Lewis Gilbert’s classic comedy drama portrays the antics of a British Army Searchlight Squad during World War II. Read More »
Comedy
Il ladrone / The Good Thief (1980) Pasquale Festa Campanile, Enrico Montesano, Edwige Fenech, Bernadette Lafont, Comedy, Erotic
Caleb, “son of nobody” (Enrico Montesano) lives in Galilee in Jesus’ day and struggles as a thief and con-man, pretending to be a magician. Read More »
Hold That Woman! (1940) Sam Newfield, James Dunn, Frances Gifford, George Douglas, Comedy, Crime, Romance
A skip tracer–someone who collects late payments from people who’ve purchased appliances, etc., or takes them back them when they don’t pay–repossesses a small radio from a deadbeat who’s skipped payments. Read More »
The Miracle Kid (1941) William Beaudine, Tom Neal, Carol Hughes, Vickie Lester
A third-rate boxer who loses most of his fights suddenly finds himself knocking out almost every one of his opponents. Read More »
Bowery Bombshell (1946) Phil Karlson, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Slip (Leo Gorcey), Sach (Huntz Hall), Bobby (Bobby Jordan), Whitey (William Benedict) and Chuck (David Gorcey) unsuccessfully try to sell a dilapidated car Read More »
The Canterville Ghost (1944) Jules Dassin, Norman Z. McLeod, Charles Laughton, Robert Young, Margaret O’Brien, Comedy, Fantasy
In the 1600s, cowardly Sir Simon of Canterville flees a duel and seeks solace in the family castle. Read More »
Travolti da un insolito destino nell’azzurro mare d’agosto / Swept Away (1974) Lina Wertmüller, Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Riccardo Salvino, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A rich woman, Raffaella, and some friends rent a yacht to sail the Mediterranean Sea during summer. Read More »
A Change of Seasons (1980) Richard Lang, Noel Black, Shirley MacLaine, Anthony Hopkins, Bo Derek
A self-centred university lecturer thinks it quite all right that he has taken one of his students as a lover Read More »
Inspector Hornleigh (1939) Eugene Forde, Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim, Miki Hood
When a landlady finds one of her tenants murdered, Inspector Hornleigh is sent to investigate. Read More »
It’s a Wonderful World (1956) Val Guest, Terence Morgan, George Cole, Kathleen Harrison, Musical, Comedy
Two aspiring songwriters finally manage to sell a tune by claiming that it was composed by a reclusive musical genius. Read More »