Secret Agent

Secret Agent 1936

6.10

After three British agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to the mission conflicts with their consciences.

1936

The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Man Who Knew Too Much 1934

6.43

While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.

1934

The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps 1935

7.30

Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as The 39 Steps.

1935

The Ghoul

The Ghoul 1933

5.40

British Egyptologist, Professor Morlant, seeks immortality through the power of a jewel buried in the tomb of an Oriental idol. Upon his death, Morlant returns to earth to seek vengeance upon those who removed the jewel from his grave.

1933

Young and Innocent

Young and Innocent 1937

6.60

Robert Tisdall finds on the beach the corpse of a woman he knew. Others wrongly conclude that he is the murderer. Fleeing, he desperately attempts to prove that he is not the killer. A young woman becomes embroiled in the effort.

1937

The Battle

The Battle 1934

7.00

The Battle is a 1934 Franco-British co-production English language drama film directed by Nicolas Farkas and Viktor Tourjansky, and starring Charles Boyer, Merle Oberon and John Loder. It was adapted from a novel by Claude Farrère. In 1904 during the Russo-Japanese War, a Japanese naval officer gets his wife to seduce a British atachee in order to gain secrets from him. Things begin to go wrong when she instead falls in love with him.

1934

Rome Express

Rome Express 1932

6.20

The theft of a famous painting leads to murder and many suspects on a plush train speeding from Paris to Rome.

1932

Sabotage

Sabotage 1937

6.70

Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has a secret that will affect their relationship and threaten her teenage brother's life.

1937

Aunt Sally

Aunt Sally 1934

4.50

An ambitious girl who wants to be a cabaret star poses as "Zaza", a French chanteuse, to get a job in a prestigious nightclub. Unfortunately, she finds herself in the middle of a dispute between Mike Kelly, the club's Chicago-born owner, and a group of American gangsters bent on taking over the club. To put pressure on Kelly, the gangsters kidnap "Zaza".

1934

O.H.M.S.

O.H.M.S. 1937

5.00

American racketeer Jimmie Dean travels to England, where he assumes the identity of a Canadian whom he has been falsely accused of murdering. Jimmie is then forced to join the British army in the dead man's place. He falls in love with the Canadian's childhood playmate, Sally Briggs, and becomes a hero after saving an isolated English colony in China.

1937

Waltzes from Vienna

Waltzes from Vienna 1934

5.30

Johann Strauss Jr. is forced by his father to forget music and to work in a bakery, where he falls in love with Resi, the baker's daughter. The girl gets jealous when a contessa asks Strauss Jr. to write a waltz for her.

1934

The Great Game

The Great Game 1930

1

Set in Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge football ground and featuring appearances from many real-life players from the day, this is the first film to feature football as its central theme and is recognisably modern and authentic. It deals with the day to day dramas, conflicts and love interests of players and managers in the run-up to the Cup Final.

1930

Things Are Looking Up

Things Are Looking Up 1935

6.00

Scatterbrain circus lady has to cover for her sour schoolmistress sister.

1935

Orders Is Orders

Orders Is Orders 1933

1

A brash American movie producer arrives at an army base in England wanting to shoot a movie and use the soldiers as extras. The base commander doesn't want any part of it, but the producer and his secretary cook up a scheme to trick the officer into letting him use the base and its men. Their plan succeeds, but things don't turn out quite the way they were expecting.

1933

The Happy Ending

The Happy Ending 1931

1

A father who deserted his family some years before returns home only to find that his wife has told his children and neighbours that he died as a hero.

1931

The Good Companions

The Good Companions 1933

5.80

Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.

1933

King Solomon's Mines

King Solomon's Mines 1937

5.30

White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.

1937

First a Girl

First a Girl 1935

6.20

An aspiring singer quits her menial job and is talked into performing as a female impersonator by her friend. Her drag act makes her famous, which causes problems for her when a very determined young man falls in love with her. A remake of the 1933 German film Viktor und Viktoria.

1935

The Great White Silence

The Great White Silence 1924

7.81

Herbert Ponting travelled to Antarctica as part of Captain Scott's ill-fated South pole expedition and shot the footage that makes up this extraordinary documentary.

1924

Cottage to Let

Cottage to Let 1941

6.50

Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight.

1941