Walk a Tightrope

Happiness is a tightrope. Some walk it successfully. Some fail. And some kill to preserve it...For three months, Ellen finds perfect happiness. She deeply loves her husband, Jason, and they have a beautiful home. Then one day she meets him by chance in a local pub with his business partner. She faints, and the two men take her home. Frightened and unhappy, she tells her husband that she is being followed...Patricia Owens gives a strong performance as the woman tormented by her past, starring opposite legendary Hollywood bad guy Dan Duryea in this tense, crime/suspense drama gorgeously shot in black and white. Walk a Tightrope is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Special Features:Image galleryPromotional materials PDF

My Irish Molly

Binkie Stuart, a child star whose career briefly flourished before the outbreak of war in 1939, takes the titular role in this heart-warming musical charting the adventures of a little orphan girl in the difficult days of pre-war Ireland. Starring alongside Hollywood siren Maureen O’Hara in an early role, Britain’s answer to Shirley Temple plays a spirited young girl left in the clutches of a cruel guardian aunt.The only known existing British version of this film is the re-release, edited down to favour O’Hara (then a major star) rather than Binkie. Luckily, the edited material was preserved and this is included as a special feature. My Irish Molly is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the re-release film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.SPECIAL FEATURE13 minutes of deleted scenes [part mute], including the original titles

Warn That Man

This intriguing wartime thriller adapts Vernon Sylvaine's stage play imagining a Nazi plot to kidnap Winston Churchill – a plotline famously revisited more than three decades later in The Eagle Has Landed. Blending keen suspense and defiant humour in equal measure, Warn That Man sees professional Cockney and box office favourite Gordon Harker starring alongside Canadian-born Raymond Lovell and British film stalwart Finlay Currie. Made in 1943, the film is presented here in a brand-new High Definition transfer from the original elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.At the height of World War II, the Germans discover that a certain British personage is to stay at the country house of Lord Buckley. They devise a plan whereby they will kidnap the real Lord Buckley, and send to England an actor who will masquerade, lie in wait for the visitor with a number of gunmen, and take him back to Germany...Special Feature:Original Theatrical Programme PDF

We Joined the Navy

British film icon Kenneth More – at the height of his fame – plays an unlucky Dartmouth Naval College cadet leader who sails out to further misfortune when he joins the US fleet in the Mediterranean. Also featuring a splendid cast of key supporting actors – including Dinsdale Landen, Jeremy Lloyd, Derek Fowlds, John Le Mesurier, Andrew Cruikshank, Warren Mitchell and Kenneth Griffith – We Joined the Navy is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its original aspect ratio.Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, “the Artful Bodger” has one besetting sin – a shining honesty which compels him to say the right thing at entirely the wrong time! When untimely remarks to some new recruits are splashed across the tabloids, the rush is on to find him a new posting somewhere far away...SPECIAL FEATURESOriginal Theatrical TrailerImage GalleryPromotional Material PDFs

Silent Dust

This powerfully emotional post-war drama from acclaimed British director Lance Comfort features commanding performances from Sally Gray, Stephen Murray, Nigel Patrick and Seymour Hicks, among others, with an excellent score by leading French composer Georges Auric. Released in 1949, Silent Dust is presented here in a brand-new digital transfer, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Sir Robert Rawley is a self-made man in the most successful sense. The spur for his ambition had always been his son, Simon, but since Simon’s death under fire his love has grown into an obsession. All is not as it seems, however - Simon deserted his post and faked his own death, and is now on the hunt for money...Special Feature: Original Theatrical Trailer

The Good Beginning

This delicate and very human drama centres around a newly married couple as they try to negotiate a path through financial insecurity, and the resulting tension that is placed upon their relationship. John Fraser and Eileen Moore take the lead roles, with Peter Reynolds and then-aspiring fifties starlet Lana Morris among a solid supporting cast. The Good Beginning is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.After their honeymoon, Johnny Lipton and his wife Kit move into their small apartment. Kit runs the flat on a tight budget, for she hopes that one day – with her support – her husband will eventually run his own business. A lack of understanding of each other’s character and aspirations, however, leads to many problems before Johnny and Kit are able to attempt a 'good beginning' to their marriage.Special Feature: Original Theatrical Trailer

Night Birds

Scotland Yard is seriously concerned over the exploits of the notorious Flash Jack – a criminal gangleader who preys on the wealthy. At large in London, his criminal activities show no signs of stopping, and so Det. Sgt. Cross is assigned to the case...A rare British thriller from the dawn of the talkies , Night Birds stars transatlantic actor Jack Raine as intrepid Det. Sgt. Harry Cross. One of several films made in bilingual form by BIP – with a partly German crew – during this period, this exceptionally rare film is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Special Feature: Alternate Ending [mute]

West 11

An early feature from Michael Winner, this brilliantly gritty crime thriller sets its story of alienation and amorality amid the faded grandeur and seedy clubs of early-sixties Notting Hill. Alfred Lynch leads an excellent cast, and the film showcases an outstandingly vulnerable performance from Diana Dors. Scripted by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall, West 11 is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Joe Beckett, seasoned citizen of the bedsitter belt, aged about 22, is the renegade son of modest, respectable parents and, to use his own description, 'an emotional leper'. He decides that he needs a violent shock to shake him back into life, and as a result accepts a commission to carry out the murder of a total stranger for a man he meets in a coffee bar...SPECIAL FEATURE:Original theatrical trailer Alternative scenes made for the overseas market

The Nightcomers

Marlon Brando's intense performance dominates this atmospheric, sexually charged feature from a golden age of British horror, directed by Michael Winner and also starring Stephanie Beacham in her first major film role. Visually stunning in a High Definition transfer from the original film elements, The Nightcomers sketches a prequel to Henry James' classic Gothic novella The Turn of the Screw, with Brando in typically compelling form as the servant whose disturbing, magnetic presence exerts a corrupting hold over the occupants of a country estate.Following the death of their parents, Flora and Miles are left in the care of repressed governess Miss Jessel, and housekeeper Mrs Grose. But it is Peter Quint, the malevolent Irish servant, who truly rules the household; Miss Jessel, equally repulsed and fascinated by Quint, is drawn into a secret sado-masochistic affair with him, while Flora and Miles are increasingly in his thrall...Special Features:Original Theatrical TrailerOriginal Teaser TrailerImage GalleryPromotional Material PDF

Circle of Danger

A cleverly plotted mystery from Cat People director Jacques Tourneur, Circle of Danger casts Oscar winner Ray Milland as an American who comes to London hoping to discover the true circumstances of his brother’s death during a wartime operation in France. Also boasting fine performances from Marius Goring and Gainsborough heroine Patricia Roc, Circle of Danger is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the riginal film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Clay Douglas arrives in London to investigate the mysterious death of his brother, who served as a Commando with the British Forces. Suspecting it was not a German bullet that killed his brother, Clay’s investigations uncover the fact that there was a mysterious thirteenth member of the raiding party...SPECIAL FEATURES:Original Theatrical Trailer Image Gallery

Assassin for Hire

A taut, noir-ish crime thriller produced by Primetime Emmy nominee and future Avengers lynchpin Julian Wintle, Assassin for Hire stars Sydney Tafler as a hitman who nurtures his younger brother’s musical talent with blood money; Ronald Howard is the Scotland Yard inspector who doggedly pursues him using any means at his disposal. This early-fifties 'B'-movie gem is featured here in a brandnew transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Antonio Riccardi, a rare stamp dealer who is secretly a hired killer, pays for the violin lessons of his gifted brother Giuseppe. To meet the expenses of Giuseppe’s concert debut he accepts a further job, but his decision to do so provides Detective Inspector Carson, who has long hoped to ensnare Tony, with an opportunity hat might now enable him to bring about his downfall...SPECIAL FEATURE:Original Press Release PDF

Waterfront

Zavvi - Het huis van de popcultuurDit voortreffelijke drama schetst het turbulente leven van een zeeman die gebukt gaat onder een leven van hard werken en hard drinken, en de uitdagingen waarvoor de drie kinderen die hij in de steek laat zich gesteld zien als zij zich een weg proberen te banen in het Liverpool van de Depressietijd. Met sterke optredens van Robert Newton, Susan Shaw, Kathleen Harrison en een jonge Richard Burton - hier te zien in pas zijn derde film - wordt Waterfront gepresenteerd in een gloednieuwe transfer van de originele filmelementen in de originele theatrale beeldverhouding.Wanneer scheepsbrandweerman Peter McCabe zijn lankmoedige vrouw verlaat, laat hij haar verarmd achter, met twee jonge dochters en een jongen die kort na zijn vertrek is geboren. Na een afwezigheid van veertien jaar keert McCabe terug, ontslagen en vernederd, met problemen in zijn kielzog...Bonus Features:Afbeeldingen galerijOrigineel persboek PDF

Mine Own Executioner

With compelling, sympathetic performances from double Oscar nominee Burgess Meredith and accomplished Irish actor Kieron Moore, this powerful psychological drama shows the almost super-human demands of a profession that ranks amongst the most challenging. Adapted from his own novel by BAFTA-winning author and screenwriter Nigel Balchin, Mine Own Executioner is presented in a brand-new High Definition transfer from the original film elements.Meredith stars as Felix Milne, a lay psychiatrist in post-war London who is enlisted to treat Adam Lucian, a fighter pilot deeply traumatised by his experiences in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp. Beleaguered by emotional problems of his own, Milne embodies the mixture of dedication, self-distrust and self-criticism that characterises someone with a genuine vocation for the psychiatrist's work; but is he qualified to treat a patient as disturbed and potentially destructive as Adam?Special Features:Image GalleryPromotional Material PDFs

Captain Bill

The Thames provides a backdrop to the high-spirited clowning of rubber-faced vaudevillian Leslie Fuller in this breezy nautical comedy co-scripted by BAFTA nominee Val Valentine and Fuller's regular collaborator, Syd Courtenay. Direction comes from silent-era and Hal Roach/Laurel & Hardy veteran Ralph Ceder.Made at the height of his fame in 1935, Captain Bill features Fuller in the hugely popular role of the dim-witted Cockney – this time as a luckless bargee who unwittingly gets himself involved with a gang of gun-runners!Also starring Fuller's stalwart sidekick Hal Gordon, this classic comedy feature is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Special Features: Image Gallery Promotional Material PDFs

Little Red Monkey

Richard Conte – best known for his role in The Godfather – stars with Russell Napier (Scotland Yard's Superintendent Duggan) and noted Scottish actress Rona Anderson in this stylish Cold War thriller. Little Red Monkey was a global box-office success for Anglo-Amalgamated, made at the company's famous Merton Park Studios, and provided an early showcase for future Primetime Emmy-winning director Ken Hughes; it is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements.A mysterious assassin is targeting eminent British atomic scientists, leading to fears for the safety of Leon Dushenko – a Russian defector and guided-missile expert who is passing through London en route to the United States. Can Special Branch and the US State Department stop Dushenko from becoming the assassin's next victim?Bonus Features:Alternative BeginningRough edit, UK and Overseas TrailersImage GalleryOriginal Script PDF

My Brother Jonathan

This powerful drama recounts a love story amid the malice, professional jealousy and deprivation of a small industrial town. Marking another major box-office success for husband and wife Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray – one of post-war Britain's best-loved screen couples – My Brother Jonathan is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work as a partner in a poor general practice in the Black Country. Edie falls in love with Jonathan's brother, Harold, who is killed in the Great War, and Jonathan marries her as planned. It is only afterwards that he realises he now loves another...Special Features:Image GalleryPromotional Material PDFs

The Outsider

Medical drama and romance are intertwined in this engaging feature from Austrian-born director Paul L. Stein. Mary Maguire and George Sanders head a first-rate cast in The Outsider, based on Dorothy Brandon's popular 1920s stage play and presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements.Lalage Sturdee is a brilliant pianist. Virtually abandoned at birth by her father – an eminent surgeon – a mishap at the hands of an unqualified practitioner has left her disabled for life... or so she believes. Despite her father's objections she puts her faith in Anton Ragatzy, the ebullient and outspoken inventor of a machine which appears to give miraculous results. A machine which will either cure her completely or cripple her forever...

No Trees in the Street

Sylvia Syms en Herbert Lom spelen de hoofdrollen in dit harde drama dat zich afspeelt in de achterbuurten van het Londen van voor de oorlog. No Trees in the Street werd geregisseerd door Oscar genomineerde J. Lee-Thompson en bewerkt door Dixon of Dock Green bedenker Ted Willis naar zijn eigen toneelstuk. Het leverde BAFTA nominaties op voor Beste Britse Actrice voor Syms en Beste Britse scenario voor Willis. De film wordt hier gepresenteerd in een gloednieuwe digitale transfer van originele filmelementen, in de originele beeldverhouding van de bioscoop.Aangemoedigd door zijn moeder, Jess, kiest Tommy ervoor om op de gemakkelijke manier geld te verdienen door te werken voor Wilkie, een plaatselijke afperser die aast op de families van Kennedy Street; Jess probeert ook dochter Hetty te dwingen met Wilkie te trouwen. Niet langer in staat haar smerige bestaan te verdragen, probeert Hetty het huis te verlaten...Bonus Features:Originele theatrale trailerAfbeeldingen galerijPromotiemateriaal PDF's

Guilt is My Shadow

Elizabeth Sellars gives a powerful performance as a woman tormented by her own conscience in this haunting, atmospheric crime thriller filmed on location in Devon. Based on a novel by bestselling author Norah Lofts (as Peter Curtis), Guilt Is My Shadow is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.On the outskirts of the little village of Welford in Devon lives a young farmer. He lives alone, undisturbed by strangers, and he prefers it that way. But when his nephew arrives – on the run from the police – a series of tragic events is set in motion.Bonus Features:Image GalleryOriginal Pressbook PDFs

The March Hare

A frequently villainous onscreen presence throughout the 1950s, Terence Morgan takes the more endearing role of an impoverished Irish baronet in this charming comedy set in the deceptively genteel world of horseracing. Co-scripted by Oscar-nominated writer Gordon Wellesley and boasting a venerable supporting cast, The March Hare is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Sir Charles Hare gambles everything on one of his horses at Ascot. But the horse is 'pulled' on the instructions of Hardwick, a big bookmaker, and Sir Charles is forced to sell his Irish estate – including the racing stud that was the chief delight of his life. However, his aunt, Lady Anne, attends the sale and buys a promising foal which she intends to raise in secret for Charles...Special Features:Original Theatrical TrailerImage Gallery Promotional Material PDFs