• I Didn't Do It (film)
  ...liffe).<ref name=georgeformby>{{Cite web|url=http://www.georgeformby.co.uk/films/do_it/report1.html|title=I Didn't Do It|website=www.georgeformby.co.uk}}</r ...house]] is framed for a murder.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6acd9911 |title=I Didn't Do It (1945) |work=[[British Film I
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• It's Not Cricket (1949 film)
  ...icket''] at [[BFI Film & TV Database]]</ref> It was also one of the final films made by [[Gainsborough Pictures]] before the studio was merged into the [[R ...otice that their new [[Batman (military)|batman]] is actually wanted [[War crime#London Charter / Nuremberg Trials 1945|war criminal]] Otto Fisch. He vanish
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• Easy Money (1948 film)
  In the first story, a comedy, a content suburban family, headed by [[Jack Warner (actor)|Jack Warner]], The third is a crime caper involving a part-time coupon checker ([[Dennis Price]]) and his [[nig
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• Brass Monkey (film)
  '''''Brass Monkey''''' is a 1948 British comedy thriller with musical asides, directed by [[Thornton Freeland]]. It stars [ ...key_1948/ |title=Brass Monkey 1948 &#124; Britmovie &#124; Home of British Films |publisher=Britmovie |date= |accessdate=2014-03-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|u
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• Old Mother Riley Detective
  | studio = [[British National Films]] ...her Riley investigates the disappearance of food during the war, a serious crime because of [[rationing]].
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• A Girl in a Million
  | studio = [[British Lion Films]] ...archive.org/web/20150519165816/http://www.chartersandcaldicott.co.uk/other-films.html |archivedate=19 May 2015 }}</ref>
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• Night Train to Murder
  ...r Wallace]], and is set in 1946—featuring Morecambe and Wise ostensibly as 1940s versions of themselves. ...icised media event, and one of the main reasons for their move was to make films and move away from the format of ''[[The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968 TV ser
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• Hue and Cry (film)
  | distributor = {{ubl|[[General Film Distributors|GFD]] (UK)|[[Eagle-Lion Films]] (US)}} ...ing the damage of the [[Second World War]]. London forms the backdrop of a crime-[[gangster]] plot which revolves around a [[working class]] [[children's st
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• Ealing comedies
  ...ough some sources list ''[[Davy (film)|Davy]]'' (1958) as the final Ealing comedy.<ref>http://www.britmovie.co.uk/studios/Ealing-Studios {{Webarchive|url=htt ...little in common with the later Ealing comedy films. Ealing made no comedy films at all in 1945 and 1946.<ref name="auto">Murphy p.211</ref>
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• Patricia Hayes
  ...programme ''Norman and Henry Bones – The Boy Detectives'' during the late 1940s. Hayes was cast in supporting roles for films including ''[[The Bargee|The Bargee]]'' (1964), ''[[The NeverEnding Story (
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• Val Guest
  ...his work for [[w:Hammer Film Productions|Hammer]], for whom he directed 14 films, and [[w:science fiction film]|]s. He enjoyed a long career in the film ind ...n]]'' (1936); ''[[O-Kay for Sound]]'' (1937) for Varnel with [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|The Crazy Gang]]; ''[[Alf's Button Afloat]]'' (1938) with Flanagan a
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• Edward Black (producer)
  ...12-07-11|title=Edward Black|work=BFI}}</ref> He also produced such classic films as ''[[The Lady Vanishes]]'' (1938). Black has been called "one of the unsu ...used to come off as successful as his others."<ref>Round Table on British Films Cornelius, Henry; Dickinson, Thorold; Havelock-Allan, Anthony; John, Rosamu
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• Peter Gawthorne
  ...films of [[Will Hay]] and other popular British comedians of the 1930s and 1940s. Gawthorne was one of Britain's most called-upon supporting actors during t ...]] and other well-known comedians such as [[George Formby]], [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|The Crazy Gang]], the [[w:Aldwych farce|Aldwych farce]]urs, [[Jack H
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• Jerry Desmonde
  ...status=live }}</ref> at the [[Prince of Wales Theatre]], London and in two films, ''[[London Town (1946 film)|London Town]]'' (1946),<ref name="londonTownBr ...rchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061125113351/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/d/desmonde_jerry.shtml |archive-date=25 November 2006 }}</ref>
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• Kind Hearts and Coronets
  {{short description|1949 British crime black comedy film directed by Robert Hamer}} ...nd Hearts and Coronets''''' is a 1949 British [[crime film|crime]] [[black comedy film]]. It features [[Dennis Price]], [[Joan Greenwood]], [[Valerie Hobson]
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• Peggy Mount
  ...nd]]. She became known for playing domineering middle-aged women in plays, films and television shows. ...verything I Ever Wanted'', by Andrew Ross, was published in 2019 by Fantom Films Limited.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fantompublishing.co.uk/product/andr
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• Noël Dyson
  ...ish character actress.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba246ddb5|title=Noël Dyson|website=BFI}}</ref> Dyson played a number of roles in theatre and films (including in telemovies) but is best remembered as a versatile television
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• George Sanders
  ...and [[Simon Templar]], ''The Saint'', in five films made in the 1930s and 1940s.<ref>George Sanders The Guardian 26 Apr 1972: 5.</ref> ...ve, superior, and somewhat threatening air made him in demand for American films for years to come.<ref>Sanders 1960, p.117</ref> ''Lloyd's of London'' was
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• Alastair Sim
  ...ath in 1976. Starting in 1935, he also appeared in more than fifty British films, including an iconic adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novella ''[[A Christ ...ctor Calls (1954 film)|An Inspector Calls]]'' (1954). Later, he made fewer films and generally concentrated on stage work, including successful productions
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• Burt Kwouk
  ...aracters|Cato]] in the ''[[The Pink Panther (film series)|Pink Panther]]'' films. He made appearances in many television programmes, including a portrayal o ...n the [[Chinese Communist Revolution|Chinese communist revolution]] in the 1940s. In 1954, he returned to Britain, where a girlfriend "nagged [him] into act
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