
During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. Read More »
Tag Archives: UK
Where There’s a Will (1955) Vernon Sewell, Kathleen Harrison, George Cole, Leslie Dwyer, Comedy

A Cockney family inherit a ramshackle Devon farm. The rest of the family don’t want to leave London but the father insists and off they go, to face the unknown. Read More »
Onegin (1999) Martha Fiennes, Ralph Fiennes, Liv Tyler, Toby Stephens, Drama, Romance

In the opulent St. Petersburg of the Empire period, Eugene Onegin is a jaded but dashing aristocrat – a man often lacking in empathy, who suffers from restlessness, melancholy and, finally, regret. Read More »
Landfall (1949) Ken Annakin, Michael Denison, Patricia Plunkett, Edith Sharpe, Drama, War

Rick (Michael Denison) is a costal command pilot patrolling the English Channel for U-Boats. Read More »
Light Up the Sky! (1960) Lewis Gilbert, Ian Carmichael, Tommy Steele, Benny Hill, Comedy, Drama

Lewis Gilbert’s classic comedy drama portrays the antics of a British Army Searchlight Squad during World War II. Read More »
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

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 »