Cone of Silence 1960  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Trouble in the Sky
Director: Charles Frend
Cast: Michael Craig, Peter Cushing, Bernard Lee, Elizabeth Seal, George Sanders, Andre Morell, Gordon Jackson, Charles "Bud" Tingwell, Noel Willman, Delphi Lawrence, Marne Maitland, William Abney, Ballard Berkeley, Charles Lloyd Pack, Anthony Newlands
After Capt. George Gort (Bernard Lee) crash lands his plane in India, he is found guilty of pilot error but is not grounded. His daughter Charlotte (Elizabeth Seal) does not believe her father was responsible for the crash and asks Capt. Hugh Dallas (Michael Craig) to help prove his innocence. Soon after, Capt. Gort is killed in another crash, and Dallas looks for similarities between the two crashes. He suspects that the planes' design is the problem and that the designer, Nigel Pickering (Noel Willman), has been covering up the information that points to poor design. Is he correct, and can he prove it in order to clear Capt. Gort's name?
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In Which We Serve 1942  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Noel Coward, David Lean
Cast: Noel Coward, Bernard Miles, John Mills, Celia Johnson, Kay Walsh, Joyce Carey, Michael Wilding, Richard Attenborough, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Philip Friend, Derek Elphinstone, Robert Sansom, Ballard Berkeley
Written, produced, and directed by Noel Coward, this film focuses on the survivors following the sinking of the H.M.S. Torrin during World War II. As they find a haven in their life raft, crewmembers remember their pre-war experiences. Co-Directed by David Lean. In addition to Coward's receiving Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Writing, he received an honorary Oscar for Outstanding Production Achievement for this film. Look for Richard Attenborough as a young stoker.
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 Stage Fright 1950 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding, Richard Todd, Alastair Sim, Kay Walsh, Sybil Thorndike, Miles Malleson, Joyce Grenfell, Andre Morell, Patricia Hitchcock, Ballard Berkeley, Irene Handl, Alfie Bass
Drama student Eve Hill (Jane Wyman) has been told by her boyfriend (Richard Todd) that one of the stars, Charlotte Inwood (Marlene Dietrich), is a murderess. Now Eve spies on Charlotte hoping for proof of the murder.
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| 1. Cone of Silence (1960)
aka: Trouble in the Sky
2. In Which We Serve (1942)
3. Stage Fright (1950)
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