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When the ladies' department is closed for a face-lift, the female assistants have to share the men's counter. Will Mrs Slocombe get steamed up?
Capt. Barnaby (Edward G. Robinson), leader of the Los Angeles Vice Squad, is trying to track down the murderers of a beat cop. To do this, he pulls some strings to coerce help from Mona Ross (Paulette Goddard), the madam behind a local escort ring. Using this lead and further help from an informant, Barnaby hunts down a pair of bank robbers he suspects are the killers. However, the criminals prove to be hard to catch, so Barnaby must stay determined.
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Janet is a young student at a private school. Her nights are troubled by horrible dreams in which she sees her mother, who is in fact locked in a psychiatric hospital, haunting her. Expelled because of her persistent nightmares, Janet is sent home where the nightmares continue.Director: Freddie Francis (Dr. Terror's House of Horrors, Tales From the Crypt)Writer: Jimmy Sangster (The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula)David KnightMoira RedmondBrenda BruceJennie Linden
Stars Trevor Howard and Jean Simmons. Clearly influenced by early Hitchcock (YOUNG & INNOCENT and 39 STEPS ... though no one ever approaches Hitch's genius, of course)
The shop floor becomes the dance floor. The ladies' and gentlemen's staff combine to enter a ballroom dancing competition at young Mr Grace's suggestion.
Staff that have reached a certain age have been made redundant, including Mrs Slocombe. Refusing to leave Grace Brothers, she becomes a cleaner and her position is filled by a younger woman.
C Flight are initially put out when their regular routine is changed; but as it's in favour of some real training - both with guns on the ground, and on a real air flight - they quickly change their minds. Corporal Marsh, however, is far less keen with the latter endeavour.
An expose of the baby-profiteering racket as told through the story of an unwed mother whose family and friends start an investigation as to the whereabouts of her baby. This leads to and through an organized gang led by a society matron. The girl is found dead, and while it looks like a suicide, the girl's sister and a newspaper reporter think it is murder.
Abandoned (1949) was one of a series of semi-documentary movies that were popular at the time. It was based on an original story by Irwin Gielgud commissioned by producer Jerry Bresler. Director Joseph Newman and Bresler had previously worked together in the shorts department at MGM.
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Director : Joseph M. Newman
Cast :
Dennis O'Keefe as Mark Sitko
Gale Storm as Paula Considine
Jeff Chandler as Chief MacRae
Meg Randall as Dottie Jensen
Raymond Burr as Kerric
Marjorie Rambeau as Mrs. Donner
Jeanette Nolan as Major Ross
Mike Mazurki as Hoppe
Will Kuluva as Little Guy Decola
David Clarke as Harry
William Frambes as Scoop (as William Page)
Sid Tomack as Mr. Humes
Perc Launders as Dowd
Steve Darrell as Brenn
Clifton Young as Eddie
Ruth Sanderson as Mrs. Spence
Old Mr Grace decides to put together a brand new magazine for the store, and recruits Mr Humphries to be the editor.
A British road repairman gets into a feud with the Army, gets drafted and is mistakenly parachuted into Nazi occupied France where his physical resemblance to the local German commandant triggers a hilarious chain reaction.
Joan convinces Eddie to buy a new bedroom suite in the sale. Unfortunately Bill wants the same suite, so they both decide to camp outside the shop overnight.
The food being served up in the camp canteen continues getting worse and worse, as Cook-Corporal Jenner runs a side-line in offloading as much as possible to line his own pocket. C Flight decide to take a stand.
Watch Three Came Home (1950) Full Movie on The Film Detective. Three Came Home is the dramatic screen adaption of Agnes Newton Keith's war-time prison memoir. Separated from her husband, Keith (Claudette Colbert) and her young son must survive in captivity until the end of the war. The realistic and harrowing film was directed by Oscar nominee Jean Negulesco, and features former Japanese silent screen star Sessue Hayakawa as the stern camp commandant Colonel Suga. "It will shock you, disturb you, tear your heart out," wrote the NY Times' Bosley Crowther. "But it will fill you fully with a great respect for a heroic soul."
Director: Jean Negulesco
Writers: Nunnally Johnson, Agnes Newton Keith
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Patric Knowles, Florence Desmond
Ammonia orders Lurcio to get rid of Senator Lecherous, Nausius wants to help a girl that he picks up in the street, and Ludicrus Sextus receives news of a special visitor from Rome.
Young Mr Grace decides that the store should open at half past eight so that people can shop on their way to work, but the staff aren't happy and try to sabotage the sales figures.
Joan tries some of Barbie's exotic food on Eddie. After joining the works social club, Bill challenges Eddie to see who's best at Limbo dancing.
Set in the 1870s, Fanny is forced to overcome a series of terrible family problems before discovering both her true identity and true love, Harry Somerford. The dastardly Lord Manderstoke is the peer who blights Fanny's life.
Returned from leave, Ken, Jakey, Leckie and Lilley arrive at RAF Midham to begin their next round of training - as nursing attendants.
Groucho Marx hosts a quiz show which features a series of compe****ive questions and a great deal of humourous conversation.
The staff try to determine where Mrs Grace's ancestors are from so they can give her a coat of arms for her 90th birthday. They consider various traditional performances based on her heritage.