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Contraband (1940) Michael Powell, Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, Hay Petrie

When a neutral Danish merchant ship is forced to put into port after trying to evade British wartime contraband control Read More »
Gift Horse (1952) Compton Bennett

In 1940, a mothballed American destroyer is commissioned in the Royal Navy. Read More »
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 »