The Blue Lamp introduces PC George Dixon (Jack Warner), charged with showing new boy Andy Mitchell (Jimmy Hanley) the ropes. There is helping old ladies… Read More »The Blue Lamp (1949, Jack Warner, Dirk Bogarde)
In the year 1995 in New-Mexico a top secret project called Quantum Leap was invented and constructed by a brilliant quantum physicist Dr. Sam Beckett.… Read More »Quantum Leap (1989-1993, Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell)
Alan Bates and Hayley Mills star in enduring childhood fable Whistle Down The Wind. Three Lancashire children find a criminal hiding out in their barn… Read More »Whistle Down The Wind (1961, Alan Bates, Hayley Mills)
After being blacklisted in the States, director Cy Endfield made a new career in Britain. Energetic actioner Hell Drivers proved his best movie (although Zulu… Read More »Hell Drivers (1957, Stanley Baker, Patrick McGoohan)
Political intrigue and sexual jealousy in 1950s Saigon in Joseph Mankiewicz’s flawed yet engaging adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel. Michael Redgrave excels as the cynical… Read More »The Quiet American (1952, Audie Murphy, Michael Redgrave)
Masterly, atmospheric and downright chilling adaptation of Henry James’ classic short ghost story. Stars Deborah Kerr as the young governess tormented by the supernatural –… Read More »The Innocents (1961, Deborah Kerr, Michael Redgrave)
England, 1645: As the country tears itself apart in civil war, a witchfinder takes advantage of the lack of law and order to ply his… Read More »Witchfinder General (1968 | Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy)
As a noted critic once said of Judy Garland, ‘There’s no counterfeiting that sort of talent.’ The same compliment may be paid to Hayley Mills,… Read More »Tiger Bay (1959 | John Mills, Horst Buchholz)
Vintage British crime thriller Brighton Rock features a chilling turn from Richard Attenborough as a brutal teenage racketeer. Brighton Rock takes the US noir thriller… Read More »Brighton Rock (1948 | Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley)
Crisp, taut suspense thriller based on a story by talented old misery-guts, Graham Greene. Exquisitely crafted and superbly photographed, this is stone-cold quality. Adapted from the… Read More »Fallen Idol, The (1948 | Ralph Richardson, Jack Hawkins)