The Break
A group of inmates escape from Dartmoor prison. They hide out in the English country side but are doggedly chased by police.
You Can’t Escape
Novelist Peter Darwin is engaged to heiress Kay March. When he accidentally kills Claire, his former mistress, during a quarrel, he persuades a reluctant Kay to help him bury the…
P’tang, Yang, Kipperbang
Based on Jack Rosenthal’s childhood memories, Michael Apted’s film, set in the summer of 1948, features 14-year-old Alan who has just three wishes: that there will be lasting peace, that…
The Looking Glass War
From the John le Carre novel about a British spy who sends a Polish defector to East Germany to verify missile sites.
Paul Temple Returns
A serial killer terrorizes London. Each victim is found with a telegram signed “The Marquis.” There seems to be no other common thread between the victims, and Scotland Yard is…
Dunkirk
A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British…
Playing Away
To mark the conclusion of their “Third World Week” celebration, a cricket team in a small English village invites a black cricket team from South London to a charity game…
A Tale of Two Cities
Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lucie Manette. But Lucie loves and marries Charles Darnay, and remains oblivious to Carton’s undimmed devotion…
Happy Ever After
The whole village mourns when General O’Leary, owner of a hunting estate in South Ireland, is killed in an accident. His nephew, Jasper O’Leary, takes over the state and soon…
The Curse of Frankenstein
Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life’s secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to…
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire. In…
Danger Tomorrow
Foxhole in Cairo
A German spy in Cairo must report back to Rommel with information on British positions.
Restless Natives
Two lads in Edinburgh embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. They dress up in clown masks and act as modern highwaymen, robbing coach loads of tourists in the highlands….