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Hard Times
Hard Times, Charles Dickens’ great novel of 1854, paints a scathing portrait of the harsh living and working conditions endured by the urban working class in Victorian Britain, and of the political and economic system that perpetuated them. -
After Henry - Series 3
Dopo Henry è nato da una serie di Radio 4, con Prunella Scales, la serie descrive la vita di una vedova di 42 anni e la sua turbolenta vita familiare. -
You Can't Escape
Robert Urquhart, Guy Rolfe and BAFTA nominee Noelle Middleton feature in the cast of this complex crime drama – presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements. Filmed in the 1.33:1 aspect ratio, You Can't Escape was framed for 1.66:1 for those theatres that at the time could exhibit widescreen images. Both versions are included on this release.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 body in a wood. When the body is found and with the truth close to being uncovered, Darwin resorts to desperate actions to cover his crime...SPECIAL FEATURES:Full-Frame Version Original Theatrical Trailer Image Gallery -
The Stolen Assignment
Directed by future Hammer stalwart Terence Fisher, this entertaining, light-hearted crime thriller centres around the adventures of sleuthing reporters Mike Billings (John Bentley) and Jenny Drew (Hy Hazell) as they try to unravel the alibi of a suspected murderer... Stolen Assignment is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Henry Crossley is an artist whose wife is spending a week's holiday with her aunt. But when her aunt comes to see him, worried because her niece has not arrived, a police investigation into her disappearance begins. It seems that Henry was fully occupied at the time his wife went missing; but is his alibi completely truthful? -
The Intruder
An excellent early feature from future Bond director Guy Hamilton, this engaging, emphatically human drama boasts outstanding performances from Jack Hawkins, as a distinguished former officer, and Michael Medwin, as the wartime hero he endeavours to save from a life of crime. Featuring strong support from Dennis Price, and George Cole, The Intruder is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Wolf Merton, a London stockbroker with a fine war record as colonel of a tank regiment, has since lost touch with all the men who served under his wartime command. One evening he returns to his Belgravia home to find that there is an intruder in the house – a young armed thug called Ginger Edwards, who he remembers well as one of the most fearless and spirited troopers under his leadership. But why has Ginger taken up housebreaking? And will Merton be able to help him to return to a more honourable way of life?SPECIAL FEATURESOriginal Theatrical Trailer Image Gallery -
Our Man in Marrakesh
A traveller making a journey to the exotic Moroccan capital finds himself enmeshed in a web of suspicion and counter-espionage in this star-studded spy thriller with a difference!Odd Couple star Tony Randall is the American tourist whose eagerly awaited vacation turns into a potentially deadly adventure; Herbert Lom, Terry-Thomas and Austrian-born star Senta Berger are among the assorted spies and villains with whom he unwittingly tangles, with Klaus Kinski in suitably menacing form as the sinister stranger who tracks his every move.Directed by Hammer Films veteran Don Sharp and scripted from a story by British B-movie mogul Harry Alan Towers (under his regular pen-name 'Peter Welbeck'), Our Man in Marrakesh is a colourful blend of humour, glamour and intrigue, presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements.SPECIAL FEATURES:Original Theatrical Trailer Image GalleryPromotional Material PDF> -
Biddy
Featuring acclaimed actress and theatre director Celia Bannerman in the title role, Biddy takes a nostalgic journey into the delicate and loving life of a nursery maid in Victorian England; it is a warm, sometimes poignant film that celebrates the powerful relationships between Biddy and the young children that are placed in her gentle care as they grow into adulthood.Earning Bannerman an award at the Moscow Film Festival, this exquisite, intensely human film is written, directed and produced by the multiple Oscar and BAFTA-nominated team of Christine Edzard and Richard Goodwin – founder-directors of internationally renowned production company Sands Films. It is available here in a brand-new transfer in its original aspect ratio from original film elements.Bonus Features: Image Gallery Original brochure PDF -
Intimate Relations
This wry, charming, romantic comedy features a marvellously caddish turn from Garry Marsh as a philandering husband whose wife proves to be every bit as adept as he in the art of deception! Also starring the lovely June Clyde and '30s comedy legend Moore Marriott, with music from acclaimed British bandleader Lew Stone, Intimate Relations is presented here in a brandnew transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.George Gommery enjoys slipping up to town to see some little actress, and never suspects that his wife can play the same game just as well as he can. Or at least, he never suspects until he tells his wife that her lover is engaged to the woman whom he has been entertaining in London... -
Someone at the Door
When Sally inherits a country house, her young brother Ronald, an aspiring journalist, hits on a sensational way to make his first big scoop: Sally will 'disappear', and he will be arrested for her murder! At his trial she will reappear, his acquittal will follow, and he will be able to supply his paper with an exclusive story. Sally and her fiance, Bill, fall in with the scheme. However, there are complications which they had not foreseen...This humorous thriller was among several ’30s films featuring Aileen Marson, a tragically short-lived British actress whose career briefly flourished on both sides of the Atlantic. Marson’s co-stars include impeccable comedic actor and singer Billy Milton, and veteran screen villain Noah Beery; the film is directed by leading silent-era director/actor/writer Herbert Brenon – nominated for Best Director at the very first Academy Awards ceremony in 1927. Someone at the Door is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. -
Walk a Tightrope
Happiness is a tightrope. Some walk it successfully. Some fail. And some kill to preserve it...For three months, Ellen finds perfect happiness. She deeply loves her husband, Jason, and they have a beautiful home. Then one day she meets him by chance in a local pub with his business partner. She faints, and the two men take her home. Frightened and unhappy, she tells her husband that she is being followed...Patricia Owens gives a strong performance as the woman tormented by her past, starring opposite legendary Hollywood bad guy Dan Duryea in this tense, crime/suspense drama gorgeously shot in black and white. Walk a Tightrope is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Special Features:Image galleryPromotional materials PDF -
My Irish Molly
Binkie Stuart, a child star whose career briefly flourished before the outbreak of war in 1939, takes the titular role in this heart-warming musical charting the adventures of a little orphan girl in the difficult days of pre-war Ireland. Starring alongside Hollywood siren Maureen O’Hara in an early role, Britain’s answer to Shirley Temple plays a spirited young girl left in the clutches of a cruel guardian aunt.The only known existing British version of this film is the re-release, edited down to favour O’Hara (then a major star) rather than Binkie. Luckily, the edited material was preserved and this is included as a special feature. My Irish Molly is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the re-release film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.SPECIAL FEATURE13 minutes of deleted scenes [part mute], including the original titles -
Warn That Man
This intriguing wartime thriller adapts Vernon Sylvaine's stage play imagining a Nazi plot to kidnap Winston Churchill – a plotline famously revisited more than three decades later in The Eagle Has Landed. Blending keen suspense and defiant humour in equal measure, Warn That Man sees professional Cockney and box office favourite Gordon Harker starring alongside Canadian-born Raymond Lovell and British film stalwart Finlay Currie. Made in 1943, the film is presented here in a brand-new High Definition transfer from the original elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.At the height of World War II, the Germans discover that a certain British personage is to stay at the country house of Lord Buckley. They devise a plan whereby they will kidnap the real Lord Buckley, and send to England an actor who will masquerade, lie in wait for the visitor with a number of gunmen, and take him back to Germany...Special Feature:Original Theatrical Programme PDF -
We Joined the Navy
British film icon Kenneth More – at the height of his fame – plays an unlucky Dartmouth Naval College cadet leader who sails out to further misfortune when he joins the US fleet in the Mediterranean. Also featuring a splendid cast of key supporting actors – including Dinsdale Landen, Jeremy Lloyd, Derek Fowlds, John Le Mesurier, Andrew Cruikshank, Warren Mitchell and Kenneth Griffith – We Joined the Navy is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its original aspect ratio.Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, “the Artful Bodger” has one besetting sin – a shining honesty which compels him to say the right thing at entirely the wrong time! When untimely remarks to some new recruits are splashed across the tabloids, the rush is on to find him a new posting somewhere far away...SPECIAL FEATURESOriginal Theatrical TrailerImage GalleryPromotional Material PDFs -
Silent Dust
This powerfully emotional post-war drama from acclaimed British director Lance Comfort features commanding performances from Sally Gray, Stephen Murray, Nigel Patrick and Seymour Hicks, among others, with an excellent score by leading French composer Georges Auric. Released in 1949, Silent Dust is presented here in a brand-new digital transfer, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Sir Robert Rawley is a self-made man in the most successful sense. The spur for his ambition had always been his son, Simon, but since Simon’s death under fire his love has grown into an obsession. All is not as it seems, however - Simon deserted his post and faked his own death, and is now on the hunt for money...Special Feature: Original Theatrical Trailer -
The Good Beginning
This delicate and very human drama centres around a newly married couple as they try to negotiate a path through financial insecurity, and the resulting tension that is placed upon their relationship. John Fraser and Eileen Moore take the lead roles, with Peter Reynolds and then-aspiring fifties starlet Lana Morris among a solid supporting cast. The Good Beginning is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.After their honeymoon, Johnny Lipton and his wife Kit move into their small apartment. Kit runs the flat on a tight budget, for she hopes that one day – with her support – her husband will eventually run his own business. A lack of understanding of each other’s character and aspirations, however, leads to many problems before Johnny and Kit are able to attempt a 'good beginning' to their marriage.Special Feature: Original Theatrical Trailer -
Night Birds
Scotland Yard is seriously concerned over the exploits of the notorious Flash Jack – a criminal gangleader who preys on the wealthy. At large in London, his criminal activities show no signs of stopping, and so Det. Sgt. Cross is assigned to the case...A rare British thriller from the dawn of the talkies , Night Birds stars transatlantic actor Jack Raine as intrepid Det. Sgt. Harry Cross. One of several films made in bilingual form by BIP – with a partly German crew – during this period, this exceptionally rare film is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Special Feature: Alternate Ending [mute] -
West 11
An early feature from Michael Winner, this brilliantly gritty crime thriller sets its story of alienation and amorality amid the faded grandeur and seedy clubs of early-sixties Notting Hill. Alfred Lynch leads an excellent cast, and the film showcases an outstandingly vulnerable performance from Diana Dors. Scripted by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall, West 11 is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Joe Beckett, seasoned citizen of the bedsitter belt, aged about 22, is the renegade son of modest, respectable parents and, to use his own description, 'an emotional leper'. He decides that he needs a violent shock to shake him back into life, and as a result accepts a commission to carry out the murder of a total stranger for a man he meets in a coffee bar...SPECIAL FEATURE:Original theatrical trailer Alternative scenes made for the overseas market -
The Nightcomers
Marlon Brando's intense performance dominates this atmospheric, sexually charged feature from a golden age of British horror, directed by Michael Winner and also starring Stephanie Beacham in her first major film role. Visually stunning in a High Definition transfer from the original film elements, The Nightcomers sketches a prequel to Henry James' classic Gothic novella The Turn of the Screw, with Brando in typically compelling form as the servant whose disturbing, magnetic presence exerts a corrupting hold over the occupants of a country estate.Following the death of their parents, Flora and Miles are left in the care of repressed governess Miss Jessel, and housekeeper Mrs Grose. But it is Peter Quint, the malevolent Irish servant, who truly rules the household; Miss Jessel, equally repulsed and fascinated by Quint, is drawn into a secret sado-masochistic affair with him, while Flora and Miles are increasingly in his thrall...Special Features:Original Theatrical TrailerOriginal Teaser TrailerImage GalleryPromotional Material PDF -
Circle of Danger
A cleverly plotted mystery from Cat People director Jacques Tourneur, Circle of Danger casts Oscar winner Ray Milland as an American who comes to London hoping to discover the true circumstances of his brother’s death during a wartime operation in France. Also boasting fine performances from Marius Goring and Gainsborough heroine Patricia Roc, Circle of Danger is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the riginal film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Clay Douglas arrives in London to investigate the mysterious death of his brother, who served as a Commando with the British Forces. Suspecting it was not a German bullet that killed his brother, Clay’s investigations uncover the fact that there was a mysterious thirteenth member of the raiding party...SPECIAL FEATURES:Original Theatrical Trailer Image Gallery -
Assassin for Hire
A taut, noir-ish crime thriller produced by Primetime Emmy nominee and future Avengers lynchpin Julian Wintle, Assassin for Hire stars Sydney Tafler as a hitman who nurtures his younger brother’s musical talent with blood money; Ronald Howard is the Scotland Yard inspector who doggedly pursues him using any means at his disposal. This early-fifties 'B'-movie gem is featured here in a brandnew transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Antonio Riccardi, a rare stamp dealer who is secretly a hired killer, pays for the violin lessons of his gifted brother Giuseppe. To meet the expenses of Giuseppe’s concert debut he accepts a further job, but his decision to do so provides Detective Inspector Carson, who has long hoped to ensnare Tony, with an opportunity hat might now enable him to bring about his downfall...SPECIAL FEATURE:Original Press Release PDF