 1984 1956  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Michael Redgrave, Edmond O'Brien, Jan Sterling, David Kossoff, Mervyn Johns, Donald Pleasence, Carol Wolveridge, Ernest Clark, Patrick Allen, Michael Ripper, Ronan O'Casey, Ewen Solon, Kenneth Griffith, John Vernon, Walter Gotell
This story is based on George Orwell's novel about the future under a totalitarian government whose ruler, Big Brother, forbids individuality. Winston Smith (Edmond O'Brien) is a worker for the state who falls in love with another worker, Julia (Jan Sterling). Romance is forbidden, and Julia and Winston get help from fellow worker General O'Connor (Michael Redgrave) in a plot to overthrow Big Brother. Unbeknownst to Winston and Julia, O'Connor is a member of the Government and informs on them. They are captured and sent to rehabilitation centers where, under pressure, they betray each other. The story reflects Cold War thinking of the era. Remade in 1984.
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Arabesque 1966 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel, Kieron Moore, George Coulouris, Duncan Lamont, Ernest Clark, Carl Duering, John Merivale, Harold Kasket, Gordon Griffin, Malya Nappi, Robert Rowland, Larry Taylor, Windsor Davies
An American, David Pollock (Gregory Peck), is a professor of languages at Oxford University who translates a message in hieroglyphics. When Middle Eastern leaders, spies, and oil sheiks try to obtain the contents of the secret message, Pollack partners with Yasmin Azir (Sophia Loren), but her motives are questionable as Pollack is propelled into the world of international espionage.
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Billy Liar 1963 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles, Mona Washbourne, Ethel Griffies, Finlay Currie, Rodney Bewes, Helen Fraser, Ernest Clark, Leonard Rossiter, Gwendolyn Watts, George Innes, Leslie Randall, Patrick Barr, Godrey Winn
Billy Fisher (Tom Courtenay) works at a funeral home but daydreams himself into a fantasy world where he is the hero. When Billy lies to cover a few indiscretions, it doesn't take long before the lies grow to take over a large portion of his life. Billy is engaged to two women and is in love with a third, Liz (Julie Christie). It is Liz who helps Billy get his life in order. He moves out of his parents' (Wilfred Pickles and Mona Washbourne) home, and Billy and Liz leave for London. But, by story's end, Billy's imagination again takes over, and he moves back to his parents' home.
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The Devil-Ship Pirates 1964  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: Don Sharp
Cast: Christopher Lee, Duncan Lamont, Barry Warren, Harry Locke, Andrew Keir, Michael Ripper, Suzan Farmer, Charles Houston, Leonard Fenton, John Cairney, Ernest Clark, Natasha Pyne, Jack Rodney, Philip Latham, Annette Whiteley
Spanish pirate Captain Robeles (Christopher Lee) has been fighting along with the Spanish Armada. After his ship suffers damage, Robeles pulls into a British port in a small village and convinces the residents that Spain won the battle and that Spain now rules them. Robeles proceeds to run the town–until pirate Manuel (Barry Warren) jumps ship and comes to the aid of the townsfolk.
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Father Brown 1954 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Detective
Director: Robert Hamer
Cast: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch, Cecil Parker, Bernard Lee, Sid James, Ernest Thesiger, Gerard Oury, Ernest Clark, Austin Trevor
Father Brown (Alec Guinness) refuses the aid of Scotland Yard and takes charge of the delivery of a priceless cross.
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 Masquerade 1965 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Operation Masquerade
A Shabby Tiger
Director: Basil Dearden
Cast: Cliff Robertson, Jack Hawkins, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli, Bill Fraser, Charles Gray, John Le Mesurier, Felix Aylmer, Christopher Witty, Tutte Lemkow, Ernest Clark
This spoof of spy stories, based on the Victor Canning novel "Castle Minerva," has Robertson and Hawkins hired to abduct the young heir to the throne of a Mid-Eastern nation. Clever and pretty well done.
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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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Salt and Pepper 1968 G, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Michael Bates, John Le Mesurier, Graham Stark, Ernest Clark, Ilona Rodgers, William Mervyn, Harry Hutchinson, Calvin Lockhart
Christopher Pepper and Charles Salt (Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis Jr.) run a nightclub in London's Soho district, but are also secret agents. They must stop an officer (John Le Mesurier) who intends to hijack a nuclear sub and rule England. This is an average comedy with a 1960s' look and feel that spawned a sequel, "One More Time."
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A Tale of Two Cities 1958 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ralph Thomas
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Dorothy Tutin, Cecil Parker, Stephen Murray, Athene Seyler, Ian Bannen, Alfie Bass, Ernest Clark, Christopher Lee, Donald Pleasence
This film adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel stars Dirk Bogarde as Sydney Carton, the Englishman who adapts to determined Parisians' ideals during the French Revolution but,by story's end, gives his life for the woman he loves.
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| 1. 1984 (1956)
2. Arabesque (1966)
3. Billy Liar (1963)
4. The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
5. Father Brown (1954)
aka: The Detective
6. It (1967)
7. Masquerade (1965)
aka: Operation Masquerade
aka: A Shabby Tiger
8. The Safecracker (1958)
9. Salt and Pepper (1968)
10. A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
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