During World War II, British prisoners escape from Stalag Luft III by tunnelling under a vaulting horse.
The life of William Friese-Greene, a British cinema pioneer who died in poverty.
The life of a shy schoolmaster from his first job to his death.
Aircraft carriers prepare for World War II.
During the 1956 Hungarian uprising, a busload of international passengers is detained overnight by a Russian major.
Interwoven stories of probation officers.
The wartime crew of a motor gunboat buy the vessel and go into postwar business as smugglers.
In 1942 Libya, the commander of a motor ambulance gets his vehicle and passengers to safety despite the hazards of minefields and a German spy.
An American gangster owner of a Soho nightclub is investigated by the police for murder.
A small boy who thinks he has killed his friend is terrorised by a murderer.
A girl student becomes a great ballet star but commits suicide when torn between love and her career.
Rivalry between the fishermen of Cornwall and Brittany prevents the course of true love from running smooth.
An architect is caught up in an endless series of recurring dreams, during which he is told other people’s supernatural experiences and finally murders the psychiatrist who is trying to help him.
Two children run away to see the coronation.
An escaped convict takes refuge in his married mistress’s house in East London.
A small-town schoolteacher is prescribed cortisone for arthritis; it gradually turns him into a bullying megalomaniac full of grandiose schemes.
An English captain commands an Australian detachment in the siege of Tobruk, and survives an encounter with Rommel.
A British film star is persuaded to offer himself as first prize in a lottery.
A test pilot refuses to bale out when an engine catches fire; his plight is interwoven with scenes of his family, friends and associates.
A ukulele player accidentally goes to Bergen instead of Blackpool and is mistaken for a spy.
A criminal master of disguise threatens to kill a much more despicable criminal at an appointed hour… and does so, despite police protection.
A woman accidentally kills her daughter’s would-be seducer, and is then trailed by a blackmailer.
A newspaper printer catches counterfeiters.
A poor clergyman is given a year to live, and puts it to good use.
In 1912 a prosperous Yorkshire family is visited by a mysterious inspector who proves that each of them was partly responsible for the death of a young girl.