John Croydon Movie Trailers

Yellow Caesar Trailer (1941)

24 May 1941

Using edited archive footage, mockery is made of Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini.

Tall Headlines Trailer (1952)

15 April 1952

A family is torn apart when their eldest son is hanged for the murder of a young girl.

Operation Malaya Trailer (1953)

17 September 1953

Docudrama recreating events in the Malayan Emergency

Set amid the magnificent scenery of the Kenyan bush, this safari adventure from 1954 depicts the many dangers faced by a group of British settlers in East Africa during the last decade of the nineteenth century.

Food for Thought Trailer (1940)

01 January 1940

In this film collaboration between the famous Ealing Film Studios and the Ministry of Food, we have a ‘ringside seat’ at a meeting of the ‘Hillside Road Food Club’, whose members are gathered around a table in a front parlour room.

Greek Testament Trailer (1943)

01 January 1943

British war documentary

Young Veteran Trailer (1940)

01 December 1940

The first months of WWII as experienced by the new young recruits - the 'young Berts' - of the British Army.

Champagne Charlie Trailer (1944)

25 August 1944

A man from the countryside becomes London’s newest music hall sensation, and competes with a rival music hall performer for the audience’s attention.

Find, Fix and Strike Trailer (1942)

01 January 1942

Deals with the training of Fleet Air Arm pilots and crew during World War II.

Undercover Trailer (1943)

26 July 1943

Occupied Yugoslavia. With organised resistance shattered by the Nazi onslaught it is only the activity of small guerrilla bands that bring fresh hope to the people.

Spare a Copper Trailer (1940)

02 December 1940

George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned destruction of the British battleship HMS Hercules.

First Man into Space Trailer (1959)

01 February 1959

The first pilot to leave Earth's atmosphere lands, then vanishes; but something with a craving for blood prowls the countryside.

The Foreman Went to France Trailer (1942)

22 June 1942

Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment.

My Learned Friend Trailer (1943)

25 October 1943

An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the list, and co-opts Claude Hulbert to try and stop him from meeting a grisly end.

To the Public Danger Trailer (1948)

01 September 1948

Four people with very different backgrounds meet by chance at an English pub and gradually become carried away in a bout of thrill-seeking.

Went the Day Well? Trailer (1942)

07 December 1942

The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion.

That's an Order Trailer (1955)

01 January 1955

Children's comedy about an inefficient grocer's boy and his passion for eating.

Love in Waiting Trailer (1948)

11 October 1948

The story of three women working as waitresses in post-World War II Britain.

Dead of Night Trailer (1945)

09 September 1945

An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare.

A High Wind in Jamaica Trailer (1965)

01 May 1965

In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling, but their ship is taken over by pirates, who become fond of the kids.

The Entertainer Trailer (1960)

25 July 1960

Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.

Sing Along with Me Trailer (1952)

19 February 1952

Story of a grocer who wins a radio song writing contest and is signed on by a music publisher. Placed in a luxury flat in London he is like fish out of water.

Ships with Wings Trailer (1941)

10 November 1941

Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade Greece, he gets a chance to redeem himself and rejoin his old unit on a British carrier.

Fiend Without a Face Trailer (1958)

03 July 1958

An American airbase in Canada provokes resentment from the nearby residents after fallout from nuclear experiments at the base are blamed for a recent spate of disappearances.

Ten Days in Paris Trailer (1940)

01 June 1940

Bob Stevens awakens in a hospital with a gunshot wound to his head, and is told that he has been in Paris for ten days.

Corridors of Blood Trailer (1958)

01 December 1958

In 1840s London, Dr. Thomas Bolton [Boris Karloff] dares to dream the unthinkable: experimenting with anesthesia gases to make surgery pain-free.

Sailors Three Trailer (1940)

14 December 1940

Three sailors get drunk while on shore leave and end up on the wrong ship. When they realise their mistake they scramble off it and onto their warship, HMS Ferocious.

The Projected Man Trailer (1966)

01 March 1966

Matter-transmitter sabotage leaves a British scientist (Bryant Halliday) disfigured and full of amps.

One Wild Oat Trailer (1951)

16 May 1951

A lawyer's plan to break up his daughter's budding romance backfires when the boyfriend's father becomes involved.

Colonel Bogey Trailer (1948)

04 October 1948

A young Victorian couple spends time with the wife's aunt, who behaves as if her late husband were still alive, and his ghostly voice is heard.

Your Witness Trailer (1950)

06 March 1950

Adam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the British war buddy who saved his life at Anzio Beach is now in trouble with the law in England.

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Trailer (1947)

12 March 1947

A fatherless boy tries to make his fortune despite interference from his rich uncle.

Five O'Clock Finish Trailer (1954)

01 January 1954

Comedy about a lazy mechanic who has to deliver a motor-cycle to its owner before five o'clock.

Grip of the Strangler Trailer (1958)

11 May 1958

A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.

White Corridors Trailer (1951)

12 January 1951

White Corridors was based on Yeoman Hospital, a novel by Helen Ashton. Told episodically, the story concentrates on the day-to-day activities in a busy hospital, where research pathologist Neil Marriner (James Donald) conducts experiments in the hopes of curing diseases impervious to penicillin.

Turned Out Nice Again Trailer (1941)

01 August 1941

George Pearson, an employee at an underwear factory, is caught between his modern wife and his meddling mother.

Penny and the Pownall Case Trailer (1948)

26 June 1948

A glamour model helps Scotland Yard to catch a criminal gang.

Tarzan and the Lost Safari Trailer (1957)

12 April 1957

Tarzan leads five passengers from a downed airplane out of the jungle. En route white hunter Hawkins tries to sell them to the Oparian chief.

A Piece of Cake Trailer (1948)

01 November 1948

Set in the austere post–World War II British world of rationing, Cyril dreams up an ode to an imaginary character named Merlin Mound who can provide anything one can wish.

Badger's Green Trailer (1949)

28 February 1949

A company plans a massive development in the quiet village of Badger's Green, angering the existing inhabitants.

The Black Sheep of Whitehall Trailer (1942)

23 February 1942

A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America.

The Goose Steps Out Trailer (1942)

01 August 1942

Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new secret weapon, causing chaos in a Hitler Youth school in the process.

Playground Express Trailer (1955)