When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice...

In the midst of Nazi air raids, a postman dies on the operating table at a rural hospital. But was the death accidental?

A charming and ambitious young man finds many ways to raise himself through the ranks in business and social standing - some honest, some not quite...

Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale, the young...

A modern-day retelling of Arnold Bennett's novel, in which a Treasury official with a reputation for fiscal prudence is left a great deal of money...

Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."

When her husband is wrongly accused of murder, an opera singer sets out to find the real culprit.

When a wealthy business man is found dead reporter Philip Trent is sent to investigate. Against the police conclusions, he suspects the assumed...

Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his...

A confirmed bachelor and a woman who claims to hate men get together and find romance.

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name...

W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.

The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He becomes involved with the criminals who make various...

Biography of the famous Italian violinist Nicola Paganini which focuses as much on the musician's romances as it does on his craft. Phyllis Calvert...

White Corridors was based on Yeoman Hospital, a novel by Helen Ashton. Told episodically, the story concentrates on the day-to-day activities in a...

A series of murders in the West End of London baffle the officers of Scotland Yard and draw the interest of a crime reporter to the case.

Four generations of a British family live through their experiences in the Crimean War, Boer War, WWI and WWII.

'MP forces daughter to marry titled drug addict who dies when her lover tries to cure him.' (British Film Catalogue)

Anne Maitland, a female lawyer, receives an unexpected late-night visit from ex-boyfriend Guy Ransome. She agrees to let him sleep on the sofa but...

The happy marriage of Liz and Peter Rossiter is shattered after Liz is paralysed in an accident. Peter soon finds solace with Honor, his...