Syd Crossley Movies

A useless secretary and his private detective friend try to help an heiress from being swindled by her guardian.

A young English reporter makes a bet with a wealthy publisher that he can disappear for a month. In his absence the publisher makes much of the...

A trombonist becomes mayor of a small town, but he struggles to cope with municipal issues.

Gold-digger Molly marries the heir to a fortune, but things go badly when he is disinherited and starts working as a ditch digger.

'American motor bandit takes over London garage and club.' (British Film Catalogue)

A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a stern magistrate (Will Hay) visits a music hall...

The owner of a professional help agency poses as a poet at a wealthy patron's ball and prevents a necklace from being stolen by thieves.

A cleaner salesman finds himself campaigning for both sides in an election.

Matronly great aunt Emily went off to Africa and left behind her wanna be snobbish family. Ten years later, upon her death, the greedy family members...

An ape is suspected of committing a series of murders.

A refined criminal keeps his life secret from his daughter. When he gets trouble from the police after shooting one of his underworld associates, he...

A window cleaner bumps into an old flame, and the pair turn detective in an attempt to foil a gang of burglars.

An American reporter takes over an assignment on English farm life. Owing to a mistake in identity things turn out rough but Valerie's charm and...

Irresponsible playboy Arthur Rawlings is sent by his uncle to work as a waiter at a hotel in the South of France. Arthur arranges for shop assistant...

An aunt objects to the romance between her niece and a neighbour's nephew, and steps in to put an end to the love affair.

A perpetual dreamer talks his wife into moving with him from their home in Australia to South Africa, where he hopes to discover gold and finally...

An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a village hall.

A beauty salon owner puts on a cabaret.

Pat Heaton may be the best crime reporter in town but his fiancée Claire, despairing of the more tawdry aspects of his profession, makes him...