Newton Blick

Morgan, an aggressive and self-admitted dreamer, a fantasist who uses his flights of fancy as refuge from external reality, where his unconventional behavior lands him in a divorce from his wife, Leonie, trouble with the police and, ultimately, incarceration in a lunatic asylum.

피터는 증기기관 항해선의 일등 항해사다. 그는 항해 도중 폭풍을 만나자 배가 침몰할 줄 알고 비겁하게 승객들이 탄 배를 포기한다. 그러나 배는 천신만고 끝에 침몰을 면하게 된다. 불명예의 멍에를 진 피터는 자신의 명예를 되찾기 위해서 노력하게 된다. 지도에도 없는 동양의 한 원주민들에게 다이너마이트를 배달하는 계약을 하게 된 것이다. 그러던 중 그는 억압받고 있는 마을 원주민들의 편에 서게 되어, 흉악한 유럽인 악당들과 맞서 싸운다. 마침내 스스로 죽을 결심을 하고 싸움에 휘말려든 피터는 결국 원주민 민족의 영웅이 되는데... - ebs 일요시네마 작품해설 20세기 모더니즘의 선구자라 불리는 조셉 콘래드의 소설을 원작으로 완성된 작품이다. 드넓은 세계와 미지의 인생에 대한 동경으로 선원을 지원한 청년 짐이 운행 중에 풍랑을 만나 혼란 끝에 승객을 버리고 탈출한다. 얼마 후 배가 침몰하지 않았음이 밝혀지고, 짐은 법적 처벌과 함께 세간의 도덕적 비난에 시달린다. 선원 자격을 박탈당한 짐은 동남아 각지를 떠돌다 어느 오지 마을에 정착해 새로운 인생을 시작하게 되는 내용. 콘래드는 이 작품에서 성격적 견고성을 결하고 있을 뿐 아니라 난해할 정도로 복잡하며 인격적 분열까지 보이는 현대인의 전형을 훌륭하게 그려냈다. 자신의 꿈과 이상이 현실에서 실현될 수 없음을 깨닫고 절망하는 짐은 서구 사회의 급격한 변화와 심각한 정신적 위기를 대변한다. 현대적 인물의 복잡한 내면을 표현하기 위해서 이야기 속에 다양한 시점과 시간을 도입함으로써 재래 기법의 한계를 극복하고 짐의 행위 속에 개재된 도덕적 의미의 불확실성에 대한 독자의 인식을 부단히 일깨운다. - ebs 일요시네마

The film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K. A disgruntled Navy Clerk is transferred to a secret research establishment and is subsequently black-mailed/paid by Czech intelligence to procure secrets for them. He seduces the secretary who controls the most secret documents, and they enjoy the fruits of their treachery until the British authorities begin to close in on them.

A schoolteacher plagued by alcoholism and his refusal to serve in World War II, Graham Weir inspires contempt in almost everyone around him, including his bitter wife, Anna. When the lovely young Shirley Taylor, one of Weir's students, falls for her unfortunate instructor, he is tempted and flattered but turns down her advances. Taylor's subsequent actions make Weir's life even more complicated.

Flame in the Streets is a 1961 British drama film directed by Roy Ward Baker. Racial tensions manifest themselves at home, work and on the streets during Bonfire Night in the burgeoning West Indian community of early 1960s Britain. Trades union leader (Mills) fights for the rights of a black worker but struggles with the news that his own daughter is planning to marry a West Indian, much against his own logic and the prejudice of his wife.

A German scholar has girl troubles while studying at Cambridge.

About to enter a marriage he wants no part of, rich nobleman Mitchell takes up with gypsy Mecouri. They marry, but she soon discovers he's deeply in debt. (TCM)

When an attractive young girl is murdered, suspicion falls on several members of the local tennis club. It falls to Police Inspector Halloran to sort out all the red herrings, and finally after a confrontation at the top of the local church spire, arrest the culprit. Another fascinating look at what life was like in Britain during the 50's.

Following a group of five very different student nurses during their first year of training at an NHS hospital in London called St. Augustine’s Hospital (filmed at Guy's Hospital), where they live in a dormitory. Susan (Belinda Lee) is reliable and sensible; Pat (Delphi Lawrence) is flighty and open; Maureen (Adrienne Corri) is Irish and loud; Ann (Henryetta Edwards) is a typical public school girl; and Liz (Barbara Archer) comes from a typical working class background. As they get to know each other, they bond in spite of their differences.

Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. The film is notable for using a police procedural style made popular by Ealing in their 1950 film The Blue Lamp. It is known in the US as The Third Key.

A new career opens for Charley Moon when, during his army service, he is detailed to appear in a unit concert. In doing so, he becomes friendly with Harold Armytage, a peacetime actor of the old school. Hearing that Charley has no job to go to when demobilized, Armytage suggests they team up as stage comics. Things are not easy; jobs are few and far between, and when they can be found they are in the tattiest of theatres, but Charley gains the experience he needs. They then decide to try their luck in London.

Major Charles Carrington (David Niven), is arrested for taking £125 from the base safe, he also face two other charges that could finish his distinguished service career. He decides to act on his own defence at his court martial hearing, his argument being that he is owed a lot of money from the army for his various postings that have cost him out of his own pocket. To further complicate the proceedings, Carrington alleges he told his superior, the very disliked Colonel Henniker, that he was taking the money from the safe. A mans career, his marriage, and quite a few reputations, all hang in the balance.

A socialist inherits the ownership of a major firm and begins wrestling with his beliefs.