, 1h35 Directed byJohn Erman GenresDrama, War, Historical ThemesFilms about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism ActorsMary Steenburgen, Paul Scofield, Huub Stapel, Tom Wilkinson, Eleanor Bron, Frances Cuka Roles Mr. Victor Kraler Rating67% In 1940, the Nazis invade the Netherlands. Miep Gies is a young woman, and an office assistant of Otto Frank, who is Jewish. As the Nazis begin to kill the Jews, Otto Frank becomes worried about his family. In July 1942, Otto Frank decides to hide his family after his daughter Margot is called to appear for transport to a Nazi labour camp. Miep, who is trusted by Otto, hides them in the attic above the office, that was called The Annexe. The film tells the true story of Gies' struggle to keep the family hidden and safe, as the Nazis turn Amsterdam upside-down.
, 1h40 Directed byBrian Desmond Hurst OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Comedy ThemesFilms based on plays ActorsGary Raymond, Siobhán McKenna, Niall MacGinnis, Liam Redmond Roles The Playboy (Christy Mahon) Rating62% A young man from a far away village appears in County Mayo announcing to all and sundry that he has murdered his father with a blow to the head. With the tale growing in the telling, the young man becomes a local hero…until his angry father comes to fetch him home.
, 1h30 Directed byAnthony Asquith OriginUnited-kingdom GenresComedy, Romantic comedy, Romance ThemesThéâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films ActorsSophia Loren, Peter Sellers, Alastair Sim, Vittorio De Sica, Dennis Price, Gary Raymond Roles Alastair Rating54% By the terms of her late father's will, spoiled London heiress Epifania Parerga, the richest woman in the world, cannot marry unless her prospective husband is able to turn £500 into £15,000 within a three-month period. When Epifania becomes smitten with Alastair, a muscular tennis player, she rigs the contest by giving him £500 in stock and then buying it back for £15,000. Alastair is unable to live with the domineering Epifania, however, and leaves her for the more domestic Polly Smith.
, 1h38 Directed byTony Richardson OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama ThemesFilms about families, Théâtre, Films based on plays ActorsRichard Burton, Claire Bloom, Mary Ure, Edith Evans, Donald Pleasence, Gary Raymond Roles Cliff Lewis Rating69% The black-and-white film opens with a close-up on Jimmy Porter performing on trumpet in a crowded, smoky jazz club (titles over). Having finished to a round of applause, he goes over to his friend Cliff, sitting at a front row table, but his friend waves him off in dumb-show, being more intent on winning the affections of a woman. (The real Chris Barber jazz band is visible in the background). Scenes of Jimmy walking home through the depressing streets of a Midlands industrial town (Derby) serve to give the film its overall visual context.
, 1h22 Directed byDavid MacDonald OriginUnited-kingdom GenresSwashbuckler, Action, Adventure ThemesPolitical films ActorsGeorge Baker, Sylvia Syms, Marius Goring, Peter Arne, Clive Morton, Gary Raymond Roles Charles Stuart Rating59% After the Battle of Worcester at the end of the Second English Civil War, the main aim of General Oliver Cromwell (John Le Mesurier) is to capture Charles Stuart (Gary Raymond), son of the executed Charles I. However, the dashing Royalist hero nicknamed "the Moonraker" (George Baker) prepares to smuggle him to safety in France, under the noses of Cromwell's soldiers. According to the story, the hero is called "the Moonraker" after the smuggler term, Moonrakers, sometimes claimed to hide contraband in the village pond and to rake it out by moonlight.