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Tag Archives: UK
The Lodger (1927) Alfred Hitchcock, June, Ivor Novello, Marie Ault

When a landlady (Marie Ault) and her husband (Arthur Chesney) take in a new lodger (Ivor Novello) Read More »
Shadow of the Eagle (1950) Sidney Salkow, Richard Greene, Valentina Cortese, Greta Gynt

Count Orlof, one of Catherine of Russia’s many overnight favourites, travels to Venice on her behalf to abduct Elizabeth Tarakanova Read More »
My Learned Friend (1943) Basil Dearden, Will Hay, Claude Hulbert, Mervyn Johns

An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Read More »
Educating Rita (1983) Lewis Gilbert, Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Michael Williams

In Liverpool, twenty-seven-year-old hairdresser Rita (Dame Julie Walters) decides to complete her basic education before having children Read More »
The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937) Hanns Schwarz, Barry K. Barnes, Sophie Stewart, Margaretta Scott

Sir Percy Blakeney(in the guise of the masked Scarlet Pimpernel), an Englishman who with the aid of a band of his friends Read More »
The Student Prince (1997) Simon Curtis, Robson Green, Gavin Richards, Peter Lovstrom

The Queen’s youngest son is off to university, mainly because “I’m hopeless at anything else”. Read More »
What Became of Jack and Jill? (1972) Bill Bain, Vanessa Howard, Mona Washbourne, Paul Nicholas

In order to collect inheritance money, a slacker tries to induce a heart attack in his invalid grandmother Read More »
Beltenebros / Prince of Shadows (1991) Pilar Miró, Terence Stamp, Patsy Kensit, José Luis Gómez

Captain Darman is a communist party hitman now living peacefully in exile in England where he runs a bookshop in Brighton. Read More »
Holiday Camp (1947) Ken Annakin, Flora Robson, Dennis Price, Jack Warner

Mr. and Mrs. Average British Family…if the average British family consists of a husband Read More »