After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before they strike again.

Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 – during WWII – was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading…

A general must come to terms with a crime he commited years earlier.

A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son is the suspect.

The Toff solves the mystery of a missing employer. One of the BFi’s most wanted films.

A family man – desperate for a job – latches onto a friend who encourages him into being a criminal.

The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, a.k.a. “The Saint” the Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter created by…

A smooth-talking French thief wangles his way into an important position as prefect of police.

A federal agent infiltrates a crime syndicate.

Ordinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. He’s never late for work and nothing interesting ever happens to him. One day everything changes: he oversleeps and is…

Sent to a home for “problem” girls, incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in with the usual bad crowd,…

Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has…