| 1. Whisky Galore! (1949) |  | Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship. Director: Alexander Mackendrick Stars: Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood |
2. Passport to Pimlico (1949) |  | Residents of a part of London declare independence, when they discover
an old treaty. This leads to the need for a 'Passport to Pimlico'. Director: Henry Cornelius Stars: Stanley Holloway, Betty Warren |
3. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) |  | A distant poor relative of the Duke of D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the
title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the
line of succession. Director: Robert Hamer Stars: Dennis Price, Alec Guinness |
4. Hue and Cry (1947) |  | A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for
robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week,
unknown to writer and printer. Director: Charles Crichton Stars: Alastair Sim, Frederick Piper |
5. Who Done It? (1956) |  | This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving
his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private
detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British scientists. Director: Basil Dearden Stars: Benny Hill, Belinda Lee |
6. Another Shore (1948) |  | A young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti. Director: Charles Crichton Stars: Robert Beatty, Moira Lister |
7. Barnacle Bill (1957) |  | A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Director: Charles Frend Stars: Alec Guinness, Irene Browne |
8. A Run for Your Money (1949) |  | Brothers from a Welsh village take their first trip to London to collect
a prize, and meet a con artist and sundry other urban distractions. Director: Charles Frend Stars: Donald Houston, Meredith Edwards |
9. The Magnet (1950) |  | A boy steals a powerful magnet from a younger boy and gets him into all sorts of trouble. Director: Charles Frend Stars: Stephen Murray, Kay Walsh |
10. The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) |  | A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an
eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the
country as miniature Eifel Towers. Director: Charles Crichton Stars: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway |
11. The Man in the White Suit (1951) |  | An altruistic chemist invents a fabric that resists wear and stain as
boon to humanity but both capital and labor realize it must be
suppressed for economic reasons. Director: Alexander Mackendrick Stars: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood |
12. The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953) |  | Volunteers take over their local passenger train service (against bus
company resistance) when the government announces its closure. Director: Charles Crichton Stars: Stanley Holloway, George Relph |
13. The Maggie (1954) |  | An American businessman in Scotland is conned into shipping a valuable
load of cargo to a Scottish island via a coal powered boat. Director: Alexander Mackendrick Stars: Paul Douglas, Alex Mackenzie |
14. The Ladykillers (1955) |  | Five diverse oddball criminal types planning a bank robbery rent rooms
on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they
are classical musicians. Director: Alexander Mackendrick Stars: Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers |
