Jack Warner

  • Val Guest – The Quatermass Xperiment AKA The Creeping Unknown (1955)

    1951-1960Hammer FilmsHorrorSci-FiUnited KingdomVal Guest

    Synopsis:
    In the countryside of London, a rocket crashes on a farm and Professor Bernard Quatermass and Scotland Yard Inspector Lomax arrive in the spot. The rocket was launched by Prof. Quatermass with the astronauts Victor Carroon, Greene and Reichebheim; however only Carroon is found very sick in the cabin. He is transported to a private clinic to stay under observation despite the protests of his wife Mrs. Judith Carroon. She bribes a nurse to bring Carroon to her and she finds that he is transforming into a monster. Carroon escapes, killing people and animals during his metamorphosis while the Scotland Yard is hunting him down and Dr. Quatermass discovers that his process is an alien invasion.Read More »

  • Brian Desmond Hurst – Scrooge AKA A Christmas Carol [+Commentary] (1951)

    1951-1960Brian Desmond HurstClassicsFantasyUnited Kingdom

    Synopsis:
    Stubbornly refusing to believe in Christmas and to be separated from his inexhaustible wealth, the Victorian money lender and parsimonious recluse, Ebenezer Scrooge, can’t be bothered with the poor and destitute at the most festive time of the year. Intent on spending the holy night alone, instead, the sceptical curmudgeon is visited by an unexpected and sympathetic friend, who will pave the way for the inevitable visitation of the otherworldly spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. But, what do the pale ghosts want? Can a wicked old miser admit the error in his ways, and embrace change? In the end, is Scrooge ready to love and be loved?Read More »

  • Charles Crichton – Against the Wind (1948)

    1941-1950ActionCharles CrichtonUnited KingdomWar

    Brief synopsis
    Philip Elliot, refugee Belgian priest, reports to a secret school in London for spies and saboteurs behind German lines. After training, he and two others parachute into Belgium to help destroy a records office. This mission leads to German capture of an important resistance leader; four more agents (Emile, Max, Scotty, and Michele) go in on a rescue mission. But one of them is a traitor; and other things go wrong…Read More »

  • Lewis Gilbert – Emergency Call (1952)

    1951-1960Lewis GilbertThrillerUnited Kingdom


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    A 5 year old child is diagnosed with Leukaemia, she has only days to live, her only hope being a blood transfusion, for 3 pints of blood, but her blood type is extremely rare, the race is on to find the donors!Read More »

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