, 1h3
Directed by Paul Grimault
Origin France
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Feminist films, Poésie, Films about birds, Political films, Dystopian films, Children's films, Robot films
Actors Jean Martin, Pierre Brasseur, Pascal Mazzotti, Fernand Ledoux, Raymond Bussières, Hubert Deschamps
Roles the Blind Man
Rating76%
The huge kingdom of Takicardia is ruled by a king under the unwieldy title of Charles V + III = VIII + VIII = XVI. He’s a heartless ruler, hated by his people as much as he hates them. The king is fond of hunting, but is unfortunately cross-eyed – not that anyone would dare acknowledge this in front of him, as the numerous statues and paintings that adorn the palace and the land show. Occasionally the king does hit his target though, notably the wife of the bird, known only as "l'Oiseau", the narrator of the story who takes pleasure in taunting the terrible king at every opportunity.

, 55minutes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary
Themes Transport films, Documentary films about technology
Actors Alec Clunes
Rating64%

, 1h20
Directed by Lance Comfort
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors John Gregson, Robert Shaw, Alec Clunes, Alan Wheatley, Kenneth Cope, Ernest Clark
Roles Anthony Chester
Rating67%
Petty crook Marlowe kidnaps Jonathan Chester, the young son of wealthy industrialist Anthony Chester, and locks him in an abandoned house. He then goes to see the boy's father and announces that he will only reveal his whereabouts once he has been paid £50,000 (a large sum at the time) and is safely in Brazil. The boy's nanny alerts the police and Inspector Parnell arrives to discourage Chester from paying up least it send out a signal to give in to blackmailers. Marlowe then reveals that a bomb is also in the house where Jonathan is kept and will go off at 10 a.m. the next day. This is too much for Chester who attacks Marlowe causing the crook serious injuries from which he later dies, leaving the police with little time or indications as to where to find Jonathan.

, 1h35
Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Donald Sinden, Muriel Pavlow, Tony Wright, Bernard Miles, Alec Clunes, Laurence Naismith
Roles Assistant Commissioner Oates
Rating61%
Having been sent a picture of her husband, a war hero killed in France, Meg Elgin is led to believe he is still alive and arranges a meeting at a London railway station. When she arrives there with the police accompanying her, she catches sight of a man in the distance wearing an old coat of her husband's. When he is pursued and captured, he turns out to be Duds Morrison a former soldier and out-of-work actor recently let out of prison. He refuses to tell them anything, and having nothing they can charge him with, the police release him.

, 1h43
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Swashbuckler, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Actors Robert Taylor, Kay Kendall, Robert Morley, George Cole, Alec Clunes, Duncan Lamont
Roles Charles, Duke of Burgandy
Rating62%
In 1465, honorable but penniless Scottish knight Quentin Durward (Robert Taylor) agrees to go to France to find out if the beautiful young heiress, Isabelle, Countess of Marcroy (Kay Kendall), would be a suitable wife for his aged uncle (that is, if she is as rich as is claimed). The marriage has been arranged by Charles, Duke of Burgundy (Alec Clunes) for his ward to cement an alliance with Scotland, but she wants nothing to do with it, so she runs away and seeks the protection of Charles' great rival, Louis XI (Robert Morley), King of France. Quentin pursues and manages to foil an attempted robbery by brigands under the command of Count William de La Marck (Duncan Lamont), though Isabelle continues on her way unaware of her protector's identity.

, 2h41
Directed by Laurence Olivier
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Claire Bloom, Cedric Hardwicke, John Gielgud, Laurence Naismith
Roles The Lord Hastings (Lord Chamberlain), a companion and friend of Richard who is accused of conspiracy by Richard and is abruptly executed.
Rating73%
King Edward IV of England (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) has been placed on the throne with the help of his brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Sir Laurence Olivier). After Edward's coronation in the Great Hall with his brothers George and Richard watching, he leaves with his son. Richard contemplates the throne, before advancing towards the audience and then addressing them, delivering a speech that outlines his physical deformities, including a hunched back and a withered arm. He goes on to describe his jealousy over his brother's rise to power in contrast to his lowly position.

Directed by Gordon Parry
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Richard Burton, Richard Greene, Cedric Hardwicke, Kathleen Harrison, Ronald Howard, William Hartnell
Rating65%

, 1h39
Directed by Walter Forde
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Gordon Harker, Elizabeth Allan, Aubrey Dexter, Mervyn Johns, Anna Konstam, Judy Campbell
Roles Eddie Graves
Rating68%
An amateur detective tries to clear an innocent man of a crime before the date of his execution.

, 1h26
Directed by Walter Forde
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy
Actors Tommy Trinder, Claude Hulbert, Carla Lehmann, Michael Wilding, James Hayter, Henry Hewitt
Roles British Pilot
Rating54%
Three WWII British sailors on a drunken spree in a Brazilian neutral port mistake a German ship for their own and climb aboard. It turns out to be a pocket battleship, the Ludendorff, and to the credit of the Royal Navy, the trio manages to capture the ship and all the Germans on board.