A well-known film director has a gangster double, whom he ends up killing. Taking the gangsters place, he then causes an actress to be framed.

Part of BFI collection "Design for Today."

Inspector Darrow investigates the death of a wealthy man.

An elderly couple's lodger, a British musician (Ivor Novello), becomes the suspect in a series of killings.

A young married couple try to impress a rich relation by posing as maid and butler of the household.

Lilian has an illegitimate war-baby which is then adopted by a wealthy spinster.

Ebenezer Scrooge, the ultimate Victorian miser, hasn't a good word for Christmas, though his impoverished clerk Cratchit and nephew Fred are full of holiday spirit. In the night, Scrooge is visited by spirits of the past, present, and future.

An elderly couple's lodger, a British musician (Ivor Novello), becomes the suspect in a series of killings.

Holmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when his arch enemy Moriarty arranges with an American gang to kill one John Douglas, a country gentleman with a mysterious past. Holmes' methods baffle Watson and Lestrade, but his results astonish them. In a long flashback, the victim's wife tells the story of the sinister Vermissa Valley.

An evil doctor and the greedy wife of a rich man plot to poison him so they can get their hands on his money.