making one captain of a navy ship.