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Geordie (1955) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Geordie
director: Frank Launder actor: Alastair Sim / Bill Travers
other title: 若い河
Concerned about his small stature, a young Scottish boy applies for a mail-order body building course, successfully gaining both height and strength. The film was released as "Wee Geordie" in the USA.
The Rake's Progress (1945) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Rake's Progress
director: Sidney Gilliat actor: Rex Harrison / Lilli Palmer
other title: Der letzte Sündenfall / 風流公子
Vivian Kenway, a young Englishman from an aristocratic background, flunks out of Oxford, and decides to use his considerable charm to achieve his goal of, apparently, making dissipation his career. His derelictions include seduction, betrayals of sweethearts, family and friends, and Marriage for money. All this with no signs of remorse or redemption, since his life as a completely unprincipled rake is quite enjoyable...for him, at least. Then, World War II breaks out and he is given a chance to die a heroic death for flag and country. Maybe.
Millions Like Us (1943) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Millions Like Us
other title: Millones como nosotros / 百万同胞
When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a factory making aircraft parts. Here she meets other girls from all different walks of life and begins a relationship with a young airman.
London Belongs to Me (1948) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
London Belongs to Me
other title: Londres appartient à moi / Londres me pertenece
Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of characters in central London. Although well intentioned, he becomes mixed up with gangsters and murder. The story focuses on the effects this has on Percy and the other residents.
State Secret (1950) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
State Secret
other title: Staatsgeheimnis / Secret d'état
While working in England, an American surgeon Dr. John Marlowe is invited to Vosnia (a fictitious East-European country) to receive an award and demonstrate his life-saving surgery. Unwittingly caught in the middle of a dangerous and corrupt series of political events, Marlowe then becomes the object of a shoot-to-kill, vicious pursuit. Fleeing, he seeks help from an English-speaking actress, Lisa Robinson, and the two attempt to escape across the treacherous mountains of Vosnia.
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
director: 弗兰克·劳德 actor: Cecil Parker / George Cole
other title: 特里安的纯真地狱 / 烏龍女校
The fourth form monsters' latest trick is their best yet – they have burned down the school! As the girls stand trial, police breathe a sigh of relief, but miraculously the judge's infatuation with a student means the school is freed. For the authorities, it means a new reign of terror as the girls of St Trinian’s regroup with gleeful anticipation.
Ask a Policeman (1939) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Ask a Policeman
director: Marcel Varnel actor: Will Hay / Graham Moffatt
The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremias Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime-wave to save their jobs---and then find themselves involved in the real thing.
The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Man Who Changed His Mind
other title: Der Mann, der sein Gehirn austauschte / Cerveaux de rechange
Dr. Laurence, a once-respectable scientist, begins to research the origin of the mind and the soul. The science community rejects him, and he risks losing everything for which he has worked. He begins to use his discoveries to save his research and further his own causes, thereby becoming ... a mad scientist, almost unstoppable.
Bulldog Jack (1935) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Bulldog Jack
director: 沃尔特·福德 actor: Jack Hulbert / Fay Wray
other title: Alias Bulldog Drummond
While filling in for injured supersleuth Bulldog Drummond (Atholl Fleming), world-class cricket player Jack Pennington (Jack Hulbert) attempts to foil a criminal mastermind's (Ralph Richardson) impending heist that's targeting a valuable jewel necklace held within the British Museum. This comedic 1930s mystery features daring rescues, intense fistfights and an exciting edge-of-your seat finale aboard a runaway train.