Alastair Sim Movies

Despite being on his uppers, George is still prepared to pawn his beloved banjo in order to help his girlfriend save her niece from the orphanage....

An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a village hall.

Doctors perform brain surgery to reform a hardened criminal

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

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...

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

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...

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...

A man beset by creditors invents a fictitious partner

Alf discovers that one of the buttons on his pyjamas is made from the metal of Aladdin's lamp and that when he cleans it a genie appears.

Compilation of classic British comedy moments

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.

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...

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

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