Roy Boutling was a great British movie maker.Nothing wasted, nothing overstated. Captured the era faithfully. Pity the uploader felt the need to have a huge advert hanging permanently on screen. BOO HISS.

@petescare13

3 ай бұрын

Uploaded over a decade ago, back when the options for free DVD conversion software were more limited. This advertisement logo is not included because the person who uploaded the movie wanted it there, the software adds it automatically unless you pay for the premium version. Today we rarely see movies with that because it's cheap enough to buy the software license, and also most of the free apps don't add that huge permanent watermark that's so distracting.

@petescare13

Ай бұрын

I should have said it's easy to mistake the odd movies on here with the free software logos with the terrible channels that Do intentionally add their own distracting logos, I've seen one in particular that isn't satisfied with one in the corner but uses two of those and a third that's placed halfway to the left border from the center, talk about distracting and unwatchable smh 🙄 but it's a channel that had black and white era movies so some of you probably saw it too.

Here I am an American sitting on the edge of the Pacific and I am once again very very grateful to the British nation for its creativity in making this marvelous film. I just happened upon it and am so fortunate that I did so. It to me captures the spirit of the British people - understated courage and fierce attention to detail May I say Rule Britannia!

@lilblackduc7312

11 ай бұрын

Rothschilds rule the U.S. through the power of banks.

@sylviaroberts8103

11 ай бұрын

I’m British and you make me feel good 🤍

@lordeden2732

10 ай бұрын

Thanks from the bottom of the heart of Britain's living in what used to be called during the Second World War as Little America. East Anglia because of the high number of American military bases in our area. We enjoyed meeting and working alongside loads of Young American men and women who came over to help in our war effort. For which we will be eternally grateful. And we take great pride in looking after the memorial of those who sadly did not get to go home, including those who had no know graves and those who remain on British soil at Madingley in Cambridgeshire. We also have the pleasure of young Americans serving today at R.A.F. Mildenhall and Lakenheath. They are fine ambassadors for the U.S.A.

@pamdawson8598

10 ай бұрын

We have loads to be thankful to the British nation. These movies are valuable capsules of history. Teaching history would be a start. No country has a clean historic record. But rewriting history is a crime against humanity. Democracy and free speech has been long and hard earned. By the way I am not British.

@leatharay3565

10 ай бұрын

I am finding these movies so great

Love these older movies....can't get enough of them. Better acting & plots, no vulgarity and time killing, never-ending car chases. Much better content that today's movies!

Absolutely gripping! I can't write any more about this film without parroting the praise from the other reviews. I, too, am glad I stumbled upon this movie! Thank you so much for posting!!

What a gem, fast paced, good acting, great dialogue and lovely period location shots. They don't make 'em like this anymore.

@gailjarvis2592

2 жыл бұрын

If I hear the word "gem" to describe another movie I'll.....!

@manfredwilliams3860

2 жыл бұрын

@@gailjarvis2592 'movie'? Are you American? We call them films.

@rogerquintanilla863

2 жыл бұрын

They also seems the bad guys are like Progressives here in the USA. Just saying.

@AB-kg6rk

11 ай бұрын

@@manfredwilliams3860 like the brown and yellow "films" on the teeth of many superior English people?

@manfredwilliams3860

11 ай бұрын

@@AB-kg6rk Better to have imperfect teeth rather than huge guts and tiny brains.

Brilliant script of espionage filmed at Pinewood Studios. This is an English film of quality with some wonderful performers. Some well-known names in there as well. If only we could be treated to quality like this in this generation, but sadly we won't be. Entertaining indeed and highly recommended. Many thanks for posting. Much appreciated.

@expatexpat6531

Ай бұрын

Maybe Guy Ritchie will do a remake.

English moves are such a breath of fresh air.

A great film,thoroughly enjoyed it. An excellent story line and a tightly woven plot. And not a bad actor among them. Although I'm an addict of old films I must confess that I hadn't seen or even heard of this little gem before. Ah...the days before electronic surveillance,when detectives had to get out there and do the leg work in order to put a case together. My late brother was a detective inspector back in the 60s/70s and was probably one of the last of that particular breed before computers came in to do the leg work for them. As opposed to fading into obscurity, a lot of the actors here went on to enjoy long and successful careers to a greater or lesser degree. Incidentally, Kenneth Griffith died about nine weeks ago, a fine actor. he was eighty four.

@None-zc5vg

11 ай бұрын

Note Anthony Bushell's expression at 33.40, on finding himself next to Michael Ward in the Music Society audience.

@cattymajiv

10 ай бұрын

Kenneth Griffith was in many great movies, almost always as a villian.

@noorgonzalez1076

7 ай бұрын

John 5:28 Revelation 21:3,4

@saintexupery8406

5 ай бұрын

WHY?

I love British Films. Their actors don't have to be handsome or a size 4, all they have to do is be good actors and actresses.

@monikamiliczka6104

4 жыл бұрын

Susan Pound come on!! Size 4!

@DD-bz6qc

4 жыл бұрын

Susan Pound ! I’m American & I’ve said those exact words to my family and friends. British films and tv puts ours to shame, overall

@spaceytracey1237

4 жыл бұрын

@@monikamiliczka6104 I think she's talking in USA sizes.. I know that they have a size zero which is like a UK size 6.. (I think?)

@joekabotz734

3 жыл бұрын

I second your motion. Elegant English along with a good holsom movie.

@joekabotz734

3 жыл бұрын

@@DD-bz6qc so agreed

This was a great film. I love the atmosphere of the old black and white films and recognising actors/actresses from their younger days. It is weird to watch someone run to a phone box without thinking just for a few seconds 'why doesn't he use his mobile'.

@TheMarie2000

5 ай бұрын

Exactly

A relevant movie. "Wherever people have known the light, they don't tolerate the darkness for very long."

@johncresswell-plant2913

3 жыл бұрын

How often do you get a truly philosophical Command-Level Police Officer?

@benjaminfreyman4273

3 жыл бұрын

@@johncresswell-plant2913 doubt since the 50s.

@VLind-uk6mb

Ай бұрын

@@johncresswell-plant2913 Whose hobby is Greek ceramics?

Even more appropriate movie today than in 1951. Thank you so much for posting.

@albertgrant1017

3 жыл бұрын

How true. FROM ACROSS THE POND .

Wonderful film , despite giant Aimersoft logo . The film was so good after a while I just didn't notice . Even stared Joan Hickson who played mum and who later played Miss Marple , my favourite actress in that role . Great acting .

Damn, we used to make good films. This is another gem I'd never heard of, many thanks for uploading.

I came here to watch the Aimersoft logo and that damn film got in the way.

@M500VYN

5 жыл бұрын

Me too. Even took away the colour from my screen

@thelmaschoen8980

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah... me too.

@glendooer6211

4 жыл бұрын

I put a strip of packaging tape over mine..Did not work either

@deborahleone4351

4 жыл бұрын

bama boogiewoogie LMAO!!!!😂😂😂🤭

@all4senna

4 жыл бұрын

Lol!!!

British films remain the best, and always shall. You just cannot go wrong with a British film, atmosphere and quality of script and dialogue and acting.

@marjorjorietillman856

Жыл бұрын

I guess there’s no end to the ARROGANCE!!!😅

@dougholliday467

Жыл бұрын

dougaldouglas8842: You would find delight in almost all Russian films. Enjoy, & I hope you try some. Sincerely, regards Sentebay in USA at 80 + y.o.

@dougaldouglas8842

Жыл бұрын

@@dougholliday467 I delight in the freedom that millions paid the price for, or have you forgotten?

@adenilzasilvadesouza5816

11 ай бұрын

Pura verdade.

@cattymajiv

10 ай бұрын

@@dougholliday467 I would not watch a Russian film for millions of dollars! Nobody should! That evil empire needs to be boycotted and sanctioned for 100 years, or until they give up ALL the stolen lands, pay reparations to them all, and give up all their weapons, including all nukes, including every last shred of nuclear fuel and uraniam yellow cake, or anything else that can be dangerous. They are a horrible bunch of paranoid nutcases who can never be allowed the resources to steal or kill again.

Wow Joan Hicksen ,Dora Bryan,Jean Anderson,Dandy Nicols all huge tv stars later on

This is a truly marvellous movie that zips along like a firecracker, one of a series of neo-realist British police dramas in the early 1950s, using real London locations which today give a terrific insight into how the West End looked c.1951. The cast contains some of the great British characters performers of the period - Andre Morell (later star of Hammer Horrors) and Anthony Bushell as policemen, nervy Kenneth Griffith and sly Charles Lloyd Pack as Commie spys, Joan Hickson (later "Miss Marple") as a mum, Dora Bryan (who died only this month) as a silly woman obsessed with her kettle. The good guys are MI5, the baddies a never-directly mentioned band of Communist sabouteurs. Rousing music score, nice sets, the production written by the Boulting Brothers, one of their earliest efforts..

@greggi47

7 жыл бұрын

I thought the Mum looked familiar. Thanks for tipping me off to Joan Hickson--one of the very best choices to portray Miss Marple.

@albertgrant1017

3 жыл бұрын

The Boulting Brothers produced and f

@albertgrant1017

3 жыл бұрын

The Boulting Brothers directed and produced great films .

Absorbing, with great shots of London; I love the black & white; also nice to see Joan Hickson when she was young and not playing Miss Marple...

Quite forgot about the logo due to the fact that this was a most enjoyable film, thank you for posting.

I wasn't expecting much. Wow was I surprised. This is an excellent film from the writing, directing, location, design and acting.

rarely seen British classic thank you for hosting

Excellent movie i love this era of black and white films thankyou

Absolutely brilliant. Many, many thanks for posting such a gem!

I was so enthralled by the film that after awhile I did not notice the logo. My father worked on the building of Battersea power station. Nice one!

These English films are so unique of their time. Please remember the quality of acting everyday lives in these films and making them interesting is quite a “feat” of extraordinary actors, never shall this be repeatedly again in our lifetimes. I thank the men and women and children for choosing this career to give me entertainment. God bless them !

Great film well done . Love the old films. Yet again another winner . Thank you.🇬🇧❤️

I was born in 1944 in Birmingham, England. We all had great respect for our American allies. During the food rationing years it was wonderful that the American GIs seemed to carry and endless supply of gum! Any gum chum? Funny thing is that I couldn't eat it now. My jaws couldn't cope!

This is a really great movie - from more than 70 years ago. Thank you for uploading it.

Absolutely brilliant film, great acting and storyline. Wish they still made films like this nowadays. 👍

Than you for this terrific film . Great actors AND Battersea Power Station. Much appreciate the trouble you took to put this film up so we can enjoy these great British classics.

Wonderful Art Deco interrior of Battersea Power Station before it was left to rot for twenty years.

Once again, the best. There is nothing to compare with an British Movie. Thank you Hannah Clulow, for sharing; too, your marvelous Mum for sharing with her students. The logo, initially distracting, the acting, plot etc., was so captivating, that the logo for myself, disappeared into oblivion. A gem indeed!!!

Started watching this, looked good, but when I realized the DVD Ripper logo wasn't going to disappear, I quit. Really bad idea to upload a movie like this.

@nadaalani9910

6 жыл бұрын

We dont mind the logo

Did anyone recognize Joan Hickson (Miss Jane Marple) as Mrs.Ellis. Don't come any better!!!!

@bobmirdiff2043

5 жыл бұрын

Dandy Nichols too!

@kathleencampbell2298

4 жыл бұрын

She was in tons of films x

@janbehaeghel1518

4 жыл бұрын

And did you recognize the later boss from James Bond? "M" ?

@jeanhodgson8623

3 жыл бұрын

Margaret Rutherford was the definitive Miss Marple. That other one doesn't even come close. Margaret made four classic Marple movies.

@Gayalert69

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeanhodgson8623 No! Joan Hickson is the definitive Marple. The Rutherford films - good fun though they are - showed no respect for Christie’s characters or narrative. They annoyed Agatha Christie who herself believed that Hickson would make a perfect Marple. The BBC Hickson series beautifully reflect and respect the stories as written. Also Hickson’s performance as Marple is hugely more subtle and skilled.

It's a very tight and well moving movie. The characters are rich and well defined. It's fascinating to see London and how it look and acted soon after World War Two. Thank you for downloading the film. Keep up the great work.

Iv'e watched this movie many times over the years, and I can't but think how it correlates to what's happening tin today's world in 2022. Man's quest for power, no matter how many lives are lost, just to stay seated in "government." No, it's not a new idea, but it sure "hits close to home."

@georgeeliot2012

Жыл бұрын

No, not “man’s” quest for power. One DingDon & his Crime Family Syndicate’s corrupt grip on power - that is what hits home.

@janjerge1484

Ай бұрын

​​​@@georgeeliot2012 - YOU NAILED IT!! AND SO ELOQUENTLY SAID!! Alas, as in "The Emperor Has NO Clothes" too few can see it, or are willing to admit it!! More's the pity!! I only hope our nation survives!! 💙💙

I'm so embarrassed of our current state of affairs within Hollywood. We have lost so much talent that it created a vacuum. Technology will never replace art. Our universities are to blame and it will take a long time to replace.

@michelleeden2272

Ай бұрын

It took 800 years the last time.

That was excellent! I was on the edge of my seat, even though I knew it would be all right. Some great actors and some great acting.

Lots of subsequently famous actors in this excellent film. I enjoyed it, immensely 😊

Really good movie! It truly makes one wonder how many MPs there are at this time with the same agenda! A scary thought but quite plausible. Thank you 🌹

@yankeecitygirl

9 ай бұрын

food processing plant explosions

Isn't it amazing what wonderful cars have been built in Britain, I could watch them all night. Furthermore I like these movies because of the civilized English that is spoken.

@mark-wn5ek

4 жыл бұрын

Their cars were and are, garbage. Jag-u-ars.....what's a jag-u-ar?! Is it like an ell-E-phant? All had hideously unreliable Lucas ignition or similar. Rolling garbage.

@greggi47

3 жыл бұрын

@@mark-wn5ek But they can look wonderful sometimes.

Great film loads of wonderful British actors some went on to be stars of 60s and 70s tv shows 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 thank you 😊

The police - asking the shopkeeper if he had seen the deceased - = Yes.."He'd come in yesterday to pay his radio instalment"" ..Those words really hit me like a sledge hammer!! I remember, as a young girl living in the Eastern Suburbs in the 1950's, my mother, or father, had a small booklet with pages that they would fill out and take to the local Post Office..with money to pay for the ""radio instalment"!!! I always thought it horrible that we would have to pay for the pleasure of listening to the (rather antiquated) radio perched in a special spot in the kitchen!!! An amazing memory along with the horse drawn cart that the Milko had, and the Ice Man..filling up the Ice Chest..(he used to chip off a bit of ice for my sister and myself!!), Wow...The young people of today would never believe this!!! I think it is wonderful!!!

@ivanppillay914

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the wonderful memories, Marilyn.

@marilynstevenson865

3 жыл бұрын

@@ivanppillay914 it’s a pleasure Ivan.. good days fir a child

@ivanppillay914

3 жыл бұрын

@@marilynstevenson865 : Yes, indeed. Take care, Marilyn.

@MS-zu8ds

10 ай бұрын

Should have said "wireless".

@VLind-uk6mb

Ай бұрын

It was known as hire purchase. Basically pre-credit card -- you paid a deposit and then paid something off monthly, or weekly.

Very Well-Done!!! I suspect that if We we’re All aware of how closeTyranny & Destruction are to Us at all-times, We would be paralyzed with fear. I Thank & Praise-God for actively protecting and defending Us at all-times!!!

What a nice surprise to find this on youtube. Thank you for sharing.

It's a good film. A lot of tension, excitement and good dialogue. Also good sound and picture quality. Thanks for posting. (pity about the constant logo, but I forgot about it after a while).

I searched for an alternative and found this movie on MK Powelson’s channel :-). No aggravating logo on screen

@1blackhearted1

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, was driving me nuts

High Treason Excellent superb on time, for those who've seen the light they won't tolerate the dark. Pray for democracy.

I look at these 'old' films and remember how London used to look and how people used to talk and behave and I'm overwhelmed with nostalgia for a people and standards that I grew up with but that are no longer present . I know there were aspects that weren't perfect, but on the whole it seemed a better time. I miss it terribly.

Thoroughly wonderful British film. Thank you for posting. Love the British post WW2 films. Wonderful acting, script and direction.

Wonderfully exciting and fast paced film with a great cast of players.

Great film! I love how everything is so unemotional and matter of fact, even during the gun fight. Very British, what?

Bit of trivia. Laurence Naismith, Anthony Bushell and Kenneth Griffith reunited to act in 1957 "A Night To Remember". Morse code played a key role in both films, and Griffith once again was a telegrapher!

@otravez3916

8 жыл бұрын

Always enjoyed Kenneth Griffith's distinctive acting. Underrated, to be sure. Night To Remember is awfully hard to watch, painfully so, as it is fact and not fiction. I find the musicians the most poignant of all.

I do say old chap, this is really a great film. My favorite espionage movies are the Jean LeCarre films, this one stands alongside those.

Far superior actors! Love watching them too!😎

Wow!!! Joan Hickson aka Miss Marple is in this gem.

Very enjoyable film. The theme and pace of the script made it for me. Thank you for uploading

Love these old English films , Joan Hickson , miss Marple 40 years later , just great

What a great film. Tight. I watched the whole film without any interruption. Thank you.

British actors & actresses are the very best in the World Today - because the British Stage Training is the best in the World.

@garyolsen3409

2 жыл бұрын

You are probably right. As an American I don't mind saying that. In the 30's,40's, and 50's we produced a lot of very professional actors and actresses that took pride in their work. They made clean, fun quality movies But comes along the 80's and it all changes. Trashy loud mouthed actors. Trashy movies, nudity, foul language, violence. Sad

@leoamery

Жыл бұрын

Meghan Markle disagrees with you, and she made sure Harry does too.

good plot . fine movie liked seeing old London again.

excellent FILM REALLY ENJOYED IT SO MANY RECOGNISABLE FACES

I'm writing my undergrad dissertation on the representation of Communism and the Soviet Union in British Cold War Cinema and this is one of the films I desperately needed to see. Thank you so, so, so much you've made my day! :D

@LyonsKevin

8 жыл бұрын

Saw your post, can you recommend other films on this theme from your dissertation research? Thanks....

@EdgarAlexai

8 жыл бұрын

Yo! Sorry for not replying sooner, I didn't see the notification until now. Erm... rather than specific films I can direct you to an academic source that's been like my Bible. Tony Shaw's British Cinema and the Cold War. I'm studying "I'm All Right Jack" (1959) and "Conspirator" (1949) alongside this one. :)

@stuartlawsonbeattie1411

5 жыл бұрын

Well said Alex, I'm alright Jack is one of the best movies ever made, it tells of the mad unions and employers and the movies is directly in the middle with subject, object and the percieved pain involved. Cheers.

@jimclark6256

4 жыл бұрын

You're writing a dissertation on a movie of fiction? How accurate is that going to be?

@keithspurgin8039

4 жыл бұрын

@@jimclark6256 Accurate as to perceptions?

Scoring with modern music and humorous tunes, fascinating.

What a beauty lots of suspense interesting and gripping plot and well drawn characters. Thanks for uploading Hannah!

I love these old 50s movies, thanks for putting them on KZread.

Roy Boulting's sequel to the more famous Boulting Bros. Seven Days to Noon. Wonderful cast. Good quality recording, sound as clear as a bell. Advertising logo is a little annoying but still well worth watching.

Thank you. I imagine the composer enjoyed writing the various pieces given at the musical society's concerts.

Over a half million views. Thanks for the upload. I really enjoy the street scenes from these old films.

Keep coming back to this film, thanks.

What a fantastic movie. Just my kind. Thank you

The logo was a drag but it was a well made film. Even the morse message he sent was real.

@christinedunn9546

7 жыл бұрын

sync is way off

I LOVE THESE OLD BRITISH FLICKS . THANKS 4 POSTING !!!

Jolly good show!!! A umber or familiar faces who always make for superb acting, and watching pleasure!!

High Treason and high drama! From a time when British films were really good. Thank heavens it hasn't been "colourised! Thanks for sharing!

Great movie! Thanks so much for uploading it. I didn't think the logo was too bad. I was able to ignore it without a problem. In other videos, they try to get around copyright issues by speeding up or slowing down the tape, or by cutting off part of the picture. This was far better than those practices.

Well done. Why the Rank-era flms are my favorites.

Excellent film , worth the watch .

*FABULOUS* movie. Excellent acting. So nuanced. Great plot pacing and location shots. The logo was distracting at first but the actors and the story line pull you in to the picture and you're just gone. Thank you for uploading.

@chucksnightmare7674

8 ай бұрын

@trilbywilby7826--- logo removal would still be best. Everyone likes a completely CLEAN full picture. Thank you.

What an amazing cast list, many thanks.

@chuckabutty888

5 ай бұрын

Amazing cast indeed and so young especially Victor Maddern one of my favourite actors.

Pretty good movie, still relevant today

have decided to watch this with a piece of tape over that advert.

Great old classic movie!

Enjoyed it very much. Saw the logo only in the first minutes of the movie, once I started enjoying it, the log became invisible.

Great little enemble film. Thanks

Great movie, about the 4th time I watched it, but then it is British!!!!!! Many, many more please also British comedies they are also the best.

@stevengrotte2987

5 жыл бұрын

This is my 5th time watching it. Please more films from the UK especially of this era.

Thank you for putting this on.

If you want exploding heads, lots of T and A, and fake digital effects, watch today's movies. If you want a story line and decent acting, watch a good British film from the 50s. Thanks for posting this highly absorbing film!

@briangilley5093

11 ай бұрын

Sure sure, but I don't know about the British films part. All I know is old movies period..

@cattymajiv

10 ай бұрын

@@briangilley5093 The old British ones were by far the best! It's not the accents that we care about. Lots of old and new British films have a lot of US accents in them. It's all of the production values combined that make the old British ones better than ALL other countries' films. It was the Brits who taught the Americans how to do it. Especially Charlie Chaplin and Alfred Hitchcock, both of whom began in British silent films, and literally discovered on their own how to make a good movie, before moving to the US and literally teaching them how.

great movie thank you dont even notice the logo after a bit :]

This film is pure magic. Loved it. thx

Great film, thank you.

Voted: excellent atmospheric film! Wonderful to see roads before the advent of mass car ownership. Also people looking around for a phone to use; and high ranking police officers who looked like they meant business. . . . . ! Great stuff.

I really enjoyed this!❤ Light over darkness in the end👍🏼👏🏼👍🏼👏🏼☀️

Brilliant acting wonderful cast. Really enjoyed this film. Thank you

If you dont watch this movie you're a fool! This is an awesome movie with fantastic one liners.. !!! The one about "get on with the Revolution" is so funny . ..

@Trytocookthis

3 жыл бұрын

I loved when the guy said she was so -comfortable- comforting.

Can you make the logo bigger, it's awesome, surely it would fit right across the screen.

I didn't even notice the logo! 😊 I stumbled upon the film today, and have watched it with a sense of how some of the tactics in it remind me of what has been happening in the USA at this time, and with their election count still ongoing today. Thanks for the film. I love old movies, especially old British films. ☺️

Savvy director, managing all these moving parts. Thank you.

Fantastic. A great 'lost' classic.