The 7th Dawn 1964   N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The Seventh Dawn
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: William Holden, Susannah York, Capucine, Tetsuro Tamba, Michael Goodliffe, Allan Cuthbertson, Maurice Denham, Sydney Tafler, Beulah Quo, Tony Price
Communist terrorists, British officials, and the people of Malaya fight for control of the country.
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 Alfie 1966  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin, Julia Foster, Shirley Anne Field, Jane Asher, Vivien Merchant, Eleanor Bron, Denholm Elliott, Alfie Bass, Graham Stark, Sydney Tafler, Murray Melvin, Harry Locke, Bryan Marshall
A young Cockney, Alfie Elkins (Michael Caine), is an unsurpassed womanizer who flits from one love interest to another. Alfie impregnates his common-law wife Gilda (Julia Foster) and then has an affair with Lily (Vivien Merchant) who also becomes pregnant by Alfie, and he arranges an abortion. All the while, Alfie engages in sexual affairs with others, including wealthy Ruby (Shelley Winters) and young Siddie (Millicent Martin). Even though disillusioned at the end of the film, Alfie is still "flitting." Academy Award nominations were received for Best Picture, Actor, Supporting Actress (Merchant), Writing, and Song.
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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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The Glass Tomb 1955  N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: The Glass Cage
Director: Montgomery Tully
Cast: John Ireland, Honor Blackman, Geoffrey Keen, Eric Pohlmann, Sid James, Liam Redmond, Sydney Tafler, Valerie Vernon, Arnold Marle, Stan Little, Arthur Howard, Sam Kydd, Ferdy Mayne
This story revolves around a murder at a carnival when "The Starving Man" Sapolio (Eric Pohlmann) is found dead inside his glass cage. Now, his manager Pel (John Ireland) takes it upon himself to find out what really happened.
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A Kid for Two Farthings 1955 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Carol Reed
Cast: Celia Johnson, Diana Dors, David Kossoff, Joe Robinson, Jonathan Ashmore, Brenda De Banzie, Primo Carnera, Sydney Tafler, Sid James, Lou Jacobi, Irene Handl, Danny Green
Joe (Jonathan Ashmore) is a young boy who believes the story told by a tailor (David Kossoff) about captured unicorns granting wishes. Joe buys a goat with only one horn, and when good things start happening to his poor, hard-working neighbors, Joe is convinced that his goat really is a unicorn.
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The Lavender Hill Mob 1951 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Charles Crichton
Cast: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sid James, Alfie Bass, Marjorie Fielding, John Gregson, Edie Martin, Clive Morton, Audrey Hepburn, John Salew, Ronald Adam, Arthur Hambling, Gibb McLaughloin, Sydney Tafler, Marie Burke
A very unlikely duo forms a partnership to rob a gold bullion shipment. Henry Holland (Alec Guinness) is the quiet bank clerk who teams up with Pendlebury (Stanley Holloway) in this very funny story about amateurs doing well in the criminal world. Guinness was nominated for an Oscar, and an Oscar was won for Best Writing
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The Long Arm 1956 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
aka: The Third Key
Director: Charles Frend
Cast: Jack Hawkins, Dorothy Alison, Michael Brooke, John Stratton, Geoffrey Keen, Sam Kydd, Glyn Houston, Richard Leech, Newton Blick, Sydney Tafler, Ralph Truman, Ian Bannen, Peter Burton, George Rose
Dedicated Scotland Yard Superintendent Tom Halliday (Jack Hawkins), along with his young assistant Sergeant Ward (John Stratton), works to solve a string of robberies involving safes, all of which were made by the same manufacturer. The investigation leads to a night watchman (Richard Leech), and Halliday sets the trap that will ensnare the elusive crook and bring an end to the safe crackings.
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The Saint's Return 1954 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: The Saint's Girl Friday
Director: Seymour Friedman
Cast: Louis Hayward, Naomi Chance, Sydney Tafler, Charles Victor, Jane(2) Carr, Harold Lang, Diana Dors, Thomas Gallagher, William(2) Russell, Fred Johnson
Hayward, who was the first Saint in 1938, is back for one last episode, the first one in 11 years. The Saint returns to London and finds his ex-girlfriend murdered. He tracks down the killers as they prepare to strike again.
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Secret People 1952  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thorold Dickinson
Cast: Valentina Cortese, Charles Goldner, Serge Reggiani, Audrey Hepburn, Megs Jenkins, Irene Worth, Sydney Tafler, Angela Foulds, Reginald Tate, Athene Seyler
After their father's political execution, two sisters take up where he left off in the underground movement of World War II.
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| 1. The 7th Dawn (1964)
aka: The Seventh Dawn
2. Alfie (1966)
3. Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
4. The Glass Tomb (1955)
aka: The Glass Cage
5. A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)
6. The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
7. The Long Arm (1956)
aka: The Third Key
8. The Saint's Return (1954)
aka: The Saint's Girl Friday
9. Secret People (1952)
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