Angels One Five 1954  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George More O'Ferrall
Cast: Jack Hawkins, Michael Denison, John Gregson, Dulcie Gray, Andrew Osborn, Cyril Raymond, Humphrey Lestocq, Veronica Hurst, Harold Goodwin, Norman Pierce, Geoffrey Keen, Harry Locke, Philip Stainton, Vida Hope, Amy Veness
Headquarters control room for RAF pilots during World War II's Battle of Britain, when the "Few" fight off the German Luftwaffe, is the focus of this realistic film about tactical and strategic aspects of war.
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 The Blue Lagoon 1949  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Frank Launder
Cast: Jean Simmons, Susan Stranks, Donald Houston, Peter Rudolph Jones, Noel Purcell, Cyril Cusack, Maurice Denham, James Hayter, Nora Nicholson, Philip Stainton, Patrick Barr, Lyn Evans
Based on Henry De Vere Stacpoole's novel, this is the story of two young people, Michael Reynolds (Donald Houston) and Emmeline Foster (Jean Simmons), who are marooned on a deserted island, fall in love, and become parents.
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Cast a Dark Shadow 1957 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Lockwood, Kay Walsh, Kathleen Harrison, Robert Flemyng, Mona Washbourne, Walter Hudd, Myrtle Reed, Lita Roza, Philip Stainton
Charming Edward (Dirk Bogarde) marries and murders rich older women for their money. But Freda (Margaret Lockwood) may be a match for his wit. This version of the Bluebeard story is a good "suspenser."
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Hobson's Choice 1954 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: David Lean
Cast: Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda De Banzie, Prunella Scales, Daphne Anderson, Richard Wattis, Helen Haye, Joseph Tomelty, Raymond Huntley, John Laurie, Derek Blomfield, Julien Mitchell, Gibb McLaughlin, Philip Stainton, Dorothy Gordon
Henry Horatio Hobson (Charles Laughton) is a shoemaker with three independently thinking daughters–Maggie, Alice, and Vicky (Brenda De Banzie, Daphne Anderson, and Prunella Scales). Maggie proves a match for her stubborn father when she decides to marry Willie Mossop (John Mills) who is one of his employees. Next, Maggie encourages Alice and Vicky to choose their own husbands and ignore the directives of their father to not marry.
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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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Mogambo 1953 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly, Donald Sinden, Laurence Naismith, Philip Stainton, Eric Pohlmann, Denis O'Dea, Asa Etula
This remake of "Red Dust" is about a safari in Africa whose guide, Victor Marswell (Clark Gable), becomes involved with two beautiful women (Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly) in his party. Gardner received an Oscar nomination (Actress), as did Kelly (Supporting Actress).
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| 1. Angels One Five (1954)
2. The Blue Lagoon (1949)
3. Cast a Dark Shadow (1957)
4. Hobson's Choice (1954)
5. The Ladykillers (1955)
6. Mogambo (1953)
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