While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire. In…
Edward “Teddy” Bare is a ruthless schemer who thinks he’s hit the big time when he kills his older wife, believing he will inherit a fortune. When things don’t go…
Magazine editor Valerie Carr lives in London with her two daughters Jan, aged seventeen, and Poppet, thirteen. When Jan is invited to a party at the Savoy, she meets dashing…
IT’S GREAT TO A YOUNG stars John Mills as Dingle an easygoing high school teacher. When autocratic new headmaster Frome (Cecil Parker) begins imposing all sorts of repressive rules, Dingle…
An atomic scientist is found floating in a river with a bullet in his back and a radioactive halo around his body. The radioactivity has put him seven-and-a-half seconds ahead…
Because of its high productivity and “almost” 100 per cent employment, the town of Hayhoe, England is expecting a visit from the Prime Minister. The “almost” is because of Dan…
In this delightful fantasy adventure, a mild-mannered writer of adventure stories for girls (Richard Hearne) finds himself presented with an intriguing proposition from an elderly fan (Margaret Rutherford). She suggests…
Story of romance between a young boxer in fairground boxing booth and a chorus girl, and how ‘Racer’, a ‘Wall of Death’ rider in the same fairground, involves them in…
A husband-and-wife detective team look into the murder of one of her friends, whose father–a prominent scientist–has been kidnapped. They find themselves up against a sinister crime organization headed by…
Small-time jewel thief Leo Martin is deserted by his partners-in-crime, club owner Gus Loman and driver Hatchett, when the robbery they are committing goes wrong. After serving his prison sentence,…
