• Desert Mice
  ...s with the British army in the North Africa desert during the Second World War thwart a Nazi plan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/deser ''[[TV Guide]]'' called it a "Light little comedy."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/desert-mice/review/1127
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• Young Wives' Tale
  ...chive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225194216/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bb73462|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 February 2018|title During the post-[[World War II]] housing shortage, Bruce and Mary are a married couple who both have pr
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• Forces' Sweetheart (film)
  '''''Forces' Sweetheart''''' is a 1953 British [[comedy film|comedy film]] directed by [[Maclean Rogers|Maclean Rogers]] and starring [[Hy Haze Recently arrived back home from entertaining British troops in [[Korean War|Korea]], [[forces sweetheart|forces sweetheart]] Judy James meets with her
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• Don't Panic Chaps!
  ...ation of Cinematograph Television and Allied Technicians#Act Films Ltd|Act Films Ltd]]<br>[[Hammer Film Productions]] ...Union. Published: 1983 (UK). Publisher: ACTT. {{ISBN|0 9508993 0 5}}. ACT Films Limited - Ralph Bond p81 (producer listed as Teddy Baird)</ref> Originally
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• The Square Peg
  '''''The Square Peg''''' is a 1959 British war comedy film directed by [[John Paddy Carstairs]] and starring [[Norman Wisdom]].<r ...lines in [[German military administration in occupied France during World War II|Nazi-occupied France]].
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• The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn
  '''''The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn''''' is a 30-minute comedy film starring [[Peter Sellers]], [[Spike Milligan]] and [[Dick Emery]]. Th ...t-the.html|title=Screen: British 'Coming-Out Party':Comedy on Prisoners of War at the Plaza|first=Bosley|last=Crowther|date=31 July 1962|via=NYTimes.com}}
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• The Night We Dropped a Clanger
  ...We Dropped a Clanger''''' is a 1959 black and white British [[comedy film|comedy]] film directed by [[Darcy Conyers]] and starring [[Brian Rix, Baron Rix|Br ...ent on a secret operation in [[occupied France]] during the [[Second World War]] but a diversionary tactic turns into a [[farce|farcical]] tale of mistake
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• Life with the Lyons
  ...io]] and [[w:television|television]] domestic [[w:sitcom|sitcom]] from the 1950s (1950–1961 on radio, 1955–1960 on television). ...ettled in [[w:London|London]] during the [[w:Second World War|Second World War]] and featured with [[Vic Oliver]] in the radio series'' [[Hi Gang! (radio
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• Appointment with Venus (film)
  ...Collections: Michael Balcon Papers H3 reprinted in ''British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference'' By Sue Harper, Vincent Porter p 41]</ref> ...f [[Alderney cattle|Alderney cattle]] from the Channel Island during World War II.<ref>[http://www.alderneysociety.org/aldcow.html Alderneysociety.org] {{
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• A Date with a Dream
  | studio = [[Tempean Films]] ...nd decide to reform their act. This was one of [[Terry-Thomas]]'s earliest films and is reputedly partly based on his own experiences.<ref>{{cite web|url=ht
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• Hype Pressure
  ...essure'''" is an episode of the award-winning [[United Kingdom|British]] [[comedy]] television series ''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]''. ...ion with everything 1950s, to the point that even the TV has turned into a 1950s version of it. Worse yet, Tim has turned into a sock-selling conman and a T
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• Operation Bullshine
  '''''Operation Bullshine''''' is a 1959 British colour [[comedy film]] directed by [[Gilbert Gunn]] and starring [[Donald Sinden]], [[Barba During World War II, a [[Royal Artillery]] officer is assigned to an [[anti-aircraft]] [[art
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• Top Secret (1952 film)
  '''''Top Secret''''' is a 1952 British black and white [[comedy film]] directed by [[Mario Zampi]] and starring [[George Cole (actor)|Georg [[Category:1952 films]]
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• The Man Who Liked Funerals
  ...'The Man Who Liked Funerals''''' is a 1958 British 'B' <ref name=":0" /> [[comedy film]] directed by [[David Eady (film director)|David Eady]] and starring [ ...reatment."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Quinlan |first=David |title=British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 |publisher=[[Batsford Books|B.T. Batsford Ltd
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• Raising a Riot
  | studio = [[London Films]] <br> Wessex Films | distributor = [[British Lion Films]]
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• The Pickwick Papers (1952 film)
  ...Papers''''' is a 1952 British [[historical film|historical]] [[comedy film|comedy]] [[drama film]] written and directed by [[Noel Langley]] and starring [[Ja ...irst British film to be shown in the Soviet Union after the [[Second World War]], premiering on 29 July 1954 in a number of cities with a dubbed soundtrac
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• Up the Creek (1958 film)
  '''''Up the Creek''''' is a 1958 British [[w:comedy film|comedy film]] written and directed by [[Val Guest]] and starring [[David Tomlinson ...www.harwichanddovercourt.co.uk/warships/corvettes/|title=Corvettes – World War 2 &#124; Harwich & Dovercourt &#124; History, Facts & Photos of Harwich}}</
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• A Day to Remember (1953 film)
  '''''A Day to Remember''''' is a 1953 British [[w:comedy film|comedy]] [[w:drama film|drama film]] directed by [[Ralph Thomas]] and starring an ...e their service in [[w:World War I|World War I]] or [[w:World War II|World War II]]. Charley is looking forward to meeting some French ''mademoiselles'',
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• Private's Progress
  | distributor = [[British Lion Films]] {{small|(UK)}} '''''Private's Progress''''' is a 1956 British [[comedy film]] based on the novel<ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13025831
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• Down Among the Z Men
  ...Z Men''''' is a 1952 [[black-and-white|black-and-white]] British [[comedy|comedy]] film starring [[the Goons]]: [[Spike Milligan]], [[Peter Sellers]], [[Mic ...ory Z" was one of the classes of reserve organization. During the [[Korean War]] there was much apprehension that, in order to supply enough troops, the g
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