Hamlet

Hamlet 1948

7.42

Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.

1948

In Which We Serve

In Which We Serve 1942

6.80

The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.

1942

Blithe Spirit

Blithe Spirit 1945

6.90

An English mystery novelist invites a medium to his home, so she may conduct a séance for a small gathering. The writer hopes to gather enough material for the book he's working on, as well as to expose the medium as a charlatan. However, proceedings take an unexpected turn, resulting in a chain of supernatural events being set into motion that wreak havoc on the man's present marriage.

1945

Henry V

Henry V 1944

6.60

In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

1944

The Rocking Horse Winner

The Rocking Horse Winner 1949

6.45

A strange and tragic tale of a young boy who is able to predict race winners at the horse track by riding his own rocking horse to aid his parents out of their endless round of debts.

1949

The History of Mr. Polly

The History of Mr. Polly 1949

7.80

Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father to marry and to set up shop in a small town. His heart is in neither of these enterprises and he eventually resorts to desperate measures to break free. His random wanderings in the countryside lead him to a new opportunity that just might be what he's been looking for all along.

1949

Men of Two Worlds

Men of Two Worlds 1946

5.50

An African music student returns home and has to defeat the witch doctor who dominates his tribe and attempt to take them to healthier land away from disease-infestation.

1946

Uncle Silas

Uncle Silas 1947

5.80

Following her father's death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke and schemes to murder his niece for her vast inheritance.

1947

Odd Man Out

Odd Man Out 1947

7.30

Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.

1947

This Happy Breed

This Happy Breed 1944

7.10

In 1919, Frank Gibbons returns home from army duty and moves into a middle-class row house, bringing with him wife Ethel, carping mother-in-law Mrs. Flint, sister-in-law Sylvia and three children. Years pass, with the daily routine of family infighting and reconciliation occasionally broken by a strike or a festival.

1944

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill 1948

7.69

A handsome young master at a boys school incurs the jealousy of an embittered colleague. From the novel by Hugh Walpole.

1948

Don't Take It to Heart

Don't Take It to Heart 1944

5.90

A stray World War Two bomb releases the ghost of the 3rd Earl of Chaunduyt after 400 years. A visiting professor, while wooing the beautiful Lady Mary, daughter of the present Earl, finds him an ally in his fight on behalf of the villagers to protect their ancient rights against a meddling newcomer.

1944

The Perfect Woman

The Perfect Woman 1949

5.80

In need of cash, Roger Cavendish and his valet take a job escorting the perfect woman for a night on the town. She is in fact the robotic creation of Professor Belman, but it turns out rather to be the Professor's niece Penelope doing a pretty good imitation of the perfect Olga who winds up with them in the bridal suite at the Hotel Splendide.

1949

The Flemish Farm

The Flemish Farm 1943

5.50

Wartime commando story based on fact. Allied airman risks return (on the ground) to occupied France for the honour of his regiment.

1943

One Good Turn

One Good Turn 1955

6.30

Norman is the oldest orphan at Greenwood Children's Home and now acts as their caretaker. All the orphans are very happy and well cared for. The adventures start when a nasty property developer (boo hiss) who is also the chairman of the orphanage board wants to close the orphanage and build a factory on the site. The children are sent to Brighton for the day and Norman is very excited because he's "Never seen the Sea". When they get back they discover the plan to close the orphanage and have to decide what to do

1955

Adam and Evelyne

Adam and Evelyne 1949

6.60

A handsome gambler unwittingly becomes guardian of an orphaned, teenaged girl.

1949

The Way Ahead

The Way Ahead 1944

6.40

A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casualties at Dunkirk.

1944

The October Man

The October Man 1947

6.15

Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for the time she was killed.

1947

Mr. Emmanuel

Mr. Emmanuel 1944

6.80

An elderly Jewish man from Manchester, travels to Nazi Germany to seek the mother of a young German refugee that has attempted suicide. In Germany, Mr. Emmanuel’s efforts to seek out Hertha Rosenhein are greeted by a wall of silence from the scared Jewish community and anti-Semitic hatred from many Germans.

1944

The Way to the Stars

The Way to the Stars 1945

5.70

Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed.

1945