Oh, Mr. Porter! (1937)
1h. 25min. //With the help of a relative, a hopeless railway employee is made stationmaster of Buggleskelly. Determined to make his mark, he devises a number of schemes to put Buggleskelly on the railway map, […]
Month: August 2021
Too Many Crooks (1959)
1h. 27min. // In this spoof on crime films, four would-be criminals manage to botch every job they plan. When they try to rob wealthy Billy Gordon (Terry-Thomas) they fail again. But the gang decides to […]
Bell-Bottom George (1944)
1h. 37min. // Nazi spies are out to destroy a new submarine killer, the “Firefly”, being developed by the British navy. A hapless waiter named George, after being rejected for military service three times, finally “joins” […]
Beachhead (1954)
1h. 30min. // In 1943, in the wake of the Allied amphibious landing on the Japanese held Bougainville Island, four Marines are sent to scout the location of Japanese minefields. Directed by: Stuart Heisler Writing […]
The Snows Of Kilimanjaro (1952)
1h. 54min. // Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilamanjaro. Directed by: Henry King Writing Credits: Casey Robinson (screenplay), Ernest Hemingway (short story) […]
They Met in the Dark (1943)
1h. 35min. // During WW2, a Royal Navy Commander stumbles upon a murdered woman and discovers a network of Nazi spies and Fifth-Columnists. Directed by: Karel Lamac Writing Credits: Anthony Gilbert (novel) Starring: James Mason […]
Unconquered (1947)
2h. 26min. // Intrepid frontiersman Chris Holden foils the political and personal ambitions of renegade Martin Garth in the Ohio Valley following the French and Indian War. Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille Writing Credits: Charles Bennett (screenplay), Fredric […]
Francis Joins the WACS (1954)
1h. 35min. // Peter Stirling (with his old friend the talking mule) is recalled to active duty…in the WACs! Directed by: Arthur Lubin Writing Credits: Herbert Baker (story), Devery Freeman (screenplay), James B. Allardice […]
The Steel Helmet (1951)
1h. 25min. // A ragtag group of American stragglers battles against superior Communist troops in an abandoned Buddhist temple during the Korean War. Directed by: Samuel Fuller Writing Credits: Samuel Fuller Starring: Gene Evans (as […]
He Snoops to Conquer (1945)
1h. 43min. // Odd job man George Gribble (George Formby)causes problems for the local council he works for when he inadvertently helps two newspaper men expose corruption amongst the council leaders. Directed by: Marcel Varnel […]