Passionate Summer
An idealistic young schoolmaster arrives at a Jamaican boarding school.
An idealistic young schoolmaster arrives at a Jamaican boarding school.
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When Norman Shields lands a job at the Tinmouth Times, he creates complete havoc, particularly when reporting on the local beauty contest! Starring Norman Wisdom, playing four different characters, and featuring Angela Brown and Derek Bond.
The powerful story of a young woman who falls madly in love with an impoverished pianist, only to find that he is involved with a rich socialite who in turn ignores and encourages him until, in desperation, he commits suicide.
Laurence Olivier plays Logan, a divorce lawyer, stranded in overcrowded hotel.
‘Lucky Ryland’ is the captain of the ‘Bulinga’ ship. He secures a contract to transport a cargo of pedigree bulls from South America to England which must be done in record time.
An idealistic young schoolmaster arrives at a Jamaican boarding school.
A middle aged provincial actor finds fame and some fortune when in desperation he manages to land himself the main role in a deodorant commercial. A satirical comedy.
Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh star in a tale of murder and unforeseen consequences.
When a temperamental opera star finds out her husband is accused of murder she sets off to find the real killer and is determined to prove her husbands innocence. As she comes closer to the truth, she also comes closer to danger.
Amanda occasionally baby-sits for friends and neighbors, so when the newly-arrived couple in the village ask her to sit for them, she accepts.
Tom Manning, a taxi driver, is falsely accused of the murder of an eight-year-old girl on a derelict bomb site. Jill, his loyal young wife, bewildered by legal procedure, fights for and wins the active sympathy of Peter Tanner, Junior Counsel for the Defense. Against heavy odds Peter proves himself a barrister of ability and resource.
The scene is Brighton, with holidaymakers awaiting the arrival of Kolley Kibber, who is working on a stunt for his newspaper.
When a German U-boat sinks Captain Ferguson's ship he vows revenge. The intelligence officers wish to follow the U-boat. Captain Ferguson disobeys these orders and breaks navy policy. How will he achieve his mission with his reputation still intact?
Richard Harris gives a great performance as a man who wants to quit his job as a miner.
Kobling is a barber who steals £100 to pay off his wife's debt. When the police trace the stolen notes to him, and someone is killed, Kobling goes into his hiding and sends his wife and child away. Will he be able to elude the police?
When actor Sidney Parsons is murdered while taking part in a radio broadcast play, Detective-Inspector Gregory is called in to investigate and is quick to discover that the victim had many enemies amongst his fellow players in the cast. When his deductions lead him into a blind alley he decides to reconstruct the crime in the hope that this well-tried device will lead him to the killer. All the technical and human resources of Broadcasting House are brought to his aid.
Georgie, Carole, Eve and Mary work together in a factory and the four friends go regularly to the local "palais de danse". The story of the joys and sorrows of their young lives is told through their experiences at the dance hall.
"The Kitchen" is adapted from Arnold Wesker's celebrated play. The action takes place in the kitchen of a restaurant, where a polyglot staff strive to cope with a superhuman task. Peter, the German cook, is in love with the waitress, Monica, and constantly asks her to leave her husband. The kitchen looms around and encloses them all it is a microcosm of the world. The pressure of the day becomes unendurable, and Peter realizes that Monica does not mean to divorce her husband. In his grief and pain he runs berserk ... and destroys the kitchen.
Scientists are looking for a man to send up to be the first man on the moon.
David Balfour is a recently orphaned young man from a tiny Highland village and the true heir to the title of Master of the Shaws. His uncle Ebenezer has designs on the title so hires Captain Hosean to dispose of his nephew.
In the far-off future, mankind is in a state of decay, but a group of scientists believe they have discovered a way of moving humanity onto its next level - to create an immortal. Adventurer Jerry Cornelius gets involved because his recently deceased father worked out a formula to help the final programme and it's on a microfilm hidden in the vaults of his mansion. But Jerry's brother won't let anyone get at it...
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