Carlton Cinema

Adaptation of Joe Orton’s blackly comic play about the effects of a mysterious stranger on an eccentric family. A middle-aged woman encounters a young man in a cemetery and flirtatiously invites him to board at the house she shares with her aged father. Before long, her brother is equally infatuated with Mr Sloane. But then their father begins to make dark accusations about the new lodger

Satirical comedy drama, following the misadventures of three young men, and their attempts to avoid being drafted to fight in the Vietnam conflict. Full of anti-war sentiment, this film was controversial when released at the height of the Vietnam War, yet was a box office success and led to a sequel called ‘Hi, Mom!'. It was also the first major film for actor Robert de Niro and director Brian de Palma

A prominent politician discovers a financial scandal and prepares to expose the truth. However, a woman who has invested in the crooked venture threatens to tell a damaging secret about the politician’s past if he dares to expose his findings.

Documentary looking at the beginnings of the film industry, classics from the silent era and the historic release of the first ‘talkie’ - ‘The Jazz Singer’

Romantic drama about an unhappy woman who returns to her home town after two failed marriages, and tries to make a go of her third marriage to her ex-boyfriend. However, the woman soon finds herself involved with a French writer as well

An American soldier who was badly wounded and disfigured in WWI returns home after being absent for many years and thought to be dead to discover that his beloved wife has remarried and his son doesn’t even know that he ever existed.

Documentary series on British cinema. Sir John Mills profiles some of the leading actresses of British cinema including Margaret Lockwood, Jean Simmons, Vivien Leigh and Sally Gray

Comedy about a young married couple who enter a contest in which they have to prove that their relationship has been blissful for a whole year. All goes well until a Hungarian beauty is hired as a servant

Murder mystery about an American working in London who agrees to act as a decoy to help catch a killer after her best friend is murdered. The killer has been advertising in newspapers for attractive, lonely young women. But her task proves perilous as she encounters a host of unsavoury characters and faces a series of harrowing experiences

A profile of one of Hollywood’s greatest leading ladies

Adaptation of Sean O’Casey’s play about the 1916 insurrection in Dublin, centring around a Dublin landlady who learns that her husband has joined the rebellion and intends to raid the Dublin Post Office

Drama about a neglected young girl who runs away and ends up in the ruins of a bombed church, where she and some other street urchins begin building a tiny garden on the ruins. Their actions get them into trouble with the authorities, but a few sympathetic adults step forward in their defence

A classic western adventure yarn set in Mexico during the 1850s. A heroic trio have the task of escorting a lady through hazardous bandit territory as she travels to meet her husband

Drama about a self-pitying man languishing at the wrong end of the slippery slope - until a woman sets him on the road to recovery. His wife is missing, presumed dead; there are numerous creditors trying to track him down; and his wheelchair-bound father-in-law is given to cantankerous outbursts. Things are looking bleak: could the new woman in his life offer salvation?

Police thriller in which a violent street cop, recently thrown off the force, wakes up from a drinking binge to find himself accused of the murder of a local gangster. Despite the overwhelming evidence against him, he convinces his female attorney of his innocence and enlists her help in finding the true killer