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The Man in Grey 1943 At an estate auction in WWII England, two strangers meet and muse about their families history and possible connections Flashbacks reveal the story of the sweet, rich, and beautiful Clarissa Richmond and her friendship with bitter, impoverished Hesther Shaw Their fates are inter

Great Expectations 1974 Charles Dickens classic tale of Pip, a poor orphan who befriends an escaped convict and who grows up in the company of a bitter old woman, Miss Havisham, and her haughty young ward, Estella Pip learns the rewards of both vindictiveness and gratitude as a result of these event

One Way Street 1950 Shortly after a bank robbery, gangster John Wheeler and his henchmen hide in a small apartment, awaiting for the rest of the gang to arrive Also in the apartment are Wheelers girlfriend, Laura and the gangs surgeon, Dr Frank Matson Wheeler asks Dr Matson for a few headache pills

The Sea Gull 1968 Aging actress Irina Arkadina pays summer visits to her brother Pjotr Nikolayevich Sorin and her son Konstantin on a country estate On one occasion, she brings along Boris Trigorin, a successful novelist Nina, a free and innocent girl on a neighboring estate, falls in love with Trig

Face to Face 1952 Two stories In the first, a sea captain has to conceal a mans presence aboard ship from his crew In the second, a Wild West lawman has to deal with a troublemaker bent on bloodshed before he can concentrate on matrimony

The Seventh Veil 1945 One dark summer night, Francesca Cunningham, a once world famed pianist, escapes from her hospital room and tries to commit suicide by jumping off a local bridge She is rescued and taken back to the hospital and undergoes psychological treatment by Dr Larsen Larsen, desperately

Mayerling 1968 Its the late nineteenth century Austria The Emperor Franz Joseph and his son, the Crown Prince, Archduke Rudolf, have never seen eye to eye While the Emperor retains the traditions of the empire in the rapidly changing world keeping it a police state, Rudolf is liberal, wanting to see

The Prisoner of Zenda 1952 English trout fisher Rudolf Rassendyll is about the only tourist not coming for the coronation of Central European King Rudolf V at Strelsau, but happens to be a distant relative and is approached on account of their canning resemblance to stand in for the drunken king, in

The Water Babies 1978 This story is about a 12 year old boy who discovers a complex underwater world where young children are held prisoner by an evil shark and an eel Before he can return to the surface and clear his name, however, he must help the Water Babies leave their enclosed lake and reach t

Genghis Khan 1965 Mostly fictionalized account of the life of Genghis Khan Omar Sharif, the Mongol warlord whose thirteenth century armies conquered much of the known world Named Temujin Carlo Cura, he was taken prisoner by the rival warlord Jamuga Stephen Boyd, and as punishment, was forced to wear

Hot Stuff 1976 A cop pursues the Mob for revenge as well as personal honor

Lord Jim 1965 James Burke, after distinguishing himself as a midshipman in the British merchant marine, rapidly rises to the rank of executive officer, second in command of a ship A broken foot necessitates that he be put ashore to heal After his recovery, the very proud Jim his pride rooted in his

The Last of Sheila 1973 Sheila Green Yvonne Romain is killed in a hit and run car accident while walking home from a party one night A year later, her multi millionaire husband, Clinton James Coburn, invites a group of friends James Mason, Raquel Welch, Dyan Cannon, Richard Benjamin, Joan Hackett, a

Caught (1949) It was Leonora Eames' childhood dream come true. She had married Smith Ohlrig, a man worth millions. But her innocent dream became a nightmare once she realizes the truth about her husband - he is power mad and insane! Since he will not grant her a divorce, she leaves her life of luxur

Frankenstein: The True Story (1973) When the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge.

East Side, West Side (1949) Brandon and Jessie Bourne have a long, apparently happy marriage. Several years earlier Brandon had had an affair with a younger woman, Isabel Lorrison, who's now returned to New York intending to re-kindle the relationship. Meanwhile, Jessie is attracted to Mark Dwyer, a

The Slaughterhouse Killer (2020) A passion for slaughter keeps Box in line at the local abattoir where he can quench his thirst for blood. When Nathan, a young parolee arrives in town, Box is instructed to take him under ...

A Touch of Larceny (1960) Philandering Commander Max Easton, now desk-bound and under-worked in the Admiralty, finds he suddenly needs to make some money when he falls for American Virginia Killain. When he hatches a plot to disappear in circumstances that suggest he has defected and then return to

The Deadly Affair (1967) After Charles Dobbs, a security officer, has a friendly chat with Samuel Fennan from the Foreign Office, the man commits suicide. An anonymous typed letter had been received accusing Fennan of being a Communist during his days at Oxford and their chat while walking in the pa

Childs Play (1972) Paul Reis returns to the exclusive Catholic prep school he graduated from nine years earlier as a gym teacher. He is reunited with his former mentor and English teacher, the affable and gregarious Joseph Dobbs, the most popular member of the faculty and advisor to the junior class

Kidnap Syndicate (1975) Based on an actual event "The Kidnap Syndicate" is the story of two boys, one from a rich family and the other from a poor family, who are kidnapped and held for ransom.

The Flower in His Mouth (1975) A female school teacher is implicated in a murder in a Sicilian town only hours after her arrival. The dead man insulted her on the bus on the way into town. As the mystery unfolds, it becomes clear that the town is hiding some very sinister secrets.

Duffy (1968) Duffy is a cunning aristocrat of criminals who is hired by Stefane, a young playboy, to hijack a boat carrying several million dollars of his father's fortune. The plot succeeds, with a little help from Segolene, Stefane's girlfriend - but also with an unexpected, sudden turn of events.

The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) At the height of his fame (his plays being much celebrated in London in the 1890's), Oscar Wilde angers the Marquis of Queensberry by having what is whispered and gossiped as a romantic relationship with Queensberry's son, twenty years Wilde's junior. When Queensberr

A Place of Ones Own (1945) An elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to live with the pair as a companion for the wife. However, soon the girl is possessed by the spirit of another girl, a wealthy woman who had once lived in the house but who had been

The Blue Max (1966) The tactics of a German fighter pilot offend his aristocratic comrades but win him his country's most honored medal, the Blue Max. The General finds him useful as a hero even though his wife also finds him useful as a love object. In the end the General arranges for him to test-f

Forever, Darling (1956) Susan and Lorenzo have been married for over five years and they are starting to drift apart. So into her life comes an angel, which only Susan can see, to tell her that there will be trouble ahead if they do not work out their problems. Lorenzo is developing insecticide #383

Autobiography of a Princess (1975) On the anniversary of her father's death, an Indian princess (Madhur Jaffrey) celebrates his memory in her London apartment by having tea and showing a selection of home movies to her guest...

Spring and Port Wine (1970) A stern father and lenient mother try to deal with the ups and downs of their four children's lives in working class Bolton.

Island in the Sun (1957) Set during the 1950s on a British-ruled Caribbean island, this drama deals with local politics, interracial relationships, social inequality, racism, adultery and murder.

Captive Audience (1962) A mystery novelist sends a series of weird audiotapes to his publisher. On the first tape, the author boasts that the publisher won't be able to discern if the story he narrates is the history of an imminent murder - or a mere fantasy. The author tells of his brief marriage e

Bloodline (1979) Sam Roffe, president of a multi-national pharmaceutical corporation, is killed while mountain-climbing. It is first determined to be an accident, but Inspector Max Hormung later deduces that Roffe was murdered. Sam's daughter Elizabeth assumes control of the company, and while trave

The Pumpkin Eater (1964) Film screenwriter Jake Armitage and his wife Jo Armitage live in London with six of Jo's eight children, with the two eldest boys at boarding school. The children are spread over Jo's three marriages, with only the youngest being Jake's biological child, although he treats t

Inside Out (1975) Thirty years after the end of WW2 a team of ex-GIs and ex-German soldiers plans to go behind the Iron Curtain, in Soviet controlled East Germany, in order to locate and retrieve a hidden Nazi treasure.However, the only man who knows the exact location of the Nazi loot is a Nazi war

Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! (1971) Interpol investigates the freelance killings of drug and porn peddlers.

The Wicked Lady (1945) 17th-century beauty Barbara Worth starts her career of crime by stealing her best friend's bridegroom. Her next exploit is to recover gambling losses by donning mask and cloak and taking to the roads as a highwayman! The thrill of these ventures proves addictive...especially w

Julius Caesar (1953) Brutus, Cassius, and other high-ranking Romans murder Caesar, because they believe his ambition will lead to tyranny. The people of Rome are on their side until Antony, Caesar's right-hand man, makes a moving speech. The conspirators are driven from Rome, and two armies are form

The Man Between (1953) In post-World War II Berlin, the British Susanne Mallison travels to Berlin to visit her older brother Martin Mallison, a military who married German Bettina Mallison. The naive Susanne snoops on Bettina and suspects she is hiding a something from her brother. When Susanne mee

The MacKintosh Man (1973) Joseph Rearden takes the fall for a robbery and winds up in the Scrubs. From there he escapes in the company of a convicted spy and is taken to a remote manor at an unknown location where he is kept isolated. He overpowers his guard and flees, but nothing is quite what it s

11 Harrowhouse (1974) A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen from him, he is blackmailed into pulling off a major heist at the Diamond Exchange, located at 11 Harrowhouse.

CopOut (1967) John Sawyer, once an eminent barrister, has slid into a life of cynicism and drunkenness since his wife left him. When his daughter's boyfriend is accused of murder, Sawyer decides to try to pull himself together and defend him in court.

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951) Albert Lewin's interpretation of the legend of the Flying Dutchman. In a little Spanish seaport named Esperanza, during the 30s, appears Hendrick van der Zee, the mysterious captain of a yacht (he is the only one aboard). Pandora is a beautiful woman (who men k

The Reckless Moment (1949) In the charming community of Balboa 50 miles from Los Angeles, middle-class housewife Lucia Harper travels to Los Angeles to meet scoundrel, Ted Darby. Her seventeen year-old daughter Beatrice is in love with Ted. He asks for money to leave Bea, but Lucia refuses to give a

The Destructors (1974) When a US intelligence agent is unable to bring a ruthless drug baron to justice, he resorts to hiring a contract killer. But the man he is put in contact with turns out to be an old friend.

Prince Valiant (1954) Young Prince Valiant, son of the exiled King of Scandia, journeys to Camelot to become a knight at King Arthur's Round Table. He hopes to help his father reclaim his throne from the pagan Viking usurper Sligon and restore the Christian faith to their homeland. On his journey he

Odd Man Out (1947) Johnny McQueen, leader of a clandestine Irish organization, has been hiding in the house of Kathleen and her mother, planning a hold-up that will provide his group with the funds needed to continue its activities. During the hold-up, things go sour: Johnny is wounded, cannot make

Age of Consent (1969) An elderly artist thinks he has become too stale and is past his prime. His friend (and agent) persuades him to go to an off-shore island to try once more. On the island he rediscovers his muse in the form of a young girl.

The Passage (1979) During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees. While being pursued by a sadistic German.