Dos intrépidos aventureros ingleses arriban a las costas neozelandesas en el siglo XIX. Capturados por los nativos maoríes, lograrán estrechar lazos con ellos, hasta el punto de que se encontrarán en medio de las disputas entre aborígenes y hombre blanco. (FILMAFFINITY)
Sydney Stratton (Alec Guinness) es un joven investigador que, tras arduos esfuerzos, consigue inventar un tejido tan revolucionario que no se puede romper ni manchar. Sin embargo, a la alegría inicial pronto le sigue la decepción, pues tanto los empresarios como los trabajadores de la industria textil llegan a un acuerdo para impedir la fabricación y difusión del nuevo tejido. La razón es obvia: los primeros temen la ruina de sus empresas y los segundos la pérdida de sus puestos de trabajo.
An inventor of a deadly weapon to be used against the allies is injured in a crash. Surgeon, Sir James (Sebastian Shaw) saves his life but learns of the inventors plot.
After the Local council he works for decides to replace its horse-drawn services with motor vehicles, one of the drivers spends his savings to buy the horse. Together they search the countryside looking for work, and meeting an assorted group of characters on the way.
Set in 15th-century Italy, The Cardinal stars Matheson Lang as one Cardinal de Medici. Bound by the rules of the confessional, the cardinal is unable to disclose the multitude of sins revealed to him by one of his most influential parishioners. De Medici's dilemma is compounded by the fact that the confessor has committed a murder for which the Cardinal's brother has been arrested. The basic plot gimmick was good for another go-round in the 1953 Hitchcock flick I Confess. This 7-reel British film was based on a play by Louis N. Parker.
