a yank in ermine (1955)

"I'm like a fish out of water over here."
American Joe Turner (Peter M. Thompson) inherits an English title and lands, and with his buddies Butch (Harold Lloyd Jr.) and Slowburn (Jon Pertwee), goes over to find out more, leading to lots of misunderstandings, especially when he starts to fall for Angela (Noelle Middleton).
Lacks much in the way of comedy.

sailor beware (1956)

aka Panic In The Parlor.
"You've got to do as I tell you."
Battle-axe Emma Hornett (Peggy Mount) dominates her family including daughter Shirley (Shirley Eaton), who is about to marry young sailor Albert (Ronald Lewis). Albert and his best man Carnoustie (Gordon Jackson) stay with the Hornetts following the stag night, and is put off the idea of married life as a consequence. Can the family bring Albert round to the idea of?
Hugely popular at the time, this typical mother-in-law comedy has paled with time. British, Comedy, Gordon Parry,

innocents in paris (1953)

"You don't speak conversational French. What is the point of it!"
Six different people, with different reasons for being in Paris, catch the plane from London for a weekend. All find their visit changes them in some way.
The cream of British actors pack out this charming little film including Alastair Sim, Ronald Shiner, Claire Bloom and Margaret Rutherford, which is as much an ode to Paris as a comedy. Entertaining, though by no means a classic.

a touch of the sun (1956)

An indispencible concierge (Frankie Howerd), at a large London hotel, inherits some money and upon being told he cannot resign, due to signing a 10 year contract, decides to get himself sacked. He satisfies his life long ambition to live on the French riviera, but finds its not all its cracked up to be and longs to return to London and the hotel. Upon his return he finds the hotel has gone out of business and the only way to get his old job back it to persuade some northern businessmen to invest in the hotel.
A run of the mill comedy, that has its moments. It features a low key performance by Frankie Howerd, (with none of his usual characteristics), surrounded by the great and the good of British comedy, from Alfie Bass to Denis Price and features some acting and a couple of songs by Ruby Murray.

tread softly stranger (1958)

Johnny Mansell (George Baker) a gambler, turns up at his brother Dave's (Terence Morgan), in order to lay low to avoid some bad lads in London. First he meets his brother's girlfriend Calico (Diana Dors) and finds out his brother is in trouble himself, having dipped into the factory wages to keep his girlfriend in the manner she has become accustomed to. Dave has eight days to replace the money, Calico suggests they steal the wages instead. Johnny is against the idea, prefering to gamble to get the funds. But which way is Dave going to go, and now johnny is here, which brother is Calico going to go for? This is a good atmospheric crime thriller, set "up north" and with suitably blunt northern vowels! George Baker is the cool and calm big brother, with charm to spare. Whilst his brother is all nerves and prone to cracking up at the slightest thing. Then there's Diana Dors, all smoldering sex kitten vamp, very much a diamond in the rough, sparkling in the grim northern industrialness.