The 39 Steps 1935  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
aka: The Thirty-Nine Steps
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Madeleine Carroll, Robert Donat, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft, John Laurie, Peggy Simpson, Helen Haye, Frank Cellier, Wylie Watson, Gus McNaughton, Jerry Verno, Miles Malleson, John Turnbull, Frederick Piper
Canadian citizen Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) is visiting England when he goes to the Palladium where he sees an act starring "Mr. Memory" (Wylie Watson). In the middle of the show, a shot rings out, and Richard is approached by terrified Miss Annabelle Smith (Lucie Mannheim) who begs him to help her. She tells him that she is a British spy being targeted by international agents out to kill her. The next morning, Annabelle appears at Richard's door–dying from a knife wound, muttering "39 steps," and giving Richard a map. Richard uses the map that leads him to Scotland. He meets Pamela (Madeleine Carroll) on the trip to Scotland, and she ends up serving as his assistant when the two of them become involved in a world of espionage and murder.
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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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Escape 1948 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Rex Harrison, Peggy Cummins, William Hartnell, Norman Wooland, Betty Ann Davies, Jill Esmond, Frederick Piper, Cyril Cusack, Maurice Denham, Marjorie Rhodes
Rex Harrison plays the role of a former RAF commander who is sent to prison unjustly–in his opinion. This is a gripping tale of how he comes to terms with himself.
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The Frightened City 1961  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: John Lemont
Cast: Herbert Lom, John Gregson, Sean Connery, Alfred Marks, Yvonne Romain, Olive McFarland, Kenneth Griffith, Frederick Piper, Patrick Holt, Bruce Seton, John Stone, David Davies, Tom Bowman, Robert Cawdron
Members of a protection-racket gang in London find problems not only from the police but, also, from within their own group. After months of fighting, the gangs agree to combine forces with Waldo Zhernikov (Herbert Lom) taking the position of mob boss. When Zhemikov wants a rival leader bumped off, Paddy Damion (Sean Connery) unwittingly contributes to the success of his demise. Now, Paddy declares revenge and agrees to give information to the police after plea bargaining for a lighter sentence. An early Sean Connery film.
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Jamaica Inn 1939  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Charles Laughton, Leslie Banks, Emlyn Williams, Robert Newton, Maureen O'Hara, Horace Hodges, Hay Petrie, Frederick Piper, Mervyn Johns, Wylie Watson
Sir Humphrey Pengalian (Charles Laughton) is a smuggler in Victorian England, and problems arise when Mary (Maureen O'Hara) discovers that her relatives are involved in shipwrecks.
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Only Two Can Play 1962 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Gilliat
Cast: Peter Sellers, Mai Zetterling, Virginia Maskell, Richard Attenborough, Raymond Huntley, Kenneth Griffith, John Le Mesurier, Frederick Piper, Graham Stark, David Davies
John Lewis is a dull librarian who is devoted to his wife. Then life takes a detour when he is pursued by beautiful Liz (Mai Zetterling).
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What a Carve Up! 1961 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror
aka: No Place Like Homicide
Director: Pat Jackson
Cast: Kenneth Connor, Sid James, Shirley Eaton, Donald Pleasence, Dennis Price, Michael Gough, Valerie Taylor, Michael Gwynn, Esma Cannon, Philip O'Flynn, Timothy Bateson, Frederick Piper
Members of the Broughton family gather together in an eerie mansion for the reading of Uncle Gabriel's (Philip O'Flynn) will. Several of the family end up murdered, and it turns out that the murderer is Uncle Gabriel who faked his death to get even with the rest of his family.
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| 1. The 39 Steps (1935)
aka: The Thirty-Nine Steps
2. 49th Parallel (1941)
aka: The Invaders
aka: Forty-Ninth Parallel
3. Escape (1948)
4. The Frightened City (1961)
5. Jamaica Inn (1939)
6. Only Two Can Play (1962)
7. What a Carve Up! (1961)
aka: No Place Like Homicide
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