Dead of Night 1945  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer
Cast: Mervyn Johns, Roland Culver, Mary Merrall, Frederick Valk, Sally Ann Howes, Anthony Baird, Basil Radford, Miles Malleson, Michael Redgrave, Googie Withers, Robert Wyndham, Ralph Michael
Walter Craig (Mervyn Johns) has very odd dreams AND they seem to relate to dreams of fellow guests at a British farmhouse. Each of the guests tell their bizarre stories. A classic chiller.
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The Lady Vanishes 1938  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Dame May Whitty, Paul Lukas, Cecil Parker, Linden Travers, Mary Clare, Basil Radford, Googie Withers, Naunton Wayne
This is one of Alfred Hitchcock's greatest films. It has it all–comedy and suspense aboard a train traveling through Germany. And, as suggested by the title, an old woman disappears. The search for this "lady" reveals that she is not who she appears to be.
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Night Train to Munich 1940  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
aka: Night Train
Director: Carol Reed
Cast: Rex Harrison, Paul Henreid, Naunton Wayne, Roland Culver, Margaret Lockwood, Basil Radford, Felix Aylmer, Eliot Makeham, Raymond Huntley, Austin Trevor
This film adaptation of Gordon Wellesley's novel "Report on a Fugitive" is about a Czech scientist who has escaped the Nazis only to be recaptured. A British spy (Rex Harrison) is assigned the duty of retrieving the scientist from the clutches of his captors. A real good thriller. 1 User Review
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Passport to Pimlico 1949 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Cornelius
Cast: Stanley Holloway, Hermione Baddeley, Margaret Rutherford, Paul Dupuis, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Raymond Huntley, Betty Warren, Jane Hylton, Barbara Murray
Residents of the Pimlico neighborhood discover an old treaty indicating their area of London legally belongs to Burgundy. The next step taken by the enterprising citizens is to charge customs to those riding the Underground when they pass through Pimlico's borders.
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Quartet 1949 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ralph Smart, Harold French, Arthur Crabtree, Ken Annakin
Cast: Basil Radford, Jack Watling, Mai Zetterling, Dirk Bogarde, Honor Blackman, George Cole, Hermione Baddeley, Susan Shaw, Nora Swinburne, Cecil Parker
Four of W. Somerset Maugham's stories are presented in this film, with each being introduced by the author. The stories are: "The Facts of Life," "Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady." All are excellent, and due to the success of this omnibus, three others were produced the following year in "Trio."
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Seven Days' Leave 1930  N/R, 53 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Wallace
Cast: Gary Cooper, Beryl Mercer, Daisy Belmore, Nora Cecil, Tempe Pigott, Arthur Hoyt, Basil Radford, Arthur Metcalfe, Larry Steers, Mary Gordon
Kenneth Dowey (Gary Cooper) is taken in by Sarah Dowey (Beryl Mercer) and becomes her family during a short seven days leave from his army unit.
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Whisky Galore! 1949 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Tight Little Island
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Cast: Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood, James Robertson Justice, Gordon Jackson, Catherine Lacey, Bruce Seton, Wylie Watson, Jean Cadell, Morland Graham, Duncan Macrae
After a shipwreck off the Scottish island of Todday, the cargo of thousands of cases of whisky is carried off by the natives who have their work cut out for themselves in keeping their cache hidden from the customs agent (Basil Radford).
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The Winslow Boy 1948 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Asquith
Cast: Robert Donat, Margaret Leighton, Cedric Hardwicke, Marie Lohr, Frank Lawton, Ernest Thesiger, Kathleen Harrison, Jack Watling, Basil Radford, Wilfrid Hyde-White
When a young naval cadet is accused of stealing, his father stands behind him offering the best legal protection in the land. A great courtroom drama.
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Young and Innocent 1937 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
aka: The Girl Was Young
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney, Percy Marmont, Edward Rigby, Mary Clare, John Longden, Basil Radford, George Curzon, Torin Thatcher, Pamela Carme, George Merritt, J.H. Roberts, Jerry Verno, H.F. Maltby, John Miller
After being falsely accused of murder, Robert Tisdall (Derrick DeMarney) escapes from the courthouse with help from police constable Burgoyne's (Percy Marmont) daughter Erica (Nova Pilbeam) who vows to help prove his innocence. During the ensuing manhunt, Erica helps Robert search for the killer–a man (George Curzon) with a twitching eye–and risks her own life as well of the reputation of her father. Another good Hitchcock thriller, this one a rework of "39 Steps."
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| 1. Dead of Night (1945)
2. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
3. Night Train to Munich (1940)
aka: Night Train
4. Passport to Pimlico (1949)
5. Quartet (1949)
6. Seven Days' Leave (1930)
7. Whisky Galore! (1949)
aka: Tight Little Island
8. The Winslow Boy (1948)
9. Young and Innocent (1937)
aka: The Girl Was Young
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