In 1745 a German princess, renamed Catherine, arrives to marry Grand Duke Peter of Russia, whom she initially likes. Read More »
Tag Archives: UK
The Hawk (1993) David Hayman, Daryl Webster, Thomas Taplin, Joshua Taplin
Housewife Annie Marsh (Dame Helen Mirren) suspects her husband might be The Hawk Read More »
Peeping Tom (1960) Michael Powell, Karlheinz Böhm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer
Mark Lewis, works as a focus puller in a British film studio. On his off hours, he supplies Read More »
Lie Down with Lions (1994) Jim Goddard, Timothy Dalton, Marg Helgenberger, Nigel Havers
Her friend, Doctor Peter Husak, introduces the American Jack Carver to his friend, nurse Kate, and it’s love on first sight. Read More »
Bond Street (1948) Gordon Parry, Jean Kent, Roland Young, Kathleen Harrison
A young British woman is getting married, and as she goes through her trousseau Read More »
This Happy Breed (1944) David Lean, Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, Amy Veness
David Lean brings to vivid emotional life Noël Coward’s epic chronicle of a working-class family Read More »
In Search of Beethoven (2009) Phil Grabsky, Emanuel Ax, Jonathan Biss, Riccardo Chailly
In Search of Beethoven offers a comprehensive documentary about the life and works of the great composer. Read More »
Assassin (1973) Peter Crane, Ian Hendry, Edward Judd, Frank Windsor
A government assassin is sent to kill a government official who might be leaking its secrets. Read More »
The Victors (1963) Carl Foreman, Vince Edwards, Albert Finney, George Hamilton
War has no victors, only survivors. Killing destroys the killers as well as the killed Read More »
Margaret’s Museum (1995) Mort Ransen, Helena Bonham Carter, Kate Nelligan, Clive Russell
In a town where half the men die down the coalpit, Margaret MacNeil is quite happy being single. Read More »
Tomorrow Never Comes (1978) Peter Collinson, Oliver Reed, Susan George, Raymond Burr
Coming back from an extended business trip, Frank discovers that his girlfriend Janie Read More »
The Elusive Pimpernel (1950) Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Cyril Cusack
A British aristocrat goes in disguise to France to rescue people from The Terror of the guillotine. Read More »
The Way Out (1955) Montgomery Tully, Mona Freeman, Gene Nelson, John Bentley
A man tells his wife that the police are after him for having killed a bookie during an alcoholic binge Read More »
Darling Lili (1970) Blake Edwards, Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson, Jeremy Kemp
WWI. Lili Smith is a beloved British music hall singer, often providing inspiration for the British Read More »
The Ugly Duckling (1959) Lance Comfort, Maudie Edwards, Reginald Beckwith, Shelagh Dey
Henry Jeckle was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon Read More »