Ken Annakin

A Swiss settler family are shipwrecked on a desert island. (imdb)

The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view. (imdb)

The crew of a large ship sail the high seas encountering other pirates from other ships. The boy from the ship (Christopher Atkins) end up having saves his girlfriend who is kidnapped by a bunch of other pirates. (imdb)

An international car rally across Europe is complicated by smuggling, cheating, love at first sight, etc. etc. (imdb)

In the early days of the 20th century, a British Newspaper offers a prize for the winner of a cross channel air race which brings flyers from all over the world. There are many sub-plots as the flyers jockey for position and the affections of various women. (imdb)

After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr. Neilson, and takes up residence in the old family home, which is thought by neighborhood children to be haunted... (imdb)

In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent this occurrence, Hitler orders an all out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp. "The Battle of the Bulge" shows this conflict from the perspective of an American intelligence officer as well as from a German Panzer Commander. (imdb)

Consisting of three adaptations of W. Somerset Maugham short stories, this film follows the tales of a verger, a jewelery dealer, and the patients of a sanatorium.

Young Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the King's palace. On the way home his father is murdered by hench men of Prince John. Robin takes up the life of an outlaw, gathering together his band of merry men with him in Sherwood Forest, to avenge his father's death and to help the people of the land that Prince John are over taxing. (imdb)

King Louis XIV has without his knowledge a twin brother, Philippe, but when he is told, he immediately locks him up in the Bastille. The king wants to increase his popularity and stages an assassination against himself where Philippe is dressed as king Louis. But Philippe manages to escape the assassination and everybody believes him to be the real king... (imdb)

A house dog is abducted and brought to the north as a sled dog. (imdb)

Robinson, Welch and some incompetent European gangsters kidnap an American gangster who they think has a lot of money. (imdb)

Based on a true story of a teen boy who made a vow to climb the Matterhorn in memory of his father who was killed in making the same attempt. (TCM.com)

In Mexico, a financier on the run poses as a man he just murdered, only to find out that the man was also a murderer. (TCM.com)

Story of Mary Tudor and her troubled path to true love. Henry VIII, for political reasons, determines to wed her to the King of France. She tries to flee to America with her love but is captured when she is "un-hatted" on board ship. In return for her consent to the marriage with France, Henry agrees to let her choose her second husband. When King Louis of France dies, Mary is kidnapped by the Duke of Buckingham... (imdb)

Three London gentlemen take vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way. (imdb)

In 1920s India, a British police officer attempts to capture a tribal leader without bloodshed. (TCM.com)

Four of Somerset Maugham's short stories are brought to the screen with each introduced by the author himself. (imdb)

A somewhat prim and proper Englishman is hired as the tutor to the son of the Japanese ambassador. His life changes when he and the boy are kidnapped by terrorists for political purposes. (imdb)

A doctor on fishing holiday catches a mermaid by mistake. (TCM.com)

The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He becomes involved with the criminals who make various unsuccessful attempts on his life while the police clear up the mystery. (BFI)

A young man from Yorkshire inherits a sizeable legacy from his millionaire father. He decides to try the nightlife of London and meets a young girl performing in a nightclub. She intends to take him for all he's got and he's quite happy to be taken. (imdb)

Murdock Troon, an enthusiastic member of the local cycling club, gets involved with Charles Chingford, a local businessman, when the two of them are involved in an accident. Then Murdock meets Chingford's daughter, Claire, who persuades him to give up the bicycle, buy a sports car, and learn to drive. At first he is horrified, but the thought of dating the attractive Claire, he relents, and takes his first driving lesson. (imdb)

An Israeli man, raised by a wealthy and powerful Arab, is put in charge of his country's vast oil fortunes. He comes into conflict with a fanatical terrorist group--headed by his daughter. (imdb)

Though Yvonne de Carlo is top billed in Hotel Sahara, the film is stolen hands-down by second-billed Peter Ustinov. The scene is a desert hotel, smack dab in the middle of neutral territory during WW II. Hotel owner Emad (Ustinov) cheerfully changes the decor--and his loyalties--depending upon which army is enjoying his hospitality. Likewise, Emad's sexy fiancee Yasmin (Yvonne DeCarlo) is equally effusive to both the Allies and the Axis. (allrovi.com)

Forsdyke, a pathological petty thief subjects himself to a strict correction course run by a wealthy ex-con Widdowes and his Crooks Anonymous organization. Forsdyke's young and innocent girlfriend Babette, holds the hopes for his recovery and promises that she'll marry him if he'll reform. However, Forsdyke loses control when he's locked in a department store over Christmas. (imdb)

Brothers compete for a woman's affection while danger lurks at every turn in an African wild game park.

When the detective in charge of investigating a series of bank robberies, starts to get too close to the culprits, they set up a blackmail scheme to warn him off. But when the crooks begin to fall out with each other, the police learn the truth. (imdb)

A somewhat happy-go-lucky bunch of Brits in a German POW camp find their new acerbic fellow prisoner is a key officer who must be got out at all cost.

A plane flying over the Swiss Alps develops engine trouble and is forced to crash-land on a glacier. Unable to radio for help because of damaged batteries and with limited food supplies, the survivors must come to a decision--whether to stay and wait for help they believe is coming or to leave the shelter of the wrecked plane and set out in bad weather to try to reach civilization. (imdb)

In this western-style film, set in South Africa, circa the late 1900s, a local police sergeant finds himself pursued by the "The Hellions"--a man and his four sons. Unfortunately for the sergeant, the townspeople will not help to save him and his wife. He ignores his wife's plea that he quit his job and leave. After some time, he finally forces a storekeeper to assist him. Soon the rest of the townsfolk begin lending their assistance. (allmovie.com)

The return of the Huggett family. After first meeting the family at the Holiday Camp, this is on the home front. The Huggetts are about to have their first telephone installed. In todays high technology age, it is an interesting look at the late 40's, when all this was brand new. (imdb)

The Huggett family go to a holiday camp, and get involved in crooked card players, a murderer on the run, and a pregnant young girl and her boyfriend missing from home. (imdb)

Life is not going well for the Huggetts. Father has lost his job. Jimmy and his wife cannot get to South Africa where he has a new job. So the family decide that they should go to South Africa by truck. With their travelling companion they travel across the desert which includes a brush with the law. (imdb)

Rick (Michael Denison) is a costal command pilot patrolling the English Channel for U-Boats. He sinks what he believes is a German submarine, but which later proves to be British. He is charged with neglect and volunteers for a perilous mission. Meanwhile, his girlfriend Mona (Patricia Plunkett), through some odd information she has picked up, is trying to prove that Rick is innocent of the charges and actually did sink a German U-Boat. (imdb)

Bertrand is an accountant employed by a large London firm. When he uncovers an accounting error, his employer is so thirlled that he send he, and his new wife, to Monte Carlo. The trip, however, is not completely as it seems... (imdb)

A newly divorced swinger on the prowl goes to work as a detective for a neurotic feminist attorney. (imdb)

A firm of solicitors do battle with the head of the local council over a parcel of river front land, owned by the Huggett family, in order to build a lido/community center. (imdb)

A fun frolic involving a fake secret weapon (accidentally created during a drinking bout), naval bureaucracy, political maneuvering and the hareem and palace of the exotic eastern country of Agraria. (imdb)

An English rubber planter and his wife have marital trouble during a native uprising.

In 1821, among the first British sailors to set foot on New Zealand, Phillip Wayne befriends a Maori tribe's chief, marries in England and returns to New Zealand with a small group of followers to settle. (imdb)

The fate of a legendary boy, Temudjin, later the Genghis Khan, who became the most powerful emperor of Mongolia. With his army created one of the largest empires of all time.

Propaganda short about the capital's efforts to adapt to the third year of war.

A Technicolor film on the principles and practicalities of crop rotation, illustrated with diagrams and models.

Exploring the daily life of a large family in Yorkshire, at work in the textile mills and at play.

Dramatically told, English Criminal Justice takes us on a journey through the principles and procedures of the various courts of law in Britain.