
The story of four people directly and indirectly involved with the murder of a female blackmailer. Read More »
Tag Archives: UK
Fear of Fanny (2006) Coky Giedroyc, Julia Davis, Mark Gatiss, Jason Watkins

In the black and white days of post-war British television, Fanny Cradock Read More »
The Rebel (1961) Robert Day, Tony Hancock, George Sanders, Paul Massie

Anthony Hancock gives up his office job to become an abstract artist. Read More »
Cone of Silence (1960) Charles Frend, Michael Craig, Peter Cushing, Bernard Lee

A seasoned pilot is condemned for an error which causes a crash. Read More »
Androcles and the Lion (1952) Chester Erskine, Nicholas Ray, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Alan Young

Androcles is a Christian who follows that religion’s teachings even as they apply to the treatment of animals. Read More »
Double Exposure (1954) John Gilling, John Bentley, Rona Anderson, Garry Marsh

A lady photographer clicks a few revealing pix at the home of a wealthy woman. Read More »
Treasure Island (1986) Raúl Ruiz, Vic Tayback, Martin Landau, Anna Karina

Raúl Ruiz’s fabulist modern-day riff on Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel. Read More »
A Severed Head (1971) Dick Clement, Lee Remick, Richard Attenborough, Ian Holm

The wine taster and merchant Martin Lynch-Gibbon is married to the shallow Read More »
Porridge (1979) Dick Clement, Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton Mackay

This prison comedy is based on the popular British television series of the same name. Read More »
Doss House (1933) John Baxter, Frank Cellier, Arnold Bell, Herbert Franklyn

An escaped convict is on the loose, and the police are searching all the doss-houses Read More »