Accused 1936 N/R, 83 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Thornton Freeland Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Dolores del Rio, Florence Desmond, Roland Culver, Moore Marriott, Cecil Humphreys, Cyril Raymond, Basil Sydney, Googie Withers, J.H. Roberts, Esme Percy, Edward Rigby, Leo Genn
Set in a Paris nightclub, this is the story of dancing team Tony and Gaby Seymour (Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Dolores del Rio) and the murder of Yvette Delange (Florence Desmond) who has been making a play for Tony. Yvette is accused as a murderess, and the real solution to the crime is revealed during the court scenes.
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Angels One Five 1954 N/R, 97 min. Genre: Drama
Director: George More O'Ferrall Cast: Jack Hawkins, Michael Denison, John Gregson, Dulcie Gray, Andrew Osborn, Cyril Raymond, Humphrey Lestocq, Veronica Hurst, Harold Goodwin, Norman Pierce, Geoffrey Keen, Harry Locke, Philip Stainton, Vida Hope, Amy Veness
Headquarters control room for RAF pilots during World War II's Battle of Britain, when the "Few" fight off the German Luftwaffe, is the focus of this realistic film about tactical and strategic aspects of war.
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Brief Encounter 1945 N/R, 85 min. Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: David Lean Cast: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Everley Gregg, Irene Handl, Valentine Dyall, Sydney Bromley, Marjorie Mars, Margaret Barton, Alfie Bass, Wallace Bosco, Dennis Harkin, Richard Thomas
In pre-World War II England, British housewife Laura Jesson (Celia Johnson) and a married doctor, Alec Harvey (Trevor Howard), meet in a train station and form a friendship during which they meet weekly at the station. They realize that they have fallen in love, but both Laura and Alec know that neither will be able to break their ties to the families they love. The story is sympathetic to their chaste affair.
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Night Train to Paris 1964 N/R, 65 min. Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Robert Douglas Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Aliza Gur, Dorinda Stevens, Eric Pohlmann, Edina Ronay, Andre Maranne, Cyril Raymond, Stanley Morgan, Hugh Latimer, John Quayle, Simon Oates, Jenny White
Former O.S.S. Agent Alan Holiday (Leslie Nielsen) is living in London when Catherine Carrel (Aliza Gur) visits him on New Year's Eve and involves him in a web of murder and intrigue involving smuggling a tape recorder containing defense data. Holiday soon learns that he has been set up and knows that he must use all of his efforts to stay one step ahead of rival agents.
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The Safecracker 1958 N/R, 96 min. Genre: Adventure
Director: Ray Milland Cast: Ray Milland, Barry Jones, Jeannette Sterke, Victor Maddern, Ernest Clark, Melissa Stribling, Colin Tapley, Clive Morton, Cyril Raymond, Percy Herbert
A jailed safecracker (Ray Milland) is freed from prison to help his government and is sent on a dangerous mission during World War II.
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Thunder in the City 1937 N/R, 80 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Marion Gering Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Luli Deste, Nigel Bruce, Constance Collier, Ralph Richardson, Annie Esmond, Arthur Wontner, Elizabeth Inglis, Cyril Raymond, Everley Gregg
Dan (Edward G. Robinson) is an overly aggressive salesman, so he is sent to London to learn about refined ways of doing business. While there, he hears of an unexploited mine containing (a fictional) mineral "magnelite." Dan thinks this needs his special style of leadership, and also thinks that Lady Patricia (Luli Deste) is worth pursuing, despite the competition from Henry (Ralph Richardson).
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| 1. Accused (1936)
2. Angels One Five (1954)
3. Brief Encounter (1945)
4. Night Train to Paris (1964)
5. The Safecracker (1958)
6. Thunder in the City (1937)
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