Ealing Comediesss
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- DirectorRobert HamerStarsDennis PriceAlec GuinnessValerie HobsonA distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.
- DirectorAlexander MackendrickStarsAlec GuinnessPeter SellersCecil ParkerFive oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.
- DirectorAlexander MackendrickStarsPaul DouglasAlex MackenzieJames CopelandAn American businessman in Scotland is conned into shipping a valuable load of cargo to a Scottish island via a coal powered boat.
- DirectorCharles CrichtonStarsAlec GuinnessStanley HollowaySidney JamesA meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers.
- DirectorCharles CrichtonStarsStanley HollowayGeorge RelphNaunton WayneVolunteers take over their local passenger train service (against bus company resistance) when the government announces its closure.
- DirectorCharles FrendStarsAlec GuinnessHarry LockeFrederick PiperA seasick sea Captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition.
- DirectorAlexander MackendrickStarsAlec GuinnessJoan GreenwoodCecil ParkerAn altruistic chemist invents a fabric which resists wear and stain as a boon to humanity, but big business and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.
- DirectorCharles CrichtonStarsAlastair SimFrederick PiperHarry FowlerA gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies.
- DirectorHenry CorneliusStarsStanley HollowayBetty WarrenBarbara MurrayResidents of a part of London declare independence after they discover an old treaty, which leads to the need for a "Passport to Pimlico".
- DirectorAlexander MackendrickStarsBasil RadfordJoan GreenwoodCatherine LaceyScottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship.
- DirectorWalter FordeStarsGordon HarkerElizabeth AllanMervyn JohnsAgainst a background of Christmas and the pending arrival of another baby for the landlord, a group of pub locals lead by bookie Joe Harris set out to prove that former customer Eddie Graves is not guilty of the murder for which he is due to be hanged in the morning.Considered to be a direct precursor to the Ealing Comedies.
- DirectorAnthony PelissierStarsStanley HollowayPeggy CumminsJack WatlingA television given as a retirement present is sold on to different households, causing misery each time.
- DirectorCharles FrendStarsStephen MurrayKay WalshJames FoxA boy steals a powerful magnet from a younger boy and gets him into all sorts of trouble.
- DirectorCharles CrichtonStarsDavid NivenPeggy CumminsAnne VernonRex Allerton is a top Hollywood star and an idol of the female population. To get away from the pressure of the fans who won't leave him alone, he relocates to a remote Italian village where unanticipated trouble arises when unwittingly he becomes the prize for an international lottery.
- DirectorCharles FrendStarsDonald HoustonMeredith EdwardsMoira ListerBrothers from a Welsh village take their first trip to London to collect a prize, and meet a con artist and various other urban distractions.
- DirectorCharles CrichtonStarsRobert BeattyMoira ListerStanley HollowayA young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti.
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsBenny HillBelinda LeeDavid KossoffThis movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British scientists.
- DirectorMichael RelphStarsHarry SecombeRon RandellGeorge RelphThe Mad Morgans are a family song and dance act touring the British Music Halls. Young Davy is the star of the act but should he stay with his family or strike out on his own ?
- DirectorWalter FordeStarsNova PilbeamEdmund GwennJimmy O'DeaSet in the world of brewing, a classic tale (an Ealing speciality) of the small, friendly, family run company being threatened with closure by the nasty, modern, large organisation. Bringing in familiar farce elements such as mistaken identity, slapstick and even pie fights, the tale is resolved through the love felt by the children of the opposing brewery owners.Considered by many to be the prototype for the later Ealing Comedies, althouoght not formally part of the collection.