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Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951 • Adventure • History • War
Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish warship and a ragged band of Central…
Why matched: genres Adventure, History
Light in the Piazza
1962 • Drama • Romance
A young American woman traveling in Italy with her mother is slender, blonde, beautiful and there is something charmingly naive about her. Fabrizio Naccarelli seems to always kn…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
Violent Playground
1958 • Drama • Crime
A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.
Why matched: genres Drama, Crime
The Man Who Never Was
1956 • Drama • Thriller • History
The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before the 1943 attack. A dead soldier is dressed as a British officer and outfitted wit…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
The Battle of the Sexes
1960 • Comedy
Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets Robert MacPherson, a busin…
Why matched: genres Comedy
Hell Boats
1970 • Drama • War
A war drama of motor torpedo boats which did much unsung work in WW2, but the naval battles merely provide an exciting story in which an even more special romantic drama is wrap…
Why matched: genres Drama, War
Greyfriars Bobby
1961 • Drama • Family
In Scotland 1865, An old shepherd and his little Skye terrier go to Edinburgh. But when the shepherd dies of pneumonia, the dog remains faithful to his master, refuses to be ado…
Why matched: genres Drama, Family
Last Holiday
1950 • Drama • Comedy
George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live. On his doctor's advice, he goes to an exclusive seaside resort to spend his saving…
Why matched: genres Drama, Comedy
North West Frontier
1959 • Drama • Adventure
In the rebellious northern frontier province of colonial India, British Army Captain Scott, a young prince and the boy's governess escape by an obsolete train as they are relent…
Why matched: genres Drama, Adventure
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
1958 • Drama • War
All her life, Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was the place where she belonged. Not qualified to be sent there as a missionary, Gladys works as a domestic to earn th…
Why matched: genres Drama, War
The 'Maggie'
1954 • Comedy
The poor, elderly—and the wily, when it comes to parting those who can afford it from their money—Scottish skipper of a broken-down old 'puffer' boat tricks an American tycoon i…
Why matched: genres Comedy
The Master of Ballantrae
1953 • Adventure
Scottish highlander Jamie Durie falls into a life of piracy after joining the failed rebellion of Bonnie Prince Charlie against the British crown.
Why matched: genres Adventure
Seven Waves Away
1957 • Drama • Adventure
After a massive luxury liner sinks into the ocean, the ship's officer must command a rickety lifeboat, built for only nine, that is stuffed with over twenty desperate and injure…
Why matched: genres Drama, Adventure
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951 • Crime • Comedy
A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.
Why matched: genres Crime, Comedy