Carlton Cinema

Controversial drama about a middle-aged American expatriate living in Paris, traumatised by guilt and grief over his wife’s suicide, who meets a 20-year-old French woman and abruptly embarks on a sexual relationship with her. But the affair is doomed by the American’s insistence that they reveal nothing of themselves to each other during their sometimes savage lovemaking

Thriller in which a psychopath escapes from prison, aided by his beautiful lawyer who has fallen for him, and makes for a hideaway. He picks on a family in the process of splitting up and forces the weak-willed father onto the offensive to protect his wife and daughter. A remake of William Wyler’s 1955 film of the same name

A look at some of the less-than-glamorous locations used for films in the ‘Carry On’ series

British comedy with the ‘Carry On’ team as a shop steward finds himself at loggerheads with the management at a lavatory factory. Much to his chagrin, his daughter is dating the boss’s son, but his mood improves when he discovers that his hitherto mute budgie has a very special and lucrative talent

Signed and subtitled programme previewing forthcoming films that have subtitles

Jet-black satire set in a progressive 60s Californian high school where one of the students uses his manipulative genius to grant the every wish of a beautiful schoolmate. Once he has secured her a cushy secretarial job with the principal, he sets about marrying her off to a rich senior, gradually using more and more desperate means to get what he wants

British comedy, a spin-off of a popular 70s sitcom, about a couple in their seventies who are about to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. Unbeknown to them, the wife’s daughter has planned a surprise party in the evening - but after a day full of mishaps, a party is the last thing the couple want

Drama in which a young girl moves to India with her mother and becomes the darling of a British regiment. She even finds time to act as a peacemaker in this adaptation of a Rudyard Kipling story

Classic swashbuckling drama about a reformed pirate who is appointed to round up cut-throats and renegades by the governor of Jamaica. However, things do not go to plan when the former governor’s daughter enters the frame

A profile of the flame-haired leading lady of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s who often played feisty women opposite some of Hollywood’s biggest male stars

Sentimental melodrama looking at West Point, its cadets and, in particular, athletic trainer Marty Maher, an Irish immigrant who found a home in the army. Based on a true story

The ‘Carry On’ team take an irreverent look at the French Revolution. In 1789 Paris, two English noblemen rescue their French counterparts from the clutches of the revolting masses - and Madame Guillotine. The ‘Black Fingernail’ and his sidekick prove elusive, but the chief of police determines to track them down

Historical action adventure about a British officer who comes to the aid of a young Indian prince whose life is threatened by a rebel uprising. The officer commandeers an old steam locomotive, and they embark on a perilous journey across enemy territory to safety. But marauding tribesmen prove the least of their worries when it emerges that there is a traitor in their midst

Thriller set in the Wild West, where an undercover government agent investigating gunrunning joins a train carrying troops and medical supplies to a plague-ridden army fort. On board, he uncovers an alliance between a ruthless group of cowboys and Indians intent on robbery. Adapted by Alistair Maclean from his own novel

The mysterious past of a Dallas lumberyard owner comes to the surface when his wife is kidnapped by the KGB while on holiday in Paris. As he and his son set off across Europe in a bid to track her down - dodging bullets and exploding cars along the way - the latter begins to realise that there is more to his father than the middle-aged, conservative businessman he had always despised