
Aston (Robert Shaw), a quiet, reserved man, lives alone in a top-floor cluttered room of a small abandoned house in a poor London district. Read More »
Tag Archives: UK
The Day Will Dawn AKA The Avengers (1942) Harold French, Hugh Williams, Griffith Jones, Deborah Kerr

Horse race tipster and journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. Read More »
School for Secrets AKA Secret Flight (1946) Peter Ustinov, Ralph Richardson, Raymond Huntley, John Laurie

Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. Read More »
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) Herbert Ross, Alan Arkin, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Duvall

Concerned about his friend’s cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna Read More »
The Dummy Talks (1943) Oswald Mitchell, Jack Warner, Claude Hulbert, Beryl Orde

A ventriloquist is murdered, leaving a show to be done. So, a midget goes undercover as the dummy. Read More »
The Maids (1975) Christopher Miles, Glenda Jackson, Susannah York, Vivien Merchant

A film version of Genet’s play. Two maids, Solange and Claire, hate their employers and Read More »
The Haunting Passion (1983) John Korty, Jane Seymour, Gerald McRaney, Millie Perkins

Dan was a successful football player, but when his contract expired recently, it wasn’t renewed due to his age. Read More »
I, Claudius (1976) Herbert Wise, Derek Jacobi, John Hurt, Siân Phillips

This mini-series follows the history of the Roman Empire, from approximately the death of Marcellus (24/23 B.C.) Read More »
Calling the Tune (1936) Reginald Denham, Thorold Dickinson, Adele Dixon, Sally Gray, Sam Livesey

Calling the Tune offers a fascinating look at the fledgeling gramophone industry as it tries to solve the problems of reliable recording and production methods. Read More »
Let’s Make a Night of It (1937) Graham Cutts, Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers, June Clyde, Claire Luce

The exclusive Boydell family, members of the “400” set, suddenly became owners of two nightclubs Read More »