Tag Archives: Ralph Thomas

During the French Revolution, French national Lucie Manette (Dorothy Tutin) meets Read More »

Captain Vinka Kovelenko defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. Read More »

In 1957, Cyprus is fighting a war of independence against the occupying British forces. Read More »

Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he’s feeling frustrated with his life Read More »

The Helping Hands agency employs some very strange people to perform some very strange jobs! Read More »

In World War II, the greatest threat to the British Navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. Read More »

Harry Brown (Ian McShane in his introductory film role) is a somewhat rough student (the wild) at Kilminster University, who has the ability to win friends Read More »

When Secret Service agent David Somers is fired, he takes a quiet job with the Fentons at their country estate – cataloging butterflies, hence the title insect. Read More »

Private detective Edward Mercer goes to Venice at the request of a French insurance company to locate a brave Italian whom they wish to reward for his part in the rescue of an Allied airman shot down during the war. Read More »

This is the ultimate screwball comedy, its weird, but endearing. An heiress who is being courted by two gentlemen develops incurable hiccups after watching a comedic dinner-theater performance. Read More »

Dr. Sparrow graduates and sets out into the world. Hilarious internships with a miserly doctor and his young wife, a country doctor paid in kind not cash Read More »

Adapted from the novel of the same name by Hammond Innes. Bruce Campbell (Dirk Bogarde) inherits “Campbell’s Kingdom” in the Canadian Rockies on the death of his grandfather…
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At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can’t prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. Read More »

Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice, stopping off on the way as patients at the Foulness Anti-cold Unit. Read More »

Gymnastics school teacher Caroline Trewella inherits a house on the Cornwall coast. In the basement/smuggler’s cave, she discovers mermaid Miranda. The young women share a common ancestor and are remarkably alike in looks. While Caroline is away on a bicycling tour, Miranda has fun taking her place on land. With the help of her friend Nurse Carey, Miranda feigns an injury that keeps her wheelchair-bound… or more often needing to be carried by a man. And the ever flirtatious Miranda certainly knows how to attract all the men of the village!
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