Movies: Alastair Sim

A timid and dim-witted clergyman is duped into helping a playboy avoid his creditors, inherit his uncle's fortune and get the girl....

A newspaper reporter keeps beating the police to clues in a current murder case. This makes the police think he may be involved in the crime....

A mild-mannered, somewhat mousy man is astounded when his reflection in a mirror comes to life and begins to do all the wild and crazy things that he always wanted to but never could....

A man beset by creditors invents a fictitious partner...

Doctors perform brain surgery to reform a hardened criminal...

An elderly priest recruits a young woman as housekeeper in the presbytery he shares with two young priests, but temptation and jealousy soon sew discord and doubt in some minds....

On the eve of WWII a young defence lawyer, assisted by his wife, invaigles his way into a gang of foreign saboteurs. Comedy thriller, ably executed by a satisfactory cast....

A barge-owner's adopted daughter falls in love with his son, and gives up her chances of stardom to be with him....

When Mrs Hinch, the sinister charlady, decides to move in, General Suffolk fights his last battle....

A newspaper reporter sets out to track down the murderer of a policeman....

James Mason is teamed up once again with Virginia Cherill whom he appeared with in his debut film, 'Late Extra'. He plays a government agent (John Merriman) who makes a few enquiries and follows leads. Cherill plays June Elkhardt....

Wealthy Nicky finds himself engaged to gold-digger Lady Constance, but he really loves scatty model Diana. Complications, slapstick and mountaineering are the result....

A clerk in an oil company is promoted ostensibly to take the blame when it looks like the bosses' dodgy dealings will be found out by the authorities....

A pair of friends robs from a jewelry shop, and buries their loot in a field out in the country before they get caught. They spend ten years in prison, and when they're let out they go back to the burial ground, only to find out that it's no longer a...

During a holiday by the British seaside, Hornleigh and Bingham grow bored and turn their hand to investigating a local crime....

During World War I, in Flanders, Berry and Morley were in love with the same girl, Yvonne. During a battle in the Widow's Island sector, Morley is wounded and abandoned by Berry. Morley being reported missing, Berry now has a clear path to marry Yvon...

A look at some of the events that took place as part of the 1954 Edinburgh Festival....