A.W. Watkins Movie Trailers

Q Planes Trailer (1939)

21 February 1939

In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraft which have disappeared without a trace while over the ocean on their maiden flights; unaware, as they are, that a spy ring has been shooting the planes down with a ray machine hidden aboard a salvage vessel which is on hand to haul the downed aircraft aboard, crews and all.

2001: A Space Odyssey Trailer (1968)

02 April 1968

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips Trailer (1969)

05 November 1969

Academy Award-honoree Peter O'Toole stars in this musical classic about a prim English schoolmaster who learns to show his compassion through the help of an outgoing showgirl.

I Accuse! Trailer (1958)

05 March 1958

Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of treason and made a scapegoat for military espionage in an act of institutional anti-Semitism.

The Alphabet Murders Trailer (1965)

26 December 1965

The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.

The Man Who Could Work Miracles Trailer (1936)

23 July 1936

An ordinary man, while vigorously asserting the impossibility of miracles, suddenly discovers that he can perform them.

Conspirator Trailer (1949)

28 July 1949

A newlywed suspects her husband of being a Communist spy.

Captain Nemo and the Underwater City Trailer (1969)

01 December 1969

Survivors of a sinking ship are rescued by Captain Nemo and his submarine crew. They are taken to an underwater city where they may spend the rest of their lives.

A Matter of WHO Trailer (1961)

03 October 1961

Health officials from the World Health Organization link a smallpox outbreak in Europe to oil drilling in the Middle East.

The Spy in Black Trailer (1939)

03 August 1939

A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.

Battle Beneath the Earth Trailer (1967)

01 October 1967

Government officials discover a horrible plot: the Chinese are tunneling their way to the United States.

A Yank at Oxford Trailer (1938)

18 February 1938

A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.

Contraband Trailer (1940)

11 May 1940

When a neutral Danish merchant ship is forced to put into port after trying to evade British wartime contraband control, its captain becomes involved in a beautiful British Naval Intelligent agent's efforts to capture a group of German spies operating from a London cinema.

Elephant Boy Trailer (1937)

12 March 1937

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

Calling Bulldog Drummond Trailer (1951)

02 July 1951

Bulldog Drummond leaves retirement to help a Scotland Yard Sergeant catch thieves armed with radar.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips Trailer (1939)

28 July 1939

A shy British teacher looks back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who touched his life.

Murder Most Foul Trailer (1964)

01 March 1964

A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she begins her own investigation.

Murder She Said Trailer (1961)

26 September 1961

Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.

'Pimpernel' Smith Trailer (1941)

28 July 1941

Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations.

The Little Hut Trailer (1957)

03 May 1957

Sir Philip Ashlow (Stewart Granger), his neglected wife, Lady Ashlow (Ava Gardner) and his best friend Henry Brittingham-Brett (David Niven) are shipwrecked on a desert island.

Operation Crossbow Trailer (1965)

01 April 1965

Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant.

The Ghost Goes West Trailer (1935)

17 December 1935

Donald Glourie shares his crumbling ancestral home with the ghost of his Highland ancestor, Murdoch, who has been condemned to haunt the castle until he avenges a 200-year-old insult from a rival clan.

The Truth About Spring Trailer (1965)

30 March 1965

Tommy Tyler, a lazy Caribbean sailor, and his tom-boy daughter, Spring, are out to search for a buried treasure.

The Private Life of Henry VIII Trailer (1933)

17 August 1933

Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of treason, King Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that marriage also ends in tragedy.

Busman's Honeymoon Trailer (1940)

22 July 1940

When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good.

Men Are Not Gods Trailer (1936)

26 November 1936

Actor Edmund Davey becomes a star overnight when his wife and co-star teams up with the secretary of a noted stage critic to produce a glowing review of his 'Othello'.

The Gentle Sex Trailer (1943)

23 May 1943

During the War seven women from very different backgrounds find themselves together in the Auxiliary Territorial Services.

Ten Days in Paris Trailer (1940)

01 June 1940

Bob Stevens awakens in a hospital with a gunshot wound to his head, and is told that he has been in Paris for ten days.

21 Days Together Trailer (1940)

07 January 1940

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

Things to Come Trailer (1936)

31 March 1936

The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.

The Scarlet Pimpernel Trailer (1934)

20 December 1934

18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an underground effort to free French nobles from Robespierre's Reign of Terror.

A Window in London Trailer (1940)

15 June 1940

A man witnesses a murder that isn't a murder, only to get involved with the magician and his wife who created the illusion.

The Challenge Trailer (1938)

14 September 1938

Dramatization of the first climbing of the Matterhorn in 1865.

Follow the Boys Trailer (1963)

27 February 1963

Four women create mayhem as they follow their Navy partners around the Riviera.

Ivanhoe Trailer (1952)

31 July 1952

Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of King Richard the Lionheart.

On Approval Trailer (1930)

26 August 1930

'Broke duke and millionairess try month of trial marriage.' (British Film Catalogue)

Hot Millions Trailer (1968)

19 September 1968

A con artist gains employment at an insurance company in order to embezzle money by re-programming their "new" wonder computer.

This Man in Paris Trailer (1939)

01 July 1939

A British reporter and his wife, on vacation in Paris, run into a gang of counterfeiters.

Impact Trailer (1963)

01 February 1963

Crime reporter Jack Moir is framed by crooked nightclub owner, 'The Duke'. In prison, Moir plans his revenge.

These Charming People Trailer (1931)

23 July 1931

A drama film directed by Louis Mercanton

The Day Will Dawn Trailer (1942)

08 June 1942

Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland.

Fire Over England Trailer (1937)

05 March 1937

The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, whence the title.

49th Parallel Trailer (1941)

24 November 1941

In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by commanding officer Lieutenant Hirth attempts to cross the border into the United States, which has not yet entered the war and is officially neutral.

Tom Thumb Trailer (1958)

04 December 1958

A boy, no bigger than a thumb, manages to outwit two thieves determined to make a fortune from him.

The Thief of Bagdad Trailer (1940)

19 February 1940

When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.

The Squeaker Trailer (1937)

11 November 1937

London's jewel thieves are under the thumb of a mysterious fence, who ruthlessly exposes any thief who crosses him.

Action for Slander Trailer (1937)

21 July 1937

A bankrupt officer, accused of cheating at cards, defends his honour with a writ.

The Rise of Catherine the Great Trailer (1934)

09 February 1934

The woman who will become Catherine the Great marries into the Russian royal family when she weds Grand Duke Peter, the nephew of Empress Elizabeth.

Dishonour Bright Trailer (1936)

21 September 1936

A man is cited as the co-respondent in a divorce case, but is cheerfully unashamed when he appears in court.

Storm in a Teacup Trailer (1937)

25 February 1937

A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.

Mogambo Trailer (1953)

23 September 1953

On a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordley's cheating wife Linda.

Miss Knowall Trailer (1940)

31 December 1940

Short government film on the dangers of gossip in wartime.

Under Capricorn Trailer (1949)

08 September 1949

A native Briton banished to Australia for murder, and his wife, Henrietta, the disturbed sister of the man he was convicted on killing, set out to help her conquer her demons and return her life to normal.

Murder at the Gallop Trailer (1963)

24 June 1963

Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby.

Rembrandt Trailer (1936)

06 November 1936

A character study depicting the life of Rembrandt Van Rijn at the height of his fame in the mid 1600s.

The Hill Trailer (1965)

17 June 1965

North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline.

The Yellow Rolls-Royce Trailer (1964)

31 December 1964

One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his wife as an anniversary present.

The Inspector Trailer (1962)

24 May 1962

At the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British Palestine.

Southern Roses Trailer (1936)

30 September 1936

A musical comedy of false identities.

A Call for Arms! Trailer (1940)