
In Liverpool, twenty-seven-year-old hairdresser Rita (Dame Julie Walters) decides to complete her basic education before having children Read More »
Tag Archives: UK
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 »
The Man in the White Suit (1951) Alexander Mackendrick, Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker

Sidney Stratton, a humble inventor, develops a fabric which never gets dirty or wears out. Read More »
The Gentle Gunman (1952) Basil Dearden, John Mills, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Beatty

I.R.A. member Terry (Sir John Mills) modifies his violent views after working undercover in wartime London. Read More »
The Woman in Question (1950) Anthony Asquith, Jean Kent, Dirk Bogarde, John McCallum

When a fairground fortune-teller, Agnes (Jean Kent), is found strangled in her apartment Read More »
Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1973) Peter Medak, Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Anthony Franciosa

A pirate crewman kills his captain after learning where he has hidden his buried treasure. Read More »