Peter Sellers

Alan Cumming

George Hamilton

Kay Thompson

Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story

Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story (2024)

Freddie Frinton

Felix Mendelssohn's Hawaiian Serenaders

Paddie O'Neil

Penny Points to Paradise

Penny Points to Paradise (1951)

Jeremy Kemp

Catherine Schell

Elke Sommer

The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda (1979)

Jessie Matthews

Suzanna Leigh

Russ Tamblyn

Tom Thumb

Tom Thumb (1958)

Vivienne Martin

Liz Fraser

John Wood

Two Way Stretch

Two Way Stretch (1960)

Charlize Theron

Emily Watson

John Lithgow

Stanley Tucci

The professional and personal life of actor and comedian Peter Sellers was a turbulent one. His early movie fame was based primarily on his comic characterizations, often of bumbling and foreign-accented persons, characters which he embodied. As his movie fame rose, he began to lose his own personal identity to his movie characters, leading to self-doubt of himself as a person and a constant need for reassurance and acceptance of his work. This self-doubt manifested itself in fits of anger and what was deemed as arrogance by many. In turn, his personal relationships began to deteriorate as his characterizations were continually used to mask his problems. His first wife, Anne Howe, left/divorced him and his relationships with his parents and children became increasingly distant. His relationship with his second wife, Swedish actress Britt Ekland, was based on this mask. In his later life, he tried to rediscover himself and his career with what would become his penultimate film role, that of Chance in Being There (1979).—Huggo

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)

Joan Collins

Frank Sinatra

Dean Martin

Bob Hope and Bing Crosby return as con men Chester Babcock and Harry Turner, in the last of their road movies. When Chester accidentally memorizes and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new and improved rocket fuel, they are thrust into international intrigue, trying to stay alive while keeping the formula out of enemy hands.—Brian W Martz

The Road to Hong Kong

The Road to Hong Kong (1962)

Robert Shaw

Joe Santos

Eva Marie Saint

Presented without commercial interruptions, this "United Nations Special" was sponsored by the Xerox Corporation, the first of a series of Xerox specials promoting the UN. Director Joseph Mankiewicz's first work for television, the 90-minute ABC drama was publicized as having an all-star cast (which meant that names of some supporting cast members were not officially released). In Rod Serling's update of Charles Dickens, industrial tycoon Daniel Grudge has never recovered from the loss of his 22-year-old son Marley, killed in action during Christmas Eve of 1944. The embittered Grudge has only scorn for any American involvement in international affairs. But then the Ghost of Christmas Past takes him back through time to a World War I troopship. Grudge also is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Future gives him a tour across a desolate landscape where he sees the ruins of a once-great civilization.—Bhob Stewart

Carol for Another Christmas

Carol for Another Christmas (1964)

Michael Caine

Nanette Newman

John Le Mesurier

The crooks in London know how it works: No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then a new gang appears and goes one better: They dress as Police Officers and steal from the crooks. This upsets the natural order of the Police/criminal relationship, and the Police and the crooks join forces to catch the impersonating Police Officers, including an armored car robbery in which the Police must help the gangs to set a trap.—John Vogel

The Wrong Arm of the Law

The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)

Per Oscarsson

Peter Vaughan

During D-day several people become trapped while hiding in a bunker, when heavy shelling collapses it. They have plenty of food and water so they decide to wait for rescuers. And so they wait year, after year, after year.

The Blockhouse

The Blockhouse (1973)

Jeremy Bulloch

Sinéad Cusack

Kay Hall

A lonely executive blackmails a young girl from the steno pool into spending a week with him at his flat. Full of wonderful mind games and dialogue, Mister Hoffman only wants to share his love. The rather typical plot really involves only two people throughout, giving us lots of time to see what they can do.—The Kid @ Bellevue

Hoffman

Hoffman (1970)

Patricia Brake

Katyana Kass

Donna Mullane

A retired entertainer makes his living as a street musician on the streets of London. Two young children befriend the old musician, brightening his otherwise colorless life.

The Optimists

The Optimists (1973)

Alastair Sim

Sophia Loren

Gary Raymond

London-based millionairess Epifania (Sophia Loren) is attracted to Dr. Kabir (MD from Delhi and PhD from Calcutta), who is more intent on treating patients. When she persists, he confides in her that he had made a commitment to his late widowed seamstress mother that he will wed any woman who will manage to survive on just Rs.500/-, for 90 days. She finds out that this sum is equivalent to just 35 shillings but readily accepts this challenge. She also informs him that her late father had also imposed a condition that she must wed a male who will turn £500 into £15000 within the same period. Epifania then finds employment with an Italian firm, ends up re-organizing, and turning up the firm's profits. At the end of 90 days, she goes to meet Kabir and discovers that he has not only given all the money away but also has no interest whatsoever in marrying her.—rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

The Millionairess

The Millionairess (1960)

Burt Bacharach

Rolf Harris

A profile of legendary music producer Sir George Martin with the help of his son Giles and wife Judy with contributions from Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Michael Palin, Howard Goodall, Cilla Black, Bernard Cribbins and Rolf Harris.

Arena Produced by George Martin

Arena Produced by George Martin (2011)

Diana Dors

Goldie Hawn

Robin Parkinson

TV personality Robert Danvers, an exceedingly vain rotter, seduces young women daily, never staying long with one. He meets his match in 19-year-old American Marion, who is available but refuses any romantic illusions. Her candor and cynicism put him off at first, but after he sees her breaking up with her rocker boyfriend, he's attracted to her and invites her on an idyllic fortnight in France. She slowly pokes holes in his artifice and he comes to care for her. When they return to Londonwith the press thinking they're married, they come to a crossroads: go back to their old lives, marry each other, or invent a new, open relationship. Is Robert up to it?—

There's a Girl in My Soup

There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)

Martin Balsam

Mario Del Vago

Lizabeth Scott

Peter Sellers plays Aldo Vanucci (aka the Fox), one of the greatest criminals of the world and master of disguise. After Aldo escapes from the Italian prison he was held in, he meets again with his friends and plans to retrieve the "gold of Cairo", a large shipment of gold that waits to be unloaded somewhere in Italy. Aldo devises the perfect plan- posing as a famous director, he finds the ideal coastal village to unload the shipment, and persuades the entire population that he has chosen their village as the set for his new movie. Everybody, including the idiot chief of the local police is so excited, that they can't even imagine that in fact they are helping the Fox to get the "gold of Cairo"...—Chris Makrozahopoulos

After the Fox

After the Fox (1966)

Gloria Grahame

Laurence Naismith

Clifton Webb

British Intelligence during World War II is trying to get the German High Command to shift its forces away from Italy prior to the invasion. To create the illusion that Britain is in fact planning to invade Greece, they plan to procure a dead body, plant secret papers on it, and arrange for the Spanish authorities to find it and send the papers on to the Germans. That's the plan, anyway. First they have to find a body that will look drowned, then create an identity for it that will pass German scrutiny. Based on a true story.—John Vogel

The Man Who Never Was

The Man Who Never Was (1956)

Eve Eden

Jean Seberg

William Hartnell

The Duchy of Grand Fenwick, the smallest country in the world, is nestled in the French Alps. Being as isolated as it is, its life is a throwback to olden days. It is a happy, peace-loving country. Its economy solely rests on export of its only wine, Pinot Grand Fenwick, to the US. When a California vintner starts producing and selling a knock-off of the Pinot Grand Fenwick at a lower price, the Grand Fenwick economy goes into a crisis situation, the country on the brink of bankruptcy. Three protests to the US go largely unanswered. Grand Fenwick's Prime Minister, Rupert of Mountjoy, believes the solution is to declare war on the US, and promptly lose the war in less than a day with no casualties on either side, after which the US, which it has historically done, will provide vast financial aide to rebuild the country. Grand Fenwick's monarch, the Grand Duchess Gloriana XII, ultimately supports this concept. The plan is to send an official declaration of war to the US, have a small army of approximately twenty sail from Marseilles to New York City, and the army immediately surrendering when they can't enter the US without visas anyway. Although seen as a hapless man, the person to lead the mission is Tully Bascombe, who inherited the roles of Grand Fenwick's head forest ranger, head field marshal and grand constable of the armed forces, which still uses longbows and arrows as their weapon. The Prime Minister and Duchess believe that even Tully cannot screw up losing the war. But things do not go according to plan, due largely to the US official receiving the declaration believing it to be a gag, and events happening in New York City the day the army arrives leading to the army having no one to surrender to. Things take a further turn when Tully believes that they can actually win the war by kidnapping Doctor Alfred Kokintz and his q-bomb - which is exponentially more deadly than the h-bomb - which he is developing for the US. This move by Tully leads to an all-out global crisis. In the process, they need to also kidnap Kokintz's daughter, Helen Kokintz, with who Tully falls in love, but who sees in Tully solely a criminal. Even the greatest diplomatic minds may not be able to figure a way out of this crisis, especially with Tully on the scene.—Huggo

The Mouse That Roared

The Mouse That Roared (1959)

Jack Warner

Alec Guinness

Herbert Lom

A gang planning a 'job' find themselves living with a little 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.—Rob Hartill

The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers (1955)

James Robertson Justice

Orson Welles

Cécile Aubry

In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England. With his friend, the master archer Tris, he falls in with the army of the fierce but avuncular General Bayan, and journeys all the way to China, where both men become involved in intrigues in the court of Kublai Khan.—John Vogel

The Black Rose

The Black Rose (1950)

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