Charles Crichton Movies

Peter Rayston, has been in and out of prison most of his life. At 30, he is released for the eighth time, after serving a sentence for housebreaking....

Rex Allerton is a top Hollywood star and an idol of the female population. To get away from the pressure of the fans who won't leave him alone, he...

After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and...

During World War II, a German woman, Inga, goes missing and is presumed dead. Her infant son is placed in an orphanage where, years later, he's...

A young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti. One of the Ealing comedies.

When Percy Brand, a habitual confidence trickster, keeps being sent down, he goes to great lengths to ensure that his son Colin, does not find out...

A boy gets involved in a bank robbery

Old Bill has grumbled his way through the trenches of the First World War. Now it is the Second and, envious of his son, Young Bill, he decides to...

In India, Toomai, a young mahout, helps lead the British on a large expedition to round up wild elephants.

This 1986 documentary features interviews with director Alexander Mackendrick, actor Burt Lancaster, producer James Hill, and others.

A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.

Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.

A man framed for murder escapes from prison during a flood and helps a young woman in distress.

In this modest drama, set during World War II, two rival boat families battle it out for supremacy.

The story of the men and women who produced a series of film comedies that were so original and funny that they put Ealing on the map.

Deals with the training of Fleet Air Arm pilots and crew during World War II.

British war documentary

Ealing Studios short war documentary

The first months of WWII as experienced by the new young recruits - the 'young Berts' - of the British Army.