Girls, Please! is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Sydney Howard, Jane Baxter, Meriel Forbes and Peter Gawthorne. In the film, a physical education teacher at a girls school is left in charge when the headmistress is absent, and has to confront the elopement of one of the pupils.
, 1h31 OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Thriller, Crime ActorsEdward Underdown, Maxwell Reed, Natasha Parry, William Hartnell, Barbara Murray Rating61% The film opens with ruthless killer The Dark Man (Maxwell Reed) murdering Mostyn, a petty criminal, at a farm house in a lonely wood. He shoots the taxi driver who drove him to Mostyn’s farm house, as he would be able to identify the Dark Man. But this murder is witnessed by a passerby: Molly (Natasha Parry), a young actress. The Dark Man now seeks to kill her as well. The police are called, and Inspector Viner (Edward Underdown) is put on the case. He soon develops romantic feelings for Molly. Meanwhile, the Dark Man continues to stalk his prey, and is foiled in an attempt to strangle Molly at her home, but for how much longer can he be outwitted?
, 1h22 Directed byVal Guest OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, War, Thriller, Action, Historical ThemesSeafaring films, Prison films, Transport films, Political films ActorsCarl Möhner, André Morell, Edward Underdown, Walter Fitzgerald, Michael Goodliffe, Phil Brown Rating64% As the Pacific War draws to an end, the commandant of the Blood Island prisoner-of-war camp has let it be known that should Japan surrender, he will order the massacre of the entire captive population. When the prisoners hear through underground sources that Japan has indeed surrendered, they mobilise themselves to try to prevent the news reaching the commandant. Colonel Lambert (Morell), the authoritarian self-appointed leader of the prisoners, deems that they must sabotage communications between the camp and the outside world, and arm themselves in however makeshift a way in readiness for a final showdown.
, 1h23 Directed byJohn Gilling OriginUnited-kingdom ActorsValerie Hobson, James Robertson Justice, Edward Underdown, Henry Kendall, Garry Marsh, Samuel John Kydd Rating66% A convicted female blackmailer is found murdered in her flat and suspicion falls on three men, all of whom the police believe may have had reason to wish her dead: struggling author Hugh Allen (Edward Underdown) who had previously been involved in a relationship with the dead woman; Allen's publisher Ronald Parker (Henry Kendall), who had been blackmailed out of several thousand pounds while she was in his employ, and arrogant playwright Jonathan Roach (James Robertson Justice) who clearly knew the woman, but is evasive about the exact nature of their acquaintance. None of the three can provide a verifiable alibi for the time of the murder, so Inspector Thornton (Garry Marsh) decides to shadow them in the belief that sooner or later the guilty party will betray himself.
, 2h17 Directed byTerence Young OriginUnited-kingdom GenresWar ThemesPolitical films ActorsEdward Underdown, Helen Cherry, Michael Brennan, Michael Trubshawe, Desmond Llewelyn, Anthony Dawson Rating60% During the middle years of the war, three men are called up to serve in the British Army. The Englishman Philip Hamilton (Underdown), the American David Morgan (Clanton) and the Irishman Smoke O'Connor (Michael Brennan) are drafted into the Guards Division and report to their barracks at Caterham, Surrey. After going through strict training (including real Coldstream Guards Regimental Sergeant Major Brittain) they find themselves receiving emergency promotions. Philip and David are promoted to 2nd lieutenant and Smoke to corporal and are attached to a tank company of the Welsh Guards, where Philip and David command their own tank and Smoke is part of David's crew. Months of 'real' training follow, where they learn about tank warfare and also their comrades.