Movies: Nancy Burne

The Very Reverend Richard Jedd has a problem: the church spire, now in a parlous state of repair, will cost nearly £1,000 to fix. When various money-raising schemes go awry, he is persuaded to waive his principles and bet what’s left of his savings o...

Adapted from the novel by Elizabeth Craik it tells the story of John Halifax who, despite humble beginnings, becomes a highly respected local businessman. As partner in a mill he weathers the turbulent economic times of the early 1800s....

A joyful medley of farce, romance, song and slapstick starring Stanley Lupino as an impressionable youth whose pursuit of an opera singer’s niece lands him in trouble!...

Down on his luck inventor Roger (John Stuart) "borrows" some money from a handbag he finds but things go wrong when a necklace from the bag goes missing....

A British millionaire's son travels to France to study art, and falls in love in Paris....

Chided by his boss for a conspicuous lack of sensational stories, Lewis Bevan takes matters into his own hands to revive his flagging career....

A clerk is suspected of committing a warehouse robbery and captures the real thieves aboard a pleasure boat....

An elderly man assists the police in solving a murder, but accidentally reveals his own criminal past in the process....

On the eve of his own marriage, a man offers shelter to a runaway wife with whom he strikes up an unexpected bond....

A lawyer's love for a young girl causes him to defend the man he thinks to be her lover. During the trial the lawyer finds out that the man is his own son....

Bill Urquhart, a young wastrel disinherited by his father, tries to get a job as a jockey – just about the only thing he’s really good at. His name and position work against him, however, so he adopts an alias and prevails upon the charity of a drunk...

A dapper Englishman has an affair with his wife’s best friend. A risque and very British marital farce....