73% (1)  Pool of London  85 min,  APPROVED,  [Crime, Drama]  [Basil Dearden]  [13 Aug 1951]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 73%,   External Reviews
Actors:  Bonar Colleano, Earl Cameron, Renée Asherson, Susan Shaw
Writer:  Jack Whittingham (original screenplay), John Eldridge (original screenplay)
External Links:  Wikipedia  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  UK
Plot:  Crime melodrama about two sailors in London, an American open to theft and smuggling and an honest Jamaican, and the crooks and girls they know. A jewel theft goes wrong and those involved must decide whether to try to get away or to do the right thing. Superb photography of postwar central London when almost empty of people on a Sunday.
Rotten Tomatoes:   Bonar Colleano, who spent the war years playing featured roles in British films as likeably cocky Americans, heads the cast of Pool of London. Ever his brass, cheeky self, Colleano is cast as Dan MacDonald, a sailor who dabbles in a bit of smuggling, just for the fun of it. The fun is over when he gets mixed up with a gang of jewel thieves who have a habit of framing others for their crimes. At the risk of his own neck, MacDonald must extricate his best friend Johnny (Earl Cameron) from a murder charge. Pool of London ran into censorship troubles in the U.S. because of its depiction of a romance between Cameron, a black actor, and Susan Shaw, a white actress.
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69% (1)  Good-Time Girl  81 min,  APPROVED,  [Crime, Drama, Film-Noir]  [David MacDonald]  [11 May 1950]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 69%,   External Reviews
Actors:  Bonar Colleano, Dennis Price, Herbert Lom, Jean Kent
Writer:  Muriel Box, Sydney Box, Arthur La Bern (novel), Ted Willis
External Links:  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  UK
Plot:  A young girl from the ghetto gets involved with some criminals. Driving while drunk, she knocks down and kills a policeman. She runs away with two GI's who are also on the run and they start a crime wave.
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66% (1)  Flame and the Flesh  104 min,  APPROVED,  [Drama]  [Richard Brooks]  [05 May 1954]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 66%,   External Reviews
Actors:  Bonar Colleano, Carlos Thompson, Lana Turner, Pier Angeli
Writer:  Auguste Bailly (novel), Helen Deutsch
External Links:  Wikipedia  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  USA
Plot:  American Madeline, a no-better-than-she-has-to-be (and then only when pushed) traveler arrives in Naples. She has an eye for men and a penchant for getting by on her wits---a 1954 term for body---and soon has a well-meaning (dumb) young composer, Ciccio providing her with room and board. But she has a male counterpart in Ciccio's friend, café-singer Nino, who recognizes her for what she is and he decides to intercede on behalf of his friend. Black Widow Madeline welcomes him into her parlor, in a manner of speaking to get past the censors, and the next thing Nino knows, he has abandoned his wedding plans with sweet-young-thing Lisa, and runs off with Madeline. Lisa and Ciccio are left with wringing hands, and Madeline and Nino become an American/Italian version of the "Battling Bickersons" or "The Honeymooners", with none of the fun.
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62% (1)  Stars in Your Eyes  96 min,  [Comedy, Musical]  [Maurice Elvey]  [02 Dec 1957]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 62%,   External Reviews
Actors:  Bonar Colleano, Dorothy Squires, Nat Jackley, Pat Kirkwood
Writer:  Maurice Elvey (devised by), Hubert Gregg (additional dialogue), Francis Miller (from an original story by), Talbot Rothwell (screenplay)
External Links:  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  UK
Plot:  N/A
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59% (1)  Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?  80 min,  [Comedy]  [Maurice Elvey]  [17 Sep 1956]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 59%,   External Reviews
Actors:  Bonar Colleano, David Tomlinson, Diana Decker, Diana Dors
Writer:  Talbot Rothwell (screenplay), Vivian Tidmarsh (adapted from the play "Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary" by)
External Links:  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  UK
Plot:  An American soldier stationed in England is ready to go on his honeymoon with his new wife when his ex-wife, a gorgeous blonde, shows up and insists that they're still married. His two buddies try to help him out of his predicament, but his troubles are only just starting.
Rotten Tomatoes:   Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? never really answers its own question, but has no difficulty delivering laughs in full measure. U.S. officer Laurie Vining (Bonar Colleano) hopes to spend a romantic honeymoon in London with new bride Gillian (Diana Decker). Unfortunately, Vining's former wife Candy (Diana Dors) flounces into view, claiming that their divorce is invalid. Legal advisor Frank Bettertorn (David Tomlinson) is brought in to straighten things out--only to find himself in a compromising position of his own. Based on a play by E. V. Tidmarsh, Is Your Husband Really Necessary was shot in two different versions: the British print permitted audiences a view of Diana Dors in a skimpy bikini, while the American version covered up her ample frame with a nightie.
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54% (1)  Zarak  99 min,  [Action, Adventure, Romance]  [Terence Young]  [01 Jan 1957]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 54%,   External Reviews
Actors:  Anita Ekberg, Bonar Colleano, Michael Wilding, Victor Mature
Writer:  Richard Maibaum
External Links:  Wikipedia  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  UK, USA
Plot:  On the mountainous frontier between British India and Afghanistan, circa 1860s, Zarak Khan kisses Salma, the youngest wife of his father, Haji Khan. Outraged, his father orders Zarak to be flogged to death but spares his life at the urging of an elderly Mullah. Zarak now leaves his village and becomes a notorious outlaw, prompting the British to assign a Major Ingram to capture him. Zarak and Ingram have several encounters, developing a grudging respect for each other. When Ingram is captured by Ahmad, one of Zarak's rivals, Zarak risks his life to save the British officer.
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54% (1)  Escape by Night  79 min,  [Crime, Drama]  [John Gilling]  [01 Dec 1953]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 54%,   External Reviews
Actors:  Andrew Ray, Bonar Colleano, Sidney James, Ted Ray
Writer:  John Gilling
External Links:  Wikipedia  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  UK
Plot:  An Italian racketeer on the run in London holes up in a disused theatre with a hard-drinking journalist out to get the full story.
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