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The Small Back Room (DVD)
David Farrar, Kathleen Byron, Jack Hawkins, Leslie Banks, Michael Gough, …
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R179
Discovery Miles 1 790
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One of the lesser-known Powell and Pressburger collaborations.
During the Second World War, scientist Sammy Rice (David Farrar)
works at a British research unit set up to solve the enemy's
methods of attack. Embittered after losing a foot in a bomb blast,
Sammy is increasingly seeking solace in drink. However, a budding
romance with his secretary, Susan (Kathleen Byron), and the
challenge of analysing a new German bomb provide him with a new
sense of meaning.
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Once a Jolly Swagman (DVD)
Dirk Bogarde, Renee Asherson, Bonar Colleano, Bill Owen, Thora Hird, …
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R142
Discovery Miles 1 420
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British drama about a speedway racer, starring Dirk Bogarde. Bill
Fox (Bogarde) is a factory worker in 1930s England who quits his
job to become a motorbike rider. Success goes to his head, and he
leaves his wife (Sandra Dorne) for socialite Pat (Renee Asherson),
but when tragedy strikes on the track he returns to his wife, and
joins a union to fight for riders' rights.
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All Over the Town (DVD)
Norman Wooland, Sarah Churchill, Cyril Cusack, Ronald Adam, Bryan Forbes, …
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R142
Discovery Miles 1 420
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Late 1940s British comedy drama starring Norman Wooland as a Royal
Air Force pilot who returns to work as a newspaper reporter. After
fighting in the Second World War, Nat Hearn (Wooland) resumes his
former position at the Tormouth Clarion and finds himself working
with Sally Thorpe (Sarah Churchill), the woman who was given his
job when he left and who he later becomes involved with. When Nat
is promoted to editor of the paper, he decides to use his new
status to make changes within the publication that will benefit the
town but in the process he angers powerful figures within the
community.
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Esther Waters (DVD)
Dirk Bogarde, Kathleen Ryan, Cyril Cusack, Ivor Barnard, Fay Compton, …
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R142
Discovery Miles 1 420
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Classic British drama with Dirk Bogarde in his first starring role.
In late-19th Century England, a dashing squire (Bogarde)
impregnates one of his servants (Kathleen Ryan). In the face of
local disapproval, the maid determines to bring up the child on her
own.
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