Take Me High

1973

English

4.8

♡ 4

David Askey Director

John Franklyn-Robbins as Alderman

Aileen Lewis as Lady Cunningham

Ronald Hines as Sam

Cliff Richard as Tim Matthews

Tim (Cliff Richard) is a successful ambitious young financier working for a London Merchant bank, but even his happy-go-lucky attitude is severely jolted when he is sent to Birmingham instead of his promised New York for his posting! But comedy reigns when the enterprising bank manager helps an unsuccessful Birmingham restaurant compete with its rivals by introducing a new fast food - the Brumburger!

Young Winston

1972

English

6.7

♡ 5

55%

Richard Attenborough Director

Ronald Hines as Adjutant

Jeremy Child as Austen Chamberlain

Anthony Hopkins as Lloyd George

Jane Seymour as Pamela Plowden

This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with his first election to Parliament.

Jack the Ripper

1988

English

7.4

♡ 19

David Wickes Director

Richard Morant as Dr. Acland 2 episodes, 1988

Jane Seymour as Emma 2 episodes, 1988

Ronald Hines as Henry Matthews 2 episodes, 1988

Michael Caine as Inspector Frederick Abberline 2 episodes, 1988

A Scotland Yard police inspector, battling the booze, investigates the Jack the Ripper murders and discovers a conspiracy that leads all the way up to the Queen.

The Angry Silence

1960

English

7.2

♡ 5

80%

Guy Green Director

Ronald Hines as Ball

Geoffrey Keen as Davis

Brian Bedford as Eddie Barrett

Bernard Horsfall as Pryce-Evans

When the union in his factory walks out on strike, a family man refuses to participate, risking the wrath — and retaliation — of his fellow workers.

Dunkirk

1958

English

7.1

♡ 7

73%

Action

based on a true story

Leslie Norman Director

Arnold Bell as Commander - Royal Navy

John G. Heller as German Soldier

Kenneth Cope as Lieutenant Lumpkin

Ronald Hines as Private Miles

A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others were less willing.

Pack of Lies

1987

English

6.8

♡ 5

71%

Anthony Page Director

Ellen Burstyn as Barbara Jackson

Ronald Hines as Bob Jackson

Clive Swift as Ellis

Alan Bates as Stewart

A British couple are shocked out of their suburban malaise when British intelligence agent Stewart shows up at their door and wants to use their house for a stakeout. Stewart reveals that their neighbors are undercover Russian KGB spies, part of a Soviet espionage network.

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

1964

English

7.6

♡ 12

82%

83%

Action

based on novel or book

Crime

Drama

husband wife relationship

Bryan Forbes Director

Nanette Newman as Mrs. Clayton

Arnold Bell as Mr. Weaver

Ronald Hines as Policeman Outside Clayton's

Richard Attenborough as William Henry 'Bill' Savage

Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance of her under-employed, asthmatic husband, Billy. In an attempt to enhance her credibility as a psychic, Myra hatches an elaborate, ill-conceived plot to kidnap a wealthy couple's young daughter so that she can then help the police "find" the missing girl.