Two stories, 14 years apart, converge in a suburb of New York. Manuel Esquema, an international financier, whose face is badly scarred Read More »
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The Walking Stick (1970) Eric Till, David Hemmings, Samantha Eggar, Emlyn Williams
A young woman’s highly ordered and structured life is turned upside-down when she meets a handsome stranger at a party. Read More »
The File of the Golden Goose (1969) Sam Wanamaker, Yul Brynner, Charles Gray, Edward Woodward
Policemen Novak & Thompson go undercover to infiltrate a gang of counterfeiters. Read More »
The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976) Bryan Forbes, Richard Chamberlain, Gemma Craven, Annette Crosbie
In the tiny kingdom of Euphrania, the King and his court are most anxious to get Prince Edward wed. But Edward wants to marry for love. Read More »
Pastor Hall (1940) Roy Boulting, Wilfrid Lawson, Nova Pilbeam, Seymour Hicks
This film is based on the true story of Pastor Martin Neimuller, who was sent to Dachau concentration camp for criticising the Nazi party. Read More »
Smashing Time (1967) Desmond Davis, Rita Tushingham, Lynn Redgrave, Michael York
Two young women from England’s northern counties; the plain Brenda and the flamboyant Yvonne, arrive in London to find fame and fortune. Read More »
The Queen of Spades (1949) Thorold Dickinson, Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans, Yvonne Mitchell
An elderly countess strikes a bargain with the devil and exchanges her soul for the ability to always win at cards. Read More »
Wild Country (2005) Craig Strachan, Samantha Shields, Martin Compston, Peter Capaldi
In Glasgow, the teenager single mother Kelly Ann is forced by Father Steven “Steve” Gillis to deliver her baby boy for adoption. Read More »
The Long Duel (1967) Ken Annakin, Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews
Superintendent Stafford of the United Provinces Police, has his men arrest an entire tribe on vague allegations of poaching and theft in British India. Read More »
The Rough and the Smooth (1959) Robert Siodmak, Nadja Tiller, Tony Britton, William Bendix
As young archaeologist Mike Thompson prepares to marry Margaret Goreham, the daughter of a wealthy and influential publisher Read More »
Tiger in the Smoke (1956) Roy Ward Baker, Donald Sinden, Muriel Pavlow, Tony Wright
In wartime a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used to belong to his grandmother. Read More »
The Strange Affair (1968) David Greene, Michael York, Jeremy Kemp, George A. Cooper
When rookie P.C. Strange falls for an under aged girl, he is unknowingly compromised by a pair of pornographers. Read More »
Ladies Who Do (1963) C.M. Pennington-Richards, Peggy Mount, Robert Morley, Harry H. Corbett
The “Ladies Who Do” are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make a fortune. Read More »
Knife Edge (2009) Anthony Hickox, Hugh Bonneville, Natalie Press, Matthieu Boujenah
A successful Wall Street trader returns to England with her new husband and five-year-old son Read More »
So Well Remembered (1947) Edward Dmytryk, John Mills, Martha Scott, Patricia Roc
On the day that World War II ends in Europe, Mayor George Boswell recalls events of the previous 25 years in his home town of Browdley. Read More »