Now Barabbas

Now Barabbas 1949

6.50

A prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.

1949

No Escape

No Escape 1934

1

“Crime film set in Malaya concerning the pursuit of a planter framed for poisoning his partner and suspected of carrying plague.” - BFI.

1934

Twelve Good Men

Twelve Good Men 1936

1

A convicted killer escapes and seeks revenge on the jurors who put him in prison. He kills two of them and the rest end up hiding in the large home of another juror, an actor. It is the actor who saves them from the murderous fugitive.

1936

Gypsy

Gypsy 1936

1

Gypsy dancer Hassina falls in love with lion tamer Brazil and travels to London to find him. Brazil is supposedly working at the Crystal Palace, but he is not there when Hassina arrives. After fainting from lack of food, Hassina is taken into the home of wealthy middle-aged bachelor Alan Brooks, who falls in love with her.

1936

Dangerous Medicine

Dangerous Medicine 1938

1

After a young girl is jailed for a murder she didn't commit, a doctor helps her escape to capture the real killer and clear her name.

1938

Where's Charley?

Where's Charley? 1952

10.00

Musical version of the comedy, "Charley's Aunt," by Brandon Thomas. As part of a simple enough ruse, a Cambridge student poses as his aunt but his scheme goes wrong, first when someone falls for the aunt, and then when the real aunt turns up.

1952

Mr. What's-His-Name?

Mr. What's-His-Name? 1935

1

A beautician meets and falls in love with a young man, and they soon marry. What she doesn't know, however, is that her new husband is actually a millionaire who is suffering from amnesia—and he already has a wife.

1935

Where's Sally?

Where's Sally? 1936

1

'Honeymoon wife learns of husband's past and runs away.' (British Film Catalogue)

1936

The Girl in the Crowd

The Girl in the Crowd 1935

1

“Bookseller David Gordon's new wife Marian has never met David's friend Bob but by telephone advises him on how to meet women by following the first attractive girl he sees. Unfortunately, the girl turns out to be Marian and Bob is arrested.” - Steve Crook

1935

A Glimpse of Paradise

A Glimpse of Paradise 1935

1

“Ex-convict saves his estranged daughter from a blackmailer.” - BFI.

1935

What’s in a Name?

What’s in a Name? 1935

1

“Comedy concerning a clerk pretending to be a European composer who falls in love with a woman who poses as an actress.” - BFI.

1935

His Brother’s Keeper

His Brother’s Keeper 1940

1

“A successful human target act of two brothers is sorely tried by the efforts of a gold digging blues singer to split them up.” - BFI.

1940

Transatlantic Trouble

Transatlantic Trouble 1937

1

Max Miller plays a boxer's manager who fails to get fights for his simple-minded boxer. The manager sets up a scene in an American nightclub whereby his fighter gets the chance to knock down the reigning champion. The ruse fails to get the fighter a job but a female acquaintance of the champion takes a fancy to his opponent. The plot develops aboard a ship back to England.

1937

The Office Wife

The Office Wife 1934

1

“The reconciliation of a divorced couple following the publisher husband's marriage to his secretary.” - BFI.

1934

The Windmill

The Windmill 1937

1

The German adopted-daughter of a Belgian innkeeper is threatened with internment by him if she reveals to the British billetees that he is a spy. However, she is in love with one of them and helps them.

1937