Basil Dignam Movie Trailers

10 Rillington Place Trailer (1971)

10 February 1971

The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.

The Depraved Trailer (1957)

01 November 1957

Fed up with her wealthy but abusive husband, Tom (Basil Dignam), young English homemaker Laura Wilton (Anne Heywood) conspires with her lover, American Army captain Dave Dillon (Robert Arden), to have her boozy spouse meet an "accidental" demise.

Lawrence of Arabia Trailer (1962)

11 December 1962

The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War.

Suspect Trailer (1960)

15 November 1960

A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list. One of their number is so incensed by this that he lets the maimed and jealous companion of a female colleague draw him into what, technically, could be a treasonable act.

Twisted Nerve Trailer (1968)

20 December 1968

Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an institutionalized brother with Down's syndrome.

The Counterfeit Plan Trailer (1957)

01 January 1957

An escaped murderer flees France to England, where he forces an ex-forger, now established as a reputable estate owner, and the forger's daughter who knew nothing of his past, to counterfeit 5-pound notes for mass distribution around the countryside.

The Jokers Trailer (1967)

15 May 1967

Brothers Michael and David Tremayne decide to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London, not for criminal purposes, but to make themselves famous.

Assignment K Trailer (1968)

16 February 1968

Philip Scott, the boss of a toy company, is secretly also the chief of a British spy organization. Scott's cover is destroyed when enemy agents kidnap his girlfriend to force him to reveal the identities of his fellow spies.

The Court Martial of Major Keller Trailer (1961)

01 December 1961

Lawrence Payne stars as Major Kellor, a well respected and decorated officer who is being court-martialled for the murder of his commanding officer Colonel Winch.

Touch and Go Trailer (1955)

02 October 1955

When Jim Fletcher is told by his firm that his new furniture designs are not in keeping with the firm's image he threatens to resign, and decides to uproot his family and emigrate to Australia - but his problems are only just beginning.

I'll Never Forget What's'isname Trailer (1967)

18 December 1967

Advertising golden boy Andrew Quint is fed up with his fabulously successful life. In very dramatic fashion, he quits his job to return to writing for a small literary magazine.

Appointment with Venus Trailer (1951)

08 October 1951

At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. However, someone realises that a prize cow is on the islands and the Nazis mustn't get hold of her.

Corridors of Blood Trailer (1958)

01 December 1958

Dr. Thomas Bolton fights for the use of anesthetic in surgery and uses himself as a guinea pig, but soon finds himself addicted.

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's Trailer (1960)

22 December 1960

The fourth form monsters' latest trick is their best ever – they have burned down St Trinian’s school! As the girls stand trial, the police breathe a sigh of relief, but miraculously the judge's infatuation with a student means the school is freed.

Fate Takes a Hand Trailer (1961)

12 October 1961

When a mail bag full of post that was taken in a robbery is discovered fifteen years later, a Post Office employee and local reporter decide to deliver the letters to their original intended addressees.

Gorgo Trailer (1961)

02 February 1961

Greedy sailors capture a giant lizard off the coast of Ireland and sell it to a London circus. Then its mother shows up.

Three Sundays to Live Trailer (1957)

01 October 1957

Band leader Frank Martin is convicted and sentenced to death for murdering the owner of a club in which he had performed.

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst Trailer (1957)

01 April 1957

While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire.

They Can't Hang Me Trailer (1955)

01 October 1955

A murderer hopes to escape his death sentence by identifying the leaders of a spy ring.

Where the Spies Are Trailer (1966)

26 January 1966

A local doctor is recruited as a cold war spy to fulfill a very important secret mission in the Middle East, only to experience that his mission is complicated by a sexy female double agent.

The Lady with a Lamp Trailer (1951)

22 September 1951

Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale, the young 19th-century Englishwoman famously drawn to a career in nursing.

I'm All Right Jack Trailer (1959)

18 August 1959

Naive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business. Much to his own dismay, he soon finds he has to start from the bottom and work his way up, and also that the management as well as the trade union use him as a tool in their fight for power.

Young Winston Trailer (1972)

20 July 1972

This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with his first election to Parliament.

Carlton-Browne of the F.O. Trailer (1959)

10 March 1959

Great Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific island. It has been ignored until the death of their king brings it to the attention of the Foreign Office in Whitehall.

Hammer the Toff Trailer (1952)

01 May 1952

A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula.

Maytime in Mayfair Trailer (1949)

24 May 1949

Penniless man-about-town Michael Gore-Brown is delighted to hear he has been left a high-class Mayfair fashion salon.

Carry On Sergeant Trailer (1958)

31 August 1958

Sergeant Grimshawe wants to retire in the flush of success by winning the Star Squad prize with his very last platoon of newly called-up National Servicemen.

The Cuckoo Patrol Trailer (1967)

16 July 1967

Freddie and the Dreamers play part of a Scout troupe that get caught up in a series of misadventures on their way to camp.

Further Up the Creek Trailer (1958)

28 October 1958

The sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather.

Life for Ruth Trailer (1962)

06 September 1962

John Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die. His religious beliefs forbade him to give consent for a blood transfusion that would have saved her life.

Victim Trailer (1961)

01 August 1961

A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of success.

The Secret Partner Trailer (1961)

01 May 1961

A shipping tycoon with a record becomes a suspect when money goes missing from the company vault.

The Games Trailer (1970)

07 August 1970

From Great Britain, the United States, France, Italy, Australia and behind the Iron Curtain. They are the most superbly conditioned animals in the world.

Two on the Tiles Trailer (1951)

01 September 1951

A married couple both face temptations while separated for a few days. The husband meets an attractive female fellow traveler in Paris while the wife accidentally spends a night aboard a Royal Navy ship with a male friend after she is stranded following a party.

You Pay Your Money Trailer (1957)

13 February 1957

Crime drama in which a couple get involved in a web of intrigue surrounding the husband's employer.

Seven Seas to Calais Trailer (1962)

22 December 1962

Sir Francis Drake fights to take over Spain's treasure routes for Queen Elizabeth I.

Laughter in the Dark Trailer (1969)

11 May 1969

Swinging London in the 1960's. Deals with the affection of a middle-aged man for a very young woman, resulting in a mutually parasitic relationship.

Smart Alec Trailer (1951)

01 March 1951

A young artist plots "the perfect murder" in order to inherit his wealthy uncle's fortune.

Battle of Britain Trailer (1969)

15 September 1969

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.

80,000 Suspects Trailer (1963)

15 August 1963

A doctor's already-shaky marriage is tested to an even greater extent when he has to contend with a smallpox epidemic.

Naked Evil Trailer (1966)

27 May 1966

Jamaican obi-man hexes student hostel manager, eventually causing the manager's death, before being killed himself by the manager's vengeful spirit.

Port of Escape Trailer (1956)

01 May 1956

Two sailors dock in London in search of a good time. But when one of them fatally stabs a man during a scuffle in a bar, the pair flee the scene, commandeer a boat and take the three women on board hostage as they try to outrun the law.

The Narrowing Circle Trailer (1956)

29 February 1956

A journalist is framed for the murder of a rival and has to prove his innocence, whatever the cost.

Reach for the Sky Trailer (1956)

05 July 1956

The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.

Rotten to the Core Trailer (1965)

14 July 1965

Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have their stash ready to share out.

Room at the Top Trailer (1958)

29 December 1958

An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.

Heavens Above! Trailer (1963)

20 May 1963

A naive but caring prison chaplain, who happens to have the same last name as an upper class cleric, is by mistake appointed as vicar to a small and prosperous country town.

Up the Creek Trailer (1958)

13 May 1958

Bumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS Berkeley, an old World War II destroyer, to keep him out of harm's way.

Sentenced for Life Trailer (1960)

01 January 1960

An engineer is wrongly convicted of selling secrets to enemy agents and is sentenced to life in prison.

Innocent Sinners Trailer (1958)

25 March 1958

A neglected girl in post-World War II London befriends street urchins who help her build a tiny garden in a bombed-out church.

His Excellency Trailer (1952)

22 January 1952

A trade union official becomes governor of a British island colony

The Quatermass Xperiment Trailer (1955)

26 August 1955

The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then roars back to Earth and crashes in a farmer's field, and is found to contain only one of the three men who took off in it; and he is unable to talk but appears to be undergoing a torturous physical and mental metamorphosis.

A Lizard in a Woman's Skin Trailer (1971)

18 February 1971

Carol Hammond, daughter of a politician, has vivid nightmares involving sex orgies and LSD. In a dream, she murders a neighbor she envies and wakes up to a real investigation into her neighbor's murder.

The Weapon Trailer (1956)

01 September 1956

A boy accidentally shoots a friend with a gun he found in the rubble of a destroyed building. The gun turns out to be a clue in a ten-year-old murder case.

I Spy a Stranger Trailer (1972)

25 September 1972

Play set in the Home Counties during the Second World War. A Czech refugee arrives at her cousin's Mrs Hudson's, which create xenophobic problems in the local community.

Son of a Stranger Trailer (1958)

03 March 1958

A young man searches for the father he never knew, who he believes to be a millionaire.

A Touch of Larceny Trailer (1960)

04 February 1960

After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man, British Naval Commander Max Easton, hatches a plan that will get him enough money to support Virginia in the lifestyle she is accustomed to.

Sapphire Trailer (1959)

02 November 1959

Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white.

Ring of Spies Trailer (1964)

23 March 1964

The film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K. A disgruntled Navy Clerk is transferred to a secret research establishment and is subsequently black-mailed/paid by Czech intelligence to procure secrets for them.

Brothers in Law Trailer (1957)

04 March 1957

Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wrong way.

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