Syd Crossley Movies

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

A Liverpool tug boat captain finds he's won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. However, after giving up his job and throwing a...

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

A rich American businessman in London makes believe he's lost all his money so that his daughter will marry a composer.

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

'Romance set around the famous air race in which a girl helps a nervous pilot to victory.' (British Film Institute)

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...

George Formby, who plays George, a stable boy. He also has the unique ability to soothe an anxious racing horse. Expectedly, George races the horse...

Based on the spectacular rise of bandleader and vaudevillian Harry Roy, this is the comic tale of a Ruritanian princess who elopes with a dance-band...

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

'Captain tries to hide accidental female passengers from admiral.' (British Film Catalogue)

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.

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...

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...

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 – with comic...

A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.

In 'The Circus Kid', Buddy, an orphan who runs away from a a harsh orphanage, joins Cadwallader's Circus.

Some sisters inherit a large sum of money.

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

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...