James Raglan

The manager of a halfway house for female ex-cons takes action when a blackmailer threatens to expose her secret.

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Charlesworth is a British crime television series which first aired on BBC in 1959. A police procedural, it starred Wensley Pithey as Detective Superintendent Charlesworth, with Tony Church as Detective Sergeant Spence. It followed on from the previous year's Charlesworth at Large.

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When a clerk tries to dodge paying a bus fare, it sparks a series of unforseen consequences

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Returning from a business trip, toy salesman Simon Scott is caught attempting to smuggle a wristwatch bought for his wife's birthday through Customs. He is arrested and, due to a bungled defence by his solicitor, obliged to serve a three-month prison sentence. It is only the beginning of his woes; his employer, Colonel Wilson, is understanding, but he is ultimately forced to sack Simon, who discovers that finding another job under such circumstances is extremely difficult. But Colonel Wilson is determined to help his former employee find a solution.

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The Black Brigand' (1956) - starred William Devlin as Carl the White King, Laidman Browne as Don Rogano and Anthony Newlands played Fernando. Carl the White King was a Macchiavelian figure who ruled the country with cruelty and oppression. Don Fernando, exiled from court, was a Robin Hood/ Zorro type figure who redressed ordinary people's grievances, but whose identity was unknown to the King. Series is believed to be lost.

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A scientist invents a pill to cure smokers of their nicotine addiction. However, when he makes his discovery public, he encounters strong resistance from the tobacco industry.

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When young reporter and amateur biker Jerry Marsh investigates a mysterious hooded figure on a motorbike, he discovers crooks hiding out in a ruined castle with atomic sabotage on their minds...

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A feature length compilation of crimes solved by Superintendent Fabian. Based on a real Scotland Yard detective, Fabian was one of the first of a new breed of intellectual detectives who preferred to solve a crime using his brain rather than pure muscle.

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Two men working on the docks close to London's Tower Bridge find the body of an unidentified man floating in the Thames. The police later identify the body to be that of a diamond courier from Holland. The police have to find his murderer, as well as the missing diamonds he was carrying.

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A physician is forced to operate on a mystery figure under shady circumstances.

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When a hit and run patient is murdered an attending doctor is placed under suspicion.

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In this contemporary update of Frank H. Spearman's Western hero, Whispering Smith is now a sleuth who arrives in London on holiday, but is soon called in to solve the case of a suicide which the father of the deceased woman thinks was murder.

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BBC live outside broadcast from the Theatre Royal, Stratford, of Tod Slaughter’s production of his melodrama Spring-Heeled Jack.

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An actress, urged by her detective boyfriend, takes a job as housekeeper for a wealthy elderly woman. The woman's new young husband claims she's ill and refuses entry, raising suspicions about her whereabouts.

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Special Agent Dick Barton uncovers a ring of international psychopathic criminals with plans to dominate the world using a terrifying weapon of mass destruction.

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A down-and-out clerk happens upon a bag of money. Unknown to him, the money is all counterfeit, forcing the innocent man to become involved with gangsters, as well as federal agents.

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Daubeney Carshott, a concert pianist, leaves London to dive for pearls on Thursday Island in the South Seas at the whim of Stella Raff, his fiancée. Once there, he discovers that the life he leads as a pearl diver is better in every way than his former existence as a social-lion pianist. He meets and falls in love with Lorna Quidley, after learning this Stella had send other suitors off in quest of a giant pearl for her.

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A sacked engineer stows away on another vessel

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A retired Admiral steals jewels and is pursued by Spanish bandits.

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A group of people in an old dark house are terrorized by a mysterious hooded figure dressed in black who proceeds to kill them off one by one.

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A lawyer plans to murder an aristocrat and steal his inheritance.

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When cabinet minister John Hoode is murdered at his country house, his secretary, Alan Deacon, is the prime suspect and is arrested. Reporter Anthony Gethryn determines to unmask the real murderer.

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A Mandarin takes the blame when the wife of his friend's son steals secret papers.

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'Bird fancier's daughter loves nobleman whom her cockney fiancé robs of necklace.' (British Film Catalogue)

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The film follows the exploits of J.G. Reeder, a mild-mannered but sharp investigator from the Public Prosecutor's office, as he navigates a complex web of crime.

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A crooked prince uses a death ray to force down airships and steal their cargo.

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