A mother and daughter hatch a scheme to murder their family’s domineering and sadistic patriarch. Read More »
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Johnny Nobody (1961) Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell, William Bendix
When the atheistic ranting of Irish-American author James Mulcahy upsets the inhabitants of the Irish village to which he has retired, a mob threatens him. Read More »
The Divided Heart (1954) Charles Crichton, Cornell Borchers, Yvonne Mitchell, Armin Dahlen
A three-year-old orphan is adopted by a German couple shortly after World War II. Read More »
The Queen of Spades (1949) Thorold Dickinson, Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans, Yvonne Mitchell
An elderly countess strikes a bargain with the devil and exchanges her soul for the ability to always win at cards. Read More »
Sapphire (1959) Basil Dearden, Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig, Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1950s London racial hostility to Commonweath immigrants is openly paraded. A pregnant girl, initially assumed to be white, is murdered. Read More »
Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957) J. Lee Thompson, Yvonne Mitchell, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms, Drama, Romance
Amy and Jim Preston have been married for twenty years but, in her husband’s eyes, she has become sloppy both about the house and herself. Read More »
Yield to the Night (1956) J. Lee Thompson, Diana Dors, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig, Drama
A young woman who has been abused and taken advantage of by all the men in her life, finally finds a man she believes truly loves her, but she snaps when she finds out that he, too, is cheating on her, and she kills her boyfriend’s mistress.
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Conspiracy of Hearts (1960) Ralph Thomas, Lilli Palmer, Sylvia Syms, Yvonne Mitchell
In wartime Italy nuns in a convent regularly smuggle Jewish children out of a nearby internment camp. The Italian army officer in charge suspects what may be going on but deliberately turns a blind eye. When the Germans take over the camp security the nuns’ activities become far more dangerous.
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