Cast: Leslie Phillips

Direction Sydney Pollack

Cast Meryl Streep · Robert Redford · Klaus Maria Brandauer · Michael Kitchen

Synopsis Out of Africa (1985) follows the life of Karen Blixen, a Danish woman who moves to Kenya in the early 20th century to start a coffee plantation with her husband. Amidst the breathtaking landscapes, she navigates the challenges of colonial...

Direction Steven Spielberg

Cast Christian Bale · John Malkovich · Joe Pantoliano · Miranda Richardson

Synopsis Empire of the Sun (1987) follows young Jamie "Jim" Graham, a privileged British boy living in Shanghai, whose life is upended during the Japanese invasion of 1941. Separated from his parents, Jim is thrust into the chaos of war and...

Direction Ludwig Berger · Michael Powell · Tim Whelan · William Cameron Menzies

Cast John Justin · Sabu · June Duprez · Conrad Veidt

Synopsis Prince Ahmad is the rightful King of Bagdad but he has been blinded and cast out as a beggar. Now a captive of the wicked Grand Vizier Jaffar he is cast into a dungeon where he meets Abu, the best...

Direction Basil Dearden

Cast Bonar Colleano · Earl Cameron · Susan Shaw · Renée Asherson

Synopsis Two sailors, on shore leave, are caught up in a diamond smuggling racket. More complications ensue for black sailor Johnny who finds love and heartache in London docklands.

Direction George Cukor

Cast Gene Kelly · Mitzi Gaynor · Kay Kendall · Taina Elg

Synopsis After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybil Wren (Kay Kendall) is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Angele (Taina Elg). A Rashômon (1950)-style narrative presents the story from three...

Direction Bob Rafelson

Cast Patrick Bergin · Iain Glen · Fiona Shaw · Richard E. Grant

Synopsis Richard Francis Burton (Patrick Bergin) and John Hanning Speke (Iain Glen), two of historys most remarkable adventurers, set out to Africa in 1854 to find the mysterious source of the Nile River, their expedition supported by the Royal Geographic Society....

Direction Basil Dearden

Cast Virginia McKenna · Bill Travers · Peter Sellers · Margaret Rutherford

Synopsis Jean and Bill are a struggling married couple with Bill trying to scrape a living as a writer. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them that Bill's long-lost uncle has died and left them his business -...

Direction Nigel Cole

Cast Brenda Blethyn · Craig Ferguson · Martin Clunes · Tchéky Karyo

Synopsis Set in the beautiful misty fishing town of Port Liac in Cornwall England, SAVING GRACE--an easy-going comic gem--centers on Grace Trevethan (Brenda Blethlyn), a sweet and modest middle-aged lady, whose husband commits suicide, leaving her with his grave financial problems....

Direction Roger Michell

Cast Peter O'Toole · Leslie Phillips · Jodie Whittaker · Vanessa Redgrave

Synopsis Maurice (Peter O'Toole), Ian (Leslie Phillips) and Donald (Richard Griffiths) are three semi-ancient retirees who meet every day at their favourite pub to raise a glass, commiserate about the state of the world and trade good-natured barbs. Age has slowed...

Direction John Guillermin

Cast M.E. Clifton-James · John Mills · Cecil Parker · Patrick Allen

Synopsis The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the German's about his intentions before the North Africa campaign.

Direction Sidney Franklin

Cast Jennifer Jones · John Gielgud · Bill Travers · Virginia McKenna

Synopsis The Barretts of Wimpole Street is a classic movie, from 1957, starring Jennifer Jones as the poet Elizabeth Barrett. The move explores her relationship with her controlling father Edward Mounton-Barrett (John Gielgud) and her love for Robert Browning (Bill Travers)....

Direction Ken Annakin

Cast James Robertson Justice · Leslie Phillips · Stanley Baxter · Eric Sykes

Synopsis A somewhat happy-go-lucky bunch of Brits in a German POW camp find their new acerbic fellow prisoner is a key officer who must be got out at all cost.

Direction Cy Endfield

Cast Lloyd Bridges · Moira Lister · Alan Wheatley · Leslie Phillips

Synopsis American Frank Pryor (Lloyd Bridges) arrives in London to take up an interrupted romance with Pauline French (Moira Lister), whom he hasn't seen in six years. At the airport a man standing alongside Pryor is slain by an unseen sniper,...

Direction Michael Caton-Jones

Cast Bruce Willis · Richard Gere · Sidney Poitier · Diane Venora

Synopsis In The Jackal (1997), a chilling thriller, an elusive and ruthless assassin known as "The Jackal" is hired by a Russian mob to execute a high-profile target. As the FBI and CIA scramble to stop him, they enlist the help...

Direction Bob Hoskins

Cast Natasha Richardson · Bob Hoskins · Greg Wise · Leslie Phillips

Synopsis Two adult brothers come to blows over the the fortune of their wealthy father, whose interests are protected by a lovely young woman with questionable loyalties.

Direction Charles Beeson

Cast Colin Buchanan · Jayne Ashbourne · Hermione Norris · Leslie Phillips

Synopsis When Mark Easterbrook is accused of murdering a priest, he sets out to prove his innocence. In the process, he discovers a series of deaths, seemingly from natural causes, that may also be involved.

Direction Ken Annakin

Cast Leslie Phillips · Julie Christie · James Robertson Justice · Stanley Baxter

Synopsis Murdoch Troon, an enthusiastic member of the local cycling club, gets involved with Charles Chingford, a local businessman, when the two of them are involved in an accident. Then Murdoch meets Chingford's daughter, Claire, who persuades him to give up...

Direction Julie Gavras

Cast William Hurt · Isabella Rossellini · Doreen Mantle · Kate Ashfield

Synopsis A man and woman love each other but they are complete opposites. So, despite their strong feelings, they are splitting up in order to rediscover each other. It is what happens to Mary and Adam. But our protagonists are not...

Direction Anthony Hopkins

Cast Anthony Hopkins · Leslie Phillips · Kate Burton · Gawn Grainger

Synopsis Year 1896, North Wales. Leuan Davis has spent most of his wasted life managing the highly respected Professor Blathwaite's estate. Ieuan's brother-in-law, Blathwaite only comes for the summer and this year brings his second wife along, someone that both Iuean...

Direction Michael Caton-Jones

Cast John Hurt · Joanne Whalley · Ian McKellen · Bridget Fonda

Synopsis An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of the...