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The Ghost of St. Michael’s (1941)

The Ghost of St. Michael’s (1941)

The Ghost of St. Michael’s (1941)
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82

Will Hay, back in his role as a hapless teacher, is hired by a grim school in remotest Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost,…

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Genre: Comedy
Freedom Radio (1941)

Freedom Radio (1941)

Freedom Radio (1941)
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95

Hitler’s doctor is gradually realising that the Nazi regime isn’t as good as it pretends to be when his friends start to “disappear” into the camps. His wife is courted…

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Genre: Drama, War
Spring Meeting (1941)

Spring Meeting (1941)

Spring Meeting (1941)
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90

Tiny Fox-Collier and her son, Tony, are broke. A cheery and handsome young man about town, Tony knows he can rely on his mother for a brainwave to save them…

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Genre: Comedy
Sailors Three (1940)

Sailors Three (1940)

Sailors Three (1940)
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86

Three sailors get drunk while on shore leave and end up on the wrong ship. When they realise their mistake they scramble off it and onto their warship, HMS Ferocious….

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Genre: Comedy, War
Saloon Bar (1940)

Saloon Bar (1940)

Saloon Bar (1940)
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76

A bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempts to prevent the execution of a potentially innocent man.

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Genre: Thriller
The Flying Squad (1940)

The Flying Squad (1940)

The Flying Squad (1940)
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64

Inspector Bradley of Scotland Yard is on the trail of the murderous ringleader of a smuggling organization in London.

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Genre: Crime
The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940)

The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940)

The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940)
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81

A classic British thriller set in a sinister old house, based on a story by Edgar Wallace.

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Charley’s (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940)

Charley’s (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940)

Charley’s (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940)
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75

Charley’s (Big-Hearted) Aunt is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde starring Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch as Oxford ‘scholars’. The film is one of many to be…

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Genre: Comedy
Night Train to Munich (1940)

Night Train to Munich (1940)

Night Train to Munich (1940)
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96

Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, inventor Axel Bomasch manages to flee and reach England; but those who need to…

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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Busman’s Honeymoon (1940)

Busman’s Honeymoon (1940)

Busman’s Honeymoon (1940)
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83

When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the old house where Harriet…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Let George Do It! (1940)

Let George Do It! (1940)

Let George Do It! (1940)
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82

Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British…

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Genre: Comedy, Music, War
Pastor Hall (1940)

Pastor Hall (1940)

Pastor Hall (1940)
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95

The village of Altdorf has to come to terms with Chancellor Hitler and the arrival of a platoon of Stormtroopers. The Stormtroopers go about teaching and enforcing “The New Order”,…

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Genre: Drama
The Proud Valley (1940)

The Proud Valley (1940)

The Proud Valley (1940)
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76

In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.

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Genre: Drama
Return to Yesterday (1940)

Return to Yesterday (1940)

Return to Yesterday (1940)
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69

Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre company in England.

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Crimes at the Dark House (1940)

Crimes at the Dark House (1940)

Crimes at the Dark House (1940)
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69

In this lurid melodrama, Tod Slaughter plays a villain who murders the wealthy Sir Percival Glyde in the gold fields of Australia and assumes his identity in order to inherit…

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
21 Days Together (1940)

21 Days Together (1940)

21 Days Together (1940)
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72

After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover’s blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and Wanda have just three weeks together before…

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Genre: Drama, Romance
Come on George! (1939)

Come on George! (1939)

Come on George! (1939)
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88

George Formby, who plays George, a stable boy. He also has the unique ability to soothe an anxious racing horse. Expectedly, George races the horse and wins

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Genre: Comedy
The Human Monster (1939)

The Human Monster (1939)

The Human Monster (1939)
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76

Insurance agent-physician collects on policies of men murdered by a disfigured resident of the home for the blind where he acts as doctor-on-call.

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Genre: Horror
The Body Vanished (1939)

The Body Vanished (1939)

The Body Vanished (1939)
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46

A Scotland Yard inspector and his reporter friend arrive on vacation in a small village and are immediately involved in what is claimed to be a murder but the body…

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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Shipyard Sally (1939)

Shipyard Sally (1939)

Shipyard Sally (1939)
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77

A lancashire singer buys a pub in Clydebank and hits money troubles when the shipbyards are closed. She takes a petition to London to try to get them reopened.

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Genre: Comedy, Music
Cheer Boys Cheer (1939)

Cheer Boys Cheer (1939)

Cheer Boys Cheer (1939)
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84

Shades of “Romeo and Juliet” with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.

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Genre: Comedy
Young Man’s Fancy (1939)

Young Man’s Fancy (1939)

Young Man’s Fancy (1939)
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77

An aristocrat falls in love with a human cannonball

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Poison Pen (1939)

Poison Pen (1939)

Poison Pen (1939)
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79

The inhabitants of a peaceful village begin receiving mysterious hate mail penned by someone with malicious thoughts.

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Genre: Drama
The Mikado (1939)

The Mikado (1939)

The Mikado (1939)
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91

In a small Japanese town, Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing he must successfully perform before the appearance of the Mikado in a month’s time, Ko-Ko…

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Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
The Face at the Window (1939)

The Face at the Window (1939)

The Face at the Window (1939)
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65

In 1880, the criminal called The Wolf is responsible for a murderous rampage in France. When the Brisson Bank is robbed in Paris and the employee Michelle is murdered, the…

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Genre: Drama, Horror
Let’s Be Famous (1939)

Let’s Be Famous (1939)

Let’s Be Famous (1939)
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83

An Irishman sets out to become famous as a singer on the radio. Due to a mix up he is instead entered as a contestant on a quiz show.

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Genre: Comedy, Music
Pygmalion (1939)

Pygmalion (1939)

Pygmalion (1939)
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96

When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months’ training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Q Planes (1939)

Q Planes (1939)

Q Planes (1939)
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82

In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraft which have disappeared…

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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Dead Men Are Dangerous (1939)

Dead Men Are Dangerous (1939)

Dead Men Are Dangerous (1939)
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69

Unsuccessful writer Aylmer Franklyn takes the chance to change identities after he discovers a corpse. However, he soon finds himself accused of the murder of a maid at a near-by…

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Genre: Crime
The Outsider (1939)

The Outsider (1939)

The Outsider (1939)
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91

A controversial osteopath sets out to cure the daughter of a famous surgeon – and falls in love with her in the process.

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Genre: Drama
Sixty Glorious Years (1938)

Sixty Glorious Years (1938)

Sixty Glorious Years (1938)
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95

Continuing the story of ‘Victoria the Great’.

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Genre: History
It’s in the Air (1938)

It’s in the Air (1938)

It’s in the Air (1938)
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87

George Brown is rejected as an Air Raid Warden and in doing so sees his potential to join the Royal Air Force. His dreams could soon come true as he…

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Genre: Comedy
The Lady Vanishes (1938)

The Lady Vanishes (1938)

The Lady Vanishes (1938)
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96

On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss…

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The Drum (1938)

The Drum (1938)

The Drum (1938)
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104

Set in the India of the British Raj, the evil and untrustworthy Prince Guhl (Raymond Massey) plans to wipe out the British troops as they enjoy the hospitality of Guhl’s…

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Genre: Adventure, War
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror (1938)

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror (1938)

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror (1938)
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70

Sexton Blake and Tinker foil criminal plot connected with the Tongs, and master-minded by “famous stamp collector” and millionaire.

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Genre: Crime, Thriller
The Divorce of Lady X (1938)

The Divorce of Lady X (1938)

The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
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92

The morning after a London barrister lets a mystery woman stay in his suite, a friend files for divorce.

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Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Green Cockatoo (1937)

The Green Cockatoo (1937)

The Green Cockatoo (1937)
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65

A young girl is travelling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man who has been stabbed by a member of a gang of crooks…

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Genre: Crime, Drama
The Squeaker (1937)

The Squeaker (1937)

The Squeaker (1937)
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77

London’s jewel thieves are under the thumb of a mysterious fence, who ruthlessly exposes any thief who crosses him. Desperate, Scotland Yard re-hires ex-Inspector Barrabal who, as a known drunkard,…

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Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937)

Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937)

Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937)
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88

Sir Percy is forced to return to France one last time, to rescue his wife from the clutches of the sinister Robespierre. It’s clearly a trap, but nothing will keep…

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Genre: Action, Romance
Oh Mr. Porter! (1937)

Oh Mr. Porter! (1937)

Oh Mr. Porter! (1937)
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85

Comedy in which a bungling railway worker is given the job of stationmaster at a rundown station in rural Ireland, where his sidekicks are a toothless old gaffer and a…

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Genre: Comedy