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Tag Archives: UK
Theirs Is the Glory (1946) Brian Desmond Hurst, Stanley Maxted, Thomas Scullion, Allan Wood

In 1944, British General Montgomery and his command were way north of the Allied line Read More »
Angel (1982) Neil Jordan, Veronica Quilligan, Stephen Rea, Alan Devlin

Saxophonist Danny witnesses the murder of his band manager and a deaf-mute girl after a gig. Read More »
Sympathy for the Devil (1968) Jean-Luc Godard, Sean Lynch, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones

Godard’s documentation of late 1960s Western counter-culture, examining the Black Panthers Read More »
Bomb in the High Street (1963) Peter Bezencenet, Terry Bishop, Ronald Howard, Terry Palmer, Suzanna Leigh

An English town is evacuated when an old German WW2 bomb is found. Read More »
Wuthering Heights (1970) Robert Fuest, Anna Calder-Marshall, Timothy Dalton, Harry Andrews

The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. Read More »
The Big Sleep (1978) Michael Winner, Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Richard Boone

Philip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) is asked by the elderly General Sternwood (James Stewart) Read More »
The Cat’s Meow (2001) Peter Bogdanovich, Kirsten Dunst, Cary Elwes, Edward Herrmann

In November of 1924, a mysterious Hollywood death occurred aboard media mogul William Randolph Hearst’s yacht. Read More »
A High Wind in Jamaica (1965) Alexander Mackendrick, Anthony Quinn, James Coburn, Dennis Price

The parents of children living in Jamaica, afraid that the kids are growing up uncivilized, decide to send them to England. Read More »
The Long Haul (1957) Ken Hughes, Victor Mature, Diana Dors, Patrick Allen

Desperate to earn money, Harry hooks back up with Joe Easy. The best scene is when they make the final run to cash out a load of furs Read More »