The Liquidator

1965

English

5.9

♡ 13

59%

Jack Cardiff Director

Jo Rowbottom as Betty

Trevor Howard as Colonel Mostyn

Ronald Leigh-Hunt as Mac

Aileen Lewis as Restaurant Patron

Lighthearted spy drama about Boysie Oakes, who takes a nice job with the British Secret Service, enjoys all the perks, and signs all the forms before learning that his job depends on murdering people, and not romancing all the beautiful civilian staff in Whitehall.

The Long Ships

1964

English

6.0

♡ 5

54%

Jack Cardiff Director

Oskar Homolka as Krok

Russ Tamblyn as Orm

Colin Blakely as Rhykka

Gordon Jackson as Vahlin

Moorish ruler El Mansuh is determined to locate a massive bell made of gold known as the "Mother of Voices." Viking explorer Rolfe also becomes intent on finding the mythical treasure, and sails with his crew from Scandinavia to Africa to track it down. Reluctantly working together, El Mansuh and Rolfe, along with their men, embark on a quest for the prized object, but only one leader will be able to claim the bell as his own — if it even exists at all.

Sons and Lovers

1960

English

7.1

♡ 8

67%

49%

Action

based on novel or book

Jack Cardiff Director

Patsy Smart as Emma

Rosalie Crutchley as Mrs. Leivers

Dean Stockwell as Paul Morel

Trevor Howard as Walter Morel

The son of a working-class British mining family has dreams of pursuing an art career, but when he strikes up an affair with an older, married woman from the town it enrages his kind but possessive mother.

My Geisha

1962

English

6.5

♡ 4

61%

husband wife relationship

Jack Cardiff Director

Robert Cummings as Bob Moore

Shirley MacLaine as Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori

Edward G. Robinson as Sam Lewis

Nobuo Chiba as Shig

Famed movie director Paul Robaix breaks with tradition by not casting his actress-comedienne wife, Lucy Dell, in his latest film production, a version of Madame Butterfly. Undaunted, the resourceful Lucy wings her way to Tokyo and, masquerading as a Japanese geisha, lands the coveted role from her unsuspecting husband! But in front of the cameras (and behind the pancake makeup), Lucy faces greater challenges: her lecherous leading man - and a husband who is beginning to realize that his talented new "discovery" seems vaguely familiar...

Holiday in Spain

1960

English

5.5

♡ 4

80%

Jack Cardiff Director

Denholm Elliott as Oliver Larker

Peter Lorre as Smiley

Leo McKern as Tommy Kennedy

Diana Dors as Winifred Jordan

An Englishman and a cabby try to save an heiress from murder in Spain.

Dark of the Sun

1968

English

6.8

♡ 12

67%

75%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

Jack Cardiff Director

Rod Taylor as Capt. Bruce Curry

Yvette Mimieux as Claire

Kenneth More as Doctor Wreid

Jim Brown as Sgt. Ruffo

A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadistic rebels and a time lock jeopardize everything.

Penny Gold

1973

English

5.3

♡ 2

Jack Cardiff Director

Una Stubbs as Anna

Penelope Keith as Miss. Hartridge

John Rhys-Davies as Rugger Player No.2.

John Savident as Sir Robert Hampton

While investigating a murder case, a detective stumbles upon a rare-stamp swindle involving the victim's twin sister.

The Girl on a Motorcycle

1968

English

5.3

♡ 11

38%

Jack Cardiff Director

Alain Delon as Daniel

André Maranne as French Superintendent / French Customs Officer

John G. Heller as German Customs Officer

Jacques Marin as Pump Attendant

Newly-married Rebecca leaves her husband's Alsatian bed on her prized motorbike - symbol of freedom and escape - to visit her lover in Heidelberg. En route she indulges in psychedelic reveries as she relives her changing relationship with the two men.