The British writer Murray Byrne and his wife Eleanor stop to help two men Read More »
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Shiner (2000) John Irvin, Michael Caine, Martin Landau, Frances Barber
Billy Simpson is a shady boxing promoter in South London banned from legitimate fights. Read More »
The History of Mr. Polly (1949) Anthony Pelissier
Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father Read More »
Mamma Gógó (2010) Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Kristbjörg Kjeld, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Gunnar Eyjólfsson
Mamma Gógó is about Gógó, an elderly lady, who is diagnosed with Alzheimer disease and her son’s and family’s reaction to her illness. Read More »
The Gelignite Gang (1956) Francis Searle, Terence Fisher, Wayne Morris, Sandra Dorne, James Kenney
Insurance investigator Jimmy Baxter searches for a gang of jewel robbers. Read More »
A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) Carol Reed, Celia Johnson, Diana Dors, David Kossoff
In a lower-class London community of small shops, open-air vendors and flea-marketers Read More »
Wittgenstein (1993) Derek Jarman, Karl Johnson, Michael Gough, Tilda Swinton
A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born Read More »
To Dorothy a Son (1954) Muriel Box, Shelley Winters, John Gregson, Peggy Cummins
Under a complicated bequest from her uncle, Myrtle stands to inherit $2,000,000 if her ex-husband Read More »
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) Julie Christie, Peter Finch, Alan Bates, John Schlesinger
Based on Thomas Hardy’s 19th century novel, Bathsheba Everdene is a willful Read More »
29 Acacia Avenue (1945) Henry Cass, Gordon Harker, Betty Balfour, Jimmy Hanley
A middle-aged British couple are scheduled to go off on a holiday cruise in the Mediterranean. Read More »