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    Shooting Stars 1928 POSTER

    Shooting Stars

    1928

    English

    7.2

    6

    67%

    Action

    Drama

    murder

    Romance

    shotgun

    Western

    Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith Director Jack Rawl Jack Rawl as Hero Brian Aherne Brian Aherne as Julian Gordon Annette Benson Annette Benson as Mae Feather Chili Bouchier Chili Bouchier as Winnie - Bathing Beauty
    The husband and wife acting team of Mae Feather and Julian Gordon is torn apart when he discovers she is having an affair with the screen comedian Andy Wilks.
    The Winslow Boy 1948 POSTER

    The Winslow Boy

    1948

    English

    7.6

    5

    74%

    74%

    Action

    based on play or musical

    Drama

    expelled from school

    justice

    lawyer

    london, england

    military school

    Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith Director Margaret Leighton Margaret Leighton as Catherine Winslow Cyril Ritchard Cyril Ritchard as Cyril Ritchard Basil Radford Basil Radford as Desmond Curry Jack Watling Jack Watling as Dickie Winslow
    In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
    Johnny in the Clouds 1945 POSTER

    Johnny in the Clouds

    1945

    English

    7.3

    4

    77%

    77%

    Action

    air force base

    battle of britain

    Drama

    pilot

    Romance

    squadron

    War

    world war ii

    yorkshire

    Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith Director Douglass Montgomery Douglass Montgomery as Johnny Hollis Joyce Carey Joyce Carey as Miss Winterton Trevor Howard Trevor Howard as Sq / Leader Carter Basil Radford Basil Radford as Tiny Williams
    Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed.
    Five Angles on Murder 1950 POSTER

    Five Angles on Murder

    1950

    English

    6.8

    5

    73%

    73%

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    fair

    film noir

    flashback

    fortune teller

    Mystery

    noir

    police

    Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith Director Jean Kent Jean Kent as Agnes / Madame Astra / Parrot Duncan Lamont Duncan Lamont as Barney Richard Pearson Richard Pearson as Detective Ian Fleming Ian Fleming as Doctor
    Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, their interactions with her are shown in flashbacks from their point of view.
    The Millionairess 1960 POSTER

    The Millionairess

    1960

    English

    5.4

    7

    20%

    39%

    based on play or musical

    Comedy

    doctor

    Drama

    exam

    millionaire

    Romance

    wedding

    Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith Director Dennis Price Dennis Price as Doctor Adrian Bland Sophia Loren Sophia Loren as Epifania Roy Kinnear Roy Kinnear as Man Carrying Crate Alastair Sim Alastair Sim as Sagamore
    When her father dies, Epifania Parerga, an Italian in London, becomes the world's richest woman. She feels incomplete without a husband and falls in love with a humble, Indian physician, Ahmed el Kabir, much loved by his indigent English patients.
    Underground 1928 POSTER

    Underground

    1928

    English

    7.3

    3

    Action

    Drama

    london underground

    love at first sight

    love triangle

    man woman relationship

    Romance

    romantic rivalry

    subway

    Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith Director Cyril McLaglen Cyril McLaglen as Bert, Power station worker Brian Aherne Brian Aherne as Bill Norah Baring Norah Baring as Kate, Seamstress Elissa Landi Elissa Landi as Nell
    A working-class love story set in and around the London Underground of the 1920s. Two men – gentle Bill and brash Bert – meet and are attracted to the same woman on the same day at the same Underground station. But the lady chooses Bill, and Bert isn't the type to take rejection lightly...
    Bombsight Stolen 1941 POSTER

    Bombsight Stolen

    1941

    English

    6.7

    6

    60%

    60%

    Action

    butler

    Comedy

    cottage

    Mystery

    nazi spy

    scotland

    Thriller

    War

    world war ii

    Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith Director Michael Wilding Michael Wilding as Alan Trently Alastair Sim Alastair Sim as Charles Dimble George Cole George Cole as Ronald Arthur Hambling Arthur Hambling as Scotland Yard Inspector
    Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight.
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    The Browning Version

    1951

    English

    8.0

    17

    89%

    95%

    Action

    Drama

    Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith Director Michael Redgrave Michael Redgrave as Andrew Crocker-Harris Wilfrid Hyde-White Wilfrid Hyde-White as Dr. Frobisher Nigel Patrick Nigel Patrick as Frank Hunter Jean Kent Jean Kent as Millie Crocker-Harris
    Andrew Crocker-Harris has been forced from his position as the classics master at an English public school due to poor health. As he winds up his final term, he discovers not only that his wife, Millie, has been unfaithful to him with one of his fellow schoolmasters, but that the school's students and faculty have long disdained him. However, an unexpected act of kindness causes Crocker-Harris to re-evaluate his life's work.
    Orders to Kill 1958 POSTER

    Orders to Kill

    1958

    English

    7.1

    2

    75%

    75%

    Action

    Drama

    Thriller

    War

    Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith Director Sam Kydd Sam Kydd as Flight Sgt. Flint Fritz Wendhausen Fritz Wendhausen as German Officer Lillian Gish Lillian Gish as Mrs. Summers James Robertson Justice James Robertson Justice as Naval Commander
    A grounded American fighter pilot is switched to espionage on a special job in which he must kill a small-time Paris lawyer suspected of double-crossing France by selling out radio operators to the Nazis.
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    Court Martial

    1954

    English

    6.9

    3

    based on play or musical

    court martial

    Drama

    embezzlement

    victoria cross

    Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith Director Timothy Bateson Timothy Bateson as 1st Soldier in Naafi Margaret Leighton Margaret Leighton as Mrs. Valerie Carrington Geoffrey Keen Geoffrey Keen as President Vivienne Martin Vivienne Martin as Pte. Smith
    Major Charles Carrington (David Niven) is arrested for taking £125 from the base safe. He also faces two other charges that could finish his distinguished service career. He decides to act in his own defence at his court martial hearing, his argument being that he is owed a lot of money from the army for his various postings that have cost him out of his own pocket. To further complicate the proceedings, Carrington alleges he told his superior, the very disliked Colonel Henniker, that he was taking the money from the safe. A man's career, his marriage, and quite a few reputations all hang in the balance.
    The Importance of Being Earnest 1952 POSTER

    The Importance of Being Earnest

    1952

    English

    7.4

    6

    88%

    83%

    based on play or musical

    Comedy

    Drama

    etiquette

    love triangle

    marriage

    mistaken identity

    Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith Director Dorothy Tutin Dorothy Tutin as Cecily Cardew Michael Redgrave Michael Redgrave as Ernest Worthing Edith Evans Edith Evans as Lady Augusta Bracknell Richard Wattis Richard Wattis as Seton
    Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.
    We Dive at Dawn 1943 POSTER

    We Dive at Dawn

    1943

    English

    6.7

    7

    53%

    53%

    Action

    baltic sea

    Drama

    navy

    royal navy

    sea

    submarine

    War

    world war ii

    Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith Director Walter Gotell Walter Gotell as Luftwaffe Captain Jack Watling Jack Watling as Navigating Officer - Lt. Gordon, R.N. Norman Williams Norman Williams as Periscope Operator - 'Canada' Niall MacGinnis Niall MacGinnis as Torpedo Gunner's Mate - C / P.O. Mike Corrigan
    A gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor, a British submarine Captain. The crew of the Sea Tiger are summoned from leave on shore with their families, and sent on a secret mission to intercept the Nazi battleship Brandenburg. In the ensuing battle the British submarine is damaged by a German destroyer. The submarine is leaking fuel so badly that the crew won't be able to make it back to Britain before running out somewhere along the Danish coast. When it seems that their only option may be to blow up the submarine and try to escape to Denmark, seaman James Hobson hatches a plan...
    The Yellow Rolls-Royce 1964 POSTER

    The Yellow Rolls-Royce

    1964

    English

    6.4

    12

    57%

    57%

    Action

    border crossing

    Comedy

    Drama

    gangster

    husband wife relationship

    rolls royce

    Romance

    unfaithfulness

    yugoslavia

    Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith Director Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman as Gerda Millett George Roderick George Roderick as Italian waiter Roland Culver Roland Culver as Norwood Alain Delon Alain Delon as Stefano
    One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his wife as an anniversary present. The next owner is Paolo Maltese, a mafioso who purchases the car during a trip to Italy and leaves it with his girlfriend while he returns to Chicago. Finally, the car is owned by American widow Gerda, who joins the Yugoslavian resistance against the invading Nazis.
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