 The Blue Lagoon 1949  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Frank Launder
Cast: Jean Simmons, Susan Stranks, Donald Houston, Peter Rudolph Jones, Noel Purcell, Cyril Cusack, Maurice Denham, James Hayter, Nora Nicholson, Philip Stainton, Patrick Barr, Lyn Evans
Based on Henry De Vere Stacpoole's novel, this is the story of two young people, Michael Reynolds (Donald Houston) and Emmeline Foster (Jean Simmons), who are marooned on a deserted island, fall in love, and become parents.
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Green for Danger 1946  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Frank Launder
Cast: Leo Genn, Henry Edwards, Trevor Howard, Ronald Adam, Alastair Sim, Judy Campbell, Moore Marriott, Sally Gray, Rosamund John, Megs Jenkins
Something is very wrong at a British wartime hospital; first Joseph Higgins (Moore Marriott) dies during a routine operation, and when Sister Bates (Judy Campbell) becomes suspicious, she also ends up dead! It is up to Inspector Cockrill (Alastair Sim) to solve the case. Good mystery!
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The Happiest Days of Your Life 1950 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Launder
Cast: Alastair Sim, Margaret Rutherford, Bernadette O'Farrell, John Bentley, Joyce Grenfell, Richard Wattis, Guy Middleton, Muriel Aked, Edward Rigby, Laurence Naismith
When some girls from St. Swithins School are accidentally assigned to the dorm at male-only Nutbourne College, the fun begins. Good English humor.
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I See a Dark Stranger 1946 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: The Adventuress
Director: Frank Launder
Cast: Deborah Kerr, Trevor Howard, Raymond Huntley, Michael Howard, Liam Redmond, Brefni O'Rorke, James Harcourt, William G. O'Gorman, George Woodbridge, Harry Webster
Set late in World War II, this is the story of Bridie Quiltie (Deborah Kerr), a young Irish woman who grew up to despise the British. She meets Miller (Raymond Huntley), a Nazi spy who claims to be an IRA member, and he enlists her aid in his spy activities. Meanwhile, English intelligence agent David Bayne (Trevor Howard), who has fallen in love with Bridie, is hot on the trail of Miller. Adventures follow in this well-acted film.
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Lady Godiva Rides Again 1951  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Launder
Cast: Dennis Price, John McCallum, Stanley Holloway, Pauline Stroud, Gladys Henson, Bernadette O'Farrell, George Cole, Diana Dors, Eddie Byrne, Kay Kendall, Renee Houston, Joan Collins, Sid James, Tommy Duggan, Dana Wynter
Waitress Marjorie Clark (Pauline Stroud) enters a national beauty contest and wins money and a movie contract in London. But, Marjorie has no acting talents and ends up performing nude on the stage–until her boyfriend Larry (John McCallum) makes her promise to leave the show business world and settle down in the domestic world with him.
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| 1. The Blue Lagoon (1949)
2. Green for Danger (1946)
3. The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
4. I See a Dark Stranger (1946)
aka: The Adventuress
5. Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)
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