In 1940, a mothballed American destroyer is commissioned in the Royal Navy. Read More »
Tag Archives: UK
Station Six-Sahara (1963) Seth Holt, Carroll Baker, Peter van Eyck, Ian Bannen
In the Sahara, at an oil pipeline pumping station belonging to Medina Oil Company, five technicians man the facility. Read More »
Extreme Ops (2002) Christian Duguay, Rufus Sewell, Devon Sawa, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras
A film crew travels to the Austrian Alps near the (former) Yugoslav border to film three extreme sports Read More »
The Citadel (1938) King Vidor, Robert Donat, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Richardson
Andrew Manson, a young, enthusiastic doctor takes his first job in a Welsh mining town Read More »
The Big Swap (1998) Niall Johnson, Anthony Edridge, Sorcha Brooks, Richard Cherry
Prompted by one of their number, who had previously indulged, five mature thirty-something couples Read More »
For Them That Trespass (1949) Alberto Cavalcanti, Stephen Murray, Richard Todd, Patricia Plunkett
In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examining his subjects first-hand. Read More »
Diverted (2009) Alex Chapple, Shawn Ashmore, David Suchet, Joanne Whalley
On September 11th, 2001, 38 planes headed to New York City were diverted to Gander, Newfoundland, Canada. Read More »
Love Is a Splendid Illusion (1970) Tom Clegg, Simon Brent, Andrée Flamand, Lisa Collings
While on holiday in Italy with his wife, Amanda (Lisa Collings), Christian (Simon Brent) Read More »
We Dive at Dawn (1943) Anthony Asquith, John Mills, Louis Bradfield, Ronald Millar
The crew of submarine H.M.S. Sea Tiger have their leave (and assorted family problems) Read More »
Great Day (1945) Lance Comfort, Eric Portman, Flora Robson, Sheila Sim
In the English village of Denley, the Women’s Institute (a wartime program channeling village products to the troops) Read More »