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Elizabeth of Ladymead (1948) Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle, Hugh Williams, Isabel Jeans
Four generations of a British family live through their experiences in the Crimean War, Boer War, WWI and WWII. Read More »
Yellow Canary (1943) Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle, Richard Greene, Nova Pilbeam, Drama, Thriller
In 1940 Sally Maitland is forced to leave England, ostracised as a Nazi sympathiser by everyone including her well-to-do family. Read More »
They Flew Alone / Wings and the Woman (1942) Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle, Robert Newton, Edward Chapman, Drama
The story of flyer Amy Johnson who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Read More »
Maytime in Mayfair (1949) Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Peter Graves, Musical, Romance
Penniless man-about-town Michael Gore-Brown is delighted to hear he has been left a high-class Mayfair fashion salon. Read More »
My Teenage Daughter (1956) Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle, Sylvia Syms, Norman Wooland, Drama
Anna Neagle, Sylvia Syms. Poor Anna just can’t seem to ‘straighten out’ her delinquent daughter. Her path eventually leads to crime, rebellion, death, and redemption. Her sleazy boryfriend leads her down a path of moral ineptitude. Good performance by Syms.
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Odette (1950) Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle, Trevor Howard, Marius Goring, Drama, History, War
This is the story of a brave woman who volunteered to join SOE (Special Operations Executive) during WWII. She was flown into occupied France where she fought with the French resistance. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo, she refused to identify her accomplices.
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