Search results for "George Pollock"
The Net

The Net

The Net
IMDb: 5.6
86

A secret jet aircraft capable of traveling three times the speed of sound is being developed by a group of scientists. On the day of the test flight, one of…

Madeleine

Madeleine

Madeleine
IMDb: 6.9
114

The middle-class family of a young woman cannot understand why she delays in marrying a respectable young man. They know nothing about her long-standing affair with a Frenchman.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Don’t Panic Chaps!

Don’t Panic Chaps!

Don’t Panic Chaps!
IMDb: 5.7
85

During World War II, four British soldiers are commissioned to set up an observation post on a seemingly deserted island in the Mediterranean. However, while surveying the island, the Brits…

Genre: Comedy, War
Gaslight

Gaslight

Gaslight
IMDb: 7.4
84

Twenty years removed from Alice Barlow’s murder by a thief looking for her jewels, newlyweds Paul and Bella Mallen move into the very house where the crime was committed. Retired…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist
IMDb: 7.8
116

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he’s hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young…

Murder at the Gallop

Murder at the Gallop

Murder at the Gallop
IMDb: 7.3
81

Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don’t believe…

Murder Most Foul

Murder Most Foul

Murder Most Foul
IMDb: 7.2
90

A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she begins her own investigation.

Murder Ahoy

Murder Ahoy

Murder Ahoy
IMDb: 7.1
93

During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s been poisoned after finding a chemical on him. She sets off to investigate at…

Blithe Spirit

Blithe Spirit

Blithe Spirit
IMDb: 7.1
96

An English mystery novelist invites a medium to his home, so she may conduct a séance for a small gathering. The writer hopes to gather enough material for the book…

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
The Browning Version

The Browning Version

The Browning Version
IMDb: 8.2
90

Andrew Crocker-Harris has been forced from his position as the classics master at an English public school due to poor health. As he winds up his final term, he discovers…

Genre: Drama
Brief Encounter

Brief Encounter

Brief Encounter
IMDb: 8
86

Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship…

Genre: Drama, Romance
‘Pimpernel’ Smith

‘Pimpernel’ Smith

‘Pimpernel’ Smith
IMDb: 7.2
120

Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith (Howard) takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the…

Appointment with Venus

Appointment with Venus

Appointment with Venus
IMDb: 6.1
87

At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can’t prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. However, someone realises that a prize cow is on the islands and the…

Genre: Romance
Take My Life

Take My Life

Take My Life
IMDb: 6.9
79

When her husband is wrongly accused of murder, an opera singer sets out to find the real culprit.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
This Happy Breed

This Happy Breed

This Happy Breed
IMDb: 7.3
115

In 1919, Frank Gibbons returns home from army duty and moves into a middle-class row house, bringing with him wife Ethel, carping mother-in-law Mrs. Flint, sister-in-law Sylvia and three children….

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
The First of the Few

The First of the Few

The First of the Few
IMDb: 7
118

This 1942 fictionalized biopic chronicles the true story of how two of the most remarkable men in aviation history – visionary Spitfire designer R.J. Mitchell and his test pilot Geoffrey…

Genre: War
The Passionate Friends

The Passionate Friends

The Passionate Friends
IMDb: 7.3
90

A woman is torn between the love of her life, who is married to someone else, and her older husband.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Great Expectations

Great Expectations

Great Expectations
IMDb: 7.8
118

In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham,…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Murder She Said

Murder She Said

Murder She Said
IMDb: 7.4
87

Miss Marple believes she’s seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.

The Woman in Question

The Woman in Question

The Woman in Question
IMDb: 6.8
88

Director Anthony Asquith, working in the style of a Hitchcock whodunit, deftly moves between multiple points of view in this gritty look at life in a seaport town. Jean Kent…

Genre: Mystery
Ten Little Indians

Ten Little Indians

Ten Little Indians
IMDb: 6.7
90

Ten strangers are invited as weekend guests to a remote mountain mansion. When the host doesn’t show up, the guests start dying, one by one, in uniquely macabre Agatha Christie-style….