Philip Stainton

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• Movie7.1

  AdventureDrama

  In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the great white whale. Ahab lost his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.

  Moby Dick

  1956 · 488 votes

• Movie7.3

  ComedyCrime

  Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

  The Ladykillers

  1955 · 573 votes

• Movie6.4

  AdventureDrama

  On a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordley's cheating wife Linda.

  Mogambo

  1953 · 181 votes

• Movie7.4

  ComedyDrama

  A widower refuses to let his three daughters marry in order to avoid paying settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.

  Hobson's Choice

  1954 · 171 votes

• Movie7.2

  AdventureDrama

  The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a rival team of Norwegian explorers conspire against him

  Scott of the Antarctic

  1948 · 44 votes

• Movie6.9

  Comedy

  When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory. The British government attempts to regain control by setting up border controls and cutting off services to the area.

  Passport to Pimlico

  1949 · 102 votes

• Movie6.9

  WarDrama

  The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.

  Reach for the Sky

  1956 · 41 votes

• Movie6.5

  Thriller

  Edward "Teddy" Bare is a ruthless schemer who thinks he's hit the big time when he kills his older wife, believing he will inherit a fortune. When things don't go according to plan, Teddy sets his sights on a new victim: wealthy widow Freda Jeffries. Unfortunately for the unscrupulous criminal, Freda is much more guarded and sassy than his last wife, making separating her from her money considerably more challenging.

  Cast a Dark Shadow

  1955 · 62 votes

• Movie7.1

  Drama

  London, the early 1950s. Born deaf, Mandy is mute for most of her childhood. As she reaches school age her family itself is in danger of breaking up. Christine, Mandy's mother, has heard of a residential school for the oral education of the deaf.

  Mandy

  1952 · 34 votes

• Movie5.7

  Drama

  After the war is over, two army pals take opposite paths in civvy street. One becomes a petty criminal, the other becomes a policeman.

  Nightbeat

  1947 · 6 votes

• Movie6.9

  CrimeThriller

  "The Spider and the Fly is set in Paris during the cloud-cuckoo days before WW I. The storyline intertwines the destinies of three people. Guy Rolfe plays Phillipe de Ledocq, a resourceful safecracker who always manages to elude arrest. Eric Portman is cast as police-chief Maubert, who will not rest until Ledocq is behind bars. And Nadia Gray is Madeleine, the woman beloved by both Ledocq and Maubert. Just as Maubert has managed to capture his man, Ledocq is released at the behest of the government, who wants him to steal secrets from the German embassy revealing the whereabouts of the Kaiser's secret agents. And just how does Madeleine figure into all of this? Spider and the Fly is a diverting precursor to the 1960s TV series It Takes a Thief." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

  The Spider and the Fly

  1949 · 8 votes

• Movie5.2

  Comedy

  Romantic comedy about a group of Britons flying to Paris for the weekend.

  Innocents in Paris

  1953 · 17 votes

• Movie6.0

  AdventureDrama

  Foppish Sir Percy Blakeney, who secretly leads a double life as the daring rescuer of French aristocrats from the guillotine during the French Revolution, fights to save his brother-in-law while his wife is manipulated by the villainous Chauvelin into helping capture him, unaware of her husband's true identity.

  The Elusive Pimpernel

  1950 · 10 votes

• Movie6.1

  DramaWar

  The year is 1940 and Pilot Officer T.B. Baird arrives straight out of flight school to join a front line RAF squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain. After an unfortunate start and a drumming down from his commanding officer, Baird must balance the struggle to impress his Group Captain, regain his pride, fit in with his fellow pilots, and survive one of the most intense air battles in history.

  Angels One Five

  1952 · 35 votes

• Movie5.8

  DramaRomance

  In the Victorian period, two British children survive a shipwreck in the South Pacific. After days afloat, they are marooned on a lush tropical island in the company of kindly old sailor. Together they survive solely on their resourcefulness and the bounty of their remote paradise.

  The Blue Lagoon

  1949 · 16 votes

• Movie6.8

  Drama

  White Corridors was based on Yeoman Hospital, a novel by Helen Ashton. Told episodically, the story concentrates on the day-to-day activities in a busy hospital, where research pathologist Neil Marriner (James Donald) conducts experiments in the hopes of curing diseases impervious to penicillin. Marriner is aided in this endeavor by lady surgeon Dr. Sophie Dean (Googie Withers), who happens to be in love with him. After a tragedy occurs for which Marriner holds himself responsible, the film builds steadily to an exciting climax involving a untested -- and potentially dangerous -- serum. The top-rank British supporting cast includes Barry Jones, Moira Lister, Petula Clark, Basil Radford, Dagmar (later Dana) Wynter, Bernard Lee, and, in a minor role, future "Dr. Who" Patrick Troughton.

  White Corridors

  1951 · 6 votes

• Movie5.4

  Comedy

  Around the turn of the century, in England, alcoholic Uncle Willie is the bane of his family, of which his brother-in-law is the family spokesman. It is decided to let Uncle Willie buy a bicycle shop in order to impress Virginia van Stuyden, an American heiress in love with Frank. This pleases Uncle Willie's young nephew, Charles. Complications arise when stuffy lord, Sir George Probus, at whose home Virginia is staying, becomes shocked when she attends a carnival.

  Isn't Life Wonderful!

  1953 · 7 votes

• Movie7.0

  MusicDrama

  Tottie True is a gay-90s British music-hall performer who has her sights set on moving from rags to riches, who loses her heart to the pure-and-true blue balloonist, Sid Skinner, but continues her upward search on improving her social status. She finally settles for Lord Landon Digby who has lots of assets and a very-stiff upper lip. She gets a lot of the latter and very little of the former, and decides Sid might have been a better choice.

  Trottie True

  1949 · 3 votes

• Movie7.7

  ComedyRomance

  Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous actor. When Harry loses his nerve, Sheila won't let him give up.

  Don't Ever Leave Me

  1949 · 3 votes

• Movie5.5

  ComedyCrime

  This 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.

  Who Done It?

  1956 · 14 votes

• Movie5.7

  Romance

  At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. However, someone realises that a prize cow is on the islands and the Nazis mustn't get hold of her. This is the intrepid story of the cow-napping from under the noses of the Nazis.

  Appointment with Venus

  1951 · 9 votes

• Movie6.9

  CrimeThriller

  Kenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a brother and sister drug smuggling team.

  Forbidden Cargo

  1954 · 8 votes

• Movie6.3

  Crime

  Jackie lives in poverty with his widowed mother. In a bid to escape poverty he gets involved in a robbery that sees him sentenced to three years in Borstal where he meets a tough crowd, tougher than anything on the outside.

  Boys in Brown

  1949 · 12 votes

• Movie4.9

  FamilyComedy

  The adventures of two children who runaway to London to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.

  John and Julie

  1955 · 8 votes