Alec Guinness
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Our Man in Havana
(1960)Adapted from Graham Greene's novel, Alec Guinness stars in this classic spy spoof as Jim Wormold, an English expatriate who sells vacuum cleaners in Havana. His life is irrevocably changed as he is recruited by Hawthorne (Noel Coward), and pressed into service as an operative of M.I.5, which he reluctantly agress to so he can earn extra money for his 17-year-old daughter.

H.M.S. Defiant
(1962)Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of The Defiant's first officer makes this difficult, and when the captain is disabled, the chance for violence increases.

The Ladykillers
(1955)Director Alexander Mackendrick's film centres on a criminal gang planning their next job, who find themselves boarding with an innocent old lady who thinks they are musicians. When the gang set out to kill Mrs Wilberforce, they run into one problem after another, and they get what they deserve.

The Lavender Hill Mob
(1951)"A glimmering new restoration of THE LAVENDER HILL MOB (1951), the enduring Ealing Studios comedy classic directed by CHARLES CRICHTON with cinematography by the great DOUGLAS SLOCOMBE. Winner of a BAFTA for Best British Film and an Academy Award® for Best Screenplay, THE LAVENDER HILL MOB remains today one of the finest British comedies ever made.

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
(1973)Berlin, 1945. In the Fuhrerbunker, the last hiding place of the man who unleashed a reign of terror across Europe, it is Adolf Hitler's 56th birthday.

The Man in the White Suit
(1951)An amateur chemist gets a target on his back by textile tycoons and trade unions when his genius invention threatens to put them both out of business.

Malta Story
(1953)Alec Guinness stars as Peter Ross, a World War II pilot photographer, who is forced to land in Malta. There he finds himself attached to the local regiment and on studying aerial photographs he discovers that Italy is preparing to invade Malta. It is of vital importance that the island remains under the control of the Allies, and Peter is the man selected to trace and destroy the enemy convoy.

Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
(1965)In 1944, two American fliers are captured by a friendly German who keeps them in his cellar and doesn't tell them the war is over.

Last Holiday
(1950)George Bird has been told by his Doctor that he only has a short time left to live and is determined not to waste his final days.

Lawrence of Arabia
(1962)Sweeping epic about the real life adventures of T.E. Lawrence, a British major who unified Arab tribes and led them in the fight for independence from the Ottoman Turks in the 1920s.

The Bridge on the River Kwai
(1957)The Japanese force British prisoners to build a bridge.

Murder by Death
(1976)Five famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery.

Kind Hearts and Coronets
(1949)A black sheep distant relative of Edwardian England blue bloods plots to murder the eight heirs standing between him and the family fortune.

Cromwell
(1970)Alec Guinness and Richard Harris star in this historical epic. Great battle scenes and cinematography plus an Oscar winning music score.

Scrooge
(1970)The spirit of Christmas becomes a musical celebration of life in this rousing Oscar nominated adaptation of Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Mean-spirited and stingy, Ebenezer Scrooge has a sour face and a "humbug" for anyone who crosses his path. But on this Christmas Eve, he will learn the terrible fate that awaits him if he continues his miserly ways. Filled with joyous songs, this delightful tale has enriched the lives of young and old alike for generations.

Oliver Twist
(1948)In Charles Dickens' classic tale, an orphan wends his way from a cruel apprenticeship to a den of thieves searching for a proper home.

The Fall of the Roman Empire
(1964)One of the great screen epics, The death of Marcus Aurelius leads to a succession crisis in which the deceased emperor's son, Commodus, demonstrates that he is unwilling to let anything undermine his claim the Roman Empire.

The Comedians
(1967)A British hotelier gets drawn into Haiti's political hotbed in this adaptation of Graham Greene's novel.

Star Wars
(1977)Young farm boy Luke Skywalker is thrust into a galaxy of adventure when he intercepts a distress call from the captive Princess Leia. The event launches him on a daring mission to rescue her from the clutches of Darth Vader and the evil Empire.

Doctor Zhivago
(1965)Illicit lovers fight to stay together during the turbulent years of the Russian Revolution.