Stratford Johns

Most Popular Stratford Johns Trailers

Total trailers found: 45

The Plank Trailer (1967)

18 May 1967

A slapstick comedy about two workmen delivering planks to a building site. This is done with music and a sort of "wordless dialogue" which consists of a few mumbled sounds to convey the appropriate emotion.

Burnt Evidence Trailer (1954)

05 July 1954

Duncan Lamont plays Jane Hylton's jealous husband. In a confrontation, Lamont accidentally shoots Hylton's lover.

Dear Brutus Trailer (1981)

27 January 1981

"They say that in the wood you get what nearly everybody here is longing for – a second chance." J.

The Ship That Died of Shame Trailer (1955)

19 April 1955

After World War II the crew of a motor gunboat join together to buy their old vessel and go into business for themselves.

Car Trouble Trailer (1986)

28 February 1986

In the throes of a midlife crisis, a man buys a new Jaguar, and it immediately becomes his new love. What he doesn't know is that his wife is as attracted to the Jaguar salesman as he is to the car.

Tiger in the Smoke Trailer (1956)

27 November 1956

In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used to belong to his grandmother.

A Small Mourning Trailer (1989)

20 September 1989

When Marjorie's husband of 20 years dies of a brain tumour, she's hit financially as well as emotionally.

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon Trailer (1967)

13 July 1967

Phineas T. Barnum and friends finance the first flight to the moon but find the task a little above them.

The Ladykillers Trailer (1955)

08 December 1955

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

Cromwell Trailer (1970)

16 July 1970

Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World.

The Lair of the White Worm Trailer (1988)

21 September 1988

When an archaeologist uncovers a strange skull in a foreign land, the residents of a nearby town begin to disappear, leading to further inexplicable occurrences.

A Night to Remember Trailer (1958)

03 July 1958

The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller.

'Itch Trailer (1991)

23 February 1991

A lone hitch hiker, marooned near a housing estate, has a dramatic effect on the lives of those around him.

The Long Arm Trailer (1956)

01 June 1956

Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London.

Splitting Heirs Trailer (1993)

02 April 1993

A member of the English upper class dies, leaving his estate and his business to an American, whom he thinks is his son who was lost as a baby and then found again.

The Secret Agent Trailer (1992)

28 October 1992

1992 BBC adaptation of the Joseph Conrad novel of 1907 concerning the mostly inactive spy Alfred Verloc, who is ordered by his superior Mr Vladimir to carry out a terrorist act.

Serjeant Musgrave's Dance Trailer (1961)

24 October 1961

Serjeant Musgrave and his small band of men arrive in an impoverished northern coal town, ostensibly on a recruiting drive.

Shooting Stars Trailer (1990)

17 May 1990

Drama set around the kidnapping of a footballer.

Dance with a Stranger Trailer (1985)

01 March 1985

Ruth Ellis lives with her ten-year old son Andy next to a night club. One night she meets David Blakely, and they start a love affair.

The One That Got Away Trailer (1957)

22 November 1957

Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World War.

The Fool Trailer (1990)

07 December 1990

A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London.

Foreign Body Trailer (1986)

26 September 1986

Banerjee stars as Ram Das, a jobless Indian man who, tired of life in Calcutta, steals money from his father in order to afford a passage to Britain and while there, falls in love with a white woman.

Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday Trailer (1982)

26 January 1982

The Doctor and his companions arrive on a spaceship headed for Earth, populated by natives of Earth from various different eras and commanded by the leaders of the Urbankan race.

Wild Geese II Trailer (1985)

18 October 1985

A group of mercenaries is hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin.

The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery Trailer (1966)

11 March 1966

The all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover £2.5 million hidden in their school.

Two Letter Alibi Trailer (1962)

01 January 1962

Charles Hilary is in love with Kathy Forrester, a beautiful television personality, but is married to Louise, an alcoholic with as many lovers as whisky bottles.

Violent Playground Trailer (1958)

14 January 1958

A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.

A Demon in My View Trailer (1991)

23 September 1991

A strangler known as the Kenbourne Killer has been murdering streetwalkers for 25 years. The police set out to track him down.

Mr Moon's Last Case Trailer (1983)

01 January 1983

Play based on Brian Patten's book. Local children and retired detective Moon band together to protect a leprechaun from the investigations of the local police.

Who Done It? Trailer (1956)

20 March 1956

This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money.

Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil Trailer (1985)

17 February 1985

The two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on two Berlin brothers.

The Beggar's Opera Trailer (1983)

01 January 1983

A historical adaptation of John Gay's 18th Century ballad opera, exuberantly performed for BBC television.

The Professionals Trailer (1960)

01 January 1960

A renowned safecracker and his crew try to rob a bank by entering the vault through the sewer system.

Salome's Last Dance Trailer (1988)

06 May 1988

London, England, November 5th, 1892, Guy Fawkes Night. The famous playwright Oscar Wilde and his lover Lord Alfred Douglas discreetly go to a luxury brothel where the owner, Alfred Taylor, has prepared a surprise for the renowned author: a private and very special performance of his play Salome, banned by the authorities, in which Taylor himself and the peculiar inhabitants of the exclusive establishment will participate.

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu Trailer (1980)

08 August 1980

Fu Manchu's 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu's age-regressing elixir vitae.

George & Mildred Trailer (1980)

10 October 1980

Big screen spin-off of the Seventies sitcom. Mildred Roper is determined to make husband George celebrate their wedding anniversary in style, at a posh hotel in London.

The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It Trailer (1977)

18 September 1977

John Cleese is hilarious as the descendant of Sherlock Holmes in this modern detective drama of international power politics and intrigue.

The Little Match Girl Trailer (1986)

28 December 1986

The Little Match Girl is a short story by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story is about a dying child's hopes and dreams, and was first published in 1845.

Marriage Trailer (1981)

10 July 1981

Councillor Podkolyossin has called on the services of Madame Fyokla, the matchmaker - decision he is already beginning to regret.

Hand in Hand Trailer (1961)

06 February 1961

Seven-year-olds Michael and Rachel are best friends who do everything together and who have vowed to remain friends "forever and ever and can't be parted for never and never".

The Saint and the Brave Goose Trailer (1979)

07 January 1979

A two-part episode of the 1978 TV series "The Return of the Saint," edited together and released as a feature.

The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors Trailer (1986)

31 March 1986

A dramatized documentary looking at how the British Board of Film Censors imposed an extraordinary stranglehold over the content of British cinema in the 1930s and exposing their deliberations, opinions and prejudices.

Tales from the Thousand and One Nights Trailer (1981)

30 December 1981

BBC adaptation of The Arabian Nights

Ramsey Trailer (1977)

22 May 1977

1966. Alf Ramsey is manager of the England football team and England is staging the World Cup.

The End Trailer (1992)

01 January 1992

A man is shown videos of his life in the afterlife