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Watch Your Stern (1960) Gerald Thomas, Kenneth Connor, Eric Barker, Leslie Phillips
When the details of a secret torpedo are destroyed by an incompetent seaman Read More »
Exposé (1976) James Kenelm Clarke, Udo Kier, Linda Hayden, Fiona Richmond
A novelist (Udo Kier) hires a quiet British country house so that he can work on finishing his latest novel. Read More »
The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) Terence Fisher, Anton Diffring, Hazel Court, Christopher Lee
A remake of “The Man in Half Moon Street” (1945) (qv.). Dr. Bonner plans to live forever through periodic gland transplants from younger, healthier human victims. Read More »
Everything Is Rhythm (1936) Alfred J. Goulding, Harry Roy, Princess Pearl, Dorothy Boyd
Harry Roy/Wade and his band finally find their way to success when they are hired to perform at a big hotel. Read More »
Desperate Characters (1971) Frank D. Gilroy, Shirley MacLaine, Kenneth Mars, Sada Thompson
Sophie and Otto Bentwood are set in their ways. And unsettled in their hearts. Read More »
Married/Unmarried (2001) Noli, Paolo Seganti, Ben Daniels, Gina Bellman
Controversial British drama about two couples experiencing dissatisfaction with their relationships and their attitudes to sex. Read More »
The End of the Affair (1955) Edward Dmytryk, Deborah Kerr, Van Johnson, John Mills
In wartorn London Maurice Bendrix falls in love with neighbor Sarah Miles. Read More »
The Night of the Generals (1967) Anatole Litvak, Peter O’Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay
In 1942, in Warsaw, a Polish prostitute is murdered in a sadistic way. Read More »
The Angelic Conversation (1985) Derek Jarman, Phillip Williamson, Judi Dench, Dave Baby
An unseen woman recites Shakespeare’s sonnets – fourteen in all – as a man wordlessly seeks his heart’s desire. Read More »