Sydney Tafler Archives | Memorable TV

Glass Cage, The (1955, John Ireland, Honor Blackman)

In crime thriller B picture The Glass Cage, Pel Pelham is a circus act promoter who has a big idea for a show – a fast...

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Reach For The Sky (Rank 1956, Kenneth More, Muriel Pavlow)

A classic British biopic, telling the true story of WWII fighter pilot ace Douglas Bader, played by Kenneth More. Bader lost both legs in a flying...

Movies10 months ago

The Lavender Hill Mob, The (Ealing 1951, Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway)

Classic Ealing comedy with Alec Guinness playing Henry Holland, a mild-mannered transporter of gold bullion who has been doing the job for the past 20 years...

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Adventurer, The (ITV 1972, Gene Barry, Barry Morse)

In the action adventure series The Adventurer, Gene Bradley is a C.I.A. agent who uses his position as a well known actor to go undercover on...

Movies11 months ago

Kid For Two Farthings, A (1955, Celia Johnson, Diana Dors)

Adapted from Wolf Mankowitz’s novel, A Kid for Two Farthings was shot by Carol Reed after she made The Man Between, illustrating the director’s diverse talents...

Movies11 months ago

Cottage To Let (Gainsborough 1941, Alastair Sim, John Mills)

Fast-paced comedy-thriller Cottage To Let stars LESLIE BANKS as an inventor during the Second World War working on a new bomb-sight at his home in a...

Movies11 months ago

Bottoms Up! (Warner 1960, Jimmy Edwards, Raymond Huntley)

Larger-than-life comedian Jimmy Edwards, who made his name in radio with Take It From Here and scored strongly on television in the Fifties in Whack-O! as...

Movies12 months ago

Carry On Regardless (1961, Sid James, Kenneth Williams)

The Carry On formula was simple and if sophistication was notable by its absence, the result was consistent: popular entertainment with stars like Sidney James, Kenneth...

Movies12 months ago

Cockleshell Heroes, The (1955, Trevor Howard, José Ferrer)

In The Cockleshell Heroes, after negotiating with Captain Thompson (Trevor Howard) over methodology, Major Stringer (José Ferrer) trains ten marines to paddle cockleshell canoes to Bordeaux...

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Passport to Pimlico (Ealing 1949, Margaret Rutherford, Stanley Holloway)

The detonation of a Second World War bomb in Pimlico uncovers evidence that the neighbourhood was annexed by, and remains a part of, Burgundy. It dawns...

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Glass Cage, The (1955, John Ireland, Honor Blackman)

Reach For The Sky (Rank 1956, Kenneth More, Muriel Pavlow)

The Lavender Hill Mob, The (Ealing 1951, Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway)

Adventurer, The (ITV 1972, Gene Barry, Barry Morse)

Kid For Two Farthings, A (1955, Celia Johnson, Diana Dors)

Cottage To Let (Gainsborough 1941, Alastair Sim, John Mills)

Bottoms Up! (Warner 1960, Jimmy Edwards, Raymond Huntley)

Carry On Regardless (1961, Sid James, Kenneth Williams)

Cockleshell Heroes, The (1955, Trevor Howard, José Ferrer)

Passport to Pimlico (Ealing 1949, Margaret Rutherford, Stanley Holloway)

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