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Tag Archives: UK
East of Sudan (1964) Nathan Juran, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms, Derek Fowlds
During the Mahdist insurrection in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, veteran colonial Private Baker teams Read More »
The Lodger (1927) Alfred Hitchcock, June, Ivor Novello, Marie Ault
When a landlady (Marie Ault) and her husband (Arthur Chesney) take in a new lodger (Ivor Novello) Read More »
Shadow of the Eagle (1950) Sidney Salkow, Richard Greene, Valentina Cortese, Greta Gynt
Count Orlof, one of Catherine of Russia’s many overnight favourites, travels to Venice on her behalf to abduct Elizabeth Tarakanova Read More »
My Learned Friend (1943) Basil Dearden, Will Hay, Claude Hulbert, Mervyn Johns
An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Read More »
Educating Rita (1983) Lewis Gilbert, Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Michael Williams
In Liverpool, twenty-seven-year-old hairdresser Rita (Dame Julie Walters) decides to complete her basic education before having children Read More »
The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937) Hanns Schwarz, Barry K. Barnes, Sophie Stewart, Margaretta Scott
Sir Percy Blakeney(in the guise of the masked Scarlet Pimpernel), an Englishman who with the aid of a band of his friends Read More »
Everything Is Rhythm (1936) Alfred J. Goulding, Harry Roy, Princess Pearl, Dorothy Boyd
Harry Roy/Wade and his band finally find their way to success when they are hired to perform at a big hotel. Read More »
The Student Prince (1997) Simon Curtis, Robson Green, Gavin Richards, Peter Lovstrom
The Queen’s youngest son is off to university, mainly because “I’m hopeless at anything else”. Read More »
What Became of Jack and Jill? (1972) Bill Bain, Vanessa Howard, Mona Washbourne, Paul Nicholas
In order to collect inheritance money, a slacker tries to induce a heart attack in his invalid grandmother Read More »
Beltenebros AKA Prince of Shadows (1991) Pilar Miró, Terence Stamp, Patsy Kensit, José Luis Gómez
Captain Darman is a communist party hitman now living peacefully in exile in England where he runs a bookshop in Brighton. Read More »
Holiday Camp (1947) Ken Annakin, Flora Robson, Dennis Price, Jack Warner
Mr. and Mrs. Average British Family…if the average British family consists of a husband Read More »
The Man in the White Suit (1951) Alexander Mackendrick, Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker
Sidney Stratton, a humble inventor, develops a fabric which never gets dirty or wears out. Read More »
The Gentle Gunman (1952) Basil Dearden, John Mills, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Beatty
I.R.A. member Terry (Sir John Mills) modifies his violent views after working undercover in wartime London. Read More »
The Woman in Question (1950) Anthony Asquith, Jean Kent, Dirk Bogarde, John McCallum
When a fairground fortune-teller, Agnes (Jean Kent), is found strangled in her apartment Read More »