, 1h55 Directed byPhilip Haas GenresDrama, Romance ActorsKristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft, James Fox, Jeremy Davies, Roger Hammond Roles Beryl Bryson Rating59% The action takes place in the late 1930s. 30-year-old Mary Panton, whose extraordinary beauty has always been one of her greatest assets, has been a widow for one year. Her late husband Matthew, whom she married at 21 because she loved him, turned out to be an alcoholic, a gambler, a womaniser, and a wife-beater. Mary endures all the hardship and pain inflicted on her by her husband (including his having sex with her while drunk). When he drinks and drives, he has a car accident. A few hours later, he dies in Mary's arms. This, she concludes, is a blessing for both of them.
, 1h55 Directed byPhilip Haas OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Romance ActorsKristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft, James Fox, Derek Jacobi, Jeremy Davies Roles Beryl Bryson Rating59% En 1938, à Florence, Mary Panton, une veuve anglaise fauchée par la mort de son mari, est demandée en mariage par sir Edgar Swift, le gouverneur du Bengale. Elle accepte mais, lors d'une soirée chez la princesse San Ferdinando, elle fait la connaissance de Rowley Flint, un aventurier américain et séducteur invétéré, qui tente de la séduire mais elle repousse ses avances. Elle préfère passer la nuit avec le jeune violoncelliste Karl Richter. Mais le lendemain matin, alors qu'il lui déclare son amour, elle le repousse et ce dernier se suicide. Paniquée, elle demande à Rowley de se débarrasser du corps ce qu'il fait aussitôt. Mais il est retrouvé en possession de l'arme et aussitôt jeté en prison.
, 2h5 Directed byTim Fywell OriginUSA GenresThriller ActorsTara Fitzgerald, Justine Waddell, Andrew Lincoln, James Wilby, Simon Callow, John Standing Roles Mrs. Rideout Rating69% Marian Fairlie (Tara FitzGerald) and Laura Fairlie (Justine Waddell) are half-sisters (same father but different mothers). Laura's mother died, leaving Laura an inheritance which she will receive when she comes of age. They both live in Limmeridge with their uncle, Mr. Fairlie (Ian Richardson), who hires a new tutor, Walter Hartright (Andrew Lincoln). Marian tells Hartright that she and Laura are very close, agree in everything and refuse to be taught separately.
, 50minutes OriginUnited-kingdom GenresCrime ActorsDavid Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Pauline Moran, Ann Bell, Jonny Phillips, Bill Wallis Roles Lady Astwell Rating72% Hastings part rejoindre un ami, Charles, pour une partie de golf. Poirot l'accompagne car ils sont invités ensuite chez l'oncle de Charles, Sir Reubens, PDG d'une entreprise de chimie, qui possède la plus belle collection de miniatures belges en bronze. Poirot et Hastings s'aperçoivent que leur hôte est détesté de tous et ils ne sont pas surpris lorsque le lendemain il est retrouvé mort dans son bureau. Entre affaires privées et secrets industriels, Poirot ne manque pas de suspects...
, 1h38 Directed byClive Donner OriginUSA GenresHorror ThemesDemons in film ActorsRobert Culp, Gig Young, John Hurt, James Villiers, Ann Bell, Gordon Jackson Roles Anitra Cyon Rating59% William Sebastian (Robert Culp) is a former criminologist who now studies the occult to explain the problem of human evil. He has been cursed on one of his adventures by the demon Asmodeus, leaving him in constant need of medical attention. He summons an old colleague, Dr. "Ham" Hamilton (Gig Young) to his home to help him with a case involving the Cyon family. Dr. Hamilton does not believe in the occult and thinks that Sebastian and his housekeeper Lilith (Majel Barrett) are playing tricks on him when he witnesses unusual events.
, 1h24 Directed byRodney Amateau, Rod Amateau OriginUnited-kingdom GenresComedy ThemesThéâtre, Films based on plays ActorsDavid Niven, Virna Lisi, Robert Vaughn, Ann Bell, John Cleese, Tim Brooke-Taylor Roles Pat Demarest Rating48% Professor Alex Bolt has developed a new universal language, Unispeak, which has made him internationally famous. His wife Rhonda has made a sculpture of her husband at the behest of the US State Department, commissioned by his friend, US Ambassador to England, Ray, for $50,000, in order to promote Unispeak. It is intended that the sculpture be unveiled in London's Grosvener Square.
, 1h39 Directed byDavid Greene OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Horror ThemesFilms based on works by H. P. Lovecraft ActorsGig Young, Carol Lynley, Oliver Reed, Flora Robson, Charles Lloyd-Pack, Bernard Kay Roles Mary Whately, Susannah's Mother Rating58% Susannah Kelton, a newly married twentysomething who was raised in foster care in the big city, learns that her real parents have only recently died and left all of their property to her. She and her husband, Mike, travel to the island of Dunwich off the coast of Massachusetts to inspect the property. They find a local culture that is clannish, backward and ignorant. The few friends they make amongst the locals, including Susannah's Aunt Agatha, warn them that the family mill is cursed and urge the Keltons to leave immediately and never look back. Refusing to bow to superstition, the Keltons consider rehabilitating the abandoned mill. They become the target of a gang of local thugs led by Susannah's lecherous cousin, Ethan. Their reign of terror is ended by something still living in the shuttered attic room of the mill, something that caused Susannah nightmares as a child.
, 1h45 Directed byJames Clavell OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama ThemesFilms about education ActorsSidney Poitier, Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall, Ann Bell, Lulu, Geoffrey Bayldon Roles Mrs. Dare Rating75% Mark Thackeray (Sidney Poitier), an unemployed man, applies for an engineering job but it will be a long time before a decision is made. He also applies for, and is awarded, a teaching position at the North Quay Secondary School in the tough East End of London. He comes from British Guyana via California.