Brief Encounter 1945  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: David Lean
Cast: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Everley Gregg, Irene Handl, Valentine Dyall, Sydney Bromley, Marjorie Mars, Margaret Barton, Alfie Bass, Wallace Bosco, Dennis Harkin, Richard Thomas
In pre-World War II England, British housewife Laura Jesson (Celia Johnson) and a married doctor, Alec Harvey (Trevor Howard), meet in a train station and form a friendship during which they meet weekly at the station. They realize that they have fallen in love, but both Laura and Alec know that neither will be able to break their ties to the families they love. The story is sympathetic to their chaste affair.
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Brothers in Law 1957  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roy Boulting
Cast: Richard Attenborough, Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Jill Adams, Miles Malleson, Raymond Huntley, Eric Barker, Nicholas Parsons, Kynaston Reeves, John Le Mesurier, Irene Handl, Olive Sloane, Edith Sharpe, Leslie Phillips, George Rose
In this film, based on Henry Cecil's novel about problems in Britain's legal system, counsel Roger Thursby (Ian Carmichael) is new to the legal field and encounters more than one cantankerous judge. When he faces Judge Kendall Grimes (Miles Malleson), Roger learns how to take the law into his own hands and beat the system.
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Carlton-Browne of the F.O. 1959 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Man in a Cocked Hat
Director: Roy Boulting, Jeffrey Dell
Cast: Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Luciana Paluzzi, Thorley Walters, Ian Bannen, Miles Malleson, John Le Mesurier, Raymond Huntley, Kynaston Reeves, Marne Maitland, Marie Lohr, Ronald Adam, Basil Dignam, Irene Handl, John Van Eyssen
Incompetent British diplomat Carlton-Browne (Terry-Thomas) is placed in charge of a British protectorate in this satire on a cog in the British colonial system. The purpose of Carlton-Browne's assignment is to prevent foreign powers from taking a rich mineral deposit that has been discovered on the island of Gaillardia. World powers do appear on the scene, and, when matters spin out of control with young King Loris (Ian Bannen) as ruler, the Prime Minister of the island, Amphibulos (Peter Sellers), undermines him and leads a revolution to overthrow the British.
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Heavens Above! 1963 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Cast: Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker, Isabel Jeans, Ian Carmichael, Bernard Miles, Brock Peters, Eric Sykes, Irene Handl, Miriam Karlin, Miles Malleson, Joan Miller, Roy Kinnear
The Reverend John Smallwood (Peter Sellers), a prison chaplain, is mistakenly appointed pastor of a rich church in an upper-crust English village. While the "rightful" pastor (Ian Carmichael) would have catered to the well-off parishioners, John Smallwood brings his progressive views to the job, often shocking his staid church membership.
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 The Italian Job 1969  G, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama
Director: Peter Collinson
Cast: Michael Caine, Noel Coward, Benny Hill, Raf Vallone, Tony Beckley, Rossano Brazzi, Margaret Blye, Irene Handl, John Le Mesurier, Fred Emney, Michael Standing, John Clive, Graham Payn, Stanley Caine, Barry Cox
Charlie Croker (Michael Caine), fresh out of prison, takes over the planning and execution of a gold heist after the murder of the original planner. The plan: cause a traffic jam, get the gold from the armored car, and take off. The problem: funding for the project. Croker turns to master crime boss Mr. Bridger (Noel Coward in his last role) who conducts business from his jail cell. With a motley team of cohorts, the deed is done, and the chase is on through the streets, highways, and Swiss Alps. A fun caper.
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I'm All Right, Jack 1959  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Boulting
Cast: Ian Carmichael, Peter Sellers, Terry-Thomas, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Margaret Rutherford, Irene Handl, Miles Malleson, John Le Mesurier, Raymond Huntley, Liz Fraser, Marne Maitland, Kenneth Griffith, Fred Griffiths
This film provides great satire on the world of labor/management relations. Set in 1950s England, Oxford educated Stanley Windrush (Ian Carmichael) takes a job as a laborer at his uncle's (Dennis Price) munitions factory. His incompetence is noticed by his fellow workers, but he gets sympathy from union official Fred Kate (Peter Sellers). Then, Stanley really messes up and finds that he has been set up by his uncle and is now in the middle of a scheme by his uncle to control his workers.
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A Kid for Two Farthings 1955 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Carol Reed
Cast: Celia Johnson, Diana Dors, David Kossoff, Joe Robinson, Jonathan Ashmore, Brenda De Banzie, Primo Carnera, Sydney Tafler, Sid James, Lou Jacobi, Irene Handl, Danny Green
Joe (Jonathan Ashmore) is a young boy who believes the story told by a tailor (David Kossoff) about captured unicorns granting wishes. Joe buys a goat with only one horn, and when good things start happening to his poor, hard-working neighbors, Joe is convinced that his goat really is a unicorn.
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Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment 1966 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Morgan!
Director: Karel Reisz
Cast: David Warner, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Stephens, Irene Handl, Bernard Bresslaw, Newton Blick, Nan Munro, Peter Cellier, Graham Crowden, John Rae
Vanessa Redgrave was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as the wife of a young painter who, following their divorce, locks himself in a world of obsessions about Karl Marx and gorillas as he teeters on the edge of sanity.
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On a Clear Day You Can See Forever 1970 G, 123 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Yves Montand, Bob Newhart, Larry Blyden, Simon Oakland, Jack Nicholson, John Richardson, Pamela Brown, Irene Handl, Roy Kinnear
Daisy Gamble (Barbra Streisand) has ESP, which is explained when she undergoes hypnosis and tells about being a number of people who have lived in the past.
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One Wild Oat 1951  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Saunders
Cast: Robertson Hare, Stanley Holloway, Sam Costa, Andrew Crawford, Vera Pearce, June Sylvaine, Robert Moreton, Constance Lorne, Joan Rice, Audrey Hepburn, Gwen Cherrell, Irene Handl, Fred Berger, Charles Groves, Ingeborg von Kusserow
When Cherie (June Sylvaine), who is the daughter of Humphrey Proudfoot (Robertson Hare), and Fred (Andrew Crawford) decide to marry, problems erupt because Fred's father Alfred Gilbey (Stanley Holloway) and Humphrey are arch enemies. Each of the fathers tries to get the goods on the other one in order to stop the romance. Dated, but mildly funny. A brief appearance by Audrey Hepburn in an early role.
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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes 1970 PG, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Robert Stephens, Colin Blakely, Genevieve Page, Christopher Lee, Tamara Toumanova, Clive Revill, Irene Handl, Stanley Holloway, Mollie Maureen, Catherine Lacey
This Billy Wilder film is effective as it studies the famed sleuth, though it is often slow-paced. In it, he solves several cases to the amazement of Dr. Watson, but not to the amazement of the audience.
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School for Scoundrels 1960 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Hamer
Cast: Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Alastair Sim, Janette Scott, Dennis Price, Peter Jones, Edward Chapman, John Le Mesurier, Irene Handl, Kynaston Reeves
Based on Stephen Potter's books, the plot for this film involves a training school–Lifeman College–that teaches how to succeed in life's games. Henry Palfrey (Ian Carmichael) is a loser who enrolls in the school and under the guidance of Professor Potter (Alastair Sim) learns the art of playing those games that will help him succeed.
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The Shop at Sly Corner 1947 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Code of Scotland Yard
Director: George King
Cast: Oskar Homolka, Derek Farr, Muriel Pavlow, Manning Whiley, Kathleen Harrison, Garry Marsh, Kenneth Griffith, Jan Van Loewen, Irene Handl, Johnnie Schofield, Diana Dors, Katie Johnson, Eliot Makeham
Antique dealer Descius Heiss (Oskar Homolka) is hiding the fact that he is an escaped convict. But, his bookkeeper Robert Graham (Derek Farr) has caught on and is blackmailing him. In order to protect his concert violinist daughter Margaret (Muriel Pavlow), whose career would suffer if her father's past was revealed, Descius kills Farr. Later, when Scotland Yard investigates the murder, Descius commits suicide–one more desperate act aimed at protecting Margaret.
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 Stage Fright 1950 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding, Richard Todd, Alastair Sim, Kay Walsh, Sybil Thorndike, Miles Malleson, Joyce Grenfell, Andre Morell, Patricia Hitchcock, Ballard Berkeley, Irene Handl, Alfie Bass
Drama student Eve Hill (Jane Wyman) has been told by her boyfriend (Richard Todd) that one of the stars, Charlotte Inwood (Marlene Dietrich), is a murderess. Now Eve spies on Charlotte hoping for proof of the murder.
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The Terror 1938 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: Richard Bird
Cast: Wilfrid Lawson, Bernard Lee, Arthur Wontner, Linden Travers, Henry Oscar, Alastair Sim, Iris Hoey, Lesley Wareing, Stanley Lathbury, John Turnbull, Richard Murdoch, Edward Lexy, Irene Handl, Kathleen Harrison, Jack Lambert
Edgar Wallace's play is again brought to the screen (previously filmed in 1928). A mysterious killer known as "The Terror" has been keeping Scotland Yard busy for ten years, and the search leads to Col. Redmayne's (Arthur Wontner) old mansion and several suspects. Ghosts, stormy nights, and murder lie ahead.
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Two Way Stretch 1960 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Peter Sellers, Wilfrid Hyde-White, David Lodge, Bernard Cribbins, Maurice Denham, Lionel Jeffries, Liz Fraser, Beryl Reid, Irene Handl, Thorley Walters, Noel Hood, Myrette Morven, George Woodbridge, Edwin Brown, Wallas Eaton
Three convicts–Dodger Lane (Peter Sellers), Jelly Knight (David Lodge), and Lennie Price (Bernard Cribbins) break out of jail to rob a maharajah, commit the perfect crime, and return to jail for the perfect alibi. With help from Soapy Stevens (Wilfrid Hyde-White), they perform the heist, but then are faced with the problem of where to store the jewels. They decide to hide them in the warden's safe, and wait to be released. That works, but problems lie in their future.
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Young Wives' Tale 1951 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Cass
Cast: Joan Greenwood, Audrey Hepburn, Nigel Patrick, Derek Farr, Guy Middleton, Athene Seyler, Helen Cherry, Irene Handl, Jack McNaughton
Two couples share a London home following World War II, and the ensuing problems are amusing.
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| 1. Brief Encounter (1945)
2. Brothers in Law (1957)
3. Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)
aka: Man in a Cocked Hat
4. Heavens Above! (1963)
5. The Italian Job (1969)
6. I'm All Right, Jack (1959)
7. A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)
8. Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966)
aka: Morgan!
9. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
10. One Wild Oat (1951)
11. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
12. School for Scoundrels (1960)
13. The Shop at Sly Corner (1947)
aka: Code of Scotland Yard
14. Stage Fright (1950)
15. The Terror (1938)
16. Two Way Stretch (1960)
17. Young Wives' Tale (1951)
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