Most Viewed From British National Films

During the Allied Bombing offensive of World War II the public was often informed that "A raid took place last night over ..., One (or often more) of...

Genre: War

Cast: Godfrey Tearle

Twenty years removed from Alice Barlow's murder by a thief looking for her jewels, newlyweds Paul and Bella Mallen move into the very house where the...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Adolf Wohlbrück

The Agitator is a 1945 British drama film directed by John Harlow and starring William Hartnell, Mary Morris and John Laurie. Its plot follows a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: William Hartnell

When a neutral Danish merchant ship is forced to put into port after trying to evade British wartime contraband control, its captain becomes involved...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Conrad Veidt

Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Leslie Howard

A fisherman begins studying to be an osteopath. Although he isn't finished with medical school, he begins treating his landlady's daughter who is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Robert Beatty

Bedelia Carrington is living happily, it appears, in Monte Carlo with her husband Charlie Carrington. But a cultivated young artist, Ben Chaney,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Margaret Lockwood

A French PR man and his girlfriend steal a lottery ticket from twin trapeze artists, prompting murder.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Herbert Lom

An operation of counterfeit five pound notes is discovered at a variety theater, leading to murder during the performance.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Jack Warner

Small-time jewel thief Leo Martin is deserted by his partners-in-crime, club owner Gus Loman and driver Hatchett, when the robbery they are...

Genre: Crime

Cast: William Hartnell

Depressing and realistic family drama about the struggles of unemployment and poverty in 1930s Lancashire. The 20-year-old Kerr gives an emotionally...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Deborah Kerr

Set just before the outbreak of WWII, this is the story of a test pilot who works for the (unnamed) enemy. Made in 1939, by the time it was released...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Barry K. Barnes

The famous detective and his trusty side-kick, Tinker, are called in by the War Office to find some important papers that were stolen from a man...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: David Farrar

Set in Claverly Village, it follows the fortunes of the Rookebys (Clements) and the ne'r-do-well Appleyards (Williams) from the time of the Normans,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Emlyn Williams

A retired general helps out by sheltering some evacuees during WWII.

Genre: War

Cast: Godfrey Tearle

When she learns that the Nazis have confiscated Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece Mona Lisa, art-loving South American wanna-be spy Tamara (Jane Carr)...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Francis L. Sullivan

When a British pilot is hospitalized after a plane crash, the woman he loves sits by his bedside and remembers, in flashbacks, key episodes from...

Genre: Drama

Cast: David Farrar

During the Second World War, a German spy goes on the run, carrying important news about a U-Boat campaign. The ship he is traveling aboard is hit by...

Genre: War

Cast: Austin Trevor

Mother Riley takes over a circus on the point of closing down, and makes it a success.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Arthur Lucan

Mother Riley plays a nurse who was forced to volunteer for the Auxiliary Territorial Service. Mayhem ensues until she is able to prevent German spies...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Arthur Lucan