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Stealing Heaven (1988) Abelard, a respected philosopher and teacher in 12th-century Paris, is hired to tutor the intelligent and beautiful Heloise. They soon fall in love, but must hide their affection because Abelard is sworn to celibacy.

Zulu Dawn (1979) In 1879 South Africa, the administrators of the British Cape Colony have designs to eliminate the Zulus as a hindrance to their colonial economy. To that end, the British present King Cetshwayo with an impossible ultimatum to provoke a war they are sure they can win easily with thei

A Room with a View (1985) When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperone Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucys life forever but, once back in England, how will her

Percy 1971 Edwin Antony Hywel Bennett is emasculated in an accident which kills a young philanderer Doctors successfully replace his member with that of the dead man, but refuse to tell him the full story of the organs origin So Edwin begins a search which takes him to the philanderers wife and also

Noises Off... (1992) Lloyd Fellowes is the director of a theatre company. He's desperately trying to get his production together, despite the best efforts of the cast, the crew, and Lady Luck. We follow the production from final rehersals, through opening night, and onto the tour: as with any group

September (1987) Everyone is gathering at Lane's place for the weekend, and everyone's in love. Unfortunately, each beloved loves somebody else, and no one seems to realize it.

The Whoopee Boys (1986) Two dim-witted street peddlers, Jack and Barney, arrive in Palm Beach, Florida, looking for a better, wealthier lifestyle. In Palm Beach, Jack falls for Olivia, a young heiress running an orphaned children's shelter being threatened with foreclosure. Jack, at Barney's insiste

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) Sherlock Holmes comes to the aid of his friend Henry Baskerville, who is under a family curse and menaced by a demonic dog that prowls the bogs near his estate and murders people.

The Razors Edge (1984) Larry Darrell returns from the battlefields of World War I to America a different person. His fiance (Isabel) resigns herself to a delay in the wedding plans when Larry heads off to Paris. There he finds he prefers a simpler existence and begins to read. One book inspires him

The Signalman (1976) A lonely Signalman is visited by a stranger.

Sweeney 2 (1978) Second theatrical spin-off from the popular 1970's police series. Regan and Carter head a Flying Squad investigation into a series of bank raids by a team of well-armed villains who are flying in from the continent.

Bangkok Hilton 1989 The story of Kat Stanton, an Australian woman searching for her father who, whilst travelling back from London to Australia via Thailand, makes friends with Arkie Ragan, a photographer Kat is tricked into carrying some luggage through Thai customs for Arkie, only for the police t

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978) A Sherlock Holmes spoof about a family that has been haunted for years by the curse of a horrible hound.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968) This made-for-television adaptation doesn't waste time with preliminaries. Within 15 minutes of its opening, Dr. Henry Jekyll has already experimented on himself with a concoction that he'd hoped would neutralize his baser instincts but which releas

Scorchers 1991 Bayou La Teche, Louisiana sizzles as the Cajun town celebrates the wedding of Splendid and Dolan The trouble comes off the yun the wedding night when Splendid is determined to maintain her innocence On the other side of town Splendids cousin has her own problems Her man has been sleep

Brimstone & Treacle (1982) Brimstone and Treacle is a modern gothic tale about the evil that men do and the price that must be paid to make things right. The film, a remake of a 1976 teleplay that included Denholm Elliot in its original cast as Mr. Bates, the film also included an incredibly coo

A Private Function (1984) 1947 in a small town in England. The war has been won two years ago, but there's still rationing of meat. When princess Elizabeth is going to marry, a group of businessmen wants to impress (or probably bribe) the local government by giving a big party. They want to slaughte

Keys to Freedom (1988) The 'keys to freedom' for citizens of Hong Kong are US passports, as their city quakes with the imminent transition to Chinese Communist rule. A deadly black market for passports is ...

Its Not the Size That Counts (1974) Percy, the man with the world's first penis transplant, discovers that there is a chemical in the city's water that makes men impotent.

Madame Sin (1972) Bette Davis is Madame Sin, a sinister-looking, totally evil, half-Chinese woman who indulges in endless machinations. Ensocnced in a Scottish castle that is packed with an array of spy gadgetry, she runs afoul with counter spy, American CIA agent Anthony Lawrence (Robert Wagner), w

Rude Awakening (1980) The real state agent Norman Shenley hates his old wife Emily Shenley and wants to divorce her to marry his secretary Lolly. When a new client wants to sell an old and isolated mansion, Norman begins to have odd nightmares, and he becomes confused between reality and dream. When

Saint Jack (1979) Compelling character study, revolving around Jack Flowers (Ben Gazzara), an American hustler trying to make his fortune in 1970s Singapore in small time pimping. He dreams of building a fortune by running a brothel himself and returning to the States to lead a life of luxury. Savvy

The House That Dripped Blood (1971) A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house and its tragic previous tenants: 1) A hack novelist encounters a strangler who's the villain of his books, leading his wife to question his sanity, 2) Two men are obsessed

Nothing But the Best (1964) Success has James Brewster's name written all over it, and he also has his heart set on his boss's daughter. A con artist hires him to help out on a bank scheme, but then again, James will do anything to get rich and be the most successful businessman in Britian-even if i

Defense of the Realm (1986) A reporter Mullen 'stumbles' on a story linking a prominent Member of Parliament to a KGB agent. In fact it is also linked to a near Nuclear disaster involving a teenage runaway and an Americal USAF base. Has there been a Government cover-up,Mullen teams up with Vernon Ba

The Last Chapter (1974) Dark tale in which a successful middle-aged writer (Denholm Elliot) is unbalanced by an assured young fan (Susan Penhaligon).

You Must Be Joking! (1965) A motley group of soldiers are set loose on swinging England in an initiative test to collect a selection of esoteric items.

The Crocodile Case (1958) Jack Lyons is interrogated by the police. He accidentally reveals himself as a murderer when he identifies a crocodile dressing case and the initials engraved on it. Since the initials were engraved on it shortly before the murder and fell off during the murder, only the ki

Holiday in Spain 1960 Vacationing Englishman Oliver Larker stumbles upon a plot to kill a young American tourist in Spain