I wish I lived in this era. My Grannie always used to say they were the best times. Leslie Philips - I’ve never seen him in a serious role, such talented actor. These films were so good in content, good actors, not relying on CGI, no violence, and no sex and naked bodies needed. I don’t watch tv, or go to the cinema, it’s all rubbish now. Thank you for uploading all these wonderful movies. It’s much appreciated 💓❤️💓
@sheristewart3940
2 жыл бұрын
Me, too!
@PeterPete
2 жыл бұрын
it's surprising that Leslie was able to convey his real persona in his fictitious character - Philips was a promiscuous man throughout his entire life and this actually came out in the movie when you look at his interactions with women. I bet he loved a good shag!!! What's the chance that after filming he was having sex with one of the women from the set? Very high imo.
@violinoscar
2 жыл бұрын
I agree with you. There are some good quality dramas on TV today but you really have to search for them. The BBC still produce a fair bit of good stuff if you don't mind British drama. Living in your Grannie's era wouldn't change things for you though. Your Gran's era was one of the most violent in history. World War Two killed 70 million people. Then there was Vietnam, Korea, in fact I don't think that in the last century there has been a moment of world peace. The 1918 flu epidemic killed an estimated 50 million. Thank God we have vaccines today. Measles, polio, small pox, whooping cough, tuberculosis etc. As much as I too pine for the 'old' days I think we live in the best time right now.
@iansoutryer3189
2 жыл бұрын
Gents fashion certainly was much more elegant back then. On the other hand, a dentist appointment back then, with the old drill....
@danielgiraud1118
2 жыл бұрын
@@violinoscar: Je suis d'accord avec toi, Chuck ! Oui, Bozo, nous vivons dans la meilleure époque. Thank God fer our Savior Donald Trump ! Quelle chance vous avez vous, les yanks. Oh D. Trump ! Je t'aime si fort ! I shalt give thee anything tae stand next tae thee, even mah ass an' if we wilt doin' ballin' a-standin' up, I would put the house pads.
@mustafajackson9430
2 жыл бұрын
I so enjoy watching the movies from Britain in this era.
@mikeryan3701
4 ай бұрын
It's amazing how many "British" films of that era had to have an American actor or actress in a leading role in the film.
@marcyoverby3817
4 ай бұрын
Same here..loved the mystery s
@mickeybitsko1676
2 ай бұрын
Gee tar undercurrent shouts Ed Wood😺
@sandienochs6132
2 жыл бұрын
With multimillion dollar budgets, Hollywood can no longer make movies anywhere near this good.
@georgemoore7186
2 жыл бұрын
Gimme break, I love these old movies too but to infer that Hollywood can't make movies like this is total BS, they don't make them because no one would watch them if they did, Old movies have great nostalgic value and you can't mass produce nostalgia, In 50 or 60 years from now young people of today will be old and saying the same thing about today's movies compared to the movies produced....in 50 or 60 years! No Doubt when this was made the old people were telling the young people how great Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton were and how much better they were than the current stars....it's called Human Nature! Just sit back and enjoy what you love, don't compare them in quality to stuff you don't appreciate!
@marcinna8553
2 жыл бұрын
@@georgemoore7186 Nostalgia for a misty past is such a common sentiment that there should be a name for it. Show an old movie or a scene from the past and right on cue you will get cliches about "They don't make 'em like they used to" or maybe "People used to have pride in themselves" or something like similar. Of course these are all really commentaries about the present. The past is a mythical golden time that we can compare the dreary present to. But I would believe that the same folks, if transported back 50 years, would find those times equally dreary.
@georgemoore7186
2 жыл бұрын
@@marcinna8553 memories are Golden but not always accurate, today is real but we leave a lot of memories on the cutting room floor from the past and just go with the memories that make us feel good, it is a time when we ourselves were better, not the movies themselves, when we are young and happy we tend to think everything in life is great, we like out music better, our movies better etc, and that is OK, just don't get sucked into thinking what we like better actually IS better, Old movies and old songs are akin to a time machine that transports us back, I love this era, I love old songs/music and movies(don't like the subliminal advertising in them but that's another story)
@marcinna8553
2 жыл бұрын
@@georgemoore7186 And the past is generally filtered and sanitized through people's selective memories and through movies and other stories we create about these times. I sometimes browse through the back pages of newspaper archives -- crime, poverty, injustice -- it can quickly disabuse you of the notion of a "simpler past" or an innocent one.
@nedludd7622
Жыл бұрын
@@georgemoore7186 Today's films lack a couple of things: a story and good dialog for example.
@daxtonbrown
4 ай бұрын
I was born in 53. Those were better times younguns.
@marcinna8553
3 ай бұрын
I was born in 55, and I would not want to go back to those earlier times. Times when women could only get a credit card in their husband's name. When black folks couldn't rent an apartment in many neighborhoods. When your local diner was filled with cigarette smoke. When you put you kids in a car that had no seat belts. I could make this a very long list.
@Jean-rg4sp
3 ай бұрын
You couldn't remember much as a neonate. I was born in 1948 and I can remember 1953 rather well as a 5-year-old. I can't believe Leslie Phillips was so much older than me. Yes, they made great films back then. It's amazing that Lloyd Bridges was fully dressed in an English tailored suit and gaberdine although he had just arrived from Hollywood. Back then English detectives were mannerly and spoke with upper middle class accents. Not like today when New Scotland Yard take anyone who walks in off the street. Although Lionel Blair almost fell over several times while twirling around, he was loved by the English who are were not anti-semitic like today. André Van Gyseghem was perfectly cast as the stage door keeper and the eponymous limping man. At the end, Alan Wheatley pronounced London just like someone from Hull making a change from the posh policeman. It was an inspiration to cast real-life siblings, Max and Louise Boisot as The Children although the speaking part of the theatre Boy was uncredited.
@11304800
3 ай бұрын
I was born in 48---and they were better times. We didn't have Biden craping his pants--raseing taxes --raseing food prices ---giving billions of dollars away to--while forgetting Americians.
@fabiotabaton314
3 ай бұрын
The good old days.....aye right!!!! 😂
@drawbridge611
3 жыл бұрын
What a great movie, emotionally intense in places, and some of Bridges' best acting work ever. Never knew this movie existed until I saw it here. Thanks for the upload.
@jean6872
Жыл бұрын
None can make film noir thrillers as good as the English.
@aliciarobertson4979
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for uploading this. Brings back memories of younger years when our recollections of WWII and the deprivations and rationing were softening. It felt as though peace had really arrived.
@kh23797
2 жыл бұрын
What an unexpected pleasure to see Lionel Blair here, as the dancer. And quite a coincidence-he died recently at 92, just a few days ago, on 4 Nov 21. An old school trouper, seemingly universally liked in showbiz, he was a dancer/choreographer who could also act, and was often on British TV screens in game shows, Christmas specials and so on, into his later years.
@jean6872
Жыл бұрын
it is believed Lionel Blair was gay.
@vivienneandersson6019
4 ай бұрын
@@jean6872 He was married for 54 years with children and there has never been any scandal involving him, no one has ever come forward with any evidence.
@inthenameofjustice8811
6 жыл бұрын
Watching this reminded me of a couple of things. The first was seeing this leading man in a TV show as a kid. It was called Sea Hunt. The second was hearing of a little cockney kid in school who could not spell and was asked by his teacher to write his favourite TV show on the classroom blackboard. He wrote, C Unt.
@neil5551
5 жыл бұрын
JEFF BRIDGES FATHER
@jefferygoodman9928
3 жыл бұрын
@@neil5551: And Beau who’s older but never became as big as his kid bro.
@daleethornton4311
3 жыл бұрын
That's funny 😊
@varonadee6980
4 ай бұрын
Well, at least he capitalized the U so it appeared as two separate words!
@nomadpi1
3 ай бұрын
Enjoyed your comment Re: " Sea Hunt" spelled the Scottish way, "C Unt" Hope this reaches you now, 6 years later.
@austenj4539
4 жыл бұрын
Must be one of the earliest appearances for Leslie Phillips and I would never have bet that ever acted alongside Lloyd Bridges!
@RuthFreeman-b6p
3 ай бұрын
He was in the 1949 film Train of Events. Really good film
@stevengrotte2987
3 ай бұрын
SAME HERE, I REMEMBER HIM FROM THE GREAT BRITISH COMEDIES OF THE 50'S AND 60'S.
@hanschristophercharles6981
4 ай бұрын
Great film, and the ending.......Pure genius!!!
@janicebrowningaquino792
2 жыл бұрын
Wow!! This was a great one NEVER imagined the ending!!!!!
@nameskhar1510
6 жыл бұрын
I love this kind of film, many thanks for sharing with us all.
@jacquelineblackman5555
2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful movie great actors thanks for posting
@cgpyper7536
6 жыл бұрын
This print is wobbly and sound-deficient in places, but a real film noir classic ... good story, actors, with some live stage entertainment mixed in. Great shots of the beautiful TWA Constellation. Thank you sallies65
@jean6872
Жыл бұрын
Hollywood could not make a film noir as good as this
@misterteaification
3 ай бұрын
Despite what it says in Wikipedia, this isn't a noir. Not every crime drama is a noir. The term, like 'kitchen sink', has become horribly devalued. It's just an interesting crime drama with notable London location shooting. FWIW, Cy Endfield was very interested in stage magicianship (perhaps he and Orson Welles discussed it when they met), so I can imagine the stage-show parts in this film got input from the director.
What a fantastic story with a trick ending! Amazing.
@marcyoverby3817
4 ай бұрын
I ALWAYS LIKED THE 40S MYSELF..BORN IN 50S..IT WAS A GOOD TIMES..NO COMPLAINTS..
@danieledrich6602
4 ай бұрын
A cakewalk, the apex of Western civilization.
@southernwanderer7912
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! What a great movie. Loved the ending.
@MrYorickJenkins
4 ай бұрын
oh my those scenes take me back to the England I knew when I was a nipper
@vernalc2449
3 жыл бұрын
A film that starts with a shot of a beautiful plane like this Connie has GOT to be good, right? EDIT: Yeah, it did NOT disappoint, KMSL, didn't see THAT ending coming!
@pdxoregon1
3 жыл бұрын
RIGHT!
@AndyLeMaitre
3 ай бұрын
Wow, Mike Nelson, The Sherrif of Nottingham and Lt. Phillips all in one film!
@nohumbug8636
3 жыл бұрын
Great quality upload, thanks for the experience.
@deebrown1902
7 жыл бұрын
Let me be the first "Commenter" to attest to the film's suspense and mystery. The visual, audio, scenes, and acting were all noteworthy. But it was the plot that "takes the cake". No film that I have watched has had a plot like this one. And the ending is......well....it is very unusual. Thank you, sallis65, for making this most enjoyable movie available.
@TheFiown
2 жыл бұрын
Well I didn't see that coming ! Great ending to a great movie, thank you.
@highdesert50
7 жыл бұрын
Enjoyable viewing. Good to see Bridges in a full length film.
@stevengill1736
2 жыл бұрын
Besides Airplane! That's still my favorite...
@aaarrrggghhhh
3 жыл бұрын
28:12 Is now known as The Mayflower pub on Rotherhithe Street.
@1952mrpdc
7 жыл бұрын
Its easy to follow. A very good film. Yes it was all a dream. But very well acted and played. The write made it that way. The writer knew exactly what they were doing. A fine film and worth watching. PC. 17.09.2017.
@jennyjerome5669
4 ай бұрын
One of the most enjoyable vintage films. Alan Wheatley playing against type as a good guy and nice performance by Rachel Roberts (who would appear 20 years later in 'Murder on the Orient Express'). A real find. Thanks.
@fesbahn
6 жыл бұрын
I liked the ending. saved it from being just a mildly interesting thriller.
@kurtgrotz
4 ай бұрын
Lloyd Bridges - What an actor, what a career, what a legacy. This movie - great "screw me" ending. LOL
@davidcole8448
2 жыл бұрын
Lloyd Bridges was fantastic in Sea Hunt, one of the best television shows ever.
@freedomspirit2000
6 жыл бұрын
Oh Dear Lord that's Jean Marsh at 8:04, in a non-speaking bit-part appearance as the landlady's kinda surly daughter...I bet it's one of her firsts, if not *the* first of her apperances in the movies. Awesome !
@misterteaification
3 ай бұрын
Note that the two scenes she is in are built around her; when they go upstairs to the lodger's room, the camera actually follows Jean Marsh around.
@markadams7597
4 ай бұрын
This is a fun flick. And, my how romantic film noir has changed through the years.
@hojoinhisarcher
2 жыл бұрын
omg the inspector is the evil Sherrif of Nottingham from the Brit series 'Robin Hood' with Richard Greene.
@geraldmiller5260
3 ай бұрын
I was born in 53 and flew on the Constellation tri motor to Germany.
@Casper58
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for your hard work!
@jordansupport1923
2 жыл бұрын
Lionel Blair, Leslie Phillips, Lloyd Bridges ... this must have been their earliest works.
@hangawara
7 жыл бұрын
One of the best I''ve see recently. And that's not just the weed, alcohol, and tobacco talking...
@OneMan-wl1wj
7 жыл бұрын
hangawara LOL👏😆 Classic.
@moxievintage1390
6 жыл бұрын
hangawara- ya caused me a bit of a laughing-soda-sputter all over my mac---totally worth it tho
@helenmcgregor8149
6 жыл бұрын
One Man 1970 k
@larrycarmody8325
3 жыл бұрын
Ha,ha,ha, it is for me & nicotine, codine & caffeine is best for me.!!
@tharealmikezee3165
3 жыл бұрын
yeah I'm kickin back tying off my arm shooting up whatever I don't even kno all what's in it. So what's up now.
@latasri494
6 жыл бұрын
Wow...what an ending !! I had to wake up....thought I was sleeping :D
@dusan1449
3 жыл бұрын
where they went, they were sitting here ?, .... Scotland Yard agents could see through the walls :)
@mjc11a
7 жыл бұрын
Enjoyable film. Thanks for posting.
@cathymitchell3613
2 ай бұрын
Great movie! Can't count how many times I've watched it!
@tazzat3383
4 ай бұрын
British accent and acting was better then than now ❤❤❤
@francais197
4 ай бұрын
The accent you refer to as "British" is in fact English of varied class denominations.
@algiles881
2 ай бұрын
@@francais197 Moira Lister was South African to add to the mix - a very beautiful woman, who a year or two later was in the radio series Hancock's Half Hour, replacing Andree Melly.
@MrWindermere123
5 жыл бұрын
Lionel Blair was dancing on that piano keyboard - he's also well-known for 'I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue' on BBC Radio 4.
@philhealey4443
4 ай бұрын
Apart from some Cockney slang association with flared trousers.
@nomadpi1
3 ай бұрын
An enjoyable "B" mystery film. The best scene is near the end,.The expression on Bridges' face as he recognizes the man's face whose handing the magazine to him, that's acting. I was only 9 years old in 1953 and missed seeing this film. Thanks for posting the video.
@youryoungerbrotherJonathan
4 ай бұрын
Did not expect that! Great film!
@silkyway6575
2 жыл бұрын
Well, I certainly didn't see that coming!
@williamogrady8216
3 ай бұрын
I like short movies. Like this one. With a twist at the end? Even better.
@tomr3722
6 жыл бұрын
nothing to do with this movie really but I have noticed that English films and even tv shows(Foyles War, Midsomer Murders, GREAT STUFF, especially Foyle's War) the ONLY thing necessary is to change costumes and mode of transportation to shoot great stuff set in ANY time period. movies and shows that would require a 'set' to be shot in America but no sets were needed in the above, even though a 70 year difference in time periods. in both we get to see REAL England, from homes of the poor to grand estates, inside and out. hundreds of years old but still in use and the pubs.........
@ramonacomte7586
5 жыл бұрын
Tom R p
@jmharris251
2 жыл бұрын
Since when does Scotland yard reveal information about a murdeed man to a witnesss. Yes, we don't know his name. He had a passport. But it was a forgery. Says it like he is giving the weather or time.
@dalanmanbros8311
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for posting this. Except for the ending, loved the film.
@twoFrenchBunnys
3 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a vivid dream, such detail, plot and clarity.
@larrywhited3070
2 жыл бұрын
Your comment happened to be the top one, and although I had not intended on reading any of the comments before watching the movie, because I immediately saw the part about the dream I then of course realized how it would end. Consequently, I fast-forwarded to the last 3 minutes. Sure enough, you had revealed the plot, so there was no reason to watch Lloyd Bridges although I had greatly enjoyed watching Sea Hunt as a child. As a courtesy to others, when you write a comment such as yours you should start it with the phrase: "Spoiler Alert." The eye catches that and you know to look away.
@Hexon66
4 ай бұрын
@@larrywhited3070 I watched the whole thing. You should be thanking the poster for sparing you that drudgery.
@CarolStJohn-ev9ry
4 ай бұрын
I remember watching Sea Hunt as a child. I think Lloyd Bridge's sons were in it too.
@yogasamrat
2 жыл бұрын
Hail the Sheriff of Notingham!
@ikt8617
3 ай бұрын
Clever ending the way it melved from one paradigm to the other. Well done!
@CaliWeHo
2 жыл бұрын
The title 🤣🤣🤣 I love these old movies.
@jamesmoore9511
4 ай бұрын
Wow! Loyd Bridges pre SeaHunt.
@MikeGreenwood51
7 жыл бұрын
Spoiler Alert. The polt and ending have been revealved in comments below in other peoples comments. So if you perfer not to know the ending before seeing it your self. Then I recommend you do not read comments below mine. Happy viewing.
@markcrowley65
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@jimmymckay73
3 ай бұрын
Oh that ending 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@officialblueboy1509
2 жыл бұрын
A rare early appearance of Leslie Philips not being lecherous!
@algiles881
2 ай бұрын
He made another film in 1953 called "Murder At 3 a.m." with Denis Price in a very similar role.
@daveallen63
2 жыл бұрын
Great movie, has a very "Third Man" vibe to it.
@hanschristophercharles6981
4 ай бұрын
Yes... especially the guitar playing at 50:19. Lol!! I expected Orson Wells to show up any second, Lol!!
@kennethbooker4955
3 жыл бұрын
People watching a film should not say how it ended
@freemarketjoe9869
3 жыл бұрын
Don't read the comments till after the movie, obviously!
@TexasNightRider
6 жыл бұрын
Worst ending to a movie ever. It's almost as if they ran out of money so they just cut it off.
@fredneecher1746
3 жыл бұрын
They couldn't resolve the plot. Some stories are like that.
@TexasNightRider
3 жыл бұрын
@@fredneecher1746 Hi Fred, it's been two years since I watched this movie. I don't remember a thing about it. Thanks for the well thought out reply. Gives me a new perspective on movies.
@padraiggluck2980
4 ай бұрын
I agree…no proper ending. 😨
@simplyrogue
4 ай бұрын
well now we know where they got the idea for Tom Hanks in Big to dance on big piano keys
@georgeingridirwin6180
3 ай бұрын
Thanks!! Very enjoyable movie no matter how many times I've watched it.
@marisadallavalle393
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@Bill-n8t
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent movie and ending.
@63bplumb
3 жыл бұрын
Airplane food! WOW! What a killer!
@chrisbowen9043
3 ай бұрын
A really good noir style picture starring Caesar Romero. Adapted from a great mystery novel called The Creaking Chair by Lawrence W Meynell, which is really a terrific read, going deep into the strange London underworld from the early 1940s
@uncatila
4 жыл бұрын
That Connie was limited not by fuel but by all the oil that dripped from her radial engines.
@uncatila
3 жыл бұрын
Wow. You must have been in aerospace.
@yomama8873
4 ай бұрын
Great movie thank you 🤩🤩🤩💖💖
@haroldwilkes6608
2 жыл бұрын
Ah, yes, the halcyon days of bullet bras and Brylcreem, hard to forget, both more noted for their absence today.
@laurelvanhouten7924
3 жыл бұрын
Interesting movie with an unexpected ending.
@angelsaltamontes7336
6 жыл бұрын
TWO TOES WAY UP..."THE LIMPING MAN" KICKS CINEMATIC ARSE!!!!!!
@Aut0five
3 жыл бұрын
A World War II veteran returns to England after the war, only to discover that his wartime sweetheart has got involved with a dangerous spy ring. British Film Noir directed by Cy Endfield (as Charles de Lautour) and starring Lloyd Bridges, Moira Lister and Leslie Phillips.
@LIZZIE-lizzie
4 ай бұрын
Lloyd Bridges. The father of Jeff and Beau Bridges.
@nancyherbert6518
2 жыл бұрын
Crazy movie, just a dream; I could have spent my time on something that I could appreciate.
@dougbuck2619
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for showing. Good pic.
@StevenTorrey
7 жыл бұрын
It was certainly a suspense....
@darkestserenity6775
7 жыл бұрын
another great movie, so strange to see one of our great funny men playing it straight
@danielstanwyck2812
3 жыл бұрын
he mostly did play it straight
@scallopohare9431
2 жыл бұрын
Comedians are usually better actors than actors. Anyone can emote. Comedy has to be precisely done.
@mandarmohite8152
3 ай бұрын
fantastic
@mickeybitsko1676
2 ай бұрын
I’ve often driven not knowing there were 2 people hiding in the backseat floor😺
@enaremco
7 жыл бұрын
It must be a good movie. I only fell asleep twice. It should have been at least three.
@Johnnycdrums
2 жыл бұрын
Mike Nelson, yeaaah!
@thedreadtyger
6 жыл бұрын
cheated of a proper ending
@alicecaulfield2140
3 ай бұрын
There may be better times, but this time is ours. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@markvines7308
2 жыл бұрын
Didn't see that coming!
@misterteaification
3 ай бұрын
An amazing shaggy dog story. I love it, though I expect the original cinema audiences rioted at the end.
@jbwentworthe6082
2 жыл бұрын
Could we have those pretty hairdos and clothing back ? Things have fallen so far down in how people turn themselves out.
@TheVeek192
2 жыл бұрын
What's stopping you? Do what YOU want. Why wait?
@algiles881
2 ай бұрын
I noticed in the credits the song "Hey Presto" was part written by David Croft, and I wondered if this was the DC of "Are You Being Served?" and "Dad's Army"?
@maryowen1722
Жыл бұрын
That ending!!
@allegra0
3 ай бұрын
Philips in usual form…always an eye for the ladies.
@davidjames9626
4 ай бұрын
You've hit the nail right on the head..
@badger305
6 жыл бұрын
At exactly 1:14.00, the writer falls dead of a massive coronary and no one finishes the story.
@karenjames3964
3 ай бұрын
That’s the sheriff of Nottingham as the polceman😮
@overmarsdaria3222
5 жыл бұрын
The main actor looks like Giovanni Trappattoni when he was young.
@jimmybritt9537
2 жыл бұрын
Very good movie 👍👍🇺🇸
@jackrice2770
2 ай бұрын
You know, if you submitted this screenplay in a writing class, they'd laugh you out of the room. "It was all a dream..." has got to be the lamest resolution possible....And yet, it's a pretty enjoyable movie. Go figure.
@RichardArchibald-jk7ms
2 ай бұрын
Back then it was probably quite original. I enjoyed the simplicity as well.
@jackrice2770
2 ай бұрын
@@RichardArchibald-jk7ms Nah, that trope is as old as the hills.
@wrz5468
3 жыл бұрын
That kind of ending is definitely from a LACK OF FUNDS!
@86-08
3 ай бұрын
🌹 Thank You , sallis65 🌹
@Dov_ben-Maccabee
4 ай бұрын
Great seeing a Connie in flight, even for just a few seconds
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