Dark Eyes of London 1940  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Human Monster
Dead Eyes of London
The Human Monster
Director: Walter Summers
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Hugh Williams, Greta Gynt, Edmon Ryan, Wilfred Walter, Alexander Field, Arthur E. Owen, Julie Suedo, Gerald Pring, Bryan Herbert
Dr. Orloff (Bela Lugosi) runs an institution for the blind. But his real business is selling insurance policies to his patients and then having his disfigured and blind assistant (Wilfred Walter) murder them for the insurance money. As more and more bodies are pulled out of the Thames River, Scotland Yard investigates.
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 An Ideal Husband 1947  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alexander Korda
Cast: Paulette Goddard, Michael Wilding, Diana Wynyard, Glynis Johns, C. Aubrey Smith, Hugh Williams, Michael Medwin, Constance Collier, Christine Norden, Michael Anthony
This Oscar Wilde story features a blackmail attempt on politician Sir Robert Chiltern by Mrs. Cheveley (Paulette Goddard). The plot is foiled when Lord Goring (Michael Wilding) comes to the rescue of his friend.
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Khartoum 1966 N/R, 134 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Basil Dearden
Cast: Charlton Heston, Richard Johnson, Ralph Richardson, Alexander Knox, Laurence Olivier, Hugh Williams, Nigel Green, Johnny Sekka, Michael Hordern, Ralph Michael
This drama recreates the 19th-century defeat of the British in the Sudan. It highlights General Gordon (Charlton Heston) and his Christian forces as they fight the Mahdi (Laurence Olivier) and his Muslim tribesmen.
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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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Secret Mission 1942 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Harold French
Cast: Hugh Williams, Carla Lehmann, James Mason, Roland Culver, Michael Wilding, Stewart Granger, Herbert Lom, Betty Warren, Brefni O'Rorke, Karel Stepanek
Three British intelligence officers manage to sneak behind enemy lines to obtain Nazi defense secrets.
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Ships with Wings 1942 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sergei Nolbandov
Cast: John Clements, Leslie Banks, Jane Baxter, Ann Todd, Basil Sydney, Edward Chapman, Hugh Williams, Frank Pettingell, Michael Wilding, Michael Rennie, Cecil Parker, John Stuart, Morland Graham, Charles Victor, Hugh Burden
During World War II, R.A.F. pilot Lt. Dick Stacey (John Clements) has fallen in love with Celia (Jane Baxter) who is the daughter of Adm. Wetherby (Leslie Banks). Stacey takes a plane without permission and crashes it leaving Celia's brother Lt. Wetherby (Hugh Burden) dead. His romance with Celia ends. After his court-martial, Stacey serves aboard the H.M.S. Ark Royal–the ship with wings–where he becomes a mercenary charter pilot in the Mediterranean. Stacey regains his patriotism when he goes on a suicide mission, crashes his plane into a German dam site, and floods a German post. He has redeemed himself and dies a hero.
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 Wuthering Heights 1939  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, Miles Mander, Leo G. Carroll, Hugh Williams, Cecil Humphreys, Cecil Kellaway, Sarita Wooton, Rex Downing, Douglas Scott, Helena Grant
In this filmed version of Emily Bronte's classic novel, Mr. Earnshaw (Cecil Kellaway) brings home orphaned Heathcliff (Rex Downing) to Wuthering Heights. Earnshaw's son Hindley (Douglas Scott) hates Heathcliff, but daughter Catherine (Sarita Wooton) loves him. Mr. Earnshaw dies, and Hindley takes over forcing Heathcliff to work as a stable boy. Cathy and Heathcliff love each other, but when they grow up, Cathy (now played by Merle Oberon) marries wealthy neighbor Edgar Linton (David Niven). Heathcliff (now played by Laurence Olivier) has left but returns a wealthy man, buys Wuthering Heights from Hindley (now played by Hugh Williams), and marries Edgar's sister Isabella (Geraldine Fitzgerald). Now, Cathy realizes that she cannot forget Heathcliff, and even death cannot part them. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture, Actor (Olivier), Supporting Actress (Geraldine Fitzgerald), and Director.
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| 1. Dark Eyes of London (1940)
aka: The Human Monster
aka: Dead Eyes of London
aka: The Human Monster
2. An Ideal Husband (1947)
3. Khartoum (1966)
4. One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
5. Secret Mission (1942)
6. Ships with Wings (1942)
7. Wuthering Heights (1939)
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