John Laurie

The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps

IMDb: 7.9
1935
86min

Canadian Richard Hannay, residing in London, meets secret agent Annabella Smith immediately following a shots fired incident. She asks to go home with him. Back at Hannay’s flat the mysterious woman confides that she fears for her life and is on a critical mission relating to protecting state air ministry secrets. Later that night assassins murder her. Believed by the police to be her killer, Hannay is forced to go on the run and flees to Scotland in a desperate attempt to see Annabella’s mission through before it’s too late. Along the way he chances upon beautiful Pamela, who unwillingly becomes his accomplice in the mission.

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Return to the Edge of the World

Return to the Edge of the World

Return to the Edge of the World

IMDb: 6.6
1978
85min

Essentially a re-release of Michael Powell’s ‘The Edge of the World (1937)’ , but with colour ‘bookends’ in which director and actors revisit the island of Foula forty years later and talk about their experiences.

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The Reptile

The Reptile

The Reptile

IMDb: 6.2
1966
90min

Harry and Valerie Spalding arrive in the remote Cornish village to an unwelcoming and suspicious population. Harry’s brother dies suddenly, bitten by a lethal reptilian bite. They befriend a young woman Anna whose tyrannical father controls her life and, as they discover that others in the village have suffered a similar fate, their investigations lead to Anna. What they uncover is a victim of the most terrifying legacy… a destiny of mutilation and murder.

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The Abominable Dr. Phibes

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

IMDb: 7.2
1971
94min

Famous organist Anton Phibes is horribly disfigured in an automobile accident while rushing to the side of his sick wife and presumed to be dead. Once Phibes learns that his wife died on the operating table, he is convinced the doctor’s are responsible and begins exacting his revenge on all those involved.

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Hobson’s Choice

Hobson’s Choice

Hobson’s Choice

IMDb: 7.7
1954
107min

Henry Hobson owns and tyrannically runs a successful Victorian boot maker’s shop in Salford, England. A stingy widower with a weakness for overindulging in the local Moonraker Public House, he exploits his three daughters as cheap labour. When he declares that there will be ‘no marriages’ to avoid the expense of marriage settlements at £500 each, his eldest daughter Maggie rebels.

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The Way Ahead

The Way Ahead

The Way Ahead

IMDb: 7.1
1944
115min

A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry (David Niven) and Sergeant Ned Fletcher (William Hartnell) when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casualties at Dunkirk. Original Story by Eric Ambler – Screenplay by Eric Ambler and Peter Ustinov – Directed by Carol Reed.

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