In 1940 Sally Maitland is forced to leave England, ostracised as a Nazi sympathiser by everyone including her well-to-do family. Read More »
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The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972) Lionel Jeffries, Laurence Naismith, Graham Crowden, Dorothy Alison, Family, Mystery, Fantasy
A mysterious, very old solicitor Mr. Blunden visits Mrs. Allen and her young children in her squalid, tiny Camden Town flat and makes her an offer she cannot refuse. Read More »
Split Second (1992) Tony Maylam, Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, Alastair Duncan, Action, Crime, Horror
In a futuristic London, the rising sea levels mean that large areas are under feet of water. Hauer plays a cop who previously lost his partner to some strange creature. Now the creature is back and its after him.
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Smokescreen (1964) Jim O’Connolly, Peter Vaughan, John Carson, Yvonne Romain, Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a blazing car goes over the cliff to the east of Brighton an insurance investigator is sent to the coast to poke around. Read More »
Dilemma (1962) Peter Maxwell, Peter Halliday, Ingrid Hafner, Patricia Burke, Drama, Thriller
Respectable schoolmaster returns from work on the eve of a wedding anniversary holiday to find a strange man dead in their bathroom and his wife missing. Read More »
Futtocks End (1970) Bob Kellett, Michael Hordern, Ronnie Barker, Roger Livesey, Comedy
In this ‘silent’ sound-effect comedy, Ronnie Barker stars as General Futtock who has a motley group of guests stay at his country estate for the weekend. Read More »
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) Val Guest, Brian Donlevy, Jack Warner, Margia Dean, Horror, Sci-Fi
In the countryside of London, a rocket crashes on a farm and Professor Bernard Quatermass and Scotland Yard Inspector Lomax arrive in the spot. Read More »
Peter’s Friends (1992) Kenneth Branagh, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Seven friends in an acting troupe graduate from Cambridge University in 1982 and go their separate ways. Read More »
Alice in Wonderland (1966) Jonathan Miller, Anne-Marie Mallik, Freda Dowie, Jo Maxwell Muller, Drama, Family, Fantasy
There have been numerous film adaptations of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, over the years. Read More »
The Stud (1978) Quentin Masters, Joan Collins, Oliver Tobias, Sue Lloyd, Drama, Romance
Fontaine Khaled is the wife of a wealthy but boring businessman. She spends his money on her nightclub, the hobo, and partying. Read More »