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Tag Archives: UK
Triple Cross (1966) Terence Young, Christopher Plummer, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard
Loosely based on a true story, Christopher Plummer plays British bank robber Eddie Chapman Read More »
Rag Doll (1961) Lance Comfort, Jess Conrad, Hermione Baddeley, Kenneth Griffith
Carol flees to London from her alcoholic stepfather, but runs into a rough crowd in her new home. Read More »
Pool of London (1951) Basil Dearden, Bonar Colleano, Susan Shaw, Renée Asherson
Crime melodrama about two sailors in London, an American open to theft Read More »
Yanks (1979) John Schlesinger, Richard Gere, Lisa Eichhorn, Vanessa Redgrave
During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Read More »
The Exception (2016) David Leveaux, Lily James, Jai Courtney, Christopher Plummer
Whiling away the hours in an isolated countryside estate near Nazi-occupied Utrecht Read More »
Ironclad (2011) Jonathan English, Paul Giamatti, Jason Flemyng, Brian Cox
It is the year 1215 and the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John Read More »
Old Mother Riley’s Ghosts (1941) John Baxter, Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, John Stuart
A charwoman comes upon a plot to steal the invention of a man who lives in a haunted house. Read More »
The Entertainer (1960) Tony Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Brenda de Banzie, Roger Livesey
On the far side of middle age, Archie Rice lives in a British seaside resort with his father Read More »
I Accuse! (1958) José Ferrer, Anton Walbrook, Viveca Lindfors
The famous “Dreyfus Case” where a Jewish captain in the French Army is falsely accused of treason. Read More »
Take Me High (1973) David Askey, Cliff Richard, Deborah Watling, Hugh Griffith
Merchant banker Tim, excited to hear he’s to go to New York, is sent to Birmingham Read More »
England Made Me (1973) Peter Duffell, Peter Finch, Michael York, Hildegard Neil
A story about an English businessman in 1930s Germany who encounters a financier who has forged his career on greed Read More »
The Duke of Burgundy (2014) Peter Strickland, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Monica Swinn, Chiara D’Anna
Day in and day out, lovers Cynthia and Evelyn enact an elaborate sadomasochistic fantasy Read More »
Sebastiane (1976) Paul Humfress, Derek Jarman, Leonardo Treviglio, Barney James, Neil Kennedy
300 A.D. : the Roman Sebastianus is exiled to a remote outpost populated exclusively by men. Read More »
Diamonds for Breakfast (1968) Christopher Morahan, Marcello Mastroianni, Rita Tushingham, Elaine Taylor
The rightful heir to the Russian Imperial Jewels recruits a ragtag team Read More »