A German exchange student at Cambridge University unwittingly becomes the victim of a practical joke performed by the Dodo circle - a group of students that must undertake one impossible feat a term.
Brian Stimpson, headmaster, runs his school, as he runs his life, by the clock - until one little slip destroyed his schedule and turned one of the most important days of his life into a disaster.
David Balfour is a recently orphaned young man from a tiny Highland village and the true heir to the title of Master of the Shaws. His uncle Ebenezer has designs on the title so hires Captain Hosean to dispose of his nephew.
The Harrow Correspondence College - Principal, Professor William Davis - differs from its more notable namesake in more than one respect, and in no greater respect than size. It possesses only one pupil, and he hasn't paid his fees. When Professor Davis visits the pupil, a young assistant in the press division of the Ministry of International Commerce, in an effort to extract the unpaid fee from him, he becomes involved in a hilarious series of misadventures with kidnapped professors and Nazi plots, and culminating in a crazy car chase involving a baby carriage and a bath chair.
Due to a 'flu' epidemic, three new police constables are posted to an understaffed station. The three become involved in all manner of escapades and misadventures forcing the inspector to arrange a 'chaperone' for them.
Sam Lilley, an ex-jockey who has been disbarred, is shown a way into Lingfield racecourse by a cheeky-faced lad named Georgie Crain. Impressed by the boy's knowledge of racing, Sam sees immense possibilities in the lad, but finds some opposition at first from his attractive, widowed mother, Barbara. Georgie manages to get taken on as a stable boy and with Sam's help begins to ride successfully. And when it looks as if the boy's career might go the same way as his own, Sam makes the
A riotous comedy about a group of music students who live in fear of conductor Sir Benjamin Boyd, a tyrant of a master who attempts to prevent the lads from indulging in any 'extra-curricular' activity. When part of the scholarship is to conduct a full orchestra, all imaginable hell is let loose!
While waiting for Stella in a cabaret hall, Hoffman amuses his friends with tales of his past loves: Olympia, the animated puppet of Doctor Coppelius Giulietta, a Venitian courtesan for whom he killed a man and Antonia who died from singing too much.
When the last will and testament of wealthy, notorious practical joker Henry Augustus Russell is read to his only surviving relatives, it is found that he had remained faithful to his reputation until his last hours. Each of his four relatives will receive a fortune, provided they perform required hilarious, embarrassing or criminal acts.
When a teenaged student disappears, her teacher is suspected of killing her.
Robert Donat plays two roles in this celebrated comedy.
A TV studio hits upon an idea for a new programme - an hour-long show five days a week showing the trials and tribulations of the life of a married couple.
An excellent example of war-time propaganda film-making, combining documentary with scripted performances. Depicts a Germany under the grip of mass-hysteria led by Hitler, in contrast to the rural peace of England and the dignity of its inhabitants.
Major Bright and Captain Early are planning to capture a fugitive Nazi who has stolen the famous Rothstein diamond and hidden it in a hollow cricket ball. As Bright and Early search for the Nazi, will they realise they have the valuable cricket ball?
A group of people lead by Major Rayne (Terry Thomas), hatch a plan to steal fur coats, sell them and give the money to charity. As a group, however, they are not particularly experienced in such matters.
In this oscar winning performace, Charles Laughton plays Henry VIII.
Laurence Olivier plays Logan, a divorce lawyer, stranded in overcrowded hotel.
A gorgeous continental film star comes to London for the premiere of her latest film and is whisked away by her number one fan, a Cockney docker and his three friends.
Set in 1929 and based upon Arthur Ransome's immortal children's novel, "Swallows and Amazons" is the story of a group of children who man two sailing dinghies, 'Swallow' and 'Amazon' and plan mock 'sea-battles' in the Lake District.
This comedy centres on the aging butler to a poor country squire. A BBC producer wants to feature the butler and squire, on his radio program. A wheeler-dealer tries to buy the squires land for less than it is worth.