Carlton Cinema

Remake of the classic 1955 thriller about a psychopathic con man and killer who masquerades as a preacher in order to locate a fortune in stolen money. In prison, the baleful minister learns that his cellmate, a bank robber, has hidden the proceeds of a heist near his home. When the preacher is freed, he heads for the robber’s home town, where he worms his way into the man’s family and closes in on the cash

Drama set in Boston, centring on the emotional problems of the staff of a once-underground newspaper which is about to be purchased by a print tycoon. Notable for first-rate performances from a then-unknown cast

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’

Ghoulish comedy in which a family mansion is invaded by a mischievous poltergeist which takes over the body of the youngest daughter. When a scientist and an insurance investigator arrive at the house they deduce what has happened, but the poltergeist soon starts looking for a new host body

A tale of love, greed, infidelity and murder set against the backdrop of a carnival in Germany. A young female pickpocket becomes romantically involved with a circus barker before transferring her allegiances to a high-diver - one of the show’s star acts. But she reckons without the ruthlessness of the barker, a seedy Casanova who has murder in mind and still exercises a hold over her

Second World War drama in which a psychopathic US bomber pilot discovers a taste for carnage and revels in his role as daring hero. But his war deteriorates when he is rejected by the English girlfriend of his more pragmatic co-pilot

Romantic comedy set in the French Riviera, in which a matchmaker hires three men to turn a penniless duke into a suitable husband for an American heiress. However, the heiress has her own ideas about who is the ideal man for her

The Japanese detective goes undercover in Egypt to foil a plot by enemy agents to instigate a war between the British and the French. This they hope to do by blowing up the French fleet as it sails through the Suez Canal, placing the blame on the British for the attack

Romantic comedy set in the famous Parisian cafe. An American heiress finds romance with a penniless young man who is forced to impersonate a Russian prince

Spy thriller in which an American agent posing as a diplomatic courier is sent to Trieste to collect a valuable document from a fellow agent. But his contact is murdered, and he soon finds himself at the centre of the search for the missing document. Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin make appearances in supporting roles

Epic drama set against the background of the construction of the great Canadian-Pacific railroad. Two drifters arrive at a railroad boomtown, hoping to win some hard cash, but one ends up falling in love and working on the railway

Suspenseful drama about a money-grabbing young man who murders his girlfriend when her pregnancy threatens his chances of being accepted into her wealthy family. The victim’s sister refuses to believe the police verdict of suicide and decides to launch an investigation of her own. But her search unwittingly brings her face to face with her sister’s murderer, with whom she embarks on a dangerous love affair

A look at the film career of acclaimed Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro, star of ‘Goodfellas’, ‘Raging Bull’ and ‘Taxi Driver’

A complex and provocative film about the relationship between two brothers - one a priest with political ambitions, the other a principled cop. The two are driven apart when the power-wielding monsignor becomes implicated in the murder of a prostitute

Film noir spoof about a cop-cum-lawyer who fancies himself as a ladies’ man but gets out of his depth when faced with three femmes fatales. There is Lana, his scheming wife, who is conspiring to have him killed, his sensuous secretary Laura, and Lola, a seductive mystery lady determined to have her way with him - or kill him