John Salew Movie Rankings
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Comedy about how the far-removed heir to the Dukedom of Chalfont murders all the people who stand in the way of his accesion to the title. ... more about Kind Hearts and Coronets
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Dr. John Holden ventures to London to attend a paranormal psychology symposium with the intention to expose devil cult leader, Julian Karswell. Holden is a skeptic and does not believe in Karswell's power. ... more about Night of the Demon
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Determined, independent Bridie Quilty comes of age in 1944 Ireland thinking all Englishmen are devils. Her desire to join the IRA meets no encouragement, but a German spy finds her easy to recruit. ... more about I See a Dark Stranger
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2.4792
Three stories of murder and the supernatural. In the first, a museum worker is introduced to a world behind the pictures he sees every day. Second, when two lifelong friends fall in love with the same woman and she is killed, they are obvious suspects. ... more about Three Cases of Murder
Not Available on DVD
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Holland, a shy retiring man, dreams of being rich and living the good life. Faithfully, for 20 years, he has worked as a bank transfer agent for the delivery of gold bullion. One day he befriends Pendlebury, a maker of souvenirs. ... more about Lavender Hill Mob
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When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamor job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a factory making aircraft parts. ... more about Millions Like Us
Not Available on DVD
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Nineteenth century England. When Nicholas Nickleby's father dies and leaves his family destitute, his uncle, the greedy moneylender, Ralph Nickleby, finds Nicholas a job teaching in a repulsive school in Yorkshire. ... more about Nicholas Nickleby
Not Available on DVD
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The film begins with a scene in which Barbara rings Leonora to tell her that something has happened to Chris. At this point, we don't know who Chris is or what has happened, only that he has lost conciousness. ... more about Astonished Heart
Not Available on DVD
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Seriously ill on a military campaign in Greece, Lord Byron dreams of being judged on his death between being on the one hand a poet and soldier, or on the other a seducer and libertine. ... more about Bad Lord Byron
Not Available on DVD
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2.1825
This film was not known as "Devil's Plot" until 1953, when distributor Herbert Bregstein acquired the USA theatre rights and changed the title from "Counterblast" to "Devil's Plot. ... more about Counterblast
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2.1186
A stray World War Two bomb releases the ghost of the 3rd Earl of Chaunduyt after 400 years. ... more about Don't Take It to Heart
Not Available on DVD
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Percy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of characters in central London. Although well intentioned, Percy becomes mixed up with gangsters and a murder. ... more about London Belongs to Me
Not Available on DVD
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2.0638
Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash , is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for the time she was killed. ... more about October Man
Not Available on DVD
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2.0501
Slice of life drama following the lives of various people in London's East End on a wet Sunday. (Is this film why people think it always rains in England ?) Rose was engaged to local wild boy Tommy Swann but he got imprisoned on Dartmoor. ... more about It Always Rains on Sunday
Not Available on DVD
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2.0464
Not Available on DVD
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1.9916
Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul. ... more about Father Brown
Not Available on DVD
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1.8949
Comedian 'Tommy Trinder' (qv) plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WWII. ... more about Bells Go Down
Not Available on DVD
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1.8181
Not Available on DVD
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1.7990
The son of a Victorian hangman is driven insane by thoughts of his father's profession. The young man emulates his father by strangling young women. ... more about Wanted for Murder
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1.7716
George Pearson, who works for a underwear firm that is 20 years out of date, invests his own money in a new type of thread. The company are not interested in changes, and he is fired. ... more about Turned Out Nice Again
Not Available on DVD
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While on his way to work one morning, a man looks at the window of the train and sees a young woman being murdered. ... more about Window in London
Not Available on DVD
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1.6894
Horse race tipster and journalist Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. ... more about Day Will Dawn
Not Available on DVD
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Not Available on DVD
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1.6172
At the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the Conservatives finds himself up against Billingsgate girl Stella Stoker for the socialists. Amateur politician against committed activist. ... more about Left Right and Centre
Not Available on DVD
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1.6164
Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. ... more about Tawny Pipit
Not Available on DVD
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1.5614
In London's Soho, Johnny Solo runs the Pink Flamingo Club. He's tough to intimidate. So when he starts getting threats and demands for protection, he fights back. Behind the takeover plot is a competitor, Diamonds Dielli. ... more about Too Hot to Handle
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Three elderly ladies tire of living in an old people's home and when they heard that they are about to be separated, they make a bid for freedom. ... more about Alive and Kicking
Not Available on DVD
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In 1840 two rival steamship companies race to see who should have the best cargo between England and America. Two brothers are involved, one on each ship. ... more about Atlantic Ferry
Not Available on DVD
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Bedelia Carrington (Margaret Lockwood) is living happily, it appears, in Monte Carlo with her husband Charlie Carrington (Ian Hunter.) But a cultivated young artist, Ben Chaney (Barry K. Barnes), begins probing into her past with curious concern. ... more about Bedelia
Not Available on DVD
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A man asks a pretty young woman for a dance and discovers that she has been paralyzed in a fall from a horse and can't walk. Taking pity on her, he begins spending more and more time with her. ... more about Beware of Pity
Not Available on DVD
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During the last half of the 19th century writer Richard Darrell (Stewart Gtanger) saves Don Carlor (Gerald Hinze) from two robbers, and is entrusted by Don Carlos to take a valuable necklace to Spain. ... more about Caravan
Not Available on DVD
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Set in the diamond fields of South Africa, Stafford Parker is a lawman trying to maintain a semblance of law and order in the "Wild South". ... more about Diamond City
Not Available on DVD
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In a pleasant variation on "The Ransom of Red Chief," elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous actor. ... more about Don't Ever Leave Me
Not Available on DVD
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Brad Bradley (Alex Nicol) is a famous trumpet player who is suspected of murdering a blues singer. ... more about Face the Music
Not Available on DVD
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A touring variety troupe, the "Dinky Doos" are in financial trouble. ... more about Good Companions
Not Available on DVD
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A group of enterprising smugglers make use of an ancient charter to smuggle brandy into the southern coast of England. When their ship is seized it looks like they are in trouble until the Customs Officers try & find out where the brandy went. ... more about Green Grow the Rushes
Not Available on DVD
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When the Government decide to build a Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything goes to plan, all except the fact that the main road and the pedestrian subway into the site, are blocked by a little corner shop, which is owned and run by a Mr. ... more about Happy Family
Not Available on DVD
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In a small English town a schoolmistress meets a sergeant from the nearby U.S. airforce base and they decide on a date. ... more about Impersonator
Not Available on DVD
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A young man makes his living in Paris in 1900 by fighting duels on behalf of other parties. He is hired to injure a leading politician and starts to get involved with a girl he uses to provoke the challenge. ... more about Meet Me at Dawn
Not Available on DVD
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An English agent parachutes into occupied Holland during WWII to bring back some important papers. He poses as an American newspaperman and a Gestapo Officer during his adventures. ... more about Night Invader
Not Available on DVD
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Martin's plane crashes in the jungle of Brazil. Nobody believes he survived. In the meantime his wife, Sally, has fallen in love with another man, Dr. Harper. Martin is found and returns to Sally. ... more about Night Was Our Friend
Not Available on DVD
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A man murdered at the Saint's doorstep manages to utter a few words to Simon Templar before he dies, sending him off to the quaint resort village of Baycombe where he confronts crime mastermind 'The Tiger' and his gang as they plan to smuggle gold ... more about Saint Meets the Tiger
Not Available on DVD
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