George Dixon is the archetypal British bobby, tackling ordinary, everyday, rather than serious crime. He patrolled a world in which victims of petty theft and larceny were treated to a nice cup of tea ...

A decade of radical change - not least for British cinema ...

Based on the book by R.J. Minney, Carve Her Name With Pride tells the true story of Violette Szabo, who was recruited to the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and was executed by the Germans at the ...

In the year 2005, Mitchell and Kenyon, a late Victorian and Edwardian film company, went from being a footnote in the received film history of cinema scholars to becoming a virtual household name. The ...

Michael Winner has been one of the most controversial British directors of recent times, consistently critical of an indigenous cinema culture that he regards as failing to support film-makers who see ...

While Mitchell and Kenyon's Buxton Skyline (1901) demonstrates an appreciation of that town's architectural outline, this film takes the opposite approach, reveling in the 'thrilling scenes' of the ...

As an actor, John Hurt is drawn to misfit roles, outsiders and mavericks, victims and - occasionally - oppressors, sometimes pathetic (the Elephant Man), sometimes defiant (Emperor Caligula, or the ...

Notorious practical joker Henry Russell dies, and his will leaves £50,000 to each of four relatives - on condition that they carry out various humiliating tasks beforehand. And, as with recent ...

After the wings that she needs for her school play costume are damaged beyond repair, little Amelia scours the streets of London looking for replacements. Despite the film's minuscule budget, there ...

India, 1905. A British soldier is assigned to protect a 6-year-old Maharaja's son and his American governess from Muslim rebels.

On holiday in Switzerland, Jill and Bob Lawrence become involved in a sinister plot when they witness a murder and their daughter Betty is kidnapped. Back in London, they are too scared to involve the ...

Cast: Anton Walbrook (Boris Lermontov); Marius Goring (Julian Craster); Moira Shearer (Victoria Page); Leonide Massine (Grischa Ljubov); Robert Helpmann (Ivan Boleslawsky) ...