Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
After the 1715 defeat of the clans, one of the highland leaders, Rob Roy MacGregor escapes, has lots of adventures, gets married, and eventually becomes enough of a nuisance to…
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
A meek teller thinks he’s killed his boss. He flees with a box of cash hoping for a new life with his younger mistress.
The Hour of 13
1890, London, and a serial killer known as The Terror is murdering policemen. When gentleman thief Nicholas Revel unwittingly becomes the chief suspect, he must use his guile and wits…
Trio
W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.
The Blind Goddess
Justice, the poets have it, is a blind goddess. Eric Portman stars as the lawyer defending a lord, Hugh Williams, accused by his secretary Michael Dennison of having diverted public…
Quiet Weekend
Comedy of a family trying to spend a country weekend which is disrupted by an unpleasant friend of the son.
The Day Will Dawn
Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Langedal his boat is attacked by a German…
Major Barbara
Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels against her estranged father by joining the Salvation Army. Wooed by professor-turned-preacher Adolphus Cusins, Barbara eventually…
Dead Men Are Dangerous
Unsuccessful writer Aylmer Franklyn takes the chance to change identities after he discovers a corpse. However, he soon finds himself accused of the murder of a maid at a near-by…