Nyree Dawn Porter
Nacimiento : 1936-01-22, Napier, New Zealand
Muerte : 2001-04-10
Dame Margot Fonteyn
Cuando eran niñas, las hermanas Hilary y Jackie estudiaron música; pero, mientras que Jackie, la menor, adquirió pronto fama como concertista de violoncello, Hilary no tuvo tanto éxito con la flauta. En cuanto a la vida personal, las cosas sucedieron justamente al revés: Hilary, felizmente casada, vivía en el campo con su marido y sus dos hijas; en cambio, el matrimonio de Jackie con un prestigioso pianista no iba nada bien debido a los continuos compromisos profesionales de ambos.
Anamari
Historia de una sencilla familia española desde 1916 a 1966. Ante la proximidad de la muerte, las vivencias de su pasado acuden a la memoria de Juan. De forma fragmentada, a veces confusa, Juan revive momentos cruciales de su vida unidos siempre a nombres de mujer. Momentos que le recuerdan haber dejado escapar numerosas oportunidades de ser feliz..
Susan Warren
Una tienda de antigüedades del este de Londres, regentada por un enigmático anciano, es el nexo de unión de las distintas historias de cuatro de sus clientes. Cada uno de los objetos que se llevan de la tienda del anticuario esconde una terrorífica sorpresa que sirve de escarmiento a aquellos que han tratado de engañar o perjudicar al anciano.
Laura
Recently widowed Laura Vallance returns home to England after many years living abroad. She knows few people in England, but she desires rest and seclusion in her time of grief. However, she is more alone than she bargained for when she hires Roger Masters as her butler. With small doses of poison, the ruthless butler plans to keeps his wealthy employer incapacitated... permanently.
Ann Norton (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
Narra 4 cuentos de terror relacionados por una vieja y fantasmal mansión en la que se realiza una investigación policial para esclarecer ciertas desapariciones. Escritos en tono paródico por Robert Bloch. 1) METHOD FOR MURDER: Un escritor conjura desde su imaginación a un estrangulador y cual es su sorpresa cuando nota que el criminal ha tomado vida real.
Blanche Ingram
Jane Eyre es huérfana, enviada a la escuela de Lowood y, finalmente, se convierte en una institutriz en Thornfield Hall para una niña llamada Adele. Mientras ella está allí, suceden muchas cosas extrañas y, finalmente, ella y Edward Rochester, propietario de Thornfeild y el tutor de Adele, se enamoran. De repente, cuando Jane está a punto de ganar la felicidad que merece, un secreto oscuro sale a la luz, y hará falta todo su coraje, amor y comprensión para triunfar.
Eileen
Based on David Stuart Leslie's novel Two Left Feet is a story about Alan Crabbe (Michael Crawford a callow youth desperate for a date with any girl who can offer him the experience he lacks. Every time Alan tries a manful stride into the jungle of sex, his two left feet turn the attempt into a trip-and-stumble. Then he meets Eileen (Nyree Dawn Porter), the new waitress at the corner cafe, who signal unmistakable messages with her large inviting eyes.
Muriel
Ernest Wright's peerless prowess as a locksmith comes to the attention of a tough big-time crook, who feels that the little man would be a valuable asset to his crime kingdom. In order to inveigle him into a series of jobs, he sets up a beautiful hostess as a trap, into which the hapless Ernest inevitably falls..!
Marjorie Mason
Albert, a cheeky, womanising, door-to door salesman, with a never-take-no-for-an-answer attitude, lives his life for the moment, and with no thought of his future, or the consequences of his actions on the people he encounters.
Jenny Briggs
Insurance salesman Tom and his wife Jenny are struggling through the first years of marriage in a modest flat, on Tom's even more modest salary. By contrast Drew, Tom's old army pal, is a footloose bachelor currently running a car-hire firm owned by his rich uncle, who lives in Canada. Since Drew's uncle makes it clear that his nephew will only inherit the business when he's a respectable married man, his upcoming visit throws Drew into a panic. Having taken a fancy to the vivacious Jenny, Drew persuades her to masquerade as his wife – an arrangement that leads the trio into some highly complicated situations!
Pam
Two reporters, a youth and a girl, find romance during interviews with relatives and friends of passengers in an ill-fated airliner.
Betty Martin
An engineer is wrongly convicted of selling secrets to enemy agents and is sentenced to life in prison. Convinced it was his former partner who framed him, he enlists his son to investigate.