A successful rock lyricist becomes romantically involved with a girl he picks up hitchhiking only to learn that she is only fourteen. Her parents take action against him. Read More »
Tag Archives: UK
A Month in the Country (1987) Pat O’Connor, Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh, John Atkinsons, Drama
Five centuries ago a mural was created in a country church in the north of England and then hidden under layers of white paint. Read More »
Beware of Pity (1946) Maurice Elvey, Lilli Palmer, Albert Lieven, Cedric Hardwicke, Drama, Romance
Police Dog (1955) Derek N. Twist, Joan Rice, Tim Turner, Sandra Dorne, Crime, Drama
Love Among the Ruins (1975) George Cukor, Katharine Hepburn, Laurence Olivier, Colin Blakely, Drama, Comedy, Romance
An aging actress is being sued for breach of promise. She hires as her lawyer a man who was an ex-lover and is still in love with her, although she doesn’t know it. Read More »
Boston Kickout (1995) Paul Hills, John Simm, Emer McCourt, Marc Warren, Drama
School leaver Phil moves with his father from inner-city London to the satellite Hertfordshire New Town of Stevenage Read More »
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) Karel Reisz, Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts, Drama, Romance
Arthur, one of Britain’s angry young men of the 1960s, is a hardworking factory worker who slaves all week at his mindless job for his modest wages. Read More »
Out of the Clouds (1955) Basil Dearden, Anthony Steel, Robert Beatty, David Knight, Drama
A busy day at London Airport. Follow the lives and loves of the crew and passengers. Read More »
Blowup (1966) Michelangelo Antonioni, David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. Read More »
Mysterious Island (1961) Cy Endfield, Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan
During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. Read More »
Where There’s a Will (1955) Vernon Sewell, Kathleen Harrison, George Cole, Leslie Dwyer, Comedy
A Cockney family inherit a ramshackle Devon farm. The rest of the family don’t want to leave London but the father insists and off they go, to face the unknown. Read More »
Mask of Dust (1954) Terence Fisher, Richard Conte, Mari Aldon, Peter Illing, Adventure, Action, Drama
Peter Wells, a former world class driver of midget racers, has been struggling to regain his winning form in the two years since his discharge as an Air Force pilot. Read More »
Onegin (1999) Martha Fiennes, Ralph Fiennes, Liv Tyler, Toby Stephens, Drama, Romance
In the opulent St. Petersburg of the Empire period, Eugene Onegin is a jaded but dashing aristocrat – a man often lacking in empathy, who suffers from restlessness, melancholy and, finally, regret. Read More »
Live Now – Pay Later (1962) Jay Lewis, Ian Hendry, June Ritchie, John Gregson, Comedy, Drama
Albert, a cheeky, womanising, door-to door salesman, with a never-take-no-for-an-answer attitude, lives his life for the moment Read More »
Let’s Be Happy (1957) Henry Levin, Vera-Ellen, Tony Martin, Robert Flemyng, Comedy, Musical
Twenty-eight year old Jeannie MacLean has led a simple life taking care of her frugal grandfather in the small town of Heatherdale, Vermont. Read More »