Film version of the popular TV series set in 1940 sees the Walmington-on-Sea contingent, led by Arthur Lowe’s Captain Mainwaring, (‘I must ask you to keep...
Although the casting of the urbane, distinctly English-sounding A Matter of Life and Death star as the leader of the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion may have raised...
A year after starring in his most memorable film, Shane, American actor Alan Ladd appeared in a number of British films. The most unlikely sounding –...
This skilful adaptation of One Pair of Feet , Monica Dickens’ best-selling novel about her experiences as a nurse, cast Rosamund John as an architect who...
Classic British war film The Way Ahead was inspired by the 40-minute army training film The New Lot directed in 1943 by Carol Reed for the...
Ben Travers, usually associated with farce, made a skilful and atmospheric screen adaptation of the chilling novel by Sheridan Le Fanu and, said To-Day’s Cinema ,...
A E W Mason’s stirring story of adventure, cowardice and courage was published in 1902 and was filmed in 1915, 1921, 1929, 1939, 1955 and 1978:...
Braveheart without the budget is one way of seeing Siege of the Saxons, which played on the world’s fears of invasion borne out of the Cuban Missile...
‘Honey – a pure honey… I think you will agree with me this is the most delightful British comedy in years,’ wrote the Sunday Express of...
Cabaret star Millicent Martin starred in glossy sitcom From A Bird’s Eye View. She played stewardess Millie who worked for International Airlines flying between the UK...