A group of misfit soldiers are desperately trying to fiddle themselves some leave. Instead they wrangle a posting to the British Middle-East protectorate of Darawa. Read More »
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The Good Companions (1933) Victor Saville, Jessie Matthews, Edmund Gwenn, John Gielgud, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Film musical taken from JB Priestley’s novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.
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The Safety of Objects (2001) Rose Troche, Glenn Close, Dermot Mulroney, Mary Kay Place, Drama
A series of overlapping stories about four suburban families dealing with different maladies. Read More »
Be My Guest (1965) Lance Comfort, David Hemmings, Steve Marriott, John Pike, Drama, Music
A family inherits a seaside hotel and has trouble filling it up until their son’s rock group begins packing ’em in. Read More »
Saint Joan (1957) Otto Preminger, Richard Widmark, Richard Todd, Anton Walbrook, Biography, Drama, History
Young Joan of Arc comes to the palace in France to make The Dauphin King of France and is appointed to head the French Army. Read More »
Flat Two (1962) Alan Cooke, Bernard Archard, David Bauer, Ann Bell, Crime, Drama
When Louba, a crooked casino owner blackmails a young female gambler, her boyfriend breaks into Louba’s flat to confront him Read More »
The Way Ahead (1944) Carol Reed, David Niven, Stanley Holloway, James Donald, War, Drama
A group of conscripts are called up into the infantry during WWII. Read More »
McVicar (1980) Tom Clegg, Roger Daltrey, Adam Faith, Cheryl Campbell, Crime, Drama
‘John McVicar’ was a London Bad Boy. He graduated to armed bank robbery and was Britain’s “Public Enemy No. 1”. He was captured and put into a high security prison. Read More »
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947) Alberto Cavalcanti, Derek Bond, Cedric Hardwicke, Mary Merrall, Drama
Nineteenth century England. When Nicholas Nickleby’s father dies and leaves his family destitute, his uncle, the greedy moneylender Read More »
Knights and Emeralds (1986) Ian Emes, Christopher Wild, Beverly Hills, Warren Mitchell, Drama, Music
A white boy lives in a racially divided town. The only thing he cares about is playing his drums. Read More »