Modern Classic

Cary Grant plays John Robie, a reformed jewel thief once known as The Cat. When he is suspected of new gem thefts in the luxury hotels of the French Riviera, Robie sees a plot to clear himself after meeting pampered heiress Frances (Grace Kelly)...

Franco Zeffirelli directs this adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy with teenagers Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey starring as the star-crossed lovers. In Verona, Italy, the Montague and Capulet families are embroiled in a long-running feud. When Romeo...

John Ford's last film dealing with World War 2. Here the story concerns three Naval veterans, Donovan (John Wayne), Gilhooley (Lee Marvin) and Dr William Dedham (Jack Warden), who 20 years on are still living on the Pacific Island they were sent to...

ROMAN HOLIDAY features a legendary, Oscar-winning performance from Audrey Hepburn (in her first starring role). It's the story of a modern-day princess who, rebelling against her royal obligations, explores Rome on her own. She soon meets an American...

Box-set collection of five of Audrey Hepburn's most famous films. In her Hollywood debut 'Roman Holiday' (1953), Hepburn won an Academy Award as Princess Anne, the bored royal who absconds from her duties and meets up with Gregory Peck's American ex-pat...

Michael Caine's second outing as the bespectacled secret agent Harry Palmer - created by Len Deighton - sees him journey to Cold War Berlin where he has been asked to assist with the defection of a Russian security chief (Oscar Homolka). Palmer arranges...

A fantasy adventure from the prehistoric times. Raquel Welch and John Richardson fight for their love and their lives against the dinosaurs (brought to life by Ray Harryhausen's ground-breaking effects).

When a well-intentioned vicar (Peter Sellers) is appointed to a snobbish parish by mistake, all his good efforts cause chaos with the local gentry and villagers alike.

Bette Davis (complete with eye-patch) stars as Mrs Taggart, a widowed mother with three sons. Once a year, to celebrate the death of a husband she despised, the entire family gathers and has to endure her cold sarcasm and malicious interference in their...

American drama in which circus owner Brad Braden (Charlton Heston) hires stunt daredevil The Great Sebastian (Cornel Wilde) as his star attraction, even though this demotes his trapeze artist girlfriend Holly (Betty Hutton) to second billing. The two...

Three classic films from acclaimed director, Roman Polanski. In 'Rosemary's Baby' (1968), Mia Farrow stars as Rosemary, a young wife whose husband (John Cassavetes), an actor, falls in with a group of Satanists. When Rosemary becomes pregnant, she...

Peter Brook made his directorial debut with this adaptation of John Gay's 1728 opera. A highwayman imprisoned in Newgate jail whiles away the hours by creating an opera based on his own life.

Mike Nichols directs this 1960s comedy drama starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft and Katharine Ross. After graduating from college, Ben Braddock (Hoffman) returns to his wealthy parents' South Californian home unsure of what he wants to do next...

'Carry On' director Gerald Thomas helms this comedy caper featuring early appearances by James Robertson Justice, Sid James, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Williams, Liz Fraser and Eric Barker. The film follows the hi-jinks of a group of music students who...

1960s British comedy starring Harry H Corbett. Scripted by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson of 'Steptoe and Son' fame, the film charts the course of love of a Casanova (Corbett) who lives and works on the canals, breaking hearts as he cruises the waters.