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Tag Archives: UK
The Girl on the Boat (1962) Henry Kaplan, Norman Wisdom, Millicent Martin, Richard Briers

The zany Wisdom, put in charge of his aunt’s cottage during an English summer in the roaring twenties Read More »
Mickybo and Me (2004) Terry Loane, John Joe McNeill, Niall Wright, Julie Walters

Based on the play of the same name the film tells the story of two boys who become friends at the start of the Troubles in 1970. Read More »
I Believe in You (1952) Basil Dearden, Michael Relph, Celia Johnson, Cecil Parker, Godfrey Tearle

A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of The Blue Lamp (1950) Read More »
What a Carve Up! (1961) Pat Jackson, Sidney James, Kenneth Connor, Shirley Eaton

Ernie’s uncle Gabriel has only died but to assert his inheritance he should spend the night at the ancestral house Read More »
Blood and Wine (1996) Bob Rafelson, Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, Stephen Dorff

Writer and Director Bob Rafelson has stated that this is the final part of an informal trilogy he started Read More »
The Branches of the Tree AKA Shakha Proshakha (1990) Satyajit Ray, Ajit Banerjee, Haradhan Bannerjee, Soumitra Chatterjee

An aged patriarch (Ajit Bannerjee), popular for his scrupulous honesty, has a heart attack in the middle of a town gathering in his honour. Read More »
Bitter Springs (1950) Ralph Smart, Tommy Trinder, Chips Rafferty, Gordon Jackson

Wally King, with his family and stockmen, drive livestock over hundreds of kilometres of dry country Read More »
A Bigger Splash (1973) Jack Hazan, David Hockney, Peter Schlesinger, Celia Birtwell

When David Hockney’s beautiful lover, Peter Schlesinger, breaks up with him, it leaves David a complete emotional wreck. Read More »
The Villiers Diamond (1938) Bernard Mainwaring, Edward Ashley, Evelyn Ankers, Frank Birch

The grape sized flawless diamond was stolen two years ago and the thief is just getting out of prison. Read More »