Top B&W British movies
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As danny la rouge says there are many many great old films. To avoid lists and avoiding Hitchcock films
Went the day well ( the old wartime propoganda film about a village being invaded by Germans),
Wrong Arm of the Law ( Peter Sellers, nuff said, but liked for shots of Battersea Funfair. The film is excruiciatingly bad. Pearly Gates, Nosey Parker, Nervous O'toole!).
Then there is the likes of Passport to Pimlico and the Lavender Hill Mob. Just so many great old films.
London Live has a habit of showing a B&W film most afternoons
Went the day well ( the old wartime propoganda film about a village being invaded by Germans),
Wrong Arm of the Law ( Peter Sellers, nuff said, but liked for shots of Battersea Funfair. The film is excruiciatingly bad. Pearly Gates, Nosey Parker, Nervous O'toole!).
Then there is the likes of Passport to Pimlico and the Lavender Hill Mob. Just so many great old films.
London Live has a habit of showing a B&W film most afternoons
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Anyone mentioned The Man in the White Suit?
Sirena
Don't monkey with the buzzsaw
I agree. This is one of the best angry-young-man/kitchen-sink films of the late 50s/early 60s.
Dora Bryan is brilliant as the terrible boozy mum....
seventh bullet
sovietwave
The Man Between.
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i like a list - i might actually take up your recommendation. Think of the power
Sirena
Don't monkey with the buzzsaw
It would have to be a top 100 list!
(thinks: that will keep him busy for weeks.....
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danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
I listed some I like. But it was off the top of my head and not intended as exhaustive. I could have posted double the number of my initial post in the post you quote, and nearly did. But I thought I'd stick.
I like David Lean's early films. They're overlooked because of the recognisable dramatic sweep of his mature work, but they're very accomplished and quite diverse. Most people know Brief Encounter is his, but so also is Hobson's Choice, and the Noel Coward adaptation, Blythe Spirit.
The Brothers (the 1947 film by David MacDonald, not any other of the same name) has long been a favourite of mine as a chilling meditation on the consequences of actions. It features a fantastic performance by a younger John Laurie (of Dad's Army fame), and an unforgettable conclusion.
oneflewover
Following "The Tigers"
Funninly enough just watched this last week. Very good. Love Rita Tushingham.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
No orchids for miss blandish
Ho Chi Ming
I only follow one party: the Mongo party
Obsession (with the delectable Sally Gray) is a cracker.
School for Scoundrels is a great Sunday film.
Two excellent John Mills films spring to mind too: The Long Memory and The Vicious Circle.
School for Scoundrels is a great Sunday film.
Two excellent John Mills films spring to mind too: The Long Memory and The Vicious Circle.
sunnysidedown
caput mortuum
Children of the Damned has great cinematography. The scenes shot around London are wonderful.
It's all a bit Momentum Kids too, one of them even says 'we're stronger together'.
Seance on a Wet Afternoon is another good one.
It's all a bit Momentum Kids too, one of them even says 'we're stronger together'.
Seance on a Wet Afternoon is another good one.
SikhWarrioR
And the Worms ate into his brain
A Night To Remember infinately better than Titanic or Day of the Triffids or The Day The Earth Caught Fire Or the brilliant 1950 "Seven Days Till Noon" where a british nuclear scientist steals a nuclear warhead and threatens to destroy the center of London unless the UK's government stops work on nuclear weapons, Might also add "the Blue Lamp" the Dixon of Dock Green forrunner
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Im thinking particularly 40s and earlier....
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Trio of documentary films from the silent era filmed on infamous expeditions. All great.
South [Endurance] (1919)
The Epic Of Everest (1924)
The Great White Silence (1924)
South [Endurance] (1919)
The Epic Of Everest (1924)
The Great White Silence (1924)
a_chap
When the world came apart, where were you?
Hell Drivers. How the hell did I forget that one???
Incredible list of actors:
Stanley Baker
Herbert Lom
Peggy Cummins
Patrick McGoohan
William Hartnell
Wilfrid Lawson
Sidney James
Jill Ireland
Alfie Bass
Gordon Jackson
David McCallum
Sean Connery
Incredible list of actors:
Stanley Baker
Herbert Lom
Peggy Cummins
Patrick McGoohan
William Hartnell
Wilfrid Lawson
Sidney James
Jill Ireland
Alfie Bass
Gordon Jackson
David McCallum
Sean Connery
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The closing credits of Dads Army was based on the final scene of The Way Ahead and of course John Laurie was in both.
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Sounds great....i have seen the Irish dissident carol reed film...i think that's a Graeme green story like third man... Can't look it up on phone... Anyhow, that's really good too. Wish I could remember more about it... Like the name even
Eta..
Odd man out its called
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That was based on a book by Frederick Green. Carol Reed did direct a version Graham Greene's "Our Man In Havana" starring Alec Guinness & Noel Coward which is great but maybe not as great as it should of been considering those involved.
Sirena
Don't monkey with the buzzsaw
Of all the Titanic films, the James Cameron blockbuster cartoon is by far the worst.
'A Night To Remember' is a great film and (though it is American) the 1953 'Titanic', with Barbara Stanwyck and Clifton Webb, is also superb.
