British movies (8)
- Doctor in the House (1954)
The first (and best) of the long-running Doctor series sees a young Dirk Bogarde as a medical student under the tutelage of James Robertson Justice
Rating: 9/10
- Father Brown (1954)
Fun adaptation of a GK Chesterton story with Alec Guinness perfectly cast as the investigative cleric taking on the renowned cat burglar, Flambeau
Rating: 7/10
- Murder Ahoy (1964)
The fourth, final and least strong of the Margaret Rutherford Marple films is still enjoyable tosh
Rating: 6/10
- Liquidator, The (1964)
Rod Taylor hams it up as a would-be MI6 assassin in this enjoyable James Bond pastiche
Rating: 7/10
- It! (1966)
Sub-Hammer horror movie in which a man in a rubber suit fails to terrorise London while Roddy McDowall tries to save it
Rating: 1/10
- Hot Millions (1968)
Fantastic comedy-caper written by and starring Peter Ustinov, but it’s Maggie Smith who really shines
Rating: 9/10
- Frenzy (1972)
Hitchcock's second-last film, concerning the hunt for a serial killer, is a partial return to form after his poor late 1960s offerings
Rating: 7/10
- 51st State, The (2001)
Robert Carlyle and Samuel L Jackson try but fail to bring life to this strained, unfunny gangster movie
Rating: 2/10