Soames and Irene Forsyte have a marriage of convenience. Read More »
Tag Archives: Compton Bennett
The Seventh Veil (1945) Compton Bennett
One dark summer night, Francesca Cunningham, a once world famed pianist, escapes from her hospital room Read More »
That Woman Opposite (1957) Compton Bennett, Phyllis Kirk, Dan O’Herlihy, Wilfrid Hyde-White
A series of daring robberies has taken place on Rue des Anges, a quiet street in the town of La Bandelette. Read More »
Beyond the Curtain (1960) Compton Bennett, Richard Greene, Eva Bartok, Marius Goring
East German refugee Karen finds herself back at home in Dresden when the flight Read More »
Daybreak (1948) Compton Bennett, Eric Portman, Ann Todd, Maxwell Reed
A hangman conceals his true identity when he falls in love Read More »
King Solomon’s Mines (1950) Compton Bennett, Andrew Marton, Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson
Guide Allan Quatermain helps a young lady (Beth) find her lost husband somewhere in Africa. Read More »
My Own True Love (1948) Compton Bennett, Phyllis Calvert, Melvyn Douglas, Wanda Hendrix
An Englishman’s (Melvyn Douglas) fiancee (Phyllis Calvert) comforts his son (Philip Friend) who has lost a leg and a family in World War II. Read More »
Gift Horse (1952) Compton Bennett
In 1940, a mothballed American destroyer is commissioned in the Royal Navy. Read More »
The Flying Scot (1957) Compton Bennett, Lee Patterson, Kay Callard, Alan Gifford, Crime, Drama
Ronnie, earning very little from his own exploits, gathers together a band of villains to carry out a robbery on ‘The Flying Scotsman’ passenger train. Read More »
Desperate Moment (1953) Compton Bennett, Dirk Bogarde, Mai Zetterling, Philip Friend, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller, War
In post-world-war II Germany, Dutchman Simon Van Halder is accused of killing a British soldier. Although he confessed to the murder in order to obtain penicillin for his illness, Simon is innocent. Read More »