Sydney Tafler Movies

The Birthday Party

67/100

The down-at-heel lodger in a seaside boarding house is menaced by two mysterious strangers, who eventually take him away.

Skywatch

65/100

A comedy drama set in a WWII British Army Searchlight Squad. They are an odd bunch of misfits but somehow manage to get the job done.

Operation Diplomat

66/100

Doctor Fenton is abducted and forced to operate on a mysterious figure. Meanwhile, Inspector Austin investigates the murder of Fenton's assistant. All this has something to do with a missing diplomat.

The Saint's Girl Friday

60/100

A private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend.

Bottoms Up

72/100

'Jimmy Edwards' reprises his radio role as the Professor trying to control a school full of naughty boys.

Mystery Junction

59/100

Larry Gordon, well-known crime writer, is on a train journey when a scream is heard. Upon investigation, the guard had been mugged and a man murdered. Another man is arrested but the full story is yet to be discovered.

Johnny on the Run

73/100

The Counterfeit Plan

66/100

A reformed forger runs into an acquaintance from his past, now an escaped murderer, who blackmails him into resuming his criminal career.

Wide Boy

72/100

The title, in British police parlance of the day, defines a petty crook whose criminal activities are minor and legal-borderline, but the title character in this film appears to stretch the... See full summary »

Booby Trap

53/100

An absent minded professor invents a pen that will explode on the sound of bells, then leaves it in a taxi.

Scarlet Thread

55/100

Two villains team up to steal some jewelry. The robbery goes wrong and an innocent man is shot.

The Bank Raiders

57/100

Terry, a small-time hoodlum, is the driver in a successful bank robbery. He gets his share of the loot and is told to lie low. Instead, he goes on the town with Della, a gorgeous, but ... See full summary »

There Was a Young Lady

67/100

A super-efficient young secretary foils the plans of a gang of smash-and grab robbers.

Assassin for Hire

57/100

Pretending to be rare stamp dealer, a man devotedly supports wife and musically talented younger brother as a professional hit-man.

The Floating Dutchman

60/100

In England, two men working on the docks close to London's Tower Bridge find a dead body of an unidentified man floating in the River Thames, they call the local police. The police later ... See full summary »

The Unguarded Hour

Chelsea Story

Mr. Gladstone

Blind Man's Bluff

The Amorous Goldfish

Curtains for Harry

Loyalties