George Pollock

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The Browning Version
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The Browning Version

Apr. 06, 1951

The Browning Version

Andrew Crocker-Harris has been forced from his position as the classics master at an English public school due to poor health. As he winds up his ...
Appointment with Venus
6.1

Appointment with Venus

At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can’t prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. However, someone realises that a prize ...
The Woman in Question
6.8

The Woman in Question

Oct. 03, 1950

The Woman in Question

Agnes “Astra” Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, ...
Madeleine
6.9

Madeleine

Feb. 16, 1950

Madeleine

The middle-class family of a young woman cannot understand why she delays in marrying a respectable young man. They know nothing about her ...
The Passionate Friends
7.2

The Passionate Friends

A woman is torn between the love of her life, who is married to someone else, and her older husband.
Oliver Twist
7.8

Oliver Twist

Jun. 28, 1948

Oliver Twist

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he’s hired out as an ...
Take My Life
6.9

Take My Life

May. 30, 1947

Take My Life

When her husband is wrongly accused of murder, an opera singer sets out to find the real culprit.
Great Expectations
7.8

Great Expectations

Dec. 26, 1946

Great Expectations

In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a ...
Blithe Spirit
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Blithe Spirit

Apr. 05, 1945

Blithe Spirit

An English mystery novelist invites a medium to his home, so she may conduct a séance for a small gathering. The writer hopes to gather enough ...
Brief Encounter
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Brief Encounter

Nov. 24, 1945

Brief Encounter

Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with ...
This Happy Breed
7.3

This Happy Breed

May. 28, 1944

This Happy Breed

In 1919, Frank Gibbons returns home from army duty and moves into a middle-class row house in the suburbs, bringing with him wife Ethel, carping ...
The First of the Few
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The First of the Few

Sep. 14, 1942

The First of the Few

This 1942 fictionalized biopic chronicles the true story of how two of the most remarkable men in aviation history – visionary Spitfire ...
‘Pimpernel’ Smith
7.2

‘Pimpernel’ Smith

Jul. 28, 1941

‘Pimpernel’ Smith

Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his ...
Gaslight
7.3

Gaslight

Aug. 31, 1940

Gaslight

Twenty years removed from Alice Barlow’s murder by a thief looking for her jewels, newlyweds Paul and Bella Mallen move into the very house ...