, 1h44 Directed byMichael McCarthy OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, War, Thriller, Action, Historical ThemesPolitical films ActorsPeter Finch, Eva Bartok, Tony Britton, Alexander Knox, Alfred Burke, Tim Turner Roles Dutch Lieutenant Rating63% In May 1940, as the German invasion of the Netherlands is under way, the British government decides to send a team to the Netherlands on board HMS Walpole to secure stocks of industrial diamonds before the invaders can get to them. Accordingly, two Dutch diamond experts, Jan Smit (Peter Finch) and Walter Keyser (Alexander Knox) with a British Army Intelligence officer, Major Dillon (Tony Britton), are dropped by ship off the Dutch coast. Dodging German bombs and suspicious Dutch police and soldiers, they commandeer a car driven by Anna (Eva Bartok), whom they have just saved from trying to commit suicide. The four of them drive to Amsterdam.
, 1h20 Directed byRobert Day OriginUnited-kingdom GenresThriller, Horror, Crime ActorsBoris Karloff, Jean Kent, Elizabeth Allan, Anthony Dawson, Antonio Margheriti, Vera Day Roles Dr. Kenneth McColl Rating61% In Victorian London, Edward Styles is accused of being the notorious Haymarket Strangler, the brutal killer of five women. Twenty years after he is tried and executed for these crimes James Rankin (Karloff), a novelist and social reformer, launches an investigation to prove that Styles is innocent. His search for clues leads him first to the sleazy Judas Hole music hall, where the Strangler picked his victims from the resident can-can dancers and loose women, and then to the prison cemetery of Newgate where Styles was buried - in order to exhume his body. When the killings start again, Rankin's theory seems to be vindicated. However his growing obsession with the case signals a most unwelcome revelation as to the true identity of the murderer.
, 1h57 Directed byJack Lee OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, War, Romance ActorsVirginia McKenna, Peter Finch, Jean Anderson, Marie Lohr, Maureen Swanson, Vincent Ball Roles British Sergeant Rating71% Londres après la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Jean Paget, une jeune femme, apprend d'un notaire qu'elle est bénéficiaire d'un important héritage. Lorsqu'on lui demande ce qu'elle va en faire, elle répond qu'elle a décidé d'aller en Malaisie pour construire un puits dans un petit village. Là-bas, elle fait en sorte que le puits soit creusé, afin que les femmes n'aient plus à aller aussi loin. Elle se remémore sa vie dans ce village pendant la guerre.
, 2h4 Directed byMichael Anderson OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, War, Thriller, Documentary, Action, Historical ThemesTransport films, Aviation films, Political films ActorsRichard Todd, Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans, Basil Sydney, Patrick Barr, Raymond Huntley Roles Flight Lieutenant J. F. Leggo, D.F.C. Rating73% In the early years of the Second World War, aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis is struggling to develop a means of attacking Germany's dams in the hope of crippling German heavy industry. Working for the Ministry of Aircraft Production, as well as doing his own job at Vickers, he works feverishly to make practical his theory of a bouncing bomb which would skip over the water to avoid protective torpedo nets. When it came into contact with the dam, it would sink before exploding, making it much more destructive. Wallis calculates that the aircraft will have to fly extremely low (150 feet (46 m)) to enable the bombs to skip over the water correctly, but when he takes his conclusions to the Ministry, he is told that lack of production capacity means they cannot go ahead with his proposals.
, 1h10 Directed byDerek N. Twist OriginUnited-kingdom GenresCrime ActorsJoan Rice, Christopher Lee, Tim Turner, Sandra Dorne, Charles Victor, John Le Mesurier Roles Frank Mason Rating56% Turner is a policeman whose partner has been killed. While he adjusts, he is placed in charge of a stray Alsatian dog now being used for police work. Meanwhile his partner's killer decides to break into a safe. After the break-in, Turner and his dog find the man and bring him to justice.
, 1h28 Directed byTerence Young OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, War ThemesFilms set in Africa, Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Political films ActorsAlan Ladd, Leo Genn, Harry Andrews, Susan Stephen, Stanley Baker, Donald Houston Roles Rupert Rating59% Steve MacKendrick (Alan Ladd), nicknamed "Canada" because that is where he claims he is from, volunteers in 1940 for the British Army's paratroop school. He obviously has a good deal more background and leadership skills than he lets on. Canada tries to become better acquainted with a pretty parachute rigger named Penny Gardner (Susan Stephen). She is initially put off by his attitude, but they eventually start dating. Both Penny and his new commander, Major Snow (Leo Genn), see potential (and a mystery that does not add up) in him, despite his strong efforts to avoid assuming any responsibility. Canada turns down Snow's offer to send him to officer school.
, 1h59 Directed byJohn Huston OriginUSA GenresDrama, Biography, Comedy-drama, Musical, Romance ThemesFilms about music and musicians, Peinture, Musical films ActorsJosé Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Suzanne Flon, Claude Nollier, Jill Bennett, Mary Clare Roles Artist (uncredited) Rating69% In 1890 Paris, as crowds pour into the Moulin Rouge nightclub, young artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec finishes a bottle of cognac and sketches the dancers as they perform. The nightclub's regulars each stop by: singer Jane Avril teases Henri charmingly, dancers La Goulue and Aicha fight, and owner Maurice Joyant offers Henri free drinks for a month in exchange for painting a promotional poster. At closing time, Henri waits for the crowds to disperse before standing to reveal his four-foot six-inch body. As he walks to his Montmartre apartment, he recalls the events that led to his disfigurement. It is learned Lautrec falls down a flight of stairs, where his legs fail to heal due to a genetic weakness resulting from his parents being first cousins. His legs stunted and pained, Henri loses himself in his art, while his father leaves his mother, the countess, to ensure they have no more children. Henri is a bright, happy child, revered by his father, the Count de Toulouse-Lautrec. As a young adult he proposes to the woman he loves, but when she tells him no woman will ever love him, he leaves his childhood home in despair to begin a new life as a painter in Paris.
, 1h22 Directed byArthur Crabtree OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Romance ThemesFilms based on plays ActorsLisa Daniely, Brian Worth, Leslie Dwyer, Joan Hickson, Ronald Adam, Mary Clare Roles Tommy Dykes Rating60% Lancashire mill-girls Jenny Hawthorne (Daniely) and Mary Hollins (Sandra Dome) go on holiday to Blackpool during the annual wakes week in their hometown of Hindle. They run into Alan Jeffcote (Worth), the son of the owner of the mill in which they work, who has also traveled to Blackpool with a group of friends while his fiancée is detained on business in London. Jenny and Alan hit it off immediately, and he persuades her to leave Blackpool to spend the week with him at Llandudno in North Wales. To cover her tracks, Jenny leaves a postcard with Mary, asking her to send it to her parents (Leslie Dwyer and Joan Hickson) later in the week. She and Alan leave their friends and set off for Wales.