The very first Ealing Comedy, in glorious black and white and with all the essential ingredients, including a smoky East End setting, lovable, incompetent, shifty looking villains, and a swarm of 'orrible little boys who save the day. Wonderfully nostalgic fun with a sterling cast. find out more...

A roll-call of British comedians star in two gentle satires:"I'm Alright Jack" is a delicious comic drama about the injustices and stupidities of Britain's class system with Ian Carmichael as a bumbling toff trying to make his way amidst the politics of the industrial workplace, where the Stalinist union representative, Fred Kite, played with sublime skill by Sellers, rants and raves at his upper class oppressors. Winner of the BAFTA for best male lead. find out more...

The best film in the history of comic British cinema. A black tale of sex, adultery, murder and social class told with low key irony. Alec Guinness plays all the leading roles, and the delightfully witty and sardonic script is ideal for him. A landmark of British film. find out more...

An ancient document is discovered claiming that the Pimlico district of London really belongs to France. This delights the local community who are eager to escape the constraints of post-War Britain and live in a ration-free zone. An hilarious Ealing classic. find out more...

The last of the Ealing comedies. A gang of crooks take up lodgings in the house of a dotty old lady. Using her as cover they plan a bank robbery. However their ineptitude and a chain of misfortune lead to their downfall and a windfall for the naive, innocent old lady. Oh so dark and oh so brilliant! find out more...

Classic Ealing caper with Guinness in fine form as a timid and retiring bank clerk who has the perfect plan to rob the Bank of England of a fortune in gold bullion. Delightful nostalgic comedy, including a cameo from the (then) unknown Audrey Hepburn. find out more...

A great Ealing comedy. Criticised at the time of release for its anti-Americanism, the story is of a tycoon who has accidently hired the wrong boat, a tiny old "puffer", to carry his sacred material possessions to his newly bought island. find out more...

Alec Guinness innocently threatens jobs and the textile industry when he produces a fibre that will never wear and will not need cleaning. A classic Ealing comedy. find out more...

The world's smallest country, the Duchy of Grand Fenwick declares war on the USA so they can claim a fortune in war repatriations when they lose. Only problem is that they win! A classic English comedy in which Peter Sellers plays the three main roles. find out more...

The local clergy and gentry, who've used the local railway for yonks, band together to prevent the local line from being closed, ending up at war with the local lorry drivers. Warm beer, the sound of leather on willow, but a lot less pollution, so let's give a rousing cheer for a few of our traditional values in this extremely funny Ealing Comedy, one of the last of the line there to. find out more...