Alastair Sim

Teenager Joe Kirby, fantasizing he's on the track of criminals, finds to his astonishment that it has all come true. He has walked straight into the story of his comic book. Very soon he convinces himself and his adventurous cronies the comic is being use as a means of communication between a master criminal and his gang of thieves.

Famed practical joker Henry Russell leaves 50,000 pounds to each of his four surviving relatives. But his will has one last joke - they each have to undertake a task completely out of character within a month. As each sets out on their objective they find that quite apart from the promised riches, they are unexpectedly getting a lot out of the challenge. All except caddish Simon Russell, that is.

Arthur Birling, a self-satisfied and prosperous businessman who is angling for a knighthood, and his socially superior wife are celebrating the engagement of their daughter to the very eligible son of an old, titled family. Suddenly a stranger arrives. He introduces himself as Inspector Poole, and claims he is investigating the case of a young girl who has committed suicide.

The classic Dickens story about a bitter old man who's given a chance for redemption when three ghosts come to visit him on Christmas Eve. Bonus features include: Introduction by Leonard Maltin, 'Dead to Begin With' documentary, 'Scrooge By Another Name' featurette, 'The Human Blarney Stone' documentary, 'A Scholar's View' video narrative, collection of early silent Dickens films, commentary tracks, and more!

A postman dies on the operating table at a rural English hospital, in the midst of the Nazi blitz. But was his death accidental?

On Christmas Eve, a despicable miser is visited by three spirits who show him visions of Christmasses past, present, and future. He is totally changed by these experiences and becomes cheerful and benevolent.

Now comes the classic murder mystery the enigmatic Inspector Poole. The Birling family are rich, pampered and complacent. It is 1912 and the shadow of the impending war has yet to fall across their lives. As they sit down for dinner one night, celebrating the engagement of the eldest child, Sheila, to prosperous businessman Gerald, a knock at the door announces the arrival of a visitor who changes their lives forever.

A young girl is murdered and an inspector calls on a prosperous Yorkshire household to investigate the sad circumstances behind her death.

Mr. S. Potter is headmaster of a school which gives instruction on "How to win without actually cheating." The school teaches the ways to seduce a women, gain points in a conversation, or beating someone who plays a better game. One of Mr. Potter's pupils is a desperate Henry Palfrey whose every attempt to win the heart of April Smith has been thwarted by the cad Raymond Delauney. Needless to say Mr. Potter's instructions allow Henry to vanquish his...

Scrooge, the miser, is reformed when visited on Christmas Eve by the apparitions of the past, present and future.