Hammer Noir
The crime films , the fifties noirs , plus the psychological thrillers - most of which are variations of Les Diaboliques .
See also the Dick Barton and PC 49 films .
See also the Dick Barton and PC 49 films .
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- DirectorBen R. HartStarsJohn BlytheWally PatchStan PaskinRiver detectives go undercover to foil a ruthless gang of nylon smugglers.
- DirectorGordon KyleLionel TomlinsonStarsRaymond LovellKay BannermanRobert WyndhamA man searching for a cache of diamonds rescues a Dutch cutter from a concentration camp and murders his partner, throwing the blame on the former's daughter.
- DirectorGodfrey GraysonStarsValentine DyallJulia LangHugh GriffithA young woman goes missing under strange circumstances. A friend of hers tries to find out what happened and it almost leads to another case of a missing young woman. Dr. Morrell has his hands full trying to solve this case.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsHy HazellBruce LesterElsie WagstaffAn actress is persuaded by her boyfriend, the head of a private-detective agency, to take a job as a housekeeper in the home of a wealthy elderly woman. It seems that no one has seen the woman for a while, and her new young husband is claiming that she is ill and doesn't want to see anybody and is refusing to let anyone in the house.
- DirectorGodfrey GraysonStarsHugh MoxeyJeannette TregarthenAnthony ForwoodWhen the reclusive invalid daughter of Lady Harling is found dead, a young lady is suspected of murdering her.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsMichael MedwinGarry MarshYvonne OwenA man and his sister live in a country home, not knowing that there is stolen loot hidden there. A gang of criminals attempts to get them to move so they can get the loot for themselves.
- DirectorGodfrey GraysonStarsJimmy HanleyValentine DyallChristine SilverIn London in 1904, neighbours begin to suspect that a very strange man calling himself Dr. Fell may in fact be the infamous Jack the Ripper.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsHelen ShinglerClement McCallinSheila BurrellA husband cheats on his disabled wife--who has been paralyzed in a car accident--with her sister. When the sister is murdered he is accused of the crime, but it turns out that he may not be the killer after all.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsAlbert LievenDavid GreeneNorman MacOwanThe crew of a lighthouse rescues people they believe to be survivors of a shipwreck, only to find out that they are a gang of bank robbers on the run from the law.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsRobert PrestonElizabeth SellarsColin TapleyA Canadian World War II veteran working for the British Foreign Office scours England for the killer who murdered his wife.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsChristine NordenRobert AyresJennifer JayneMark Sherwin ( Robert Ayres) is the victim of a brutal beating and car theft. The thief dies in a crash; Mark suffers from amnesia, and recuperates on a horse-training property. Discovering a clue, he returns home to find he had been declared dead, his wife welcomes him back, only to plan a real death for him so she and his best friend (with whom she is having an affair) can get his substantial wealth.
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsPatrick BarrJane BaxterJulie SomersAn older doctor in a rural area takes on a younger physician as his partner. When the older doctor's wife is found murdered, the man becomes the chief suspect, especially when he suddenly disappears. His new partner. not believing that he did it, sets out to discover the real killer.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsGeorge BrentMarguerite ChapmanRaymond HuntleyThe married owner of a bookstore is attracted to his sexy blonde clerk. He finally gives in to temptation and makes a pass at her, but that only results in him getting enmeshed in blackmail and murder.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsZachary ScottRobert BeattyNaomi ChanceWhen his girlfriend's brother's cargo plane is lost at sea, nagging questions arise, and pilot Richard Van Ness gets caught in a web of blackmail and smuggling.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsRosamund JohnHugh SinclairGuy MiddletonA female lawyer hears a knock on her door one night and discovers that it is an old boyfriend, whose current girlfriend has thrown him out, and he needs a place to stay the night. She agrees to let him sleep on the sofa but he must leave the next morning. When he returns home he finds that his girlfriend has been murdered. His former lover agrees to defend him without telling the court that he spent the night with her. Complications ensue.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsPaul HenreidLizabeth ScottAndré MorellA doctor repairs a female inmate's disfigured face to match the lovely woman who left him, and marries her, only to find out how abusive she is.
- DirectorSam NewfieldPat JacksonStarsCesar RomeroLois MaxwellBernadette O'FarrellAn English woman asks an American detective visiting London to help find her brother's killer.
- DirectorPatrick JenkinsSam NewfieldStarsDane ClarkKathleen ByronNaomi ChanceA social-climbing American with a business in illegal gambling falls in love with a blue blood, but gangsters and a jealous ex-girlfriend stand in the way of happiness.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsPaul HenreidLois MaxwellKieron MooreA wrongly convicted murderer escapes prison to find the real killer.
- DirectorReginald Le BorgStarsBarbara PaytonFrederick ValkJohn SlaterA scheming blonde seduces a fighter and convinces him to murder her husband, a fight manager.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsHoward DuffEva BartokAlan WheatleyA small group of closely-guarded British scientists test their first rocket amidst indications of matrimonial strife in the community. After the partial failure of the firing, a couple go missing - have they gone off together or are their murdered bodies circling the earth in the remains of the rocket?
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsTom ConwayMila ParélyNaomi ChanceDischarged by his employer, a private eye stays on a jewel theft case after a model with information for him is murdered.
- DirectorSeymour FriedmanStarsLouis HaywardNaomi ChanceSydney TaflerA private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsDan DuryeaElsie AlbiinGudrun UreAn American pilot AWOL from the states is framed for his wife's murder and has just 36 hours to prove his innocence.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsAlex NicolEleanor SummerfieldJohn SalewNewly arrived in Britain, a jet-lagged musician impulsively goes to the apartment of a beautiful blues singer he's just met and hours later is accused of her murder.