Busman's Honeymoon 1940  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Haunted Honeymoon
Director: Arthur B. Woods
Cast: Robert Montgomery, Constance Cummings, Leslie Banks, Seymour Hicks, Robert Newton, Googie Withers, Frank Pettingell, Louise Hampton
Lord Peter Wimsey (Robert Montgomery), a noted criminologist, weds Harriet Vane (Constance Cummings), a well-known mystery writer. They get involved in solving a murder, which isn't how they planned on spending their honeymoon.
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The Card 1952  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Promoter
Director: Ronald Neame
Cast: Alec Guinness, Glynis Johns, Valerie Hobson, Petula Clark, Edward Chapman, Gibb McLaughlin, Frank Pettingell, Veronica Turleigh, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Michael Hordern
Edward Henry Machin (Alec Guinness) rises from poverty through shady dealings and more than a little social climbing until he reaches his goal at the "top of the heap."
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Corridors of Blood 1958  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Boris Karloff, Betta St. John, Finlay Currie, Christopher Lee, Nigel Green, Francis Matthews, Adrienne Corri, Francis De Wolff, Frank Pettingell, Charles Lloyd Pack
A doctor (Boris Karloff), addicted to drugs, resorts to grave robbing to satisfy his needs.
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The Crimson Pirate 1952  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Comedy
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Eva Bartok, Nick Cravat, Leslie Bradley, Christopher Lee, Frederick Leister, Torin Thatcher, James Hayter, Margot Grahame, Frank Pettingell, Noel Purcell, Eliot Makeham, Dana Wynter, Ewan Roberts
This film has developed a cult following for its thrills and laughter as it verges on satire of the action genre. The Crimson Pirate, Captain Vallo (Burt Lancaster) does it all; he intercepts a cargo ship, swings his sword, and wins the fair lady Consuelo (Eva Bartok).
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The Dock Brief 1962 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Trial and Error
Director: James Hill
Cast: Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Beryl Reid, David Lodge, Frank Pettingell, Tristram Jellinek, Audrey Nicholson, Eric Woodburn, John Waite, Frank Thornton
Aging lawyer Morgenhall (Peter Sellers) gets the chance for his big moment in court when he defends a husband accused of murdering his wife.
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Ships with Wings 1942 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sergei Nolbandov
Cast: John Clements, Leslie Banks, Jane Baxter, Ann Todd, Basil Sydney, Edward Chapman, Hugh Williams, Frank Pettingell, Michael Wilding, Michael Rennie, Cecil Parker, John Stuart, Morland Graham, Charles Victor, Hugh Burden
During World War II, R.A.F. pilot Lt. Dick Stacey (John Clements) has fallen in love with Celia (Jane Baxter) who is the daughter of Adm. Wetherby (Leslie Banks). Stacey takes a plane without permission and crashes it leaving Celia's brother Lt. Wetherby (Hugh Burden) dead. His romance with Celia ends. After his court-martial, Stacey serves aboard the H.M.S. Ark Royal–the ship with wings–where he becomes a mercenary charter pilot in the Mediterranean. Stacey regains his patriotism when he goes on a suicide mission, crashes his plane into a German dam site, and floods a German post. He has redeemed himself and dies a hero.
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Term of Trial 1962 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Glenville
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Simone Signoret, Roland Culver, Hugh Griffith, Sarah Miles, Terence Stamp, Frank Pettingell, Thora Hird, Norman Bird, Allan Cuthbertson
A schoolteacher, Graham Weir (Laurence Olivier), is accused of sexually assaulting one of his students and must prove to the world–and his nagging wife (Simone Signoret)–that he is innocent.
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Up the Creek 1958 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Val Guest
Cast: David Tomlinson, Peter Sellers, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Vera Day, Michael Goodliffe, Lionel Jeffries, Frank Pettingell, Reginald Beckwith, Sam Kydd, Lionel Murton, Tom Gill, John Warren, Donald Bisset, Peter Coke, Basil Dignam
Humor in United States Navy protocol is the subject of this slapstick film.
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| 1. Busman's Honeymoon (1940)
aka: Haunted Honeymoon
2. The Card (1952)
aka: The Promoter
3. Corridors of Blood (1958)
4. The Crimson Pirate (1952)
5. The Dock Brief (1962)
aka: Trial and Error
6. Ships with Wings (1942)
7. Term of Trial (1962)
8. Up the Creek (1958)
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