Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkard husband. (The title is from the way pharmacists used to wrap parcels containing poison).
The fisherman from a Cornish village have a friendly rivalry with the fishermen (and one formidable woman) from a French port. Then war comes and they must all rethink their petty differences.
1941년, 전쟁을 앞둔 유고슬라비아의 봄. 페트로비치 집안의 큰아들인 군인 밀로슈와 작은아들인 의사 스테판은 부모님의 결혼기념일을 맞아 집에 모여 행복한 나날을 보낸다. 국경과 병원으로 떠난 밀로슈와 스테판은 각자의 전쟁을 겪고, 유고슬라비아 군대가 패배하자 밀로슈는 스테판을 찾아와 게릴라의 위장 연락책이 되어 달라고 부탁한다. 스테판은 겉으로는 독일에 협력하는 병원장이지만 뒤로는 형과 게릴라를 돕는다. 작전을 수행하다가 붙잡힌 형제의 아버지와 함께 스테판은 터널을 폭파하며 죽고, 밀로슈는 전쟁의 승리를 위해 마지막 그날까지 싸울 것을 다짐한다.
The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, they do whatever they can to thwart the Nazis plans.
Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade Greece, he gets a chance to redeem himself and rejoin his old unit on a British carrier. This is regarded the last of the conventional, rather stiff 1930's style Ealing war films, to be succeeded by much more realism and better storytelling.
The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sabotage to serve their ends, but they consider themselves to be true patriots.
