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The Best of Frankie Howerd (2000)

Starring: Frankie Howerd

Frankie Howerd turned bluster, innuendo and mock outrage into and art form. After faltering post-war radio performances, Howerd used his shyness to hi... Read more

Then Churchill Said to Me (1982)

7.1/10
Director: Martin Shardlow
Starring: Frankie Howerd

The complete series of the BBC wartime comedy starring Frankie Howerd, made in 1982 but shelved during the Falklands war. Howerd takes on two roles,... Read more

H.M.S. Pinafore (1982)

6/10
Starring: Peter Marshall, Frankie Howerd, Meryl Drower

"Let's give three cheers for the sailor's bride", and for this beloved Gilbert and Sullivan operetta that gently tweaks the British Navy, introduces s... Read more

Up Pompeii: The Complete BBC Collection (1969)

6/10
Director: David Croft, Sydney Lotterby
Starring: Frankie Howerd, Kerry Gardner, Elizabeth Larner

Frankie Howerd shines in this, the complete series (and more!) of his classic TV show. Howerd is the lazy, sex-crazed slave Lurcio who's constantly ge... Read more

Up The Front (1972)

4.6/10
Director: Bob Kellett
Starring: Frankie Howerd, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Bill Fraser

The always-outrageous Frankie Howerd stars as Private Lurk, a timorous servant who undergoes hypnosis. While entranced, he imagines himself a fearless... Read more

The Runaway Bus (1954)

6.3/10
Director: Val Guest
Starring: Frankie Howerd, Margaret Rutherford, Petula Clark, George Coulouris

This offbeat British comedy/thriller features Frankie Howerd, in his first starring role, as Percy Lamb, a bus driver who finds himself in a difficult... Read more

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's / The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery (1960)

Director: Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat
Starring: Cecil Parker, George Cole, Joyce Grenfell, Frankie Howerd, Reg Varney

A St. Trinian's dvd double feature. "The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's" (1960) - Those outrageous St. Trinian's schoolgirls are back. Only this time they... Read more

Carry On Up the Jungle (1970)

6/10
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Frankie Howerd, Sid James, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Terry Scott, Kenneth Conn...

The Carry On team find themselves under the instruction of Professor Inigo Tinkle (Frankie Howerd) on a jungle trek in search of the rare Oozulum bird... Read more

Von Ryan's Express (1965)

7.1/10
Director: Mark Robson
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Raffaella Carra, Trevor Howard

As the Allies begin to push the Nazis back toward Germany, U.S. combat pilot Colonel Joseph Ryan (Sinatra) is shot down and placed in a prison camp. I... Read more

Hereafter (2010)

6.5/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Matt Damon, Richard Kind, Cecile De France, Bryce Dallas Howard

Director Clint Eastwood's poignant film examines the possibility of an afterlife through a host of emotionally evocative characters. It centers on a m... Read more

The Naked City (1948)

7.6/10
Director: Jules Dassin
Starring: Barry Fitzgerald, Don Taylor, Frank Conroy, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart

When a beautiful young model is found dead in her apartment, the police initially suspect it was suicide. But after the coroner discovers it was murde... Read more

The Naked City (Blu-ray) (1948)

7.6/10
Director: Jules Dassin
Starring: Barry Fitzgerald, Don Taylor, Frank Conroy, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart

When a beautiful young model is found dead in her apartment, the police initially suspect it was suicide. But after the coroner discovers it was murde... Read more

Carry On Doctor (1967)

6.5/10
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Sid James, Frankie Howerd, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Jim Dale, Barbara...

Doctor Tinkle (Kenneth Williams) presides over the wards at Borough County Hospital, where patients, doctors and nurses alike all harbour hidden passi... Read more

Gods and Generals (2002)

6.3/10
Director: Ronald F Maxwell
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Stephen Lang, Robert Duvall, Mira Sorvino, Kevin Conway, C Thomas...

Based on Jeffrey M. Shaara's bestseller, "Gods and Generals" recounts the fierce allegiances and combat of the early Civil War. Ronald F. Maxwell dire... Read more

Gods and Generals ( Blu-ray ) (2002)

6.3/10
Director: Ronald F Maxwell
Starring: C Thomas Howell, Jeff Daniels, Kevin Conway, Mira Sorvino, Robert Duvall, Stephe...

Based on Jeffrey M. Shaara's bestseller, "Gods and Generals" recounts the fierce allegiances and combat of the early Civil War. Ronald F. Maxwell dire... Read more

Great Aussie Icons - Graham Kennedy in... The Club (1980) / Travelling North (1987)

Director: Bruce Beresford, Carl Schultz
Starring: Graham Kennedy, Jack Thompson, Henri Szeps, Frank Wilson, Harold Hopkins, John H...

Long hailed as the 'King of Australian Television' Graham Kennedy also had a stellar career in film including these David Williamson-scripted classics... Read more

The Long Gray Line (1955)

7.3/10
Director: John Ford
Starring: Betsy Palmer, Donald Crisp, Maureen O'Hara, Tyrone Power, Ward Bond, Robert Fran...

High-spirited Irish immigrant Marty Maher (Tyrone Power) is an awkward misfit at West Point until he's taken in as an assistant by kindly athletic dir... Read more

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)

3.9/10
Director: Michael Schultz
Starring: Peter Frampton, The Bee Gees, Frankie Howerd, Paul Nicholas, Donald Pleasence, S...

Pop star Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees star in this musical, loosely based on the popular 1967 Beatles album "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club B... Read more

The Sir Aliec Guinness Ealing Studios Comedy Collection: The Ladykillers / Kind Hearts and Coronets / The Man in the White Suit / The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

Director: Alexander Mackendrick, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer
Starring: H. Marion Crawford , Michael Gough, Joan Greenwood, Alec Guinness, Valerie Hobso...

A Box Set comedy collection from the acclaimed Ealing Studios. 'The Ladykillers' - This outrageous caper farce stars Alec Guinness as the criminal ma... Read more

Carry On Christmas (1969)

6.4/10
Director: Ronald Fouracre
Starring: Sid James, Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor, Bernard Bresslaw, Peter Butterworth, Kenn...

A truly wonderful addition to the "Carry On" Collection that can be enjoyed at any time of the year. Its main claim to fame is the ballerina sequence... Read more

Golden Years of British Comedy (2005)

Starring: Terry-Thomas, Stanley Holloway, Dick Emery, Frankie Howerd, Sid James, Spike Mi...

This wonderful collection is a tribute to the greatest British comedians of the '40s, '50s and '60s. Highlighting classic moments in comedy, including... Read more

The Best of Ealing Studios Collection: The Ladykillers / Kind Hearts and Coronets / The Man in the White Suit / The Lavender Hill Mob / Passport To Pimlico (1949)

7.6/10
Director: Alexander Mackendrick, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer, Henry Cornelius
Starring: H. Marion Crawford , Michael Gough, Joan Greenwood, Alec Guinness, Valerie Hobso...

A Box Set collection from the acclaimed Ealing Studios. 'The Ladykillers' 1955 - This outrageous caper farce stars Alec Guinness as the criminal ma... Read more