Butchers Noir
British second feature films from Butcher's Film Service .
Most of the films they made were crime movies in the 40s- mid 60s , then mostly horror and exploitation .
Most of the films they made were crime movies in the 40s- mid 60s , then mostly horror and exploitation .
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- DirectorThomas BentleyStarsSebastian ShawDerrick De MarneyPatricia RocForeign scientist is selling a secret weapon to the British. He is badly injured in a car accident and is operated on by a surgeon, after the operation he dies mysteriously. An investigation follows.Edgar Wallace adaptation .
- DirectorJohn ArgyleStarsAnthony HulmeJoy SheltonTamara DesniNovelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, meets a newspaper woman called "Steve." Together they investigate a gang of diamond robbers.
- DirectorA. Barr-SmithStarsJohn TurnbullBeatrice CampbellHylton AllenThe Hangman Waits - This 1947 semi-documentary style featurette shot around the News of the World press, is a story of the attempts to apprehend the perpetrator of several grisly murders. A fascinating film produced by Five Star Films at Viking Studios Kensington using the mediums of the Press and the cinema. Good historic scenes of the News of the World Printing Plant and Victoria Station.
- DirectorDenis KavanaghStarsValentine DyallAnne HowardAlec FavershamA doctor is summoned to an old dark house to rid it of evil spirits.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsJohn BentleyDinah SheridanMargaretta ScottA maniac is murdering the patients of a doctor who specializes in nervous disorders. A detective is called in to catch the killer.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsDerek FarrDinah SheridanMargaretta ScottNurse Yorke assists her boss, Dr Napier, who is able of effecting a new treatment on the ailing wife of a Lord.Paul Temple series.
- DirectorNorman LeeStarsMilton RosmerMegs JenkinsMichael Martin HarveyA mother wishes for the return of her dead son, and that wish is granted by a charm made from a severed monkey's paw.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsDinah SheridanEmrys JonesIrene HandlA young couple move into a charming rural cottage. They become fixated upon the mysterious death of the earlier female occupant.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsJohn BentleyDinah SheridanJack LiveseyA husband-and-wife detective team look into the murder of one of her friends, whose father has been kidnapped. They find themselves up against a sinister crime organization headed by a mysterious figure known only as "Z".
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsPat KirkwoodJack WatlingJoy SheltonA lowly bank clerk marries a good time girl but she two-times him for her old crooked boyfriend.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsKathleen ByronLaurence HarveySydney TaflerTwo villains team up to steal some jewelry. The robbery goes wrong and an innocent man is shot.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsSusan ShawMaxwell ReedLaurence HarveyThe story about a prizefighter and a motorcycle daredevil that vie for the beautiful girl from the Carnival.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsJohn BentleyCarol MarshRoddy HughesThe Toff solves the mystery of a missing employer.the Toff series .
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsJack WarnerAnthony SteelJoy SheltonScotland Yard is mobilised in the hunt for blood donors in a race to save a dying girl.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsJohn BentleyPatricia DaintonJohn RobinsonA detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsJohn BentleyPatricia DaintonGrey BlakeThe Temples investigate a series of gruesome murders attributed to a mysterious figure known as "The Marquis".
- DirectorMartyn C. WebsterStarsRobert BeattyElizabeth SellarsPeter CokeA hit and run victim is operated on by Dr. Fenton (Robert Beatty) who becomes implicated after his patient is later murdered.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsGuy RolfeLisa DanielyPatricia DaintonDoctor Fenton is abducted and forced to operate on a mysterious figure. Meanwhile, Inspector Austin investigates the murder of Fenton's assistant. All this has something to do with a missing diplomat.
- DirectorWolf RillaStarsJimmy HanleyRona AndersonLeslie DwyerWhen young reporter and amateur biker Jerry Marsh investigates a mysterious hooded figure on a motorbike, he discovers crooks hiding out in a ruined castle with atomic sabotage on their minds...
- DirectorWolf RillaStarsPaul CarpenterRona AndersonSusan ShawKatie attempts to save her fathers failing garage after he is killed during a stock car race, but one of the creditors is determined to take the garage.
- DirectorJohn FitchenStarsChristopher LeeFerdy MayneMercy HaysteadA young man returns from the grave to avenge himself on an impresario who caused the death of his sister.
- DirectorWolf RillaStarsMaxwell ReedSandra DorneLeslie Dwyer1953. Crime drama directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Maxwell Reed and Sandra Dorne. The wife of the garage owner is caught with the mechanic, when he is accidentally killed and a cover up begins.
- DirectorJoseph SterlingStarsPhilip FriendMary MackenzieLeslie DwyerIntelligence officer fails a mission during WW2. Years later whilst working in a hotel he may discover what went wrong?
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsRichard DenningCarole MathewsRonald Adam1956. Drama. Starring Hollywood's Richard Denning as the secret agent, Carole Mathews as the luscious nightclub vocalist and Ronald Adam as the chameleon-like criminal. A story of money and crime.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsHugh McDermottJane HyltonHonor BlackmanA rogue smuggler enters the world of intrigue and deception, when he finds that his wife has been kidnapped his world changes.
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsRobert HuttonLisa GastoniMartin BensonInternational crook Armstrong flees post-war Tangier with priceless forgery plates. International crook Voss sends pretty Michele after him. Arriving in London, Armstrong accidentally swaps coats in a barber's shop with film actor Chuck Collins. Through an address in his new coat's pocket, Collins meets up with Michele. Voss' partner, international crook Heinrich, starts to sense a double-cross. When Armstrong is thrown out of his hotel window, the police start to sense foul play.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsPaul CarpenterKay CallardMonica GreyA journalist pieces together clues which lead to the eventual downfall of a sophisticated blackmail ring.
- DirectorPeter MaxwellStarsRobert MacKenzieDelphi LawrenceGordon JacksonA blind American Army officer becomes involved in a murder mystery and solves it after regaining his sight.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsSheldon LawrenceJulia ArnallAnton DiffringA sample of an advanced new metal is stolen and made into a cigarette case in Brussels ready for smuggling to the East. An American jewel thief accidentally finds it in his possession and becomes the focus of unwanted attention.
- DirectorRonald KinnochStarsMarshall ThompsonJohn LoderHenry OscarA physicist finds himself drawn into an investigation to track down a spy at his research station.
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsReed De RouenKenneth CopeLeigh MadisonStory of a safe robbery gang who hide in a derelict warehouse.
- DirectorDavid EadyStarsTony WrightShirley EatonDanny GreenSuspected of killing a man while on shore leave, sailor Tom Cassidy sets out to prove his innocence.
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsSpencer TeakleFelicity YoungMartin BensonA locksmith's first heist goes awry when his partner is killed by rival thieves after the theft. Betrayed by his girlfriend, he hides with the loot in a flat above a club, wary of its untrustworthy tenants while evading cops and crooks.
- DirectorHenry CassStarsDerek BondReed De RouenBryan ColemanA Police Inspector follows the trail and circumstances of the murder of a one-handed man back to a prisoner-of-war camp in Burma in 1946.
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsPeter ReynoldsDermot WalshJoanna DunhamThe nephew of a printer gets involved with foreign spies intent on making counterfeit money.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsPaul MaxwellFelicity YoungBruce SetonCraig Owen is an incarcerated criminal whose cellmate holds the secret to the valuable contents within a safe deposit box.
- DirectorHenry CassStarsEric PohlmannPeter ReynoldsPat ClavinMelodrama, dealing with safe-breakers and gang warfare.
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsJess ConradHermione BaddeleyKenneth GriffithCarol flees to London from her alcoholic stepfather, but runs into a rough crowd in her new home.
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsWilliam FranklynMoira RedmondBruno BarnabeRichard Logan, a safe maker, wakes up with amnesia after being found unconscious. A detective hired by his wife was murdered. A safe his firm installed was robbed. Logan teams up with his wife to uncover the truth behind these events.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsGlyn HoustonZena WalkerDermot WalshA girl is hit by a truck and needs a rare blood transfusion. The only 3 donors are a murderer on death row, a scientist selling secrets, and a soccer player nearing a milestone.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsPeter ReynoldsAvice LandoneDavid KernanA family of burglars and safecrackers plan a heist at a jewelry store. When one of the family--who is the safecracking expert--gets arrested and jailed, they hatch a plan to break him out so he can take part in the robbery.
- DirectorPeter MaxwellStarsPatrick HoltEmrys JonesHonor BlackmanScotland Yard investigate when a woman, apparently the estranged wife of a London painter, is murdered with a shotgun in rural Surrey at the same time as the artist's striking model with her long black hair disappears.
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsAnthony OliverMaureen ConnellAlan TilvernWith the help of the Metropolitan Police, a girl starts to track down the gang who had her detective brother killed by a speeding car. The trail leads to Nicky's club in Soho and to diamond smuggling.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsPatrick HoltColette WildeBill NagyWhen the director of a successful racing car company is shot dead the other directors have reason to believe their lives are at risk too. Suspect number one is an ex-employee just released from gaol who went down on their evidence.
- DirectorErnest MorrisStarsRobert HuttonReginald MarshUrsula HowellsAn aide at the American Embassy in London finds himself involved with both Scotland Yard and the French police over the kidnapping of the son of a Mafia boss who has spilled the beans back in the States.
- DirectorErnest MorrisStarsVincent BallBetty McDowallGeoffrey TooneJoan Scott is distraught at the death of her husband in a plane crash. However, all is not as it seems. Joan has reason to believe that there is more to this than meets the eye and begins to investigate her husband's mysterious death and the involvement of a woman known simply as 'Diana'.
- DirectorErnest MorrisStarsPaul MaxwellClare OwenAnita WestA man returning from Baghdad agrees to deliver a message in London. He's abducted by a gang who killed the original recipient. He escapes but he and his girlfriend are targets as they lure the gang into an MI5 operation in Seaford.
- DirectorPeter MaxwellStarsConrad PhillipsGeorge PastellBallard BerkeleyCrime reporter Jack Moir is framed by crooked nightclub owner, 'The Duke'. In prison, Moir plans his revenge.
- DirectorJim O'ConnollyStarsAnthony BoothJacqueline EllisDerek Francis1963. Drama. Directed by Jim O'Connolly. Starring Anthony Booth & Jacqueline Ellis. A lorry driver meets Shirley at a cafe and offers her a lift. His truck carrying valuable whiskey is later hijacked.
- DirectorJim O'ConnollyStarsPeter VaughanJohn CarsonYvonne RomainA fastidious insurance assessor investigates a potential case of insurance fraud in Brighton and uncovers a murder.
- DirectorTerry BishopStarsDerren NesbittJulie HopkinsHoward Marion-CrawfordThe inhabitants of a small village, led by a war veteran, try to catch a vagrant, who they suspect to be an escaped mental patient.
- DirectorBernard KnowlesStarsMark StevensMarianne KochWolfgang LukschyA scientist experimenting with suspended animation decides to use himself as a test subject. Before he is frozen, his wife is killed, and he is suspected of her murder.
- DirectorGordon HesslerStarsGary MerrillJane MerrowGeorgina CooksonAn astute businesswoman is completely devoted to her faithless husband, who must kill her to carry on with her pretty young niece. It turns out that the dead don't die so easily.