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Tag Archives: UK
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
A chronicle of events that led to the British involvement in the Crimean War against Russia Read More »
Arthur? Arthur! (1969) Samuel Gallu, Terry-Thomas
The inventor of sure-fire failures leads such an abysmal life Read More »
Yesterday’s Hero (1979) Neil Leifer
A has-been, alcoholic former football superstar decides to make a comeback. Read More »
The Lover (1992) Jean-Jacques Annaud, Jane March
It is French Colonial Vietnam in 1929. A young French girl from a family that is having Read More »
Women of Twilight (1952) Gordon Parry
Unmarried nightclub singer, Vivanne Bruce, is thrown on her own when her lover Read More »
Waltzes from Vienna (1934) Alfred Hitchcock
Schani, Johan Strauss Jr., is forced by his father to forget music and to work in a bakery. Read More »
Sweeney! (1977) David Wickes, John Thaw
Cinematic spin-off from the popular TV series. Hard-bitten Flying Squad officer Jack Regan Read More »
A Voyage Round My Father (1982) Alvin Rakoff
Before creating the beloved courtroom drama Rumpole of the Bailey, writer John Mortimer Read More »
Mapantsula (1988) Oliver Schmitz
Mapantsula tells the story of Panic, a petty gangster who inevitably becomes caught Read More »