Carlton Cinema

A gripping thriller in which an unscrupulous young woman uses blackmail to insinuate her way into the life of a businessman. A successful executive’s life is thrown into disarray when, in a borrowed car, he knocks down and kills a cyclist. He hides the body, but his guilty secret is discovered by a woman who decides to take advantage. Based on the novel by Anders Bodelsen

Screen adaptation of Hugh Whitemore’s play about the life and poetry of Stevie Smith. Set in the poet’s London apartment, the film explores how poetry enables the writer to escape from an otherwise mundane existence and affects her relationship with others

Unusual Roy Rogers film in which he plays a veteran cowboy star who comes to the aid of a former colleague’s ailing Christmas tree business, with the help of some famous friends

Biting Ealing satire about an eccentric research scientist working in a menial job in a textile factory who invents a fabric that never gets dirty and never wears out. When the tycoons of the clothes industry discover his secret, they ruthlessly set out to destroy the formula and the scientist is forced to go on the run, wearing a suit made from the miracle yarn, with just about everyone in pursuit

Family adventure based on the novel by Jules Verne. A group of courageous adventurers go in search of a shipwrecked sea captain, and encounter earthquakes, avalanches, savage cannibals and a band of cut-throat mutineers along the way

Drama about a British officer stationed at the Khyber Pass who falls in love with his commander’s daughter while conducting a campaign in the Afghan Wars. When border tribesmen backed by the Russians massacre some British troops, the officer vows to avenge his comrades

An in-depth look at the career of the popular singer and actress

Amusing yarn in which the lives of a newly wed American couple in England are plunged into chaos when one of their ducks begins laying eggs of solid uranium. The pair find themselves wrangling with the British military when it overreacts to the bird’s radioactive products in this fast-paced satire on the beginning of the nuclear age

Romantic comedy about an American reporter, based in Paris and bored of routine work, who decides to go to war-torn Spain to investigate a notorious rebel. When she finds the insurgent in jail, a relationship develops

Romantic musical about a lonely young pianist who goes to New England to help a gregarious songwriter. The two men are guests of a music teacher with three attractive daughters, and romantic complications naturally ensue. Songs include Someone to Watch over Me, Just One of Those Things and One for My Baby

Suspense drama in which two schoolteachers set out on a walking trip across the Yorkshire moors a year after their friend vanished in the same area. But when a thunderstorm forces them to seek refuge in the home of a reclusive composer they make a gruesome discovery

Documentary series on British cinema. Sir John Mills looks back at some classic British films

A profile of the Oscar-winning actor. Though he was typecast as the king of the gangsters thanks to roles in ‘Public Enemy’ and ‘White Heat’, Cagney was uncomfortable with his tough-guy image and longed for the opportunity to show his dancing skills in musicals such as ‘Yankee Doodle Dandy’

Romantic comedy in which a bankrupt entrepreneur tries to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-up boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring. But he isn’t very keen on the idea

Drama in which a young, unmarried couple return to Venice in the vain hope that it may revive their dwindling relationship. However, their problems increase as a mysterious man dressed in a white suit turns out to be a smitten admirer of the man. He is found to be following their every move and succeeds in trapping them in a deadly game of desire. Based on the novel by Ian McEwan