The L-Shaped Room
Jane is young, French, pregnant and unmarried. Bucking convention, she is uninterested in settling with her baby's father or getting an abortion. After renting a room in a dingy London boarding house, Jane befriends the odd group of inhabitants and starts an affair with one boarder, Toby. As Jane's pregnancy threatens her new relationship, and the reality of single motherhood approaches, she is forced to decide what to do about both her baby and her budding romance.
Keep Fit
A weak, cowardly barber gets fit to win over a beautiful woman. However, she prefers his muscle-bound rival until George challenges him to a boxing match.
Connecting Rooms
Explores the relationships shared by the residents of a seedy boarding house in London. Based on the play The Cellist, by Marion Hart.
80,000 Suspects
A doctor's already-shaky marriage is tested to an even greater extent when he has to contend with a smallpox epidemic.
Last Holiday
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 savings on one last holiday.
Cast a Dark Shadow
Edward "Teddy" Bare is a ruthless schemer who thinks he's hit the big time when he kills his older wife, believing he will inherit a fortune. When things don't go according to plan, Teddy sets his sights on a new victim: wealthy widow Freda Jeffries. Unfortunately for the unscrupulous criminal, Freda is much more guarded and sassy than his last wife, making separating her from her money considerably more challenging.
This Happy Breed
In 1919, Frank Gibbons returns home from army duty and moves into a middle-class row house in the suburbs, bringing with him wife Ethel, carping mother-in-law Mrs. Flint, sister-in-law Sylvia and three children. Years pass, with the daily routine of family infighting and reconciliation occasionally broken by a strike or a festival, and even another World War.
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Bryan Forbes
Director
Avis Bunnage
as
Doris
Kay Walsh
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Prostitute
Anthony Booth
as
Youth in Street
Guy Middleton
as
Hector Kent
Brian Wilde
as
Ellerman
Gabrielle Drake
as
Jean
Bette Davis
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Wanda Fleming
Val Guest
Director
Ray Barrett
as
Health Inspector Bennett
Brian Oulton
as
Prescott
Hal Osmond
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Trade Union Man
Dirk Bogarde
as
Edward Bare
Robert Newton
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Frank Gibbons
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