Laughter in Paradise 1951  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mario Zampi
Cast: Alastair Sim, Guy Middleton, Fay Compton, George Cole, Hugh Griffith, Joyce Grenfell, John Laurie, Beatrice Campbell, Anthony Steel, Audrey Hepburn
Four relatives share a fortune–if they perform the actions designated in a very strange will left by a practical joker. That cigarette girl is Audrey Hepburn in her film debut.
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The Malta Story 1953 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: Brian Desmond
Cast: Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Steel, Muriel Pavlow, Flora Robson, Ralph Truman, Peter Bull, Nigel Stock, Renee Asherson, Hugh Burden, Reginald Tate, Rosalie Crutchley, Thomas Heathcote, Maurice Denham, Noel Willman
During World War II, a member of the Royal Air Force, British Lieutenant Pete Ross (Alec Guinness), performs camera reconnaissance missions and hands over evidence to his senior officer (Jack Hawkins) that Italy is planning a major invasion of Malta. Now, Ross finds himself stranded on Malta. Although low on supplies, Ross is determined to defend the island fortress against the Italian army's attack and practices survival techniques. Meanwhile, he has a romance with a Maltese girl, Maria (Muriel Pavlow), but fate steps in as Ross carries out his duties that lead to the ultimate sacrifice.
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Massacre in Rome 1973 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Richard Burton, Marcello Mastroianni, Leo McKern, John Steiner, Robert Harris, Anthony Steel, Peter Vaughan, Renzo Montagnani, Delia Boccardo, Renzo Palmer, Giancarlo Prete, Duilio Del Prete
Based on a true incident of World War II, when 33 members of the S.S. brigade were assaulted and killed in Nazi-occupied Rome, Nazi Lt. Col. Kappler (Richard Burton) orders the execution of 333 Roman citizens. A local priest, Father Pietro Antonelli (Marcello Mastroianni), chooses death over acting as a liaison between the Romans and Germans and fights to save them.
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The Master of Ballantrae 1953 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: William Keighley
Cast: Errol Flynn, Roger Livesey, Anthony Steel, Beatrice Campbell, Yvonne Furneaux, Felix Aylmer, Mervyn Johns, Charles Goldner, Ralph Truman, Francis De Wolff
This film is based (loosely) on Robert Louis Stevenson's story of the Scottish rebellion. Errol Flynn fights against the British monarchy–and his own brother (Anthony Steel) for the woman he loves.
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The Monster Club 1980 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Vincent Price, John Carradine, Donald Pleasence, Stuart Whitman, Warren Saire, Richard Johnson, Britt Ekland, Simon Ward, Patrick Magee, Anthony Steel
During an interview with a Transylvanian vampire (Vincent Price), three horror stories are related that are programmed to put the mind at "unease." Not as good as would be hoped for with the good cast.
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The Mudlark 1950  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Irene Dunne, Alec Guinness, Andrew Ray, Finlay Currie, Beatrice Campbell, Anthony Steel, Constance Smith, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Raymond Lovell, Marjorie Fielding
An orphan, "Wheeler the Mudlark" (Andrew Ray), sneaks into Windsor Castle and becomes the friend of Queen Victoria (Irene Dunne) who has led a life of seclusion since her husband, Prince Albert, died.
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The Wooden Horse 1950 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Lee
Cast: Leo Genn, David Tomlinson, Anthony Steel, David Greene, Peter Burton, Patrick Waddington, Michael Goodliffe, Anthony Dawson, Bryan Forbes, Dan Cunningham, Peter Finch, Hans Meyer, Jacques B. Brunius
During World War II, British soldiers find an way to escape from their German POW camp by digging a tunnel under a wooden vaulting horse used for exercising. After digging for months, they escape and now must find the way out of enemy territory on their way to freedom.
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| 1. Another Man's Poison (1951)
2. Laughter in Paradise (1951)
3. The Malta Story (1953)
4. Massacre in Rome (1973)
5. The Master of Ballantrae (1953)
6. The Monster Club (1980)
7. The Mudlark (1950)
8. The Wooden Horse (1950)
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