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Cromwell (1970)
Director: Ken Hughes
Starring: Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley
Richard Harris plays the fiery Oliver Cromwell in this Hollywood story of the 17th century Englishman determined to rid England of tyrannical rule. Al... Read more
The Private Life Of Henry VIII (1933)
Director: Alexander Korda
Starring: Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Merle Oberon
Charles Laughton is brilliant as the British monarch, set amid the indulgent atmosphere of the 16th century. Politics, statesmanship and international... Read more
Mayerling (1968)
Director: Terence Young
Starring: Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, Ava Gardner, James Mason
This remake of the 1937 French film stars Omar Sharif as the Prince of Hapsberg, who defies his father by leaving his royal lifestyle and joining in s... Read more
The Spy in Black (1939)
Director: Michael Powell
Starring: Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, Sebastian Shaw
Aka "U-Boat". An unusual espionage cum-romance story of German agent Conrad Veidt and his love affair with British agent Valerie Hobson. This was Emer... Read more
The Wind Cannot Read (1958)
Director: Ralph Thomas
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Yoko Tani, Ronald Lewis, John Fraser
A tearful British star crossed romance effort set against the backdrop of World War II. RAF officer Dirk Bogarde is assigned to learn Japanese in orde... Read more
A Town Like Alice (1956)
Director: Jack Lee
Starring: Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch, Maureen Swanson
Based on Neville Shute's internationally bestselling WWII tale about Japanese oppression of female British POWs in Malaysia. Virginia McKenna, Peter F... Read more
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
Director: Ralph Thomas
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Dorothy Tutin, Cecil Parker
A faithful retelling of the Dickens story in this well-made British production, with Dirk Bogarde a good Sydney Carton. Read more
Sabotage (1936)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Sylvia Sidney, Oscar Homolka, John Loder
Based on Joseph Conrad's 'Secret Agent' in which Sylvia Sidney suspects her husband, a theatre manager, is keeping something from her - he is a sabote... Read more
Frenzy (1972)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt
A great Hitchcock thriller: the wrong man is suspected when his wife is murdered. Full of Hitchcock's humour, the film stars Alec McCowen, Vivien Merc... Read more
Behind the Lines ( Regeneration ) (1997)
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, James Wilby, Jonny Lee Miller, Stuart Bunce
A Scottish military hospital in World War I is the setting for this unusual and gripping drama based on Pat Barker's novel 'Regeneration'. Psychiatris... Read more