School for Scoundrels (1960)
A young man finds a very special school It teaches him how to take advantage of people He begins to put the lessons into operation
55 Days at Peking (1963)
During the 1900 Boxer Rebellion, U S marine, Maj Matt Lewis, along with British consul, Sir Arthur Robertson, develop a plan to keep the rebels at bay until an international military relief force can arrive
Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)
A drunken, abusive tavern keepers adulterous wife uses the backward son of a rigid, puritanical pharmacist who makes his entire family miserable
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
A distant poor relative of the Duke DAscoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession
It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
An escaped convict tries to hide out at his former lovers house, but she has since married and is reluctant to help him
The Detective (1954)
Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise Father Brown has two goals to catch the thief and to save his soul
San Demetrio London (1943)
The San Demetrio of the title is a British merchant ship in an Atlantic convoy in 1940 Disabled and left to the mercy of patrolling U boats the crew must keep her afloat and out of harms way