A government program is trying to entice women to go to a remote island and become companions to war-scarred soldiers. Read More »
Tag Archives: UK
The Adventures of Tartu (1943) Harold S. Bucquet, Robert Donat, Valerie Hobson, Walter Rilla
Stevenson, a British soldier fluent in Rumanian and German, goes undercover to sabotage a German poison-gas factory. Read More »
The Rake’s Progress (1945) Sidney Gilliat, Rex Harrison, Lilli Palmer, Godfrey Tearle
Vivian Kenway, a young Englishman from an aristocratic background, flunks out of Oxford Read More »
The Mark of Cain (1947) Brian Desmond Hurst, Eric Portman, Sally Gray, Patrick Holt
An attractive young French girl instigates rivalry between two brothers Read More »
So Well Remembered (1947) Edward Dmytryk, John Mills, Martha Scott, Patricia Roc
On the day that World War II ends in Europe, Mayor George Boswell recalls events of the previous 25 years in his home town of Browdley. Read More »
Dark Journey (1937) Victor Saville, Conrad Veidt, Vivien Leigh, Joan Gardner
World War I is raging, but Swedish store clerk Madeleine Goddard (Vivien Leigh) has not aligned herself with either side. Read More »
Fire Down Below (1957) Robert Parrish, Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum, Jack Lemmon
Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. Read More »
All Night Long (1962) Basil Dearden, Patrick McGoohan, Keith Michell, Betsy Blair
This movie, based on William Shakespeare’s Othello, is neatly positioned as a vehicle to showcase Read More »
E venne un uomo (1965) Ermanno Olmi, Rod Steiger, Adolfo Celi, Giorgo Fortunato
Based on the diary Pope John XXIII kept between the ages of 14 and 18, his lifelong concern for tolerance, the underprivileged, and world peace is told. Read More »
The Inspector (1962) Philip Dunne, Stephen Boyd, Dolores Hart, Leo McKern
When the end came for World War II, many Jews were spread around the free world and desired to return to Palestine. Read More »