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I Know Where I'm Going
(1945) [G]

Wendy Hiller takes the lead role in this classic romantic comedy as a sharp-witted young girl who intends to marry for money. But her mercenary plans go dramatically wrong when she finds herself stranded on a tiny island in the Hebrides and falls for a seemingly penniless young naval officer...  More

The Battle Of The River Plate
(1956) [G]

The Battle of the River Plate is a war film from the incomparable team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Ten days before before the outbreak of WW2, the German battleship Admiral Graf Spee sails with orders to carry out action against Allied merchant shipping in the South Atlantic....  More

A Night To Remember
(1958) [PG]

For many years Roy Baker's 1958 re-enactment of the greatest sea drama of the 20th Century - the sinking of RMS Titanic on April 14, 1912 has been considered the definitive movie version. Based on the book by Walter Lord, A NIGHT TO REMEMBER is told through the eyes of crew member, Second Officer...  More

That'll Be The Day
(1973) [M]

David Essex stars as Jim MacLaine, a rebellious working class lad desperate to trade his fairground job for a life of glamour in this rock 'n' roll revival. After being abandoned by his father as a child, Jim grows up to realise that exams and work are not for him. One day he chances upon a...  More

Carry On Cruising
(1962) [G]

About to set sail, Captain Crowther discovers that some of his crew have been replaced by inexperienced men. Like the doctor who has never sailed; the cook who can't cook; the steward who doesn't know how to mix a drink. With a crew like this, you are in for an uproarious time.

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Carry On Spying
(1964) [G]

The misadventures of a group of inept trainee spies on the trail of a secret formula misappropriated by a subversive organization known as S.T.E.N.C.H. It is a battle of halfwits; our heroes versus The Fat Men, The Head Waiter, Lila, the beautiful "agent provocateur" in the pay of S.N.O.G....  More

Blithe Spirit
(1945) [PG]

David Lean's classic screen version of Noel Coward's supernatural comedy. Rex Harrison plays novelist Charles Condomine who is plagued by the ghost of his sexy first wife Elvira (Kay Hammond). Second wife Ruth (Constance Cummings) doesn't believe him and brings in eccentric medium Madam Arcati...  More

Waltz Of The Toreadors
(1962) [M]

Peter Sellers stars as a lecherous old General in this whimsical British farce. General Fitzjohn is fond of pretty maidens, a failing that brings him his fair share of recrimination from his nagging wife (Margaret Leighton). What's more, there is one maiden fairer than the rest and for whom he...  More

Trial And Error
(1962) [G]

Powerful comedy drama written by John Mortimer. Trial & Error features witty dialogue and social satire as well as excellent performances from British Academy Award winner Peter Sellers and Oscar winner Richard Attenborough. Also starring Beryl Reid. After nearly 40 years of waiting for his big...  More

Never Let Go
(1960) [M]

John Cummings (Richard Todd) is one of life's near failures. A toiletry salesman, he buys a flash car he cannot afford to insure. When it is stolen by a gang running a car theft racket, he vows to retrieve it whatever the cost - his job, his family and his dignity. He begins to delve into a...  More