Movies by Lists - Ealing Noir (26 [26]) 
| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| Blue Lamp, TheThe daily routine of two London Policemen is interrupted by a killer. | 1950 | Basil Dearden | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.9 (2K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Cage of GoldIn post-WW2 Britain, a young woman marries an old flame but after he disappears, and is later declared dead, she re-marries, only to be blackmailed by the supposedly-dead first husband who suddenly re-appears in her life, in need of | 1950 | Basil Dearden | Crime, Drama | 6.3 (414 votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Dead of NightThe guests invited to weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig , who senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality. | 1945 | Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer | Drama, Horror | 7.6 (12.3K votes) | 77 | 20211228 |
| Gentle Gunman, TheIn 1941, in wartime U.K., two Irish brothers working for the I.R.A. come against their local leader's ruthless methods. | 1952 | Basil Dearden | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.3 (301 votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Halfway House, TheA group of travellers, all with something to hide in their past, take shelter from a storm in an old inn. The inn-keeper seems a little mysterious... | 1944 | Basil Dearden, Alberto Cavalcanti | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery | 6.8 (832 votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| Hue And CryA gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies. | 1947 | Charles Crichton (*) | Adventure, Comedy, Crime | 6.8 (1.5K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| I Believe in YouA drama about probation officers, following the successful Ealing police story "The Blue Lamp" (1950). Various sub-plots follow these dedicated few and their charges. | 1952 | Basil Dearden, Michael Relph | Drama | 6.6 (212 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| It Always Rains on SundayAn escaped convict tries to hide out at his former lover's house, but she has since married and is reluctant to help him. | 1947 | Robert Hamer (*) | Crime, Drama | 7.1 (1.8K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| LadyKillers, TheFive oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians. | 1955 | Alexander Mackendrick (*) | Comedy, Crime | 7.7 (28.7K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Lavender Hill Mob, TheA meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers. | 1951 | Charles Crichton (*) | Comedy, Crime | 7.6 (13.9K votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, TheA young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle. | 1947 | Alberto Cavalcanti | Drama | 6.9 (776 votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Long Arm, The [The Third Key]Police drama. The sleuths of Scotland Yard try to solve a series of burglaries. | 1956 | Charles Frend | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (874 votes) | 96 | 20220414 |
| Phantom Strikes, The [The Gaunt Stranger]A suspense thriller with virtually the entire cast under suspicion of murder. In this, the third of at least 4 film versions of the Edgar Wallace story, John Longden plays the police inspector for the second time. The inspector an... | 1938 | Walter Forde | Drama, Mystery | 6.2 (131 votes) | 58 | 20230728 |
| Pink String and Sealing WaxA drunken, abusive tavern-keeper's adulterous wife uses the backward son of a rigid, puritanical pharmacist who makes his entire family miserable. | 1945 | Robert Hamer (*) | Drama, Thriller | 6.6 (483 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Pool of LondonWhen their ship docks the crew disembark as usual to pick up their lives in postwar London. For one of them his petty smuggling turns more serious when he finds himself caught up with a robbery in the City. | 1951 | Basil Dearden | Crime, Drama | 7.1 (797 votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| PT Raiders [The Ship That Died of Shame]A trio of ex-servicemen begin smuggling innocuous black market items into post-war Britain, but through greed they graduate to more sinister cargo. | 1955 | Basil Dearden | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (462 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Saloon BarAgainst a background of Christmas and the pending arrival of another baby for the landlord, a group of pub locals lead by bookie Joe Harris set out to prove that former customer Eddie Graves is not guilty of the murder for which he i | 1940 | Walter Forde | Thriller | 6.9 (214 votes) | 76 | 20211228 |
| Saraband for Dead LoversYoung Sophie Dorothea (Joan Greenwood) marries Prince George Louis (Peter Bull), but it's far from a love match. Then she falls for Swedish Count Philip Christoph von Königsmark (Stewart Granger). | 1948 | Basil Dearden | Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War | 6.6 (459 votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Secret Four, The [The Four Just Men]The four men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sabotage to serve their ends, but they consider themselves to be true patriots. | 1939 | Walter Forde | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.3 (197 votes) | 0 | 20250205 |
| Secret PeopleThis tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the police apprehend the conspirators after an innocent bystander is accidentally killed. | 1952 | Thorold Dickinson | Crime, Drama | 6.2 (615 votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Square Ring, TheBoxing drama following the lives of five different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers. | 1953 | Basil Dearden | Drama, Sport | 6.3 (270 votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| There Ain't No JusticeA young boxer falls in with a crooked fight promoter. | 1939 | Pen Tennyson | Drama | 6.2 (53 votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Train of EventsA train disaster is told as four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them, and how they deal with it. | 1949 | Sidney Cole, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden | Drama | 6.6 (390 votes) | 88 | 20220414 |
| Ware Case, TheA financier is accused of murder when his brother-in-law is found dead in his garden pond. After winning the court case he returns home to find that his lawyer has romantic inclinations towards his wife. | 1938 | Robert Stevenson (*) | Drama, Mystery | 6.2 (106 votes) | 79 | 20211228 |
| Went The Day WellAn English village is occupied by disguised German paratroopers as an advance post for a planned invasion. | 1942 | Alberto Cavalcanti | Thriller, War | 7.5 (3.6K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Who Done ItThis movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British scientists. | 1956 | Basil Dearden | Comedy, Crime | 5.7 (304 votes) | 85 | 20211228 |