Movies: Sam Kydd

  • 1949
    The Small Back Room

    The Small Back Room (1949)

    The Small Back Room

    6.61949HD

    As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on 1943 Britain, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol....

    The Small Back Room
  • 1953
    Appointment in London

    Appointment in London (1953)

    Appointment in London

    6.31953HD

    Wing-commander Tim Mason leads a squadron of Lancaster bombers on almost nightly raids from England. Having flown eighty-seven missions he will shortly be retiring from flying, but the strain is showing. He tries to make sure his men concentrate only...

    Appointment in London
  • 1957
    Just My Luck

    Just My Luck (1957)

    Just My Luck

    61957HD

    Norman works in a jewellers workshop and fantasises (in the nicest way) about meeting the window dresser across the road from his workshop. He wants to buy her a diamond pendant but calculates it will take him over 100 years to save up for it. He is ...

    Just My Luck
  • 1951
    Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

    Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)

    Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

    6.91951HD

    Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish warship and a ragged band of Central American rebels....

    Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
  • 1970
    Too Late the Hero

    Too Late the Hero (1970)

    Too Late the Hero

    6.41970HD

    A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a mission behind enemy lines, things don't go exactly to plan. This film differs in that some of the 'h...

    Too Late the Hero
  • 1952
    The Big Frame

    The Big Frame (1952)

    The Big Frame

    3.81952HD

    An ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night before but he later finds out that a man he got into a fight with earlier in the night was murdered....

    The Big Frame
  • 1971
    Dad's Army

    Dad's Army (1971)

    Dad's Army

    4.91971HD

    Dad's Army was a 1971 feature film based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. Directed by Norman Cohen, it was filmed between series three and four and was based upon material from the early episodes of the television series. The film told the st...

    Dad's Army
  • 1951
    Mr. Denning Drives North

    Mr. Denning Drives North (1951)

    Mr. Denning Drives North

    61951HD

    When well-off aircraft designer Denning finds his daughter's current boyfriend is a nasty character he tries to buy him off, ending up hitting him and causing his death when he falls. Instead of calling the police he dumps the body in a lonely spot o...

    Mr. Denning Drives North
  • 1979
    Yesterday's Hero

    Yesterday's Hero (1979)

    Yesterday's Hero

    3.81979HD

    Successful soccer player Rod Turner spirals into drunken self-pity until he develops a friendship with an inspirational orphan and a beautiful singer. Learning from them what truly matters in life, Rod regroups and returns to form....

    Yesterday's Hero
  • 1956
    The Long Arm

    The Long Arm (1956)

    The Long Arm

    6.91956HD

    Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. The film is notable for using a police procedural style made popular by Ealing in their 1950 film The Blue...

    The Long Arm
  • 1949
    Passport to Pimlico

    Passport to Pimlico (1949)

    Passport to Pimlico

    6.91949HD

    When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory. The British government attempts to regain control by ...

    Passport to Pimlico
  • 1956
    Reach for the Sky

    Reach for the Sky (1956)

    Reach for the Sky

    6.81956HD

    The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II....

    Reach for the Sky
  • 1973
    Steptoe & Son Ride Again

    Steptoe & Son Ride Again (1973)

    Steptoe & Son Ride Again

    6.81973HD

    Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at the junk yard. Always on the lookout for ways to improve his lot, Harold invests his father's life sav...

    Steptoe & Son Ride Again
  • 1959
    The 39 Steps

    The 39 Steps (1959)

    The 39 Steps

    6.21959HD

    In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets....

    The 39 Steps
  • 1958
    I Was Monty's Double

    I Was Monty's Double (1958)

    I Was Monty's Double

    6.91958HD

    The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the Germans about his intentions before the North Africa campaign....

    I Was Monty's Double
  • 1966
    Island of Terror

    Island of Terror (1966)

    Island of Terror

    5.81966HD

    A small island community is overrun with creeping, blobbish, tentacled monsters which liquefy and digest the bones from living creatures. The community struggles to fight back....

    Island of Terror
  • 1955
    The Glass Cage

    The Glass Cage (1955)

    The Glass Cage

    5.51955HD

    A circus barker stages a sensational new act, the world's longest fast undertaken by “Sapolio”, on view in a glass cage. But this act also results in several murders, a kidnapping, and a poisoning!...

    The Glass Cage
  • 1951
    Pool of London

    Pool of London (1951)

    Pool of London

    6.51951HD

    Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London....

    Pool of London
  • 1948
    Scott of the Antarctic

    Scott of the Antarctic (1948)

    Scott of the Antarctic

    7.11948HD

    The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a rival team of Norwegian explorers conspire against hi...

    Scott of the Antarctic
  • 1949
    Vengeance Is Mine

    Vengeance Is Mine (1949)

    Vengeance Is Mine

    5.81949HD

    In this crime drama, a man learns that he has six months left to live, and before he dies he decides to get revenge against the man responsible for his incarceration. First he hires a man to kill him and frame the traitor. Later the fellow learns tha...

    Vengeance Is Mine