After a fleeting night of passion, a young couple part. Years later, he comes back into her life - she is now married to an older man but finds her passion reignited, leading to emotional turmoil. Director Edmond GrÈville brings an uncharactaeristic intensity to this British film, his Gallic temperament lending an "atmosphere of starved sexuality ... wantonly and vividly conveyed", as Graham Greene observed. With an economical yet evocative visual style, GrÈville exquisitely communicates the pain of love versus lust.
This agreeably murky tale of court intrigue, corruption and sexual manipulation is a rare excursion for Ealing into historical drama. Peter Bull and Joan Greenwood are perfectly cast as the dissolute Prince George-Louis and his reluctant bride Sophie Dorothea. Shooting in colour for the first tim...
Inspired by the tragic life and death of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in the UK, this was the Siren from Swindon's bid for a serious acting career. Desperate to shake off her buxom dumb-blonde image, Dors brought compassion and sensitivity to the role, but this didnít stop the studio...
A disparate group ñ a couple whose marriage is breaking down, a terminally ill conductor, grief-stricken parents ñ arrive at a Welsh country inn and discover that they have a year's grace to resolve their difficulties. WW2 witnessed the birth of the fantasy mini-genre where the supernatural admin...
