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Sir Percy discovers that Chauvelin is blackmailing the banker Rothstein by holding his daughter captive.
Alice adopts a puppy and Ralph inadvertently feeds dog food to his boss.
Corporal LeBeau pretends to be a visiting French scientist while Hogan smuggles out the real one.
Groucho Marx hosts a quiz show which features a series of compe****ive questions and a great deal of humourous conversation.
The Way Ahead - World W*r II drama that follows a group of British draftees, starting with their rigorous basic training, and ending with their deployment in North Africa.
The Way Ahead (1944)
Director: Carol Reed
Writers: Eric Ambler(original story), Peter Ustinov(screen play)
Stars: David Niven, Stanley Holloway, James Donald
Genre: Drama, War
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English, French, German
Also Known As: The Immortal Battalion
Release Date: 6 June 1944 (UK)
Duration: 114 min
Filming Location: Pirbright Army Camp, Pirbright, Surrey, England, UK
Storyline:
A group of draftees are called up into the infantry during World War II. At first, they appear to be a hopeless bunch, but their Sergeant and Lieutenant have faith in them and mould them into a good team. When they go into action in North Africa, they realize what it's all about.
Reviews:
"This is a film about a seemingly run of the mill sort of group. After the Brits were involved in WWII and saw how bad the going would be, the government was forced to draft men who would traditionally have been exempt. Men who were a bit old or involved with careers that might be deemed 'useful' to the effort were suddenly being called to duty, as times were dire. The beginning of the film shows these men being selected for service.
Unfortunately, this is a rather motley group and they tended to complain quite a bit as well (mostly by Stanley Holloway's character). How they could become a productive unit seemed pretty doubtful and I doubt if such an unimpressive group of men would have been used as actors had this propaganda film been made a few years earlier--when things looked really bad for the British. However, now that the war was appearing win-able, I can understand the choices of actors.
There is nothing particularly magical about any of the film--their selection, their training or their combat experience in North Africa. However, all of it was very well handled and excelled because they tried to make it believable--normal, everyday men rising to the occasion. In many ways, it reminded me of a landlocked version of "In Which We Serve"--with fine acting and writing instead of jingoism and super-human exploits. Very well done.
There are a few interesting actors in the film. Peter Ustinov is in his first film and he plays a French-speaking man. While his French isn't 100% fluid, it was decent and a bit of a surprise. Apparently, he was in real life David Niven's assistant in the British Army and somehow ended up in the film.
The staff are short of money and can't afford the new executive dining menu that is being forced on them. Mrs. Slocombe has a side-line, however, a home made perfume that will attract the opposite sex!
At the club meeting, the men decide to take a trip to Majorca. The women threaten to withhold all their services if they do not take them, so off they all go.
Through a misunderstanding, Eddie spends the duration of the trip in jail.
Based on Louisa Alcott's book of the same name, the story revolves around Polly Milton a country girl who visits a wealthy friend in the city.
A man fleeing the police after having committed a murder hides out in a boarding house in a small town.
Reggie Wilson's Hollywood career as a film editor ended after he had an affair with his boss's wife. He then moved to England, became successful, and married the daughter of a producer. They are both working on a new film 'Eclipse'. His new life is threatened when he starts receiving intimate letters from a woman. She reminds him of a relationship they had some time ago but he genuinely has no knowledge of it. Has he a sick mind or is he the victim of an evil scheme?
The Intimate Stranger | Finger of Guilt | British crime film noir 1956
Groucho Marx hosts a quiz show which features a series of compe****ive questions and a great deal of humourous conversation.
Jason is suffering writer's block so his publisher sends him to Greece to inspire him. However, some Greek criminals use a beautiful woman to seduce Jason using his fame to smuggle drugs into France - but who is seducing who?
Babes in Toyland is a Laurel and Hardy musical film released on March 10, 1934. The film is also known by its alternate titles Laurel and Hardy in Toyland, Revenge Is Sweet (the 1948 European reissue title), March of the Wooden Soldiers and Wooden Soldiers (in the United States).Based on Victor Herbert's popular 1903 operetta Babes in Toyland, the film was produced by Hal Roach, directed by Charles Rogers and Gus Meins, and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Lurcio becomes involved in attempts to prevent Pompeii from going to war with the Barbarians. One of his anti-war activities involves trying to persuade the women of Pompeii to deny conjugal rights if their husbands get involved in the war.
Mr Grace has surprises in store after learning some new tricks on his holiday to America and is keen to implement changes.
A new set of recruits arrive for their two years of National Service at RAF Skelton, and proceed to become particular enemies of their Drill Instructor, Corporal Marsh.
Classic Western Movie: Garden of Evil - A trio of American adventurers stranded in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue her husband, who is trapped in a cave in Apache territory.
Garden of Evil (1954)
Director: Henry Hathaway
Writers: Frank Fenton(screenplay), Fred Freiberger(story), William Tunberg(story)
Stars: Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, Richard Widmark
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: United States
Language: English
Release Date: 30 June 1954 (USA)
Filming Location: Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico
Storyline:
Three Americans are headed by ship around the cape to the California gold fields when they are put ashore for several weeks in a sleepy little Mexican village. While there, they are offered the job of following a lady deep into the Indian-infested mountains of Mexico to rescue the lady's husband trapped by a cave-in at their gold mine. For the job they are promised $2000 each. While each contemplates their own chances for getting the lady and/or the gold mine, if they can survive to enjoy it.
Groucho Marx hosts a quiz show which features a series of compe****ive questions and a great deal of humourous conversation.
The staff at Grace Bros are working late, but they are not alone in the building. There's a thief about. Well, two actually.
Groucho Marx hosts a quiz show which features a series of compe****ive questions and a great deal of humourous conversation.