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Kanopy
79
70
7.4
/5973/
74
/127/
68
/77/
3.7
/2046/
100
/6/
83
/55/

The Cruel Sea (1953)
At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life miserable enough, but the men must also harden themselves to rescuing survivors of U-Boat attacks, while seldom able to strike back. Traumatic events afloat and ashore create a warm bond between the skipper and his first officer
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70
45
7.0
/2738/
68
/39/
72
/39/
3.5
/1388/
71
/22/

Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
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 - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a rival team of Norwegian explorers conspire against him
poster
71
28
7.0
/1579/
64
/27/
69
/21/
3.5
/621/
83
/16/

The Long Arm (1956)
Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. The film is notable for using a police procedural style made popular by Ealing in their 1950 film The Blue Lamp. It is known in the US as The Third Key.
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65
23
6.7
/627/
70
/8/
70
/11/
58
/71/

San Demetrio London (1943)
Based on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle of the Atlantic by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer and then had been abandoned. When one of the lifeboats drifted back to the burning tanker the day after, and found that she still hadn't exploded, they decided to board her and put out the fires. Eventually, they managed to start the engine again and decided to try to reach Britain against all odds.
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65
19
6.7
/1352/
68
/26/
64
/22/
3.4
/458/
59
/4/

Barnacle Bill (1957)
A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Released in the U.S. as 'All at Sea'
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64
15
6.4
/762/
68
/10/
60
/18/
3.3
/260/

A Run for Your Money (1949)
Two Welsh coal-mining brothers win a trip to London to claim a monetary prize. They are supposed to meet a newspaper reporter who will be their escort. Instead, the brothers are launched into an adventure with some London riff-raff. It is up to the reporter to look out for the brothers, and what a job it turns out to be!
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59
14
6.8
/657/
53
/11/
63
/22/
3.4
/272/
46
/5/

The Magnet (1950)
A classic Ealing comedy in which a young boy steals a magnet and becomes a hero.
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Hoopla
62
11
6.5
/490/
51
/7/
67
/11/
3.3
/271/

Cone of Silence (1960)
A seasoned pilot is condemned for an error which causes a crash. The pilot later dies in a crash with similar circumstances and an examiner looks for scientific reasons for the crashes.
poster
?
4.1
/12/

Our Man in the Caribbean (1964)
A compilation of two episodes from two separate but connected series: "The Sentimental Agent" (106, Man of the World) and "A Very Desirable Plot" (109, The Sentimental Agent).
poster
46
?
6.7
/154/
10
/1/
63
/3/

Girl on Approval (1961)
Sheila's fourteen. Her father abandoned her as a baby, her mum's in jail and she's stuck in a children's home. Every family that's tried to look after her has found her too difficult. Now Anne and John Howland want to foster Sheila. But if they can't make a home for her, her future looks bleak.
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61
?
5.4
/253/
65
/4/
65
/4/

The Big Blockade (1942)
Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.
poster
65
?
6.8
/358/
53
/3/
74
/7/

Lease of Life (1954)
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.
poster
70
?
6.8
/427/
75
/2/
62
/9/

The Foreman Went to France (1942)
Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment.
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39
?
5.9
/78/
10
/1/
50
/2/

The Sky Bike (1967)
Competition between rival inventors endeavouring to win a prize for the first flight by a man-powered flying machine.
poster
65
?
6.7
/231/
70
/2/
60
/2/

The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947)
Joanna Godden falls heir to a farm when her father dies.
poster
61
?
6.3
/212/
60
/4/

Johnny Frenchman (1945)
The fisherman from a Cornish village have a friendly rivalry with the fishermen (and one formidable woman) from a French port. Then war comes and they must all rethink their petty differences.
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35
?
6.0
/108/
10
/1/

Torpedo Bay (1963)
An Italian submarine captain tries to navigate his sub through enemy waters while being stalked by a British warship. They both make it to the neutral port of Tangiers where they agree a truce.
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?
6.4
/9/

The Return of the Vikings (1944)
British war documentary


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