Reginald Beckwith

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The Titfield Thunderbolt
7

The Titfield Thunderbolt

When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, ...
The Ugly Duckling
5.5

The Ugly Duckling

Sep. 09, 1959

The Ugly Duckling

Henry Jekyll was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon, relegated to waiting for his invitation to participate in life that never ...
Gonks Go Beat
4.4

Gonks Go Beat

May. 24, 1965

Gonks Go Beat

A swiftly assembled musical fantasy movie made to capitalise on the mid-Sixties, British craze for gonks (a sort of soft, furry toy). Today it is ...
The Big Job
6.4

The Big Job

Jan. 01, 1965

The Big Job

A gang of hapless crooks, led by Sidney James, successfully perpetrate a robbery only to be caught after the fact. Fifteen years later they ...
Lancelot and Guinevere
5.7

Lancelot and Guinevere

In and around the castle Camelot, brave Cornel Wilde (as Lancelot) and virtuous Brian Aherne (as King Arthur) vie for the affections of lovely ...
The Password Is Courage
6.8

The Password Is Courage

Sergeant-Major Charles Coward, a brave British soldier is captured by German forces during World War II. When he’s thrown into a prisoner ...
Night of the Eagle
6.9

Night of the Eagle

Apr. 25, 1962

Night of the Eagle

A skeptical college professor discovers that his wife has been practicing magic for years. Like the learned, rational fellow he is, he forces her ...
The Night We Got the Bird
5.7

The Night We Got the Bird

Good natured comic caper charting the misadventures of a hapless bunch of Brighton based petty crooks dogged with disaster at every turn.
Five Golden Hours
5.6

Five Golden Hours

Feb. 01, 1961

Five Golden Hours

A petty crook gallantly consoles wealthy widows and is doing all right in his chosen profession until he meets and falls in love with a lovely ...
Dentist on the Job
5.3

Dentist on the Job

Jun. 01, 1961

Dentist on the Job

Colonel Proudfoot of Proudfoot Industries tries to entice a couple of newly qualified dentists to advertise “Dreem”, a revolutionary ...
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
7.2

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress… and they’re right. Hysterical panic has ...
There Was a Crooked Man
6.6

There Was a Crooked Man

When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is caught and jailed. When he is released he goes ...
Expresso Bongo
6.2

Expresso Bongo

Dec. 01, 1959

Expresso Bongo

A seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation.
Doctor in Love
5.7

Doctor in Love

Jul. 12, 1960

Doctor in Love

Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice, stopping off on the way as patients at the Foulness ...
Bottoms Up!
6

Bottoms Up!

Mar. 25, 1960

Bottoms Up!

An incompetent boarding school headmaster, Professor Jim Edwards, devises a bizarre plot to raise the profile of his boarding school, and thus ...
Friends and Neighbours
5.1

Friends and Neighbours

During the Cold War, a British family struggles to overcome cultural differences as they welcome two Russian social workers into their home for a ...
Desert Mice
5.3

Desert Mice

Jan. 05, 1959

Desert Mice

A World War II farce that follows the antics of an ENSA (Entertainment National Service Association) group. Fresh from the music halls, they ...
The Captain’s Table
5.9

The Captain’s Table

Jan. 06, 1959

The Captain’s Table

A captain is promoted by his company from tramp steamers to their flagship passenger liner. Although he is a thoroughly competent sailor ready to ...
The Horse’s Mouth
7

The Horse’s Mouth

Nov. 11, 1958

The Horse’s Mouth

Gulley Jimson is a boorish aging artist recently released from prison. A swindler in search of his next art project, he hunkers down in the ...
Night of the Demon
7.4

Night of the Demon

Nov. 09, 1957

Night of the Demon

American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet ...
Lucky Jim
6

Lucky Jim

Sep. 17, 1957

Lucky Jim

Jim Dixon feels anything but lucky. At the university he has to do the bidding of absent-minded and boring Professor Welch to have any hope of ...
A Touch of the Sun
5.5

A Touch of the Sun

Oct. 01, 1956

A Touch of the Sun

A hotel porter is left a fortune but after living it up for a while he returns to his old place of work which is in financial difficulties.
The Lyons in Paris
6.6

The Lyons in Paris

Feb. 11, 1955

The Lyons in Paris

The second in the series of films about the Lyon family, based on the BBC radio series Life With the Lyons. Ben Lyon appears to have forgotten ...
The Men of Sherwood Forest
5.7

The Men of Sherwood Forest

Robin Hood is persuaded by two nobles whom he believes to be loyal to King Richard to recover secret plans attaining to the rescue of the king ...
Lease of Life
6.8

Lease of Life

Oct. 18, 1954

Lease of Life

The parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life so far and what he can still do to help the community.
The Million Pound Note
6.8

The Million Pound Note

An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of ...
Genevieve
7.1

Genevieve

May. 28, 1953

Genevieve

Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home.
Another Man’s Poison
6.8

Another Man’s Poison

Novelist Janet Frobisher, lives in an isolated house, having been separated for years from her criminal husband. She has fallen in love with her ...
Atomowa kaczka
5.7

Atomowa kaczka

Sep. 21, 1951

Atomowa kaczka

Mr. Drake and his wife live a nice, quiet life on their Sussex farm, until one of their ducks lays a radioactive egg made of uranium! When the ...
Scott of the Antarctic
6.9

Scott of the Antarctic

The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole ...
Freedom Radio
6.5

Freedom Radio

Feb. 04, 1941

Freedom Radio

Hitler’s doctor is gradually realising that the Nazi regime isn’t as good as it pretends to be when his friends start to ...