Alastair Sim Movies

An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a village hall.

Doctors perform brain surgery to reform a hardened criminal

Investor Robert Norman murdered before meeting. Police investigate. Journalist Claire Haines pursues story to impress editor. Intertwining narratives...

During WW2 a former railway employee who had been drafted, goes AWOL to hunt down the spiv and draft dodger who is having an affair with his wife.

A man beset by creditors invents a fictitious partner

Alf discovers that one of the buttons on his pyjamas is made from the metal of Aladdin's lamp and that when he cleans it a genie appears.

When a landlady finds one of her tenants murdered, Inspector Hornleigh is sent to investigate. Inspector Hornleigh's assistant, Sergeant Bingham,...

A barge-owner's adopted daughter falls in love with his son, and gives up her chances of stardom to be with him.

A clerk in an oil company is promoted ostensibly to take the blame when it looks like the bosses' dodgy dealings will be found out by the authorities.

When Mrs Hinch, the sinister charlady, decides to move in, General Suffolk fights his last battle.

Concerned about his small stature, a young Scottish boy applies for a mail-order body building course, successfully gaining both height and strength....

To acquire a fresh supply of cadavers for use in his medical school experiments, Dr. Knox turns two of his inept students into graverobbers.

James Mason is teamed up once again with Virginia Cherill whom he appeared with in his debut film, 'Late Extra'. He plays a government agent (John...

On the eve of WWII a young defence lawyer, assisted by his wife, invaigles his way into a gang of foreign saboteurs. Comedy thriller, ably executed...

Wealthy Nicky finds himself engaged to gold-digger Lady Constance, but he really loves scatty model Diana. Complications, slapstick and...

A timid and dim-witted clergyman is duped into helping a playboy avoid his creditors, inherit his uncle's fortune and get the girl.

A look at some of the events that took place as part of the 1954 Edinburgh Festival.