The film centers on four pairs – Frances is a recent widow who wants to get away from Scotland to Australia Read More »
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Beat Girl (1960) Edmond T. Gréville, David Farrar, Noëlle Adam, Christopher Lee
Paul, a divorced architect, marries Nichole, a woman from Paris. Read More »
Captain Scarlet vs. the Mysterons (1980) Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson, Francis Matthews, Ed Bishop, Donald Gray
War erupts between Earth and Mars after a manned mission to the Red Planet results in an attack on the city of the Mysterons. Read More »
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957) Sidney Franklin, Jennifer Jones, John Gielgud, Bill Travers
Elizabeth Barrett’s tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Read More »
Echo of Diana (1963) Ernest Morris, Vincent Ball, Betty McDowall, Geoffrey Toone
Joan Scott is distraught at the death of her husband in a plane crash. Read More »
Pressure (1976) Horace Ové, Herbert Norville, Oscar James, Frank Singuineau
A British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad finds himself adrift between two cultures. Read More »
The Small World of Sammy Lee (1963) Ken Hughes, Anthony Newley, Julia Foster, Robert Stephens
The compère of a seedy strip club struggles to keep one step ahead of the bookies to whom he owes money. Read More »
The Spider and the Fly (1949) Robert Hamer, Eric Portman, Guy Rolfe, Nadia Gray
A clever and dedicated French police official, a cleverer master-thief whom he secretly admires Read More »
The Dark Man (1951) Jeffrey Dell, Edward Underdown, Maxwell Reed, Natasha Parry
A killer called ‘The Dark Man’ commits double murder. This is witnessed by the young aspiring actress Molly Lester. Read More »
Contraband (1940) Michael Powell, Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, Hay Petrie
When a neutral Danish merchant ship is forced to put into port after trying to evade British wartime contraband control Read More »
Gift Horse (1952) Compton Bennett, Trevor Howard, Richard Attenborough, Sonny Tufts
In 1940, a mothballed American destroyer is commissioned in the Royal Navy. Read More »
Above Us the Waves (1955) Ralph Thomas, John Mills, John Gregson, Donald Sinden
In World War II, the greatest threat to the British Navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. Read More »
Station Six-Sahara (1963) Seth Holt, Carroll Baker, Peter van Eyck, Ian Bannen
In the Sahara, at an oil pipeline pumping station belonging to Medina Oil Company, five technicians man the facility. Read More »
Extreme Ops (2002) Christian Duguay, Rufus Sewell, Devon Sawa, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras
A film crew travels to the Austrian Alps near the (former) Yugoslav border to film three extreme sports Read More »
The Citadel (1938) King Vidor, Robert Donat, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Richardson
Andrew Manson, a young, enthusiastic doctor takes his first job in a Welsh mining town Read More »