Allan MacKinnon

Murder mystery. Based on the BBC serial "Return from darkness" by Lester Powell. (BFI)

Before getting nabbed by the cops, a jewel thief hides a small fortune in stolen goods aboard an empty barge. But when he later returns to claim his loot, he runs into heaps of trouble with the boat's beautiful tenants and a pair of nosy old ladies. Directed by Charles Saunders, this amusing comedy finds the cunning criminal up against far stronger and more resilient adversaries than he ever anticipated. (Netflix)

The search on a train for a man with a stolen diary full of political secrets. The searcher kills, finds the diary but is killed escaping from the train. (BFI)

Newspaper reporters compete with London police to solve a murder. (imdb)

This low-budget swashbuckling film is not in the same league with the Douglas Fairbanks and Errol Flynn portrayals, but still fun if the viewer doesn't do comparisons. Standard Robin Hood plot. (allmovie.com)

David Kier, one of the thieves in a sensational jewel robbery and subsequent trial, is set free when the turns King's Evidence on the other members. Kier refuses to give reporter Simon Drake an interview, as Simon thinks he will probably be killed by other gang members, but Simon makes note of his address. Simon is fired by his city editor, MacGregor, for failing to cover another assignment and the editor says he would not believe Kier's murder if reported by Simon even if it happened. (imdb)

A London Soho nightclub is the focus for an undercover investigation into the murder of a small-time crook. (imdb)

An Irishman sets out to become famous as a singer on the radio. Due to a mix up he is instead entered as a contestant on a quiz show. He causes mayhem in the studio and the publicity attracts the attention of an agent who thinks he can help. (imdb)

A firm of solicitors do battle with the head of the local council over a parcel of river front land, owned by the Huggett family, in order to build a lido/community center. (imdb)

A happily-married woman is blackmailed by her first husband, who she wrongly believed was killed in the Blitz. (imdb)

A blackmailer is murdered, and the police find that there is a long list of suspects who wanted to see him dead.

A clerk in a law office investigates a murder, and finds that nearly all her colleagues at work have a motive.

A group of impecunious Brits are stranded in a Stockholm hotel.

Linda Harrison is about to divorce her husband for desertion so that she will be free to marry a young doctor.

A ski champion uncle tries to kill his nephew in order to gain his inheritance in this British crime mystery short film.