100% from 4 members
Two Way Stretch
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Two Way Stretch
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Peter Sellers, Wilfrid Hyde White, Lionel Jeffries
Director: Robert Day
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Even though the prison conditions in which Sellers and his pals live are more similar to those of a luxury hotel than a jail, they find that they must leave a day before their scheduled parole in order to pull off a jewel heist.
71%
from 1,028 member
Kind Hearts and Coronets
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Kind Hearts and Coronets
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Dennis Price, Beatrice Campbell, Valerie Hobson
Director: Robert Hamer, Henry Cass, Alexander Mackendrick
Certificate:
Set in the stately Edwardian era, Robert Hamer's Kind Hearts And Coronets is black comedy at is best, with the most articulate and literate of all Ealing screenplays. Sir Alec Guinness gives a virtuoso performance in his Ealing comedy debut, playing all eight victims standing between a mass-..read more »
71%
from 7,607 members
The Lavender Hill Mob
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The Lavender Hill Mob
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sid James
Director: Charles Crichton
Certificate:
Comedy about a meek bank clerk who plans a theft from his own bank.
71%
from 6,853 members
The Man in the White Suit
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The Man in the White Suit
on DVD
Starring: Alec Guinness, Beatrice Campbell, Joan Greenwood
Director: Alexander Mackendrick, Henry Cass, Robert Hamer
Certificate:
Sidney Stratton, a humble inventor, develops a fabric which never gets dirty or wears out. This would seem to be a boon for mankind, but the established garment manufacturers don't see it that way and try to suppress it.
69%
from 2,553 members
The Magnet
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The Magnet
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: William Fox, Kay Walsh, Stephen Murray
Director: Charles Frend
Certificate:
A classic Ealing comedy in which a young boy steals a magnet and becomes a hero.
62%
from 331 members
The Ladykillers
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The Ladykillers
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Alice Krige
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Certificate:
Alexander Mackendrick's last Ealing comedy and certainly one of the best, William Rose received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Alec Guinness stars in one of his most vivid disguises, in this killingly funny black comedy gem. The villains plot to kill the old lady who discovers ..read more »
72%
from 8,573 members
Passport to Pimlico
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Passport to Pimlico
on DVD
Starring: Stanley Holloway, Hermione Baddeley, Sydney Tafler
Director: Henry Cornelius
Certificate:
An ancient document reveals that London's Pimlico district really belongs to France. And the Pimlico community, eager to abandon post-War constraints, quickly establish their independence as a ration-free state, with hilarious results.
71%
from 3,197 members
Champagne Charlie
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Champagne Charlie
on DVD
(1944)
Starring: Tommy Trinder, Dave Willis, Stanley Holloway
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti, Norman Lee, Walter Forde
Certificate:
The story of a 19th century English music hall (vaudeville) performer and life behind the scenes.
56%
from 239 members
Titfield Thunderbolt
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Titfield Thunderbolt
on DVD
(1953)
Starring: Stanley Holloway, George Relph, Naunton Wayne
Director: Charles Crichton
Certificate:
Comedy of railfans who take over their village's passenger train service (against bus company resistance) when British Rail abandons it.
72%
from 1,930 member
Whisky Galore!
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Whisky Galore!
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Basil Radford, Joan Mackenzie
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Certificate:
Filmed at Barra in the outer Hebrides, Whisky Galore was based upon a true incident, the foundering of a cargo ship off the Isle Of Eriskay with 50,000 cases of Scotch aboard. The Scottish islanders of Todday by-pass war time rationing and delight in smuggling cases of their favourite tipple from ..read more »
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from 2,667 members
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