Movies found: 5, viewing from 1 to 5
Year: 1961
Country: UK
Actors: Dennis Price, John Cairney, Anthony Nicholls, Derren Nesbitt, Sylvia Syms
Director: Basil Dearden
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
Country: UK
A plea for reform of England's anti-sodomy statutes, this film pits Melville Farr, a married lawyer, against a blackmailer who has photos of Farr and a young gay man (who is being blackmailed and later commits suicide)in Farr's car. After the suicide, Farr tracks down other gay men being extorted for money by the same blackmailer. The well-educated police Detective Inspector Harris considers the sodomy law nothing more than an aid to blackmailers, and helps Farr in calling his blackmailer's bluff. The movie, far ahead of its time, ends with Farr and his wife coming to terms with his homosexuality after the public exposure he faces in the blac...
Year: 1957
Country: UK
Actors: Cyril Cusack, Dimitri Andreas, Brian Worth, Michael Gough, John Cairney
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
Country: UK
Based on the true story of how, during World War II, a gang of desparadoes (British officers enlisted for "hostilities only" and local partisans) went to the occupied island of Crete and kidnapped a German General from under the nose of his army. That was the easy bit !!! They then had to get him back to Cairo, dodging an intense air and land search.
Year: 1958
Country: UK
Actors: Honor Blackman, John Cairney, David McCallum, Kenneth More, James Dyrenforth
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
Country: UK
A successful attempt at an even-handed portrayal of the White Star Line's (later part of Cunard) luxury liner R.M.S. Titanic's sinking from the standpoint of 2nd Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller, himself the most senior of the ill-fated ship's Deck Officers to survive the disaster. (Lightoller later went on to distinguish himself as a line British Naval Officer during the First World War and served as a Senior Naval Staff Officer (convoys) during WWII. Between wars he owned and operated a successful family business producing pleasure craft.) His own survival of the sinking, along with several others, is shown atop one of the liner's two "co...
Year: 1963
Country: USA, UK
Actors: Laurence Naismith, Gary Raymond, Jack Gwillim, Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack
Director: Don Chaffey
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
Country: USA, UK
After a 20 year voyage, Jason (Armstrong) returns to the Kingdom of Thessaly to claim his throne. But it's not quite easy for this. In order to gain the throne, he must find the magical Golden Fleece, which has amazing healing powers. He selects a crew, which included Polydeuces (Crawford) and Hercules (Green). Jason also gains the help of the Queen of the Gods, Hera (Blackman). Jason and his crew must now reach the fleece and survive the likes of a 100 foot bronze giant, a huge venomous creature with head full of seven snakes, and a terrifying army of skeletons.
Year: 1960
Country: UK
Actors: Donald Pleasence, John Cairney, Andrew Faulds, Peter Cushing, Billie Whitelaw
Director: John Gilling
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
Country: UK
Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Robert Knox requires cadavers for his research into the functioning of the human body; local ne'er-do-wells Burke and Hare find ways to provide him with fresh specimens...
Movies found: 5, viewing from 1 to 5