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Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Musical comedy about a bankrupt businessman who involves his servants in a madcap plot to restore his wealth. Show more

Contributors

Sir Victor Fitzroy Victor:
Victor Borge
Mrs Keating:
Elisabeth Risdon
Katherine:
Barbara Hale
Producer:
Tim Whelan
Director:
Tim Whelan

Duration: 1 hour, 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 11 months

A press agent tries to grant the dying wish of a young actress - to ring the church bells of her home town for three days after she is buried. Show more

Contributors

Bill Dunnigan:
Fred MacMurray
Olga Treskovna:
Alida Valli
Father Paul:
Frank Sinatra
Marcus Harris:
Lee J Cobb
Anna Klovna:
Veronika Pataky
Ming Gow:
Philip Ahn
Nick Orloff:
Harold Vermilyea
Father Spinsky:
Charles Meredith
Director:
Irving Pichel
Producer:
Jesse L Lasky
Writer:
Ben Hecht

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Duration: 1 hour, 51 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Frank Sinatra stars in an action-packed World War II story about Allied prisoners who stage a mass breakout from an Italian POW camp and commandeer a train. Show more

Contributors

Colonel Joseph L Ryan:
Frank Sinatra
Director:
Mark Robson
Major Eric Fincham:
Trevor Howard
Gabriella (as Raffaella Carra):
Raffaella Carrà
Sergeant Bostick:
Brad Dexter
Captain Costanzo:
Edward Mulhare
Private Ames:
James Brolin

Duration: 1 hour, 17 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for years

Comedy in which a poor bank teller (Frank Sinatra) finds himself branded a thief when his sudden mysterious affluence arouses the suspicion of his friends. Show more

Contributors

Johnny Dalton:
Frank Sinatra
Mildred:
Jane Russell
Emil J Keck:
Groucho Marx
Bob Pulsifer:
Don McGuire
RB Pulsifer:
Howard Freeman
Man with sunglasses:
Nestor Paiva
Beganucci:
William Edmunds
McKissack:
Harry Hayden
Mr Kofer:
Frank Orth

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Duration: 1 hour, 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Drama. Frankie (Frank Sinatra) is a gambler with a serious drug habit. After coming out of jail he is determined to stay clean, but his old life comes back to meet him. Show more

Contributors

Frankie Machine:
Frank Sinatra
Zosch Machine:
Eleanor Parker
Molly:
Kim Novak
Sparrow:
Arnold Stang
Sam Markette:
George E Stone

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Duration: 2 hours, 3 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Spoof gangster film. The Robin Hood legend is updated to Prohibition-era Chicago, where a mobster becomes a hero when he usurps the underworld's new boss. With Frank Sinatra. Show more

Contributors

Allen Adale:
Bing Crosby
Guy Gisborne:
Peter Falk
Marian Stevens:
Barbara Rush
Deputy Sheriff:
Victor Buono
Producer:
Frank Sinatra

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Duration: 2 hours, 1 minute

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Classic thriller. A decorated Korean War hero returns home but his fellow platoon members are troubled with nightmarish recurring dreams. Show more

Contributors

Major Bennett Marco:
Frank Sinatra
Raymond Shaw:
Laurence Harvey
Eugenie Rose Chaney:
Janet Leigh
Mrs Eleanor Shaw Iselin:
Angela Lansbury
Chunjin:
Henry Silva
Senator John Yerkes Iselin:
James Gregory
Jocelyn Jordan:
Leslie Parrish

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Duration: 1 hour, 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Comedy western about two con men who double-cross one another and set up opposing saloons and compete for control of the town. Show more

Contributors

Zack Thomas:
Frank Sinatra
Joe Jarrett:
Dean Martin
Elya Carson:
Anita Ekberg
Maxine Richter:
Ursula Andress
Harvey Burden:
Victor Buono
Prince George:
Edric Connor
Pete Mancini:
Richard Jaeckel
Winthrop Trowbridge:
Wesley Addy
Writer:
WR Burnett

Duration: 1 hour, 53 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Oscar-winning classic. The story of US soldiers on Hawaii in the months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Contributors

Sergeant Milton Warden:
Burt Lancaster
Robert E Lee Prewitt:
Montgomery Clift
Karen Holmes:
Deborah Kerr
Alma/Lorene:
Donna Reed
Angelo Maggio:
Frank Sinatra
Captain Dana Holmes:
Philip Ober
Sergeant 'Fatso' Judson:
Ernest Borgnine
Corporal Buckley:
Jack Warden
Sergeant Ike Galovitch:
John Dennis
Sergeant Pete Karelsen:
Tim Ryan

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Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Taut psychological thriller about three armed men who take over a house in a small American town with the aim of killing the president, who is about to pass through.

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Musical. A handsome young singer arrives in San Francisco with the dream of owning a club and courts a wealthy socialite in the hope that she will finance him. Show more

Contributors

Vera Simpson:
Rita Hayworth
Joey Evans:
Frank Sinatra
Linda English:
Kim Novak
Director:
George Sidney
Ned Galvin:
Bobby Sherwood
Mike Miggins:
Hank Henry
Producer:
Fred Kohlmar
Composer:
Lorenz Hart
Director of photography:
Harold Lipstein

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Duration: 1 hour, 42 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 5 months

Musical comedy. Time is short if playboy CK Dexter-Haven is to reclaim his former wife before she remarries. Cynical reporter Mike Connor is covering the wedding.

Contributors

Uncle Willie:
Louis Calhern
Mike Connor:
Frank Sinatra
Producer:
Sol C Siegel
George Kittredge:
John Lund
Liz Imbrie:
Celeste Holm
Tracy Lord:
Grace Kelly
CK Dexter-Haven:
Bing Crosby

Duration: 1 hour, 41 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Atmospheric antiwar drama about a group of American marines who crash-land on a remote island inhabited by Japanese soldiers. Directed by and starring Frank Sinatra.

Contributors

Captain Dennis Bourke:
Clint Walker
Second Lieutenant Blair:
Tommy Sands
Sergeant Bleeker:
Brad Dexter
Lieutenant Kuroki:
Tatsuya Mihashi
Sergeant Tamura:
Takeshi Kato
Lance Corporal Hirano:
Homare Suguro
Corporal Fujimoto:
Kenji Sahara
Private Arikawa:
Toru Ibuki
Private Tokumaru:
Hisao Dazai
Air Crewman Keller:
Tony Bill
Corporal Craddock:
Sammy Jackson
Lead Private Ando:
Masahiko Tanimura
Private Sato:
Kenichi Hata
Writer:
John Twist
Director:
Frank Sinatra
Producer:
Frank Sinatra
Director of photography:
Harold Lipstein

Duration: 2 hours, 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Musical about two sailors (Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra) who find love in Hollywood. Gene Kelly is paired with Jerry the mouse in a scene combining animation and live action. Show more

Contributors

Clarence Doolittle:
Frank Sinatra
Susan Abbott:
Kathryn Grayson
Joseph Brady:
Gene Kelly
Himself:
Jose Iturbi
Donald Martin:
Dean Stockwell
Girl from Brooklyn:
Pamela Britton
Police Sergeant:
Rags Ragland
Cafe Manager:
Billy Gilbert
Admiral Hammond:
Henry O'Neill
Director:
George Sidney
Producer:
Joe Pasternak

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Duration: 2 hours, 4 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

A compilation of great moments from nearly a hundred MGM musicals. Numbers include Eleanor Powell in her classic challenge dance with Fred Astaire. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Fred Astaire
Participant:
Gene Kelly
Participant:
Elizabeth Taylor
Participant:
James Stewart
Participant:
Bing Crosby
Participant:
Judy Garland
Participant:
Debbie Reynolds
Participant:
Mickey Rooney
Participant:
Frank Sinatra
Participant:
Eleanor Powell
Participant:
Clark Gable
Director:
Jack Haley Jr

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Duration: 1 hour, 34 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Oscar-winning musical following three sailors on shore leave. Determined to enjoy their freedom, the young men embark on whirlwind romances. Starring Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra.

Contributors

Brunhilde Esterhazy:
Betty Garrett
Clare Huddeson:
Ann Miller
Mme Dilyovska:
Florence Bates
Lucy Shmeeler:
Alice Pearce
Professor:
George Meader
Director:
Stanley Donen
Director:
Gene Kelly
Producer:
Arthur Freed

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Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Classic Broadway musical. Nathan Detroit, a gambler in need of cash, bets Sky Masterson that he will not get Sarah Brown, who works at the Save a Soul Mission, to go out on a date. Show more

Contributors

Sky Masterson:
Marlon Brando
Sarah Brown:
Jean Simmons
Nathan Detroit:
Frank Sinatra
Miss Adelaide:
Vivian Blaine
Lieutenant Brannigan:
Robert Keith
Nicely-Nicely Johnson:
Stubby Kaye
Big Jule:
BS Pully
Benny Southstreet:
Johnny Silver
Harry the Horse:
Sheldon Leonard
Rusty Charlie:
Dan Dayton
Society Max:
George E Stone
Arvide Abernathy:
Regis Toomey
General Cartwright:
Kathryn Givney

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