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- DirectorSidney GilliatStarsRobert MorleyMaurice EvansEileen HerlieThe common career of W.S. Gilbert,a barrister turned comic writer, and Arthur Sullivan, a classic composer turned converted against his will to light music, who wrote fourteen operettas between 1871 and 1896, to great public acclaim.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsDirk BogardeIan HunterDinah SheridanWar drama about the dangerous and stressful work of Lancaster bomber British crews during World War II.
- DirectorAnthony KimminsStarsAlec GuinnessPeter BullCharles GoldnerThe captain of a ferry boat between the restricted British colony in Gibraltar and Spanish Morocco has a woman of differing appeal and temperament in each port.
- DirectorPeter BrookStarsLaurence OlivierHugh GriffithGeorge RoseWhen the composer of an opera about a swashbuckling, wenching highwayman meets his hero's real-life counterpart, he's disappointed with his lack of dash.
- DirectorEmeric PressburgerStarsHugh WilliamsElizabeth AllanJack HawkinsTwin sisters are separated when their parents divorce. They meet again by accident when they are both sent to the same summer camp and hatch a plot to reunite their family.
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsJames MasonClaire BloomHildegard KnefIn post-WW2 Berlin, when travel to the East was still possible, the sister of a British officer from West Berlin is abducted by Communist agents and taken into the Soviet sector where her eventual rescue is arranged by a German smuggler.
- DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsMichael RipperJack HawkinsHugh WilliamsEx regimental commander Colonel Merton catches one of his former NCOs burgling his house and investigates to find the reason behind this desperate act.
- DirectorGeorge More O'FerrallStarsTrevor HowardElizabeth AllanMaria SchellAn unhappily married British security officer stationed in Sierra Leone during World War II falls in love with a young Austrian woman and starts an affair. He soon starts feeling guilty.
- DirectorMario SoldatiStarsTrevor HowardAlida ValliRichard BasehartA British lad tries to investigate his father's disappearance in Venice when nobody believes him.
- DirectorGordon ParryStarsJack HawkinsElizabeth AllanEva BartokGrant is the news editor of London's "Daily World". On a very complicated day, two news stories come to a dramatic climax. Interwoven with these is the problem of Grant's personal life which looks likely to become yet another news item.
- DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsDirk BogardeDenholm ElliottKay CallardDuring World War II, British commandos are sent to destroy a Luftwaffe airfield on a Greek island.
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsRichard AttenboroughCathy O'DonnellDerek FarrIn post-WW2 England, a taxi driver is ostracized by society after he's accused of murdering a school-girl and his untried lawyer must find the real killer to save his client from the hangman.
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsJack WarnerDerek FarrVeronica HurstWhen a local bully is found shot to death, the police suspect a young man who had recently been seen arguing with him. When thy discover that they had been arguing over the affections of a young girl, they begin to suspect that the pair had conspired to kill the victim. The suspect insists he's innocent, but the evidence seems overwhelming.
- DirectorCyril FrankelStarsGoogie WithersJohn McCallumJeremy SpenserA young jockey is determined to win whatever the cost, but finds that there are more important things than success.
- DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsAlastair SimArthur YoungOlga LindoA wealthy family is visited by a police inspector, who questions the family about the suicide of a young working-class woman.
- DirectorJohn EldridgeStarsJohn GregsonKieron MooreHarry FowlerIn rural Norfolk, villagers are spurred to action when it is announced that the nearby RAF station is taking over the Island of Children, a much-loved and untouched bird sanctuary, for rocket practice.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsCharles LaughtonJohn MillsBrenda de BanzieWidower Henry Hobson refuses to let his three daughters get married because he doesn't want to pay settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.
- DirectorDavid MacDonaldStarsHugh McDermottHazel CourtPeter ReynoldsAn uptight, leather-clad female alien, armed with a ray gun and accompanied by a menacing robot, comes to Earth to collect Earth's men as breeding stock.
- DirectorRichard SaleStarsMaureen O'HaraMacdonald CareyBinnie BarnesA female former OSS agent is sent to Tangiers, Morocco, to infiltrate and destroy an international smuggling ring.
- DirectorDavid MillerStarsGinger RogersLily KannStanley BakerJohnny Victor, an actress living with Louis Galt on the Riviera, becomes involved with Pierre Clemont and learns he is a dangerous criminal.