The Captive Heart 1946  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Basil Dearden
Cast: Michael Redgrave, Rachel Kempson, Frederick Leister, Mervyn Johns, Rachel Thomas, Jack Warner, Gladys Henson, James Harcourt, Gordon Jackson, Elliott Mason, Margot Fitzsimons, David Keir, Derek Bond, Jame Barrett, Meriel Forbes
In his plot to escape the Gestapo, Czech patriot Karel Hasek (Michael Redgrave) takes the identity of a dead British officer, "Capt. Geoffrey Mitchell," and is jailed as a British soldier in a stalag. Now, he must send love letters to the deceased officer's widow Celia (Rachel Kempson) to ensure that his real identity will not come to light. After enduring many hardships and finally winning his freedom through repatriation, Karel must now square matters with Celia.
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Carve Her Name with Pride 1958  N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Jack Warner, Denise Grey, Alain Saury, Maurice Ronet, Anne Leon, Sydney Tafler, Avice Landone, Nicole Stephane, Noel Willman, Bill Owen, Billie Whitelaw, William Mervyn, Michael Goodliffe
This story is based on the real life of Violette Szabo (Virginia McKenna) who joined the British secret service during World War II. Her husband (Alain Saury) had just been killed in North Africa, but Violette left her baby girl behind and parachuted into enemy territory to begin work as a British agent. Violette was captured and sent to a concentration camp where she was tortured and finally executed. Her bravery in not revealing British secrets earned her (posthumously) the George Cross.
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A Christmas Carol 1951  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Drama
aka: Scrooge
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
Cast: Alastair Sim, Mervyn Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Patrick Macnee, Peter Bull, Michael Hordern, Miles Malleson, Ernest Thesiger, George Cole, Francis De Wolff, Michael Dolan, C. Konarski, Glyn Dearman
This popular version of Charles Dickens' classic story "A Christmas Carol" stars Alastair Sim as the miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, whose life is turned around one Christmas Eve when he is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future (Michael Dolan, Francis De Wolff, and C. Konarski). After their visit, Scrooge reassesses his treatment of Tiny Tim (Glyn Dearman) and his family. Sim is great and makes this film a must for everyone.
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Dominique 1978  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Dominique Is Dead
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Cliff Robertson, Jean Simmons, Jenny Agutter, Ron Moody, Simon Ward, Judy Geeson, Michael Jayston, Flora Robson, David Tomlinson, Jack Warner
A greedy American businessman (Cliff Robertson) decides to scare his wealthy British wife (Jean Simmons) to death. He finally succeeds–or does he? She returns, it appears, as a ghost to even the score.
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 The Ladykillers 1955 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Cast: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Katie Johnson, Jack Warner, Philip Stainton, Fred Griffiths, Sam Kydd, Frankie Howerd, Kenneth Connor, Edie Martin, Ewan Roberts, Harold Goodwin
Marcus (Alec Guinness) is the leader of an inept gang of thieves planning a robbery. The gang rents apartments in elderly Mrs. Wilberforce's (Katie Johnson) London house and tells Mrs. Wilberforce that they are musicians. The ploy does not work, and when she learns the truth about them the gang decides to kill her. Bad idea–and they are thwarted by the doddering Mrs. Wilberforce.
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| 1. The Captive Heart (1946)
2. Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
3. A Christmas Carol (1951)
aka: Scrooge
4. Dominique (1978)
aka: Dominique Is Dead
5. The Ladykillers (1955)
6. The Quatermass Experiment (1955)
aka: The Creeping Unknown
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