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- DirectorJulian AmyesStarsStephen BoydRonald LewisGeorge BakerDuring the Korean War retreat in 1951, a small British recon group is surrounded by Chinese troops and holds out in a lonely temple atop a hill.
- DirectorGordon ParryStarsFrankie HowerdRuby MurrayDennis PriceWillie is a hall porter who is left a fortune but after living it up for a while he returns to his old hotel which is in financial difficulties.
- DirectorJack LeeStarsVirginia McKennaPeter FinchKenji TakakiA newly wealthy English woman returns to Malaya to build a well for the villagers who helped her during war. Thinking back, she recalls the Australian man who made a great sacrifice to aid her and her fellow prisoners of war.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsEdmond O'BrienMichael RedgraveJan SterlingIn a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsRichard DenningCarole MathewsRonald Adam1956. Drama. Starring Hollywood's Richard Denning as the secret agent, Carole Mathews as the luscious nightclub vocalist and Ronald Adam as the chameleon-like criminal. A story of money and crime.
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsMagda MillerArthur RigbyTrevor ReidNewspaper reporters compete with London police to solve a murder.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsCornel WildeDonna ReedLeo GennAn American travels to East Africa, where he tries to find out how his brother died.
- DirectorElmo WilliamsStarsBeverly MichaelsJim DavisJoan RiceU.S. State Department agent Kent Foster, on the trail of a murderous traitor, Nick Randall, hopes to trap Randall through singer/stripper Angela Booth. The latter has promised to marry Randall on New Year's Eve even though she is not to see him until then. However, she lands in prison after a quarrel with influential Julius Lord, during which she defended herself with a broken mirror. Foster arranges for her escape with the aid of "Granny" Ramsey in hope that she will lead him to Randall. The plan is snarled when another girl prisoner with her infant joins the escape and Angel slips away. She manages to meet Randall, and, when he slaps her, she realizes that all she has heard about him is true.
- DirectorHenry CassStarsDermot WalshJane BarrettJohn ColicosAn escaped killer hides out by forcing a travelling family to take him with them.
- DirectorHenry CassStarsTom ConwayMichael BalfourHonor BlackmanSuave veteran private eye Duke Martin is on the trail of a secret formula and a kidnapped girl.
- DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsMax BygravesDennis PriceMichael MedwinLife and loves of a country boy who makes it on the London stage, but misses home.
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsAnthony SteelOdile VersoisStanley BakerAfter killing a few Italian cops during a burglary, a thief hired by a British car racing company must flee to Switzerland disguised as a race car driver during a rally.
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsPhyllis CalvertEric PortmanStanley BakerYoung Elizabeth is left with her relatives, a married couple, while her mother is in the hospital. The friendly husband likes her, but the wife hates kids. One day her father, an often-absent crook on the lam, visits her in secret.
- DirectorGerald ThomasStarsAlan ColeshillCarol WhiteDavid TilleyWhen Marlow's circus comes to town they find that the field they usually use is not available because they didn't pay the farmer last year. They have to promise most of their equipment to the farmer as surety and will only get it back if they do extra business this year. The circus children and their friends decide to help make this season a success.
- DirectorJoseph SterlingStarsPhilip FriendMary MackenzieLeslie DwyerIntelligence officer fails a mission during WW2. Years later whilst working in a hotel he may discover what went wrong?
- DirectorAnthony SquireStarsDonald HoustonFay ComptonAnton DiffringA Cornish poacher clashes with dangerous international spies.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsRonald ShinerBrian RixSidney JamesThree 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.
- DirectorDaniel BirtStarsJean AndersonRagnar ArvedsonPeter DyneleyPrincess Caroline travels incognito to Stockholm and meets the Prince Birger, who also uses a fake name.
- DirectorMuriel BoxStarsDonald SindenMuriel PavlowBelinda LeeLucy Church, the sole witness to a fatal robbery, is struck by a passing bus and her life lies in the balance as the thieves wait for a chance to finish her off.
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsDonald HoustonBeverley BrooksMervyn JohnsDuring New Year's Eve, a young model spends the day searching for her grandmother, who has suspiciously gone missing.
- DirectorCy RothStarsAnthony DexterSusan ShawPaul CarpenterA team of astronauts lands on a moon of Jupiter to find it populated with beautiful young women looking for mates. An old man explains to the explorers the group's story, as well as the moon's dangers.
- DirectorDenis KavanaghStarsTheodore BikelJohn BentleyDonald GrayMission to bring out a scientist from Hungary.
- DirectorHenry CassStarsDale RobertsonLois MaxwellDerek BondWhile in London for the launch of his latest work, American playwright Bill Lang becomes involved after the murder of the show's producer.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsJack WarnerKathleen HarrisonLana MorrisA man's luck suddenly changes when he wins the football pools.
- DirectorGuy GreenStarsMichael CraigJulia ArnallBrenda de BanzieDue to his physical resemblance to criminal Steve Chancellor, law enforcement recruits seaman Larry Ellis to pose as Chancellor and infiltrate an organized crime ring in France.
- DirectorCyril FrankelStarsJohn MillsCecil ParkerJohn SalewIt's heaven at Angel Hill Grammar School until the arrival of the new headmaster, Mr. Frome, who prohibits sixth formers from their beloved music-making. Dingle, a very unconventional music master, helps the students in their time of need.
- DirectorMichael McCarthyStarsPhyllis CalvertPatrick BarrSusan StephenTo Laura Hammond's large family, she is simply the mother who makes all their lives run more smoothly. But although they don't know it, she is a very successful novelist.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsTerence MorganGeorge ColeKathleen HarrisonTwo struggling songwriters have an unexpected hit on their hands after they discover a unique way of composing.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsJohn GregsonKathleen RyanJacqueline RyanCaptivating drama of a lovable little Irish girl and how she helps her tippler father find work.
- DirectorEdmond T. GrévilleStarsJohn JustinBarbara LaageDonald WolfitA Frenchwoman accused of the murder of her child's father in an English court rejects her defence lawyer. At the request of a Frenchman who saved his life during the war, a family solicitor reluctantly takes on the case.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsJohn SlaterAlfred MarksGarry MarshA truck driver is accused of the murder of a hitch hiker.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsFrankie HowerdStanley HollowayA.E. MatthewsFrankie Howard stars as Willie Joy, the man whose new greyhound causes him all kinds of trouble. First, the pooch gets poorly and then Willy has to fend off race fixing gangsters.
- DirectorDavid PaltenghiStarsRonald ShinerJames HayterDiane HartA man invents a new cleaning machine. His brother in law offers to help him promote it and they get help from the Purity League.
- DirectorKen AnnakinStarsGlynis JohnsRossano BrazziRobert MorleyBertrand is an accountant employed by a large London firm. After he uncovers an accounting error, his employer is so thrilled that he sends Bertrand and his new wife to Monte Carlo. The trip, however, is not completely as it seems.
- DirectorGuy GreenStarsDavid FarrarDavid KnightJulia ArnallWhen an 18 month old baby disappears in London, a police investigation ensues, though there are few leads.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsGregory PeckRichard BasehartLeo GennThe sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
- DirectorHerbert WilcoxStarsAnna NeagleSylvia SymsNorman WoolandPoor Valerie just can't seem to straighten out her delinquent teenage daughter Janet, whose sleazy boyfriend is leading her down a rebellious path of crime and moral turpitude that could end in death--or could she have a chance for redemption?
- DirectorGilbert GunnStarsRonald ShinerTed RayGreta GyntAfter an interfering mother-in-law discovers what she believes to be a plan to deceive her daughter, a riot ensues.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsBill OwenJoy NicholsLeslie DwyerComedy in which two dustmen (BIll Owen, Leslie Dwyer) come into possession of a valuable book, but the donor's sister wants it back.
- DirectorMario ZampiStarsJanette ScottVernon GrayKay WalshA rich young society girl falls in love with a car mechanic. Her family is appalled and stops her seeing him. The girl attempts to commit suicide and then decides to elope.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsRhonda FlemingMacdonald CareyJumaIn Kenya, a white trader of exotic animals is mentoring and caring for an African boy but is annoyed by his new female replacement veterinarian and must deal with a disgruntled former employee.
- DirectorJohn DurstStarsAnthony RichmondRosalind GourgeyJohn PikeA young boy finds a magic marble that grants him any wish he wants. One day he wishes for a giant steam-roller, and it starts to trash London.
- DirectorWolf RillaStarsDenholm ElliottSusan StephenFelix FeltonLife is strange and worrying for a cadet who arrives in the Pacific in the colonial service. And the testy resident commissioner, who had been expecting an experienced man, soon shows his disapproval.
- DirectorRobert S. BakerStarsRod CameronLois MaxwellClifford EvansWhile investigating the mysterious death of a friend, a man discovers a peace organization is the front for a crime syndicate. Based on the novel of the same name by Manning O'Brien.
- DirectorJames HillStarsFrazer HinesMandy HarperChristopher WarbeyA group of children attempt to bring to book a gang of oil men intent on stealing valuable invention.
- DirectorRudolph MatéStarsPier AngeliPhilip CareyDennis PriceRip Reardon, ex-Army flier, returns to his home in French Morocco and finds his wife dead, and he suspects she has been murdered. Police Colonel Moussac insists she committed suicide. Rip begins to suspect not only his friends but also a mysterious brunette, Ynez, a Casbah night-club singer with whom he begins to fall in love. Repeated efforts to kill Rip are made but he ultimately finds the evidence which sends him gunning against the killer...but is he mistaken?
- DirectorAnthony YoungStarsGoogie WithersJohn McCallumBill KerrTwo sailors visiting London get embroiled in a bar fight, resulting in a man's death. They hijack a boat with three women aboard and embark on a desperate maritime escape from authorities while holding the women hostage.
- DirectorJohn BoultingStarsIan CarmichaelRonald AdamHenry B. LonghurstIn World War II, a failed British officer is selected by his uncle, a brigadier with the War Office, to participate in a secret operation to recover looted artwork from the Germans.
- DirectorJohn BaxterStarsArthur AskeyGlenn MelvynSidney JamesA Yorkshire publican comes into an inheritance, but when he goes to Canada to claim it, he runs into trouble.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsKenneth MoreMuriel PavlowLyndon BrookBiopic of RAF Group Captain Douglas Bader who, after having lost both legs, flew a British fighter plane during WWII.
- DirectorDenis KavanaghStarsDonald Houston
- DirectorTerence YoungStarsVictor MatureJanet LeighJohn JustinDuring the Mau Mau Uprising in British Kenya in the 1950s, settler-hunter Ken Duffield is a hired guide for a lion hunting party but he also hopes to find the Mau Mau rebel who killed his family.
- DirectorGordon ParryStarsPeggy MountShirley EatonRonald LewisEmma interrupts Albert's bachelor party, he gets cold feet about marrying her daughter. Unsure if Emma's vow to change will last, Albert marries Shirley anyway.
- DirectorPaul DicksonStarsKieron MooreLois MaxwellDonald WolfitThe British launch the world's first orbital vehicle. Their military sends a super-bomb along, which goes wrong and threatens the crew and a stowaway.
- StarsDonald Gray
- DirectorAnthony KimminsStarsRalph RichardsonJohn McCallumChips RaffertySmiley Greevins is a cheeky, mischievous, imaginative little boy who lives in the small town of Murrumbilla in the Australian outback. His father Bill is a poor drover who is often away from home. Much to the exasperation of his overworked wife, Ma Greevins, Bill is also very fond of the drink. Smiley is determined to buy himself a push bike, and so he takes on odd jobs in an effort to save up enough money. But Smiley always seems to get caught up in some sort of misadventure. Smiley is a classic Australian film that will delight audiences of all ages.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsFaith DomergueLee PattersonRona AndersonA Canadian living in London is trying to succeed as a prizefighter, without much luck. He meets the sister of a local mob leader, and she soon draws him into the gang's activities. When he finds himself being drawn into a murder plot, he finally realizes that his lover is only using him, and determines to escape the gang - but things don't turn out the way he planned.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsNat JackleyPat KirkwoodBonar ColleanoA group of talented young performers buy a dilapidated theatre to showcase their acts - but unscrupulous property developers plan dirty tricks to disrupt the first night's performance.
- DirectorGuy FergussonStarsMarcia ManolescueGillian HarrisonFella EdmondsA group of schoolchildren come upon an alien from Venus, and help him against a gang of criminals who are trying to kidnap him.
- DirectorJay LewisStarsJohn MillsRichard AttenboroughAndré MorellAfter a pier side mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White (Sir Richard Attenborough) finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable to return it before his ship sails, he enlists the help of his best friend Puncher Roberts (Sir John Mills) to smuggle the child aboard. But babies are surprisingly demanding, and gradually the whole crew is drawn into helping keep it fed and washed - and undiscovered. Even so, the officers above deck start to puzzle over the increasingly strange happenings on-board.
- DirectorMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsJohn GregsonAnthony QuaylePeter FinchIn the first major naval battle of World War II, the British Navy must find and destroy a powerful German warship.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsIan CarmichaelBelinda LeeKathleen HarrisonPetty thief Willie Frith steals a suitcase full of bank notes, only to find out that they have all been given the same serial number. But this is only the start of his troubles: now he must find a way of changing the notes so he can impress the barmaid of his local pub.
- DirectorBrian Desmond HurstStarsDonald SindenAnthony SteelAnna Maria SandriIn the African desert, a British soldier romances a native chief's daughter and helps the tribe fight off a German attack.
- DirectorWilliam FairchildStarsRichard BasehartSimone SimonGeorge BakerThe final scene of a film has been lost and the extras have to be rounded up for it to be re-shot.
- DirectorPat JacksonStarsGeorge BakerBelinda LeeDelphi LawrenceThe public and private lives of 5 girls, who start out as student nurses in the National Health service during the 1950's.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsPaul DouglasEva BartokLeslie PhillipsAn American reporter smells a story when he is stranded in an Iron Curtain country where the local dictator is using gamma rays to transform children into mutated henchmen.
- DirectorFrancis SearleTerence FisherStarsWayne MorrisSandra DorneJames Kenney1955. Directed by Terence Fisher and starring Wayne Morris, Sandra Dorne and Patrick Holt. Set in London's Soho, a gang of ruthless safe-crackers plan their next robbery.
- DirectorRobert DayBasil DeardenStarsAlastair SimGeorge ColeTerry-ThomasAn assassin is annoyed by a vacuum cleaner salesman determined to stop him.
- DirectorPeter Graham ScottStarsDermot WalshRona AndersonRonald HowardAn insurance investigator has a chance encounter with the sister of a fur dealer and soon finds himself embroiled in intrigue involving a case filled with cash as well as a potential outbreak of anthrax.
- DirectorHarold HuthStarsRon RandellMary ParkerJohn BaileyA South American revolutionary is facing death for murder but the President's daughter in London is taken hostage.
- DirectorJoseph LoseyAlec C. SnowdenStarsRichard BasehartMary MurphyConstance CummingsA married movie studio executive's life starts to unravel when he is stalked by a seductively beautiful woman he claims he does not know.
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsBob HopeKatharine HepburnNoelle MiddletonRussian Captain defects to England, not for politics but due to gender discrimination. English Captain ordered to sell capitalism. Defector argues communism better. They fall in love despite KGB attempts to retrieve her.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsTom ConwayElizabeth SellarsEunice GaysonSir Roderick Strood is on trial for the murder of his wife.
- DirectorCharles FrendStarsJack HawkinsJohn StrattonDorothy AlisonThe sleuths of Scotland Yard try to solve a series of burglaries.
- DirectorRonald NeameStarsClifton WebbGloria GrahameRobert FlemyngIn order to fool the Germans into thinking the Allied invasion of Sicily will take place elsewhere, British Military Intelligence comes up with a cunning ruse.
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsDerek FarrElla RainesDonald WolfitCommunist agents trail an important scientist to try to steal his top-secret new formula.
- DirectorGeorge More O'FerrallStarsTerence MorganMartita HuntBernard RookSir Charles Hare, a young Irish baronet, gambles his all on one of his horses at Ascot. But the horse is 'pulled', and Sir Charles is forced to sell his Irish estate. His aunt, however, has some surprises in store for him.
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsPaul CarpenterHazel CourtRussell NapierA journalist is framed for the murder of a rival and has to prove his innocence, whatever the cost.
- DirectorDon ChaffeyStarsDonald GrayAndree MellyJean AndersonA fine upstanding wife finds it difficult to keep her sordid past as a criminal a secret from her husband and neighbors.
- DirectorDarcy ConyersStarsKit TerringtonJacqueline CoxBarry KnightA forester's two children, Knight and Day, become friends with two spoiled rich kids, Terrington and Cox, when the latter two come to the woods for a visit. The quartet gets involved with a gang of crooks when a valuable gold cup is stolen. The crooks then kidnap Terrington and Cox, but Knight and Day rescue them and help the cops nab the crooks. This was the first film directed by actor Conyers, who went on to make many other children's pictures and some good farces.
- DirectorNorman WalkerStarsMervyn JohnsAdrienne CorriEmrys Jones
- DirectorRoy KellinoStarsDavid NivenGeneviève PageRonald SquireSpoiler: Roger Tweakham, a married accountant leading a humdrum life, gets involved with a motivating model, tweaks the books of a stocking factory whose owner he likes so it will show a paper profit and stave off bankruptcy. He then juggles the books of a rival firm whose owner he detests, to show it, on paper, teetering on the edge of ruin. His book-cooking is soon discovered, but by buying the stocks of the first one and then the other, he finds himself in control of both. After a tangle with the law and a farce of a trial, he takes over both operations, merges the two, with the former owners as his partners, kisses the model goodbye and returns to his unsuspecting wife.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsDirk BogardeJon WhiteleyMichael HordernRather undiplomatic British diplomat Harrington Brande (Sir Michael Hordern) takes up his new post in Spain accompanied by his son Nicholas (Jon Whiteley). The posting is something of a disappointment to Harrington, who was hoping for a promotion. That his wife had left him seems to have affected his career. Nicholas sees it all as something of an adventure, and soon becomes fast friends with the new gardener, José (Sir Dirk Bogarde). The apparently "delicate" Nicholas becomes attached to José, and Harrington's jealousy leads him to bar Nicholas from even speaking to José. As tensions mount, another servant frames José for theft, forcing everyone to review the situation.
- DirectorVal GuestHal E. ChesterStarsSteve CochranLizabeth ScottGeorge ColeA boy accidentally shoots a friend with a gun he found in the rubble of a destroyed building. The gun turns out to be a clue in a ten-year-old murder case.
- DirectorEdwin J. FanceyDenis KavanaghStarsAdrienne ScottJackie CollinsJohn BlytheWPC Marie Watson volunteers for an undercover assignment and is ordered to befriend an inmate at Holloway in order to infiltrate a gang of dangerous counterfeiters.
- DirectorKen AnnakinStarsLaurence HarveyJimmy EdwardsDavid TomlinsonThree London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminAlfonso AcebalStarsCarlos ThompsonLinda ChristianCharles KorvinA beautiful slim blonde named Maria is saved from the sea by some fishermen. They take her to their small village and quickly start lusting after her. This leads to infighting and soon all hell breaks loose.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsDonald SindenMuriel PavlowTony WrightIn wartime France, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used to belong to his grandmother. Before he dies, he talks about a treasure that was hidden there. Several years later, the members of that group are still together as a street band living in a London cellar. The last of the gang, who was chosen for his skills as a ruthless killer, escapes from prison in a rampage of killing and, obsessed with the treasure, takes the gang to France to recover it.
- DirectorLorenza MazzettiDenis HorneStarsMichael AndrewsEduardo PaolozziVali MyersTwo dockers, both deaf and dumb, stand together.
- DirectorLeslie S. HiscottStarsRichard HearneWilliam HartnellAustin TrevorThe eccentric caretaker of a block of flats, Mr. Pastry is in charge of two of its boilers, whom he names "Mavis" and "Ethel." His love for the pair leads him into unforeseen problems
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsNorman WisdomMaureen SwansonJerry DesmondeA friendly window cleaner works at an English country estate where he saves the owner's son from kidnappers.
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsBenny HillBelinda LeeDavid KossoffThis movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British scientists.
- DirectorKen HughesStarsArlene DahlPhilip CareyHerbert MarshallA poor but beautiful woman sets her sights on rising to the top, and lets nothing stand in her way - including murder.
- DirectorElmo WilliamsBert GlazerStarsBeverly MichaelsJoan RiceThora HirdComedy and drama as three women, including one with her baby, escape from prison.
- DirectorLeslie NormanJoseph LoseyStarsDean JaggerEdward ChapmanLeo McKernA radioactive, mud-like creature terrorizes a Scottish village.