Lewis Gilbert’s classic comedy drama portrays the antics of a British Army Searchlight Squad during World War II. Read More »
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Vessel of Wrath / The Beachcomber (1938) Erich Pommer, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Robert Newton, Drama, Adventure
Ginger Ted, AKA Edward Claude Wilson (Charles Laughton) a drunkard and womanizer, and Miss Jones,(Elsa Lanchester) a missionary, live in the Alas Islands. Read More »
Inspector Hornleigh (1939) Eugene Forde, Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim, Miki Hood
When a landlady finds one of her tenants murdered, Inspector Hornleigh is sent to investigate. Read More »
Information Received (1961) Robert Lynn, Sabine Sesselmann, William Sylvester, Hermione Baddeley, Crime, Drama
In this crime drama, a band of robbers hire a Yankee safecracker but he is captured and arrested by Scotland Yard before he gets there. Read More »
It’s a Wonderful World (1956) Val Guest, Terence Morgan, George Cole, Kathleen Harrison, Musical, Comedy
Two aspiring songwriters finally manage to sell a tune by claiming that it was composed by a reclusive musical genius. Read More »
The Impersonator (1960) Alfred Shaughnessy, John Crawford, Jane Griffiths, Patricia Burke, Mystery
In a small English town a schoolmistress meets a sergeant from the nearby U.S. airforce base and they decide on a date. Read More »
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 »