Syd Crossley Movies

“Professional jealousy over the discovery of a formula for an anaesthetic leads to murder in a hospital.” - BFI.

Dave Smalley buys a lost Archaeopteryx fossil by accident at an auction and uses the reward money for this to buy a share in his landlady's lodging-...

In this musical comedy, the trouble begins when a carefree playboy steals the virtue of a young French maiden and is forced to marry her when her...

'Poor lord tells future father-in-law that his ex-fiancée is his sister.' (British Film Catalogue)

A police captain poses as the valet of a friend who has been invited on a yacht cruise by a notorious schemer, whom the friend is afraid wants to...

Two thieves are released from prison; one of them has an umbrella with jewels hidden in its handle.

Two business partners are having woman trouble. One wants to marry his secretary and the other is set to marry a wealthy aristocrat. When the partner...

A jealous agent uses a girl singer to break up a double act.

Posing as an aristocrat to crash a party, a composer stumbles upon a gang of jewel thieves working unnoticed upstairs.

A British submarine on patrol is accidentally rammed by a merchant ship, that tears a big hole in in sub which sinks trapping the crew.

Two women win £130,000 in the Irish Sweepstakes. They use their winnings to establish an oyster bar, but soon become the target of a phony...

Charley navigates an escalating series of comedic mishaps involving his wife (Vivien Oakland), an eccentric professor (Nina Quartero), an escaped...

A frugal coal miner turns into a spendthrift when he wins £20,000 on the football pools!

Betsy, a housemaid and aspiring actress, throws a party in her employer's house while he's away. Guests include agents and producers; but her...

A newsboy enters a boxing championship where he is matched with a sick friend.

A newly-married woman disguises herself as a doughboy in order to stay close to her husband.

During the First World War a British unit take up a new position in a trench unaware that the Germans are laying a mine underneath it.

'Man borrows service flat to impress girl's parents.' (British Film Catalogue)