A sailor returns from 'death' to find his wife has remarried for the sake of her crippled child.

BBC adaptation of the Patrick Hamilton play

A chorus girl, who dreams of being a music-hall star, falls for an impoverished author.

Bob Holt's last journey as a Railway engine driver before his retirement, a journey disturbed by his distress at leaving the Railway, and his suspicions of the relationship between his wife and his fireman. Aboard the train are a pair of pickpockets, a honeymoon couple, a drunk, a temperance pamphleteer and a host of familiar types, all more-or-less bizarre in characteristically English ways. Bob takes an unexpected course of action, and the characters start interacting in varied and unexpected ways. When, at last, the train stops, all has been resolved, but not as might have been expected at the beginning of the journey.

An actress becomes the king's mistress and persuades him to convert the palace to a serviceman's home.

'Broke lord poses as widow's lady companion and saves girl from kidnap.' (British Film Catalogue)

'Colonel thinks he has killed superior while hunting ghost.' (British Film Catalogue)

'An American visitor to England is frustrated by the restrictions placed upon him and his social life by the Defence of the Realm Act.' (National Film Archive Catalogue)

Musical retelling of the "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves" Arabian Nights tale.

Sisters are music-hall performers. One loves the other's fiancé and decides to quit the show, but the other runs into an old flame and new relations develop.