Syd Crossley Movies

The Boy, involved in a maritime disaster as a child, suffers from hydrophobia. He invents a life preserver that automatically inflates when it hits...

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

Two women win £130,000 in the Irish Sweepstakes. They use their winnings to establish an oyster bar, but soon become the target of a phony...

Slapstick comedy in which luckless slate club treasurer Bill Smithers is sent to prison for three years after being mistakenly accused of stealing...

A woman prevents a popular stage performer getting arrested for drunk driving, though has to pretend to be a rich benefactor when she next meets him.

A refined criminal keeps his life secret from his daughter. When he gets trouble from the police after shooting one of his underworld associates, he...

Charley navigates an escalating series of comedic mishaps involving his wife (Vivien Oakland), an eccentric professor (Nina Quartero), an escaped...

A newsboy enters a boxing championship where he is matched with a sick friend.

Our hero catches a gang of bank robbers while taking time out to romance the banker's pretty daughter.

Two business partners are having woman trouble. One wants to marry his secretary and the other is set to marry a wealthy aristocrat. When the partner...

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

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

In this musical comedy, the trouble begins when a carefree playboy steals the virtue of a young French maiden and is forced to marry her when her...

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

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

A newly-married woman disguises herself as a doughboy in order to stay close to her husband.

Betsy, a housemaid and aspiring actress, throws a party in her employer's house while he's away. Guests include agents and producers; but her...

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.