10 Jul 1969
Putney Swope
Swope—the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm—is accidentally put in charge after the death of the chairman.
Cotton Queen
The niece of a mill-owner goes undercover in the mill of a rival, where she gets mixed up in romantic antics.
Top Billed Cast
Mary Lawson Joan Todcastle
Stanley Holloway Sam Owen
Will Fyffe Bill Todcastle
Helen Haye Margaret Owen
Jimmy Hanley Jack Owen
Marcelle Rogez Zita De La Rue
C. Denier Warren Joseph Cotter (as Denier Warren)
D.J. Williams Thompson
Syd Crossley Shearman
Elsie Wagstaff Emily
Gibson Gowland Gaoler
Mike Johnson Hawkins
Sam Wilkinson Entwistle
Doris Bowers Cotton Queen
Similar movies
Putney Swope Putney Swope The Parole Officer 
The Parole Officer 10 Aug 2001
The Parole Officer
A hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence he must entice his former clients away from the law abiding lives they are now living to recover the evidence that will save him.
Gumshoe 
Gumshoe 01 Dec 1971
Gumshoe
A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case.
Fierce Creatures 
Fierce Creatures 23 Jan 1997
Fierce Creatures
Ex-policeman Rollo Lee is sent to run Marwood Zoo, the newly acquired business of a New Zealand tycoon. In order to meet high profit targets and keep the zoo open, Rollo enforces a new 'fierce creatures' policy, whereby only the most impressive and dangerous animals are allowed to remain in the zoo. However, the keepers are less enthusiastic about complying with these demands.
The Alibi 
The Alibi 12 Jan 2006
The Alibi
Con man Ray Elliot decides to leave crime behind to start a company that sells fake alibis to clients who have been unfaithful to their significant others. It seems that the streetwise Ray has found his calling, until he unexpectedly becomes a murder suspect in a case involving one of his most influential customers. Now, as the police and an assassin called "The Mormon" track Ray, he and his attractive assistant, Lola, must clear their own names.
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare 
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare 12 Sep 2008
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
This story picks up a generation after the famous race between the Hare and the Tortoise. This time it's their kids' turn to compete, and they're about to escalate their family rivalry to ridiculous new levels.
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 09 Mar 1967
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
A young but bright former window cleaner rises to the top of his company by following the advice of a book about ruthless advancement in business.
Billy Liar 
Billy Liar 15 Aug 1963
Billy Liar
A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause him to lie in order to avoid the penalties. His life turns into a mess and he has an opportunity to run away and leave it all behind.
Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year 
Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year 11 Dec 2009
Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year
Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year is the sometimes thoughtless, sometimes thoughtful story of a fresh graduate trying to find a balance between the maddening demands of the 'professional' way, and the way of his heart - and stumbling upon a crazy way which turned his world upside down, and his career right side up. Welcome to the world of sales boss!
Last Night 
Last Night 05 Nov 2010
Last Night
Michael and Joanna are a young and successful married couple who appear to have it all. But when Michael finds himself alone on a business trip with an attractive new colleague and Joanna encounters the other great love of her life, each is thrust into an evening of temptation.
Up in the Air 
Up in the Air 04 Dec 2009
Up in the Air
Corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham spends his life in planes, airports, and hotels, but just as he’s about to reach a milestone of ten million frequent flyer miles, he meets a woman who causes him to rethink his transient life.
Shooting Fish 
Shooting Fish 22 Aug 1997
Shooting Fish
Two con artists hire an unwitting medical-school student as a secretary for their latest scam.
Yanks 
Yanks 01 Sep 1979
Yanks
During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don't much like the brash Yanks, especially when it comes to the G.I.s making advances on the lonely British girls. One relationship that develops is between married John, an Army Captain, and the aristocratic Helen, whose naval husband is away at war. Helen loves her husband, but Helen and John are looking for some comfort during the difficult times.
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 15 Sep 2005
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal, Gromit, investigate a mystery in Nick Park's animated adventure, in which the lovable inventor and his intrepid pup run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane methods that turn their home into a halfway house for evicted vermin, the pair stumble upon a mystery involving a voracious vegetarian monster that threatens to ruin the annual veggie-growing contest.
The Full Monty 
The Full Monty 13 Aug 1997
The Full Monty
Sheffield, England. Gaz, a jobless steelworker in need of quick cash persuades his mates to bare it all in a one-night-only strip show.
Brassed Off 
Brassed Off 01 Nov 1996
Brassed Off
A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national competition. They believe they have no hope until Gloria appears carrying her Flugelhorn. At first mocked for being a woman, she soon becomes the only chance for the band to win.
Little Voice 
Little Voice 05 Nov 1998
Little Voice
After the death of her father, Little Voice or LV becomes a virtual recluse, never going out and hardly ever saying a word. She just sits in her bedroom listening to her father's collection of old records of Shirley Bassey, Marilyn Monroe and various other famous female singers. But at night time, LV sings, imitating these great singers with surprising accuracy. One night she is overheard by one of her mother's boyfriends, who happens to be a talent agent. He manages to convince her that her talent is special and arranges for her to perform at the local night club, but several problems arise.
Calendar Girls 
Calendar Girls 02 Sep 2003
Calendar Girls
Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a charity calendar.
East Is East 
East Is East 14 May 1999
East Is East
In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and start to reject their father's rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general.
Honey 
Honey 05 Dec 2003
Honey
Honey Daniels dreams of making a name for herself as a hip-hop choreographer. When she's not busy hitting downtown clubs with her friends, she teaches dance classes at a nearby community center in Harlem, N.Y., as a way to keep kids off the streets. Honey thinks she's hit the jackpot when she meets a hotshot director casts her in one of his music videos. But, when he starts demanding sexual favors from her, Honey makes a decision that will change her life.