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51. No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948)
Approved | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
John Blandish is worth $100 million. His heiress daughter is soon to be wed to Foster Harvey, who believes she's a cold, unfeeling woman, despite loving her. Her cold emotional state is in ... See full summary »
Director: St. John Legh Clowes | Stars: Jack La Rue, Hugh McDermott, Linden Travers, Walter Crisham
Votes: 761
52. Glory at Sea (1952)
100 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In 1940, the Captain of an old Royal Navy destroyer struggles with his crew, as well as the Nazis.
Director: Compton Bennett | Stars: Trevor Howard, Richard Attenborough, Sonny Tufts, James Donald
Votes: 757
53. Pickup Alley (1957)
Approved | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
International narcotics smuggler Frank McNally is trailed through various European countries by U.S. drug enforcement agent Charles Sturgis.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Victor Mature, Anita Ekberg, Trevor Howard, Bonar Colleano
Votes: 641
54. Wicked as They Come (1956)
94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A poor but beautiful woman sets her sights on rising to the top, and lets nothing stand in her way - including murder.
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Arlene Dahl, Philip Carey, Herbert Marshall, Michael Goodliffe
Votes: 606
55. Hancock's Half Hour (1956–1960)
30 min | Comedy
TV version of the popular BBC radio show of the same name, with Tony Hancock as the modern man of the world (in his own eyes). Sid James is there to bring him back to earth.
Stars: Tony Hancock, Sidney James, Johnny Vyvyan, Alec Bregonzi
Votes: 591
56. The Assassin (1952)
Approved | 90 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Travelling to Venice to locate an ex-partisan on behalf of a French insurance company, a British private detective gets mixed-up in a political assassination conspiracy.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Richard Todd, Eva Bartok, John Gregson, George Coulouris
Votes: 553
57. The Yellow Balloon (1953)
76 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In post-war London, a small boy who blames himself for the accidental death of a friend, falls under the bad influence of a street criminal.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Andrew Ray, Kathleen Ryan, Kenneth More, Bernard Lee
Votes: 533
58. Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy
When a young man marries the bosses daughter, the young couple must now do the company entertaining. But it isn't easy getting good help, as they go through a procession of strange and stranger servants.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Michael Craig, Anne Heywood, Mylène Demongeot, James Robertson Justice
Votes: 522
59. The Slasher (1953)
Approved | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The life of a juvenile delinquent is threatened by his own incessant desire for trouble.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: James Kenney, Joan Collins, Betty Ann Davies, Robert Ayres
Votes: 509
60. Bad Blonde (1953)
Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A scheming blonde seduces a fighter and convinces him to murder her husband, a fight manager.
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Barbara Payton, Frederick Valk, John Slater, Sidney James
Votes: 448
61. The Shiralee (1957)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
After Jim Macauley finds his wife with another man, he takes their young daughter and they hit the road. With a young child as his responsibility, he finds he can't be quite the fancy-free wanderer that he had been.
Director: Leslie Norman | Stars: Peter Finch, Dana Wilson, Elizabeth Sellars, George Rose
Votes: 415
62. Bikini Baby (1951)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy
An unsophisticated and impressionable young girl finds herself in trouble after winning a beauty pageant.
Director: Frank Launder | Stars: Dennis Price, John McCallum, Stanley Holloway, Pauline Stroud
Votes: 409
63. Double Bunk (1961)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy
When newlyweds Jack and Peggy face eviction, they are tricked into buying a rundown houseboat. After rebuilding the engine, they take their friends Sid and Sandra on a trip down the river ... See full summary »
Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Janette Scott, Sidney James, Liz Fraser
Votes: 399
64. Give Us This Day (1949)
Passed | 120 min | Drama
One of the few (if any at the time this film was made) films shot in England with New York City's 'Little Italy" as the locale. This was Edward Dmytryk's first film after he had refused to ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Sam Wanamaker, Lea Padovani, Kathleen Ryan, Bonar Colleano
Votes: 391
65. The Deep Blue Sea (1955)
Unrated | 100 min | Drama, Romance
A woman unhappy in her passionless marriage leaves her husband for a younger and more ardent lover.
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Vivien Leigh, Kenneth More, Eric Portman, Emlyn Williams
Votes: 387
66. Roommates (1961)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
In order to cut costs and conduct practice sessions, a group of students studying at an elite music school decide to stay together. Soon, one of them finds himself in trouble.
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips, Paul Massie, Kenneth Williams
Votes: 381
67. The Man Inside (1958)
Approved | 90 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
An English bookkeeper (Nigel Patrick) who works for a jeweler steals a priceless jewel, and kills a man in the process. He flees to the continent, where he embarks on the life of his dreams... See full summary »
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Jack Palance, Anita Ekberg, Nigel Patrick, Anthony Newley
Votes: 337
68. Watch Your Stern (1960)
90 min | Comedy
When the details of a secret torpedo are destroyed by an incompetent seaman, the crew of the ship rally round, when the Admiral needs the plans to show to a visiting scientist.
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Kenneth Connor, Eric Barker, Leslie Phillips, Joan Sims
Votes: 337
69. The Glass Tomb (1955)
Not Rated | 59 min | Mystery
Crowds flock to a carnival sideshow to see "The Starving Man", a heavyset man who claims he can go 70 days without eating. However, a couple of murders occur at the carnival, resulting in the police becoming involved.
Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: John Ireland, Honor Blackman, Geoffrey Keen, Eric Pohlmann
Votes: 334
70. Carry on Christmas (1969 TV Movie)
49 min | Comedy, Family
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge (Sid James) makes the life of his clerk, Bob Cratchit (Bernard Bresslaw) a misery. A visit from the spirit of Christmas Past (Charles Hawtrey) warns him that he will ... See full summary »
Director: Ronnie Baxter | Stars: Sidney James, Terry Scott, Charles Hawtrey, Hattie Jacques
Votes: 333
71. Miss Robin Hood (1952)
Approved | 76 min | Comedy, Crime
Henry Wrigley (Richard Hearne) is happy writing stories for a children's' comic. Then he meets Miss Honey (Dame Margaret Rutherford), who encourages him to go into minor crime.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Margaret Rutherford, Richard Hearne, Edward Lexy, Fanny Rowe
Votes: 327
72. This Is Your Life (1955–2003)
30 min | Documentary, Biography
The UK version of the popular US show. Eamonn Andrews (later Michael Aspel) surprises celebrities by presenting them with the Big Red Book before taking them into the studio to tell viewers... See full summary »
Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Michael Aspel, Elizabeth Dawn, June Whitfield
Votes: 323
73. Young and Willing (1954)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama
Frank "women in prison" story that sympathetically tracks several inmates through their imprisonment and subsequent return to society. Some are successfully rehabilitated; some are not.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Glynis Johns, Diana Dors, John Gregson, Olive Sloane
Votes: 311
74. The Square Ring (1953)
83 min | Drama, Sport
Boxing drama following the lives of five different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Jack Warner, Robert Beatty, Bill Owen, Maxwell Reed
Votes: 309
75. Crest of the Wave (1954)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, War
A Navy lieutenant is borrowed by the British to supervise torpedo experiments after one of their scientists is killed.
Directors: John Boulting, Roy Boulting | Stars: Gene Kelly, John Justin, Bernard Lee, Jeff Richards
Votes: 306
76. Time, Gentlemen, Please! (1952)
Approved | 79 min | Comedy
Because of its high productivity and "almost" 100 per cent employment, the village of Little Hayhoe, England is expecting a visit from the Prime Minister. The "almost" is because of Dan ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Eddie Byrne, Jane Barrett, Robert Brown, Raymond Lovell
Votes: 301
77. I Believe in You (1952)
Approved | 95 min | Drama
When a retired colonial serviceman takes a job as a probation officer he finds it a challenge. He and his colleague attempt to reform a hardened criminal and a juvenile delinquent from the London slums.
Directors: Basil Dearden, Michael Relph | Stars: Cecil Parker, Celia Johnson, Harry Fowler, Joan Collins
Votes: 292
78. The Man in Black (1950)
80 min | Thriller
A yogi seemingly dies while simulating death and his evil second wife, and her daughter, try to force his daughter into insanity for control of his estate.
Director: Francis Searle | Stars: Betty Ann Davies, Sheila Burrell, Sidney James, Anthony Forwood
Votes: 289
79. John and Julie (1955)
82 min | Family, Comedy
A charming, heartwarming story about two children who run away to London because they are determined to visit the Queen.
Director: William Fairchild | Stars: Colin Gibson, Lesley Dudley, Noelle Middleton, Moira Lister
Votes: 287
80. What a Whopper (1961)
90 min | Comedy
A writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. No publisher will take it because they all think there isn't really a monster. The writer and some of his... See full summary »
Director: Gilbert Gunn | Stars: Adam Faith, Sidney James, Carole Lesley, Terence Longdon
Votes: 285
81. A Weekend with Lulu (1961)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy
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.
Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: Bob Monkhouse, Leslie Phillips, Alfred Marks, Shirley Eaton
Votes: 282
82. Aunt Clara (1954)
84 min | Comedy, Family
A wealthy old man dies and leaves his holdings--including a brothel, a gambling den, racing greyhounds, and a sleazy bar--to his eccentric niece Clara Hilton (Dame Margaret Rutherford). ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Kimmins | Stars: Ronald Shiner, Margaret Rutherford, A.E. Matthews, Fay Compton
Votes: 281
83. Joe MacBeth (1955)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Shakespeare (more-or-less) in modern gangster setting. Lily MacBeth pushes her husband Joe to rub out the reigning crime boss and become the new "kingpin" himself. Success is short- lived, ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Paul Douglas, Ruth Roman, Bonar Colleano, Grégoire Aslan
Votes: 275
84. Orders Are Orders (1954)
78 min | Comedy
An American movie company wants to shoot a science-fiction film using a British army barracks as a location, and its soldiers as actors.
Director: David Paltenghi | Stars: Brian Reece, Margot Grahame, Raymond Huntley, Sidney James
Votes: 275
85. Maniacs on Wheels (1949)
Not Rated | 76 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Factory worker Bill Fox (Sir Dirk Bogarde) is fired from a reliable job and becomes a successful motorbike racer, until his wife threatens to leave him unless he comes to his senses.
Director: Jack Lee | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Bonar Colleano, Bill Owen, Renée Asherson
Votes: 271
86. Carry on Christmas (1973 TV Movie)
49 min | Comedy
In this fourth and final annual Christmas TV special, Sid is working as saucy Santa in a department store grotto. He reflects on how Christmas has been celebrated though the ages, aided by ... See full summary »
Director: Ronald Fouracre | Stars: Sidney James, Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Connor
Votes: 266
87. The Galloping Major (1951)
80 min | Comedy
A syndicate is set up by a horse lover to buy a particular racehorse, but they accidentally buy the wrong horse. The horse is useless on the flat, so they decide to enter him as a jumper.
Director: Henry Cornelius | Stars: Basil Radford, Jimmy Hanley, Janette Scott, A.E. Matthews
Votes: 249
88. Carry on Laughing (1975)
24 min | Comedy, Crime, History
The "Carry On" gang spoofs historical events and works of literature.
Stars: Jack Douglas, Kenneth Connor, Joan Sims, Peter Butterworth
Votes: 247
89. Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
60 min | Drama
This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Billie Whitelaw, Neil McCallum
Votes: 246
90. We Joined the Navy (1962)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
This is the story of the riotous, romantic, exciting, astonishing and highly entertaining adventures of Lieutenant Commander "Bodger" Badger, R.N. (Kenneth More). An exceptionally likeable fellow, the Badger has one besetting sin, a shining honesty.
Director: Wendy Toye | Stars: Kenneth More, Lloyd Nolan, Joan O'Brien, Mischa Auer
Votes: 241
91. Contest Girl (1964)
82 min | Comedy, Drama
On a seaside holiday, pretty Bristol typist Shirley meets Dan Mackenzie from her local paper. He persuades her that she has what it takes in the world of beauty contests, and so it proves. ... See full summary »
Director: Val Guest | Stars: Ian Hendry, Janette Scott, Ronald Fraser, Edmund Purdom
Votes: 239
92. Will Any Gentleman...? (1953)
84 min | Comedy
After a mix-up at a music hall, a henpecked bank clerk who lives a dreary existence in suburban London finds himself onstage with ambiguously foreign magician Mendoza, who hypnotizes him into losing all of his inhibitions.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: George Cole, Veronica Hurst, Heather Thatcher, Jon Pertwee
Votes: 223
93. Shop Spoiled (1954)
82 min | Drama
One day in the lives and loves of the staff in a large department store.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Joan Rice, Josephine Griffin, Freda Jackson, Patricia Marmont
Votes: 222
94. The Dick Emery Show (1963–1981)
30 min | Comedy
Comedy skits featuring the talents of Mr Dick Emery.
Stars: Dick Emery, Pat Coombs, Victor Maddern, Helen Fraser
Votes: 213
95. William Tell (1958–1959)
30 min | Adventure, Family, History
Depicts the legend of William Tell, who, as the stories say, shot an apple off of his son's head and lead the rebellion to free Switzerland.
Stars: Conrad Phillips, Willoughby Goddard, Jennifer Jayne, Richard Rogers
Votes: 212
96. Dry Rot (1956)
87 min | Comedy
Three bookies concoct a dim-witted scheme to kidnap a racehorse and a star jockey, then swap them with a pair of lookalikes to make a fast buck.
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Ronald Shiner, Brian Rix, Sidney James, Peggy Mount
Votes: 211
97. The Hundred Hour Hunt (1952)
84 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Scotland Yard is mobilised in the hunt for blood donors in a race to save a dying girl.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Jack Warner, Anthony Steel, Joy Shelton, Freddie Mills
Votes: 210
98. And the Same to You (1960)
Not Rated | 70 min | Comedy
A priest's nephew struggles to hide his boxing career from his uncle.
Director: George Pollock | Stars: Brian Rix, William Hartnell, Tommy Cooper, Vera Day
Votes: 203
99. Idol on Parade (1959)
88 min | Comedy
A rock'n'roll idol is drafted into the wrong regiment.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: William Bendix, Anthony Newley, Anne Aubrey, Lionel Jeffries
Votes: 202
100. Next to No Time! (1958)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy
An unassuming planning engineer must negotiate an important loan while aboard the Queen Elizabeth en route to New York City, but his lack of confidence threatens to foil his plans.
Director: Henry Cornelius | Stars: Kenneth More, Betsy Drake, Harry Green, Patrick Barr
Votes: 201