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Khartoum
1966 • Adventure • History • War
English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on…
Why matched: genres Adventure, History
Sapphire
1959 • Thriller • Mystery • Crime
Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspects -- including the girl's…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Mystery
The League of Gentlemen
1960 • Crime • Comedy
Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and…
Why matched: genres Crime, Comedy
Woman of Straw
1964 • Drama • Thriller • Crime
Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him.
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Victim
1961 • Drama • Thriller • Crime
A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of success.
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Pool of London
1951 • Drama • Thriller • Crime
Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
The Blue Lamp
1950 • Thriller • Crime • Action
P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixo…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Crime
The Assassination Bureau
1969 • Thriller • Adventure • Crime
In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an organization that kills for justice. When its motives are called into question, she co…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Adventure
The Smallest Show on Earth
1957 • Comedy
Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them Bill's long-lost uncle has died and left them his business—a…
Why matched: genres Comedy
The Mind Benders
1963 • Drama • Thriller
A British scientist is discovered to have been passing information to the Communists, then kills himself. Another scientist decides that they might have brainwashed him by a sen…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
All Night Long
1962 • Music • Drama
Over the course of one eventful evening, the anniversary celebration of the musical and romantic partners Aurelius Rex and Delia Lane, a jealous, ambitious drummer, Johnny Cousi…
Why matched: genres Music, Drama
The Green Man
1956 • Crime • Comedy
Unknown to everyone but his shady Middle Eastern bosses, watchmaker Hawkins is actually a professional hired assassin with a predilection for killing his targets with bombs. Aft…
Why matched: genres Crime, Comedy
Violent Playground
1958 • Drama • Crime
A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.
Why matched: genres Drama, Crime
The Man Who Haunted Himself
1970 • Drama • Thriller
Executive Harold Pelham suffers a serious accident after which he faces the shadow of death. When, against all odds, he miraculously recovers, he discovers that his life does no…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller