Search results for "United Kingdom"
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954)
A man who works for ‘The Party’ (an all powerful empire led by a man known only as ‘Big Brother’) begins to have thoughts of rebellion and love for a…
Mask of Dust (1954)
An idol of auto-racing fans attempts a comeback after serving in the Air Force. When his former rival lies dying in the hospital he must decide whether to continue in…
The Happiness of Three Women (1954)
Three women staying at a remote Welsh inn toss coins into a well wishing to improve their miserable lives. Along comes postman Evans (who also wrote the original play and…
Carrington V.C. (1954)
Major Charles Carrington (David Niven) is arrested for taking £125 from the base safe. He also faces two other charges that could finish his distinguished service career. He decides to…
Beau Brummell (1954)
Captain George Bryan Brummell is a British soldier who appreciates fine clothing and innovative dress. Although he initially alienates the Prince of Wales with insulting comments about the prince’s uniform…
The Divided Heart (1954)
During World War II, a German woman, Inga, goes missing and is presumed dead. Her infant son is placed in an orphanage where, years later, he’s adopted by a childless…
The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954)
Robin Hood is persuaded by two nobles whom he believes to be loyal to King Richard to recover secret plans attaining to the rescue of the king from captivity in…
To Dorothy a Son (1954)
Under a complicated bequest from her uncle, Myrtle stands to inherit $2,000,000 if her ex-husband doesn’t have any male heirs on the way, else he gets the cash. She journies…
The Teckman Mystery (1954)
A fiction writer begins working on a biography of a pilot who went down during the test flight of a new plane and finds himself soon involved in a series…
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.
Third Party Risk (1954)
Vacationing at a resort hotel in Spain, a man discovers he is the only one not mixed up one way or another in murder, drugs and microfilm smuggling. But, the…
The Crowded Day (1954)
One day in the lives and loves of the staff in a large department store.
The Belles of St. Trinian’s (1954)
The unruly schoolgirls of St Trinian’s are more interested in men and mischief than homework and hockey. But greater trouble than ever beckons when the arrival at the school of…
The Stranger Came Home (1954)
Someone knocked out a man and left him for dead during a fishing trip in Portugal. That someone is either his fetching wife, or two business partners, all sporting guilty…
The Purple Plain (1954)
An RAF airfield in Burma in 1945, during World War II. Canadian bomber pilot Bill Forrester is a bitter man who lives haunted by a tragic past. He has became…
Time Is My Enemy (1954)
A happily-married woman is blackmailed by her first husband, who she wrongly believed was killed in the Blitz.
The Black Knight (1954)
John, a blacksmith and swordsmith, is tutored at Camelot. As a commoner, he can’t hope to win the hand of Lady Linet, daughter of the Earl of Yeoniland, so he…
Stranger from Venus (1954)
Stranger from Venus (a.k.a. Immediate Disaster and The Venusian) is the story of a woman who meets a stranger with no pulse who has the power of life and death…
Seagulls Over Sorrento (1954)
A Navy lieutenant is borrowed by the British to supervise torpedo experiments after one of their scientists is killed.
Dance Little Lady (1954)
When a ballerina’s career is ended after she’s injured in a traffic accident, her husband decides to try and turn their young daughter into a ballet star. Drama.
Duel in the Jungle (1954)
An American insurance investigator is sent to Rhodesia to investigate the mysterious death of a diamond broker who drowned whilst diving off the coast. The broker was insured for $1…
Happy Ever After (1954)
The whole village mourns when General O’Leary, owner of a hunting estate in South Ireland, is killed in an accident. His nephew, Jasper O’Leary, takes over the state and soon…
Paid to Kill (1954)
A man pays a hitman to kill him. Circumstances change and he tries to call off the hit but he has trouble getting the deal killed.
The Seekers (1954)
A western set in New Zealand during the 1820s following a group of British pioneers seeking a new life Down Under.
The Sleeping Tiger (1954)
A petty thief breaks into the home of a psychiatrist and gets caught in a web of a doctor who wishes to experiment on him and a doctor’s wife who…
For Better for Worse (1954)
In postwar London a young graduate and his girlfriend decide to marry. Her well-to-do parents are not convinced, but they agree once he has got a £5.10.0 job and a…
What Every Woman Wants (1954)
Young couple Mark and Jane are forced to thrash out marital problems in a borrowed room in Jane’s parents’ tiny house. Meanwhile, Jane’s cousin, Jim – back from the war…
Father Brown (1954)
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.
Adventure in the Hopfields (1954)
A little girl accidentally breaks her mother’s favourite ornament and goes hop-picking to replace it.
The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954)
During the autumn of 1944, RAF Hudson, carrying a VIP passenger in possession of highly secret information, is shot down and ditches in the North Sea. Fighting the elements and…
The Rainbow Jacket (1954)
A champion jockey is banned from racing so spends his time helping a young lad to become the next champion.
Thursday’s Children (1954)
Won the Academy Award for the Best Documentary Short of 1954. The subject deals with the children at The Royal School for the Deaf in Margate, Kent. The hearing-handicapped children…
Devil Girl from Mars (1954)
Eight people at a remote Scottish inn find themselves confronted by a woman from Mars, who has landed her flying saucer for repairs but intends to soon conquer the Earth…
Hobson’s Choice (1954)
Henry Hobson owns and tyrannically runs a successful Victorian boot maker’s shop in Salford, England. A stingy widower with a weakness for overindulging in the local Moonraker Public House, he…
The House Across the Lake (1954)
Sensuous and desirable, Carol Forrest has always attracted the attention of men. Expert in the art of manipulation and control she married an older man, loving only his vast wealth…
The Diamond Wizard (1954)
While in London trying to nab several fugitives who stole a million dollars from a U.S. Treasury vault, American federal agent Dennison (Dennis O’Keefe) assists Scotland Yard Insp. McClaren (Philip…
Doctor in the House (1954)
The first of the seven “Doctor” films, based on Richard Gordon’s novels and released between 1954 and 1970. Simon Sparrow is a newly arrived medical student at St Swithin’s hospital…
Blackout (1954)
When a beautiful young woman suddenly offers inebriated Casey Morrow a lot of money for a quick and easy job, he doesn’t ask too many questions. But when the girl’s…
An Inspector Calls (1954)
An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or…
Eight O’Clock Walk (1954)
Only a British cabdriver’s (Richard Attenborough) wife (Cathy O’Donnell) and lawyer (Derek Farr) believe him innocent of killing a little girl.