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Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
(1960) [G]

A family fleeing from the despotic regime of Napoleon is chased off course by a band of pirates. They are then shipwrecked on a tropical island where they begin a new and adventurous life. Based on the book by Johann Wyss.  More

Seven Days In May
(1964) [G]

It happens with startling swiftness and violence. An armed cadre seizes state control. Fortunately, a coup d'etat can't happen in America. Or can it? At odds are a popular general and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman and a President with a low public approval rating. At stake is the survival of the...  More

Operation Crossbow
(1965) [PG]

This is the story of the methods used to defeat Hitler's V1 (doodlebug) and V2 (rocket) "revenge weapons" towards the end of the second world war. Even though the Nazis were in retreat these weapons could have turned their defeat into victory. The film includes references to Hannah Reich, who in...  More

The Fall Of The Roman Empire
(1964) [G]

Producer Samuel Bronston's The Fall of the Roman Empire captures all the glory, grandeur and greed of a crumbling civilisation and brings to life a love story for all the ages...  More

In The Heat Of The Night
(1967) [M]

While traveling in the deep south, Virgil Tibbs, a black Philadelphia homicide detective, becomes unwittingly embroiled in the murder investigation of a prominent businessman when he is first accused of the crime - and then asked to solve it! Finding the killer proves to be difficult, however,...  More

Klute
(1971) [M]

Lots of guys swing with a call girl like Bree. One guy just wants to kill her. "I love inhibitions because they're so nice to get rid of," New York call girl Bree Daniels says. Her ordered life will soon veer wildly out of control. The man hearing her taped voice has gone far beyond inhibitions....  More

Steamboat Bill Jr.
(1928) [G]

STEAMBOAT BILL is William Canfield (Ernest Torrence), the larger-than-life owner of the stern-wheeler 'Stonewall Jackson' which he has operated successfully for many years with his first (and only) mate played by Tom Lewis. Almost all of the town is owned by entrepreneur and businessman J.J.King...  More

Blackboard Jungle
(1955) [PG]

A teacher in a New York slum school fights to win the respect of his pupils. The opening credits are backed by Bill Haley's 'Rock Around The Clock' - the first-ever use of rock music in a feature film.

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The Lion In Winter
(1968) [PG]

The year is 1183. King Henry II (Peter O'Toole) invites his wife Queen Eleanor (Katharine Hepburn), who has been long exiled, to join Henry and their three sons, Prince Richard the Lion-Hearted (Anthony Hopkins in his film debut), Prince Geoffrey, and Prince John, for a family reunion. Also in...  More

The Man From Laramie
(1955) [PG]

An intensely satisfying drama of rugged primitive justice, The Man From Laramie marked the final and finest collaboration of one of the most important teams in Western films: director Anthony Mann and star Jimmy Stewart. Under Mann’s superb direction, Stewart departs from his well-loved...  More