
A ski-shop owner reluctantly moves himself, his wife, and his daughter to an estate as live-in help for an elderly widow. Read More »
Tag Archives: USA
The Offence (1973) Sidney Lumet, Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Vivien Merchant

In Sidney Lumet’s harrowing portrayal of police brutality, Detective Sergeant Johnson has been with the British Police Force for 20 years. Read More »
You Said a Mouthful (1932) Lloyd Bacon, Joe E. Brown, Ginger Rogers, Preston Foster

Both Joe E. Brown and Guinn Williams are named Joe Holt; Brown is a shipping clerk and Williams is a champion Canadian swimmer. Read More »
The Fiddler on the Roof (1971) Norman Jewison, Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Jews and Orthodox Christians live in the little village of Anatevka Read More »
Never a Dull Moment (1950) George Marshall

Kay Kingsley, a sophisticated and successful songwriter in New York City. falls in love with a widowed rancher Read More »
The Sand Pebbles (1966) Robert Wise, Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Candice Bergen

Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat U.S.S. San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary Read More »
The Last Stagecoach West (1957) Joseph Kane, Jim Davis, Mary Castle, Victor Jory

The coming of the railroad to Cedar City spells the end of the stagecoach as the government gives the mail contract to the fastest means of delivery. Read More »
The King and Four Queens (1956) Raoul Walsh, Clark Gable, Eleanor Parker, Jean Willes

Smooth cowboy Dan Kehoe arrives at a ranch run by an old widow and her four daughters-in-law. Read More »
Ondine (2009) Neil Jordan, Colin Farrell, Alicja Bachleda, Dervla Kirwan

On the coast of Cork, Syracuse is a divorced fisherman who has stopped drinking. Read More »
The Man in the Glass Booth (1975) Arthur Hiller, Maximilian Schell, Lois Nettleton, Lawrence Pressman

Arthur Goldman is a rich Jewish industrialist, living in luxury in a Manhattan high-rise. Read More »