49th Parallel 1941  N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Invaders
Forty-Ninth Parallel
Director: Michael Powell
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Leslie Howard, Glynis Johns, Anton Walbrook, Eric Portman, Raymond Massey, Niall MacGinnis, Finlay Currie, Raymond Lovell, John Chandos, Charles Victor, Frederick Piper
When a German U-Boat is sunk off the coast of Canada, six crewmembers reach shore and start on a terrifying journey to neutral territory in America. This propaganda film depicts Nazis in the worst possible light and was a tool to aid the war effort.
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The Bedford Incident 1965 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James B. Harris
Cast: Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, James MacArthur, Martin Balsam, Wally Cox, Eric Portman, Michael Kane, Donald Sutherland, Phil Brown
This is a story about U.S./Soviet Cold War relationships. United States Navy Captain Eric Finlander becomes obsessed with the mission of his destroyer. While stalking a Russian submarine, he accidentally fires a nuclear weapon.
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A Canterbury Tale 1944 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Cast: Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, Sergeant John Sweet, Esmond Knight, Charles Hawtrey, Hay Petrie, George Merritt, Edward Rigby, Freda Jackson, Betty Jardine, Eliot Makeham
Along the road to Canterbury, "Land Girl" Alison Smith (Sheila Sim), U.S. Army Sgt. Bob Johnson (Sergeant John Sweet), and British soldier Peter Gibbs (Dennis Price) become involved with a local prankster, "Glue Man," when he dumps glue on Alison's hair. The mysterious local magistrate (Eric Portman) helps as the trio tries to track down "Glue Man." In the process, they learn about the past and present English countryside, which ultimately leads to answers to their own personal troubles.
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The Colditz Story 1955  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: John Mills, Eric Portman, Christopher Rhodes, Lionel Jeffries, Bryan Forbes, Ian Carmichael, Richard Wattis, David Yates, Frederick Valk, Denis Shaw, Anton Diffring, Eugene Deckers
During World War II, Germany used "escape proof" Colditz Castle to imprison the Allied officers who tried to escape from conventional camps. This is the true story of Maj. P.R. "Pat" Reid (John Mills) about his successful attempt to escape from Colditz through a subterranean tunnel.
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The Deep Blue Sea 1955 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Vivien Leigh, Kenneth More, Eric Portman, Emlyn Williams, Moira Lister, Arthur Hill, Alec McCowen, Dandy Nichols, Gibb McLaughlin, Jimmy Hanley
In a desperate attempt to find happiness, wealthy Hester (Vivien Leigh) embarks in a love affair with Freddie Page (Kenneth More), which eventually leads to even more unhappiness.
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Freud 1962 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Freud: The Secret Passion
Director: John Huston
Cast: Montgomery Clift, Larry Parks, Susannah York, Susan Kohner, Eric Portman, Fernand Ledoux, David McCallum, Rosalie Crutchley, David Kossoff, Eileen Herlie
The early years of Sigmund Freud's great career, leading to the development of psychoanalysis, are portrayed in this film with Montgomery Clift as Freud.
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Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn 1935  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Murder in the Red Barn
Director: Milton Rosmer
Cast: Tod Slaughter, Sophie Stewart, D.J. Williams, Eric Portman, Clare Greet, Gerard Tyrell, Ann Trevor, Dennis Hoey, Stella Rho, Quentin McPhearson, Antonia Brough, Noel Dainton
Based on a real murder, this story involves solving the case of sweet, young Maria Marten (Sophie Stewart) who was murdered by the evil Squire William Corder (Tod Slaughter) and her body hidden in a red barn.
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Moonlight Sonata 1937 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lothar Mendes
Cast: Ignace Jan Paderewsky, Charles Farrell, Marie Tempest, Barbara Greene, Eric Portman, W. Graham Brown, Queenie Leonard, Laurence Hanray, Binkie Stuart, Bryan Powley
The plane in which famed pianist Ignace Jan Paderewski (playing himself) is flying is forced to land on a Swedish estate on which Ingrid (Barbara Greene) and her grandmother (Marie Tempest) live. The story revolves around the attraction between one of the plane's passengers (Eric Portman) and Ingrid. The romance ends when Paderewski intervenes and gives her true love (Charles Farrell) the opportunity to come back into her life.
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The Naked Edge 1961 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Gary Cooper, Deborah Kerr, Eric Portman, Diane Cilento, Hermione Gingold, Peter Cushing, Michael Wilding, Ronald Howard, Ray McAnally, Sandor Eles
Martha Ratcliffe (Deborah Kerr) suspects that she may be the next victim on the list of murders AND she has reason to believe that her husband is the killer.
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One of Our Aircraft Is Missing 1942 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Cast: Godfrey Tearle, Eric Portman, Hugh Williams, Bernard Miles, Peter Ustinov, Robert Helpmann, Googie Withers, Pamela Brown, Hugh Burden, Hay Petrie, Emrys Jones, Joyce Redman, Selma Vaz Dias, Arnold Marle, Alec Clunes
This British film uses World War II as its theme. It is the story of the crash landing of an RAF bomber whose crew manages to bail out over Nazi-occupied Holland, and now they are faced with finding the means of escaping to England. Help comes in the form of an underground network of Dutch patriots that helps them reach the shores of Britain.
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 The Prince and the Pauper 1937  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy
Director: William Keighley
Cast: Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, Billy Mauch, Robert J. Mauch, Alan Hale, Montagu Love, Barton MacLane, Henry Stephenson, Eric Portman, Halliwell Hobbes, Lionel Pape, Leonard Willey, Murray Kinnell, Phyllis Barry, Ivan F. Simpson
Two boys meet–one is Prince Edward (Robert J. Mauch), and the other is a poor boy from London's slums, Tom (Billy Mauch)–and are struck by their physical resemblance to each other. While playing, they exchange clothes and identities, and Edward is evicted from the palace by the Captain of the Guard (Alan Hale) who believes he is a pauper. Now, Tom is thought to be the Prince of Wales by everyone except the evil Earl of Hertford (Claude Rains) who uses the deception as his chance to control the throne. Meanwhile, Edward lives with Tom's father (Barton MacLane) until he is befriended by a soldier of fortune, Miles Hendon (Errol Flynn), who takes him to the palace where he proves his real identity in time to be crowned King of England. A great musical score backs up this film version of Mark Twain's story.
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We Dive at Dawn 1943 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Anthony Asquith
Cast: John Mills, Louis Bradfield, Eric Portman, Ronald Millar, Jack Watling, Reginald Purdell, Niall MacGinnis, Caven Watson, Leslie Weston, Norman Williams, Lionel Grose, David Peel, Robb Wilton, Philip Godfrey, Walter Gotell
The crew of the British submarine Sea Tiger is on leave after a lengthy war patrol when it is recalled to conduct a secret mission after the Sea Tiger captain, Lt. Freddie Taylor (John Mills), receives orders to locate and destroy a new German battleship. The adventures are many in this rousing tale–including seaman James Hobson's (Eric Portman) plot to put on a German soldier's uniform and search for a tanker from which the Sea Tiger can refuel.
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| 1. 49th Parallel (1941)
aka: The Invaders
aka: Forty-Ninth Parallel
2. The Bedford Incident (1965)
3. A Canterbury Tale (1944)
4. The Colditz Story (1955)
5. Deadfall (1968)
6. The Deep Blue Sea (1955)
7. Freud (1962)
aka: Freud: The Secret Passion
8. Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn (1935)
aka: Murder in the Red Barn
9. Moonlight Sonata (1937)
10. The Naked Edge (1961)
11. One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
12. The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
13. We Dive at Dawn (1943)
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