A re-editing of Gone to Earth (1950) after a disagreement and court case between director Michael Powell and producer David O. Selznick. Read More »
Tag Archives: UK
The Scamp (1957) Wolf Rilla, Richard Attenborough, Dorothy Alison, Colin Petersen, Crime, Drama
Mike Dawson, out-of-work burlesque actor, is too busy with his latest girlfriend, June Cunningham, to pay too much attention to his young son Tod and, as a result, the boy is running wild. Read More »
Helter Skelter (1949) Ralph Thomas, Carol Marsh, David Tomlinson, Mervyn Johns, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
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 »
Adventures of a Private Eye (1977) Stanley A. Long, Christopher Neil, Suzy Kendall, Harry H. Corbett, Comedy, Crime
While a private detective is away on vacation, his not particularly bright assistant takes it upon himself to “solve” a case that comes in. Complications ensue. Read More »
Macbeth (1971) Roman Polanski, Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, Drama, War, History
Roman Polanski imbues his unflinchingly violent adaptation of William Shakespeare’s tragedy of ruthless ambition and murder in medieval Scotland with grit and dramatic intensity. Read More »
El Norte / The North (1983) Gregory Nava, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the dream of starting a new life. Read More »
The Salamander (1981) Peter Zinner, Franco Nero, Anthony Quinn, Martin Balsam, Thriller
An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Read More »
One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing (1975) Robert Stevenson, Peter Ustinov, Helen Hayes, Derek Nimmo, Family, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Lord Southmere escapes from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious “Lotus X”, and is captured by Chinese spies who have been instructed to retrieve the microfilm from him. Read More »
Idol on Parade (1959) John Gilling, William Bendix, Anthony Newley, Anne Aubrey, Comedy
‘Jeep’ is a rising star who is drafted into the Army and spends the rest of the time trying to avoid being an ‘Idol on Parade’ Read More »
The Earth Dies Screaming (1964) Terence Fisher, Willard Parker, Virginia Field, Dennis Price, Horror, Sci-Fi
A crack space pilot returns to earth to find the planet has been devastated by some unknown forces. Read More »
Four Sided Triangle (1953) Terence Fisher, Barbara Payton, James Hayter, Stephen Murray, Romance, Sci-Fi
Bill and Robin, helped by their childhood friend, Lena, develop a “reproducer” which can exactly duplicate any object. Read More »
Zee and Co. (1972) Brian G. Hutton, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine, Susannah York, Drama
Zee and Robert Blakeley are members of swinging London’s upper crust whose unique love-hate marriage heads towards destruction when Robert falls in love Read More »
Great Expectations (1946) David Lean, John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Tony Wager, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Pip, a good-natured, gullible young orphan, lives with kind blacksmith Joe Gargery and his bossy, abusive wife ‘Mrs. Joe’. Read More »
Count Five and Die (1957) Victor Vicas, Jeffrey Hunter, Annemarie Düringer, Nigel Patrick, Drama, History, Thriller, War
American and British counter-espionage combine to convince the Germans the cross-channel invasion will be in the Netherlands instead of France. Read More »
That Sinking Feeling (1979) Bill Forsyth, Tom Mannion, Eddie Burt, Richard Demarco, Comedy, Crime
Ronnie, Wal, Andy and Vic are four bored, unemployed teens in dreary, rainy Glasgow. Ronnie comes up with a great idea. Read More »