, 2h4 Directed byMichael Anderson OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, War, Thriller, Documentary, Action, Historical ThemesTransport films, Aviation films, Political films ActorsRichard Todd, Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans, Basil Sydney, Patrick Barr, Raymond Huntley Rating73% In the early years of the Second World War, aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis is struggling to develop a means of attacking Germany's dams in the hope of crippling German heavy industry. Working for the Ministry of Aircraft Production, as well as doing his own job at Vickers, he works feverishly to make practical his theory of a bouncing bomb which would skip over the water to avoid protective torpedo nets. When it came into contact with the dam, it would sink before exploding, making it much more destructive. Wallis calculates that the aircraft will have to fly extremely low (150 feet (46 m)) to enable the bombs to skip over the water correctly, but when he takes his conclusions to the Ministry, he is told that lack of production capacity means they cannot go ahead with his proposals.
, 1h35 Directed byRalph Thomas OriginUnited-kingdom GenresThriller ActorsRichard Todd, John Bailey, Eva Bartok, John Gregson, George Coulouris, Margot Grahame Rating62% British private detective Edward Mercer (Richard Todd) is employed to travel to Venice and locate an Italian who is to be rewarded for his assistance to Allied airmen during the Second World War. Once he arrives in Italy, however, he becomes mixed up in an assassination and a great deal of mystery. The mystery revolves around whether Renzo Uccello (John Gregson) actually died a few years earlier in World War II or not. The city of Venice provides a familiar and magnificent backdrop for the story.
, 1h19 Directed byJohn Gilling OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Thriller, Crime ActorsBonar Colleano, Patrick Barr, Sid James, Avice Landone, Andrew Ray, Ronald Adam Rating57% Tom Buchan (Colleano) is an alcoholic journalist whose once memorable work has been destroyed by his constant drunken antics that have cost him his future. Buchan boasts to his colleagues that they report news, whilst he makes it. He sees a chance for redemption by getting the life story of Gino Rossi (James), an Italian crime boss on the run. He wins Rossi's confidence by tipping him off to the police coming to arrest them (after Buchnan himself tipped off the police).