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The Beachcomber 1954 Ewart Gray Donald Sinden is the new Resident in Charge of the Welcome Islands in the Indian Ocean The Islands are full of life, but the only other Europeans are the sanctimonious, psalm singing brother and sister missionary team of Martha Jones Glynis Johns and Reverend Owen Jon

Night Boat to Dublin 1946 A Swedish atomic scientist, Professor Hansen, is kidnapped in Stockholm by Nazi agents and brought to the neutral Republic of Ireland to continue his work The Nazis hope to build an atomic weapon British Intelligence gets wind of this and sends two undercover military intel

Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952) Honest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948) Bill Saunders, disturbed ex-soldier, kills a man in a postwar London pub brawl. Fleeing, he hides out in the apartment of lonely nurse Jane Wharton. Later, despite misgivings about his violent nature, Jane becomes involved with Bill, who resolves to reform. She get

This Happy Breed (1944) Noel Coward's attempt to show how the ordinary people lived between the wars. Just after WWI the Gibbons family moves to a nice house in the suburbs. An ordinary sort of life is led by the family through the years with average number of triumphs and disasters until the outbre

The Derelicts (1956) A year ago, Mr. Sloane lent Ralph the money he needed to develop and market a new invention, in return for 50% of the profits. Now Sloane calls Ralph to ask for his share, but Ralph has spent all of his earnings on his attractive, materialistic wife. When Sloane insists on payme

Poison Pen (1939) A small, sedate British village is shocked when its residents begin receiving hate-filled diatribes, known as "poison pen letters".

Henry V (1944) In the inspired Olivier concept, Shakespeare's play begins as a performance in the Globe Theatre, shifting in broad cinematic terms to an epic narrative of Henry V, who had developed from a dissolute youth to a purposeful monarch. Proving his ability as a soldier and skillful leader,

Waterfront Women (1950) A good-for-nothing sailor walks out on his young family leaving them to fend for themselves in the Liverpool slums. They make a go of their lives and the eldest daughter, now a woman, is ...

Odd Man Out (1947) Johnny McQueen, leader of a clandestine Irish organization, has been hiding in the house of Kathleen and her mother, planning a hold-up that will provide his group with the funds needed to continue its activities. During the hold-up, things go sour: Johnny is wounded, cannot make

Treasure Island (1950) Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a Caribbean island. Unfortunately, a large number of Flint's old pirate crew are aboard the ship, including Long John Silver.

Oliver Twist (1948) Based on the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist is about an orphan boy who runs away from a workhouse and meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. Oliver is taken in by the pickpocket and he joins a household of young boys who are trained to steal for their master. This versi

Set in Cornwall where a young orphan, Mary, is sent to live with Aunt Patience and Uncle Joss who are the landlords of the Jamaica Inn. Mary soon realizes that her uncles inn is the base of a gang of ship wreckers who lure ships to their doom on the rocky coast. The girl starts fearing for her life.