A dramatization of Britain’s notorious Crippen murder case. American-born Hawley Harvey Crippen (nicknamed “Peter”), a mild-mannered Read More »
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Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) Terence Fisher, Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Andrew Keir
Two couples traveling in eastern Europe decide to visit Karlsbad despite dire local warnings. Read More »
The Homecoming (1973) Peter Hall, Ian Holm, Paul Rogers, Cyril Cusack
Max is a surly pensioner who alternately venerates and vilifies his dead wife. Sam, his brother, is a supercilious chauffeur. Read More »
Young Cassidy (1965) Jack Cardiff, John Ford, Rod Taylor, Julie Christie, Maggie Smith
In Dublin 1910, Johnny Cassidy, an impoverished idealist’s ambitions are restricted by the demands of looking after his family Read More »
Anti-Social (2015) Reg Traviss, Gregg Sulkin, Meghan Markle, Josh Myers
Dee is an anarchic street-artist confronting the system, Marcus is an armed robber on a jewellery store crime-wave. Read More »
Bless This House (1972) Gerald Thomas, Sidney James, Diana Coupland, Sally Geeson
1970s English suburbia: middle-aged homeowner Sid Abbot just wants to get on with building his illegal whisky still, but is frustrated by his workshy son, and otherworldly daughter. Read More »
The Devil Rides Out (1968) Terence Fisher, Christopher Lee, Charles Gray, Nike Arrighi
In the countryside of England, the Duc de Richleau a.k.a Nicholas welcomes his old friend Rex Van Ryn that has flown to meet him and Simon Aron Read More »
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951) Raoul Walsh, Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty
In 1807, Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship the HMS Lydia on a perilous voyage around Cape Horn and into the Pacific. Read More »
Raising the Wind (1961) Gerald Thomas, James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips, Paul Massie
A group of students at an elite music school decide to share a flat in order to cut their living costs and have somewhere to practice together. Read More »
The Secret Place (1957) Clive Donner, Belinda Lee, Ronald Lewis, Michael Brooke
A beautiful redhead becomes involved with a smalltime gang of hoodlums who plan and perform a daring diamond robbery. Read More »