Dangerous Cargo is a 1954 British black and white second feature ('B') crime film directed by John Harlow starring Jack Watling, Susan Stephen and Karel Stepanek. The film was written by Daily Express crime reporter Percy Hoskins and Stanley Haynes, and produced by Haynes for ACT Films.
Black 13 is a 1953 British crime drama film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Peter Reynolds, Rona Anderson, Patrick Barr and John Le Mesurier. It was written by Pietro Germi and Hughes, and is a remake of the 1948 Italian film Gioventù perduta by Germi. It was made by Vandyke Productions.
Breakout is a 1959 British crime drama film directed by Peter Graham Scott and starring Lee Patterson, Hazel Court and Terence Alexander. It was written by Peter Barnes based on the 1959 novel Breakout by Frederick Oughton.
Solution by Phone is a 1954 British crime film directed by Alfred Travers and starring Clifford Evans, Thea Gregory and Georgina Cookson. The screenplay by Brendon Fleming concerns an actor who seeks help from a crime novelist in his attempts to dispose of a body. It was a second feature, shot at Brighton Studios with sets designed by the art director Don Russell.
The Black Rider is a 1954 British crime thriller film directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Jimmy Hanley, Rona Anderson, and Leslie Dwyer. It was written by A. R. Rawlinson and produced as a low budget second feature for release by Butcher's Film Service.
Whispering Smith Hits London is a 1952 British second feature ('B') mystery film directed by Francis Searle and starring Richard Carlson, Greta Gynt and Herbert Lom. The screenplay was by John Gilling. It was released in the United States by RKO Pictures.
Three Steps to the Gallows is a 1953 British second feature crime film directed by John Gilling and starring Scott Brady, Mary Castle and Gabrielle Brune. It was written by Paul Erickson and Gilling, and released in the US by Lippert Pictures as White Fire.
Mr. Reeder in Room 13 is a 1938 British crime film directed by Norman Lee and starring Peter Murray-Hill, Sally Gray and Gibb McLaughlin. It is based on the first J. G. Reeder book, Room 13 by Edgar Wallace. The film was released in the U.S. in 1941 as Mystery of Room 13.
The Mysterious Mr. Nicholson is a 1947 British crime film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Anthony Hulme, Lesley Osmond and Frank Hawkins. It was written by Francis Miller and Mitchell. The plot concerns a valuable inheritance, murder, confusions of identity, and a mysterious crime boss.
Glad Tidings is a 1953 British second feature ('B') comedy film directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Barbara Kelly, Raymond Huntley and Ronald Howard. It was written by Rilla based on the play of the same title by R. F. Delderfield.
The Dark Stairway is a 1954 British short film directed and written by Ken Hughes and starring Russell Napier and Vincent Ball. It was one of the Scotland Yard series of second feature shorts made in the 1950s for British cinemas by Anglo-Amalgamated at the Merton Park Studios. The films in the series are narrated by crime writer Edgar Lustgarten, and were subsequently broadcast as television episodes.
Three Sundays to Live is a low budget 1957 second feature ('B')} film noir British film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Kieron Moore and Jane Griffiths. It was written by Brian Clemens and produced by The Danzigers.
To Have and to Hold is a 1951 British second feature ('B') drama film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Avis Scott, Patrick Barr and Robert Ayres. The screenplay was by Reginald Long based on the play by Lionel Browne. Facing death following a riding accident, a man spends his final days arranging the future romantic needs of his wife.
Take a Powder is a 1953 British second feature ('B') comedy film directed by Lionel Tomlinson and Julian Vedey and starring Vedey, Max Bacon and Isabel George. It was written by Rex Diamond and Vedey, and made at Brighton Studios. The plot is set against the backdrop of the developing Cold War.
The Armchair Detective is a 1952 British second feature ('B') mystery film directed by Brendan J. Stafford and starring Ernest Dudley, Hartley Power, and Sally Newton. It was written by Dudley and Derek Elphinstone based on Dudley's BBC radio series of the same name, and made at Viking Studios.
Counterspy is a 1953 British second feature comedy thriller film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Dermot Walsh, Hazel Court and Hermione Baddeley. An accountant comes into possession of secret papers sought by both the government and a spy ring.
Flannelfoot is a 1953 British second feature ('B') crime film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Ronald Howard, Mary Germaine and Jack Watling. It was written by Carl Heck and Jack Henry, and made at Walton Studios. The film's sets were designed by John Stoll.
Berth 24 is a 1950 British documentary film produced by British Transport Films and directed by J. B. Holmes. The screenplay was by Montagu Slater. The musical score is by John Greenwood. The film concerns Hull Docks and specifically the unloading and reloading of a ship, the SS Bravo, heading back to Gothenburg. The 44-minute original was somewhat long in its capacity as a "filler" between feature films in the days when a ticket bought an A movie and a B-movie; it was re-released in 1953 as a 15-minute film entitled Dockers at Work.
13 East Street is a 1952 British second feature ('B') crime thriller film directed by Robert S. Baker and starring Patrick Holt, Sandra Dorne and Sonia Holm. It was written by John Gilling, Carl Nystrom and Baker and produced by Tempean Films.
For the 1917, 1939 and 1976 films of the same name see Fighting Mad.
