A Double Tour (Panitalia 1959)
Drama | Starring Jacques Dacqmine, Madeleine Robinson, Jean-Paul Belmondo, | Director: Claude Chabrol summary When affluent Henri Marcoux's mistress is murdered, the family suspects the milkman. Marcoux's daughter's fiancé thinks…
Chance of a Lifetime (Pilgrim 1951)
Drama | Starring Kenneth More, Basil Radford, Bernard Miles | Director: Bernard Miles summary Blue-collar satire by Bernard Miles Chance of a Lifetime depicts the outcome when the workers at…
Bartleby (Pantheon 1970)
Drama | Starring John McEnery, Paul Scofield | Director: Anthony Friedman summary The novella by Henry Melville, about a young clerk (McEnery) who gradually withdraws from life, makes it to…
Private’s Progress (British Lion 1956)
Comedy | Starring Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Richard Attenborough, | Director: John Boulting summary Private’s Progress was a Boulting Bros. comedy whose surprising success sparked a wave of imitators like "Brothers-in-Law"…
Brothers In Law (British Lion 1957)
Comedy | Starring Richard Attenborough, Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, | Director: John Boulting summary This legal comedy drama stars a bevy of British talent (Carmichael, Attenborough, Terry-Thomas etc.), with Carmichael as…
Half a Sixpence (Paramount 1967)
Musical | Starring Tommy Steele, Julia Foster, James Villiers, | Director: George Sidney summary Steele, once hailed as Britain's answer to Elvis before turning family-entertainment man, stars in this superficial…
A Bout de Souffle (SNC 1959)
Thriller | Starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, | Director: Jean-Luc Godard summary A low-level criminal takes a car without permission and kills a police motorcycle officer. On the run from…
Above Us The Waves (Rank 1955)
War Drama | Starring John Mills, John Gregson, Donald Sinden | Director: Ralph Thomas summary The German battleship Tirpitz posed the biggest danger to the British navy during World War…
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
The Hunt for Red October is a USA movie released in 1990. summary Alec Baldwin stars as CIA officer Jack Ryan, who becomes embroiled in a tense, volatile standoff between…
The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
The Bridge On The River Kwai is a UK movie released in 1957. summary Alec Guinness plays Colonel Nicholson, the commanding officer of British POWs in Burma, in David Lean's…