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Foundation date 1 january 1939

Adelphi Films Limited was a British film production company. With its sister company Advance, it produced over 30 films in the 1940s and 1950s and distributed many more. Adelphi linked Gainsborough Pictures and the raw “kitchen sink” dramas of the early 1960s.

Adelphi Films was founded in 1939 by Arthur Dent and is now managed by his granddaughter Kate Lees.
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Filmography of Adelphi Films (12 films)

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You Lucky People!
You Lucky People! (1955)
, 1h19
Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Tommy Trinder, Dora Bryan, Harold Goodwin, Rolf Harris

An intake of civilian reservists arrive at army camp to do their two weeks refresher training.
The Great Game
The Great Game (1953)
, 1h20
Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors James Hayter, Dame Thora Hird, Diana Dors, John Laurie, Meredith Edwards, Jack Lambert

The chairman of a top-flight English football club makes an illegal approach to a rising star of a rival club. This is discovered by the football authorities and the Chairman is ultimately suspended from the game following the ensuing scandal.
Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?
Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? (1953)
, 1h20
Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Bonar Colleano, Diana Dors, David Tomlinson, Sid James, Lou Jacobi, Peter Butterworth

When US Navy airman Commander Laurie Vining takes up his new posting in London with his new wife Gillian he has no idea that his first wife Candy Markham will turn up and threaten his martial bliss by claiming they are still married. Faithful confidant Hank Hanlon continually stirs things up and tries to keep order. Other lives that are changed forever by the intervention include lawyer Frank Betterton.
Let's Go Crazy
Let's Go Crazy (1951)
, 32minutes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Peter Sellers, Wallas Eaton, Spike Milligan

Dans un night-club, pendant les différents numéros, le maître d'hôtel, Giuseppe, est énervé par un client qui commande du bœuf bouilli et des carottes, Groucho pourchasse les filles, le jeune Cédric flirte, un serveur tente de raser un client avec un couteau à beurre, Crystal Jollibottom est traînée chez elle par son mari, Izzy change de place avec un client et lui vole son repas. Enfin, le club est détruit après que Groucho a posé une bombe sur la scène.
Penny Points to Paradise
Penny Points to Paradise (1951)
, 1h17
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Harry Secombe, Alfred Marks, Peter Sellers, Paddie O'Neil, Spike Milligan, Bill Kerr

Secombe plays the part of Harry Flakers, a man who has a big win on the football pools. He and his friend Spike Donnelly (Milligan) decide to go to the same shabby seaside boarding house that they have always patronised for their summer holiday, but this year all the other guests (including two young women out to marry money, a dodgy investment advisor and a master forger and assistant) are intent on taking the fortune off them in one way or another.
Torment
Torment (1950)
, 1h8
Directed by John Guillermin
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Dermot Walsh, Rona Anderson, John Bentley, Michael Martin Harvey, Dilys Laye

Brothers Cliff and Jim Brandon are a successful writing team specializing in murder mysteries, but Cliff and Jim are almost as disturbed as some of the characters they've created. Whilst researching their latest novel, one of the brothers commits murder, simply to experience the thrill. He then attempts to frame his secretary Joan for the crime. His reason this time is personal: both brothers are in love with Joan, but she prefers one over the other. The saner of the two brothers races against time to save Joan from the gallows and to bring his sibling to justice.