A Chinese detective breaks up a drug smuggling ring and tries to find the "Daffodil Killer". The drug smugglers had devised the ingenious method of smuggling heroin from Hong Kong in the stems of daffodils.

Fire Down Below

1957

English

6.0

♡ 6

28%

Robert Parrish Director

Maurice Kaufmann as 3rd U.S. Sailor

Peter Illing as Captain of Ulysses

Robert Mitchum as Felix Bowers

Anthony Newley as Miguel

Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. They agree to ferry the beautiful but passportless Irena to another island. They both fall for her, leading to betrayal and a break-up of their partnership. Tony takes a job on a cargo ship. After a collision he finds himself trapped below deck with time running out (the ship is aflame), and only Felix, whom he hates and has sworn to kill, left to save him.

The Great Manhunt

1950

English

7.0

♡ 8

Action

assassination

based on novel or book

Sidney Gilliat Director

Richard Marner as 2nd Officer at Billin Police Headquarters

Leonard Sachs as Dr. Poldoi

Peter Illing as Macco, the magician

Robert Cawdron as State Policeman

While working in England, an American surgeon Dr. John Marlowe is invited to Vosnia (a fictitious East-European country) to receive an award and demonstrate his life-saving surgery. Unwittingly caught in the middle of a dangerous and corrupt series of political events, Marlowe then becomes the object of a shoot-to-kill, vicious pursuit. Fleeing, he seeks help from an English-speaking actress, Lisa Robinson, and the two attempt to escape across the treacherous mountains of Vosnia.

Outcast of the Islands

1951

English

6.9

♡ 3

52%

Carol Reed Director

Peter Illing as Alagappan

James Kenney as Ramsey

Marne Maitland as Ships Mate

Trevor Howard as Willems

After financial improprieties are discovered at the Eastern trading company where he works, Peter Willems flees the resulting disgrace and criminal charges. He persuades the man who gave him his start in life, the merchant ship captain Lingard, to bring him to a trading post on a remote Indonesian island where he can hide out.

Friends and Neighbours

1959

English

5.1

Comedy

Gordon Parry Director

Judy Cornwell as 4th Girl

Peter Illing as Nikita

Tilda Thamar as Olga

Catherine Feller as Susan Grimshaw

During the Cold War, a British family struggles to overcome cultural differences as they welcome two Russian social workers into their home for a visit.

Campbell's Kingdom

1957

English

6.3

♡ 8

25%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

Ralph Thomas Director

James Robertson Justice as James MacDonald

Maurice Kaufmann as Man at Golden Calf

Peter Illing as The Doctor

Mark Baker as Worker

Given only six months to live, Englishman Bruce Campbell goes to Canada to claim "Campbell's Kingdom", the land he inherited from his grandfather. In order to clear his grandfather's name and prove there is oil on the land, Campbell must face up to a ruthless contractor and work against the clock to find oil before "Campbell's Kingdom" is flooded by a new power dam.

Zarak

1956

English

5.5

♡ 7

Action

Adventure

Romance

Terence Young Director

Peter Illing as Ahmad

Alec Mango as Akbar - Merchant

Geoffrey Keen as Carruthers

Oscar Quitak as Youssuff

A notorious bandit develops a grudging respect for the English military man assigned to capture him.

Against the Wind

1948

English

6.3

♡ 2

55%

Charles Crichton Director

James Robertson Justice as Ackerman

Peter Illing as Andrew

Gordon Jackson as Duncan

Simone Signoret as Michèle

A disparate group of volunteers are trained as saboteurs and parachuted into Belgium to blow up an office containing important Nazi records and to rescue a prominent S.O.E. agent, who is being interrogated by the Germans for vital information.

Heat Wave

1954

English

6.0

♡ 4

18%

Ken Hughes Director

Hillary Brooke as Carol Forrest

Peter Illing as Harry Stevens

Alan Wheatley as Inspector MacLennan

Aileen Lewis as Party Guest

Sensuous and desirable, Carol Forrest has always attracted the attention of men. Expert in the art of manipulation and control she married an older man, loving only his vast wealth and continued to amuse herself with indiscreet affairs. But when neighbour Mark Kendrick lets slip that her husband intends cutting her out of his will Carol concentrates all her attentions on the unsuspecting Kendrick, obtaining his help to dispose of this irritating obstacle.

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Never Let Me Go

The Devil's Daffodil

Fire Down Below

The Great Manhunt

Outcast of the Islands

Friends and Neighbours

Campbell's Kingdom

Zarak

Against the Wind

Heat Wave