Carve Her Name with Pride 1958  N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Jack Warner, Denise Grey, Alain Saury, Maurice Ronet, Anne Leon, Sydney Tafler, Avice Landone, Nicole Stephane, Noel Willman, Bill Owen, Billie Whitelaw, William Mervyn, Michael Goodliffe
This story is based on the real life of Violette Szabo (Virginia McKenna) who joined the British secret service during World War II. Her husband (Alain Saury) had just been killed in North Africa, but Violette left her baby girl behind and parachuted into enemy territory to begin work as a British agent. Violette was captured and sent to a concentration camp where she was tortured and finally executed. Her bravery in not revealing British secrets earned her (posthumously) the George Cross.
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Mr. Topaze 1962 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: I Like Money
Director: Peter Sellers
Cast: Peter Sellers, Nadia Gray, Herbert Lom, Leo McKern, Martita Hunt, John Neville, Michael Gough, Billie Whitelaw, John Le Mesurier, Anne Leon
Based on Marcel Pagnot's satire, this is the story of a timid schoolteacher (Peter Sellers) who is duped into keeping silent about an unscrupulous scam. Remake of 1933's "Topaze."
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Raiders in the Sky 1953 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
aka: Appointment in London
Director: Philip Leacock
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Ian Hunter, Dinah Sheridan, Bill Kerr, Bryan Forbes, William Sylvester, Anne Leon, Walter Fitzgerald, Terence Longdon, Richard Wattis, Charles Victor, Carl Jaffe, Michael Ripper, Campbell Singer, Sam Kydd
This is a very good story of a British bomber squadron on raids from their home in England during World War II. Nearing retirement after many dangerous missions, Wing Commander Tim Mason (Dirk Bogarde) starts showing the strain.
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| 1. Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
2. Mr. Topaze (1962)
aka: I Like Money
3. Raiders in the Sky (1953)
aka: Appointment in London
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