Movies: Jean Anderson

  • 1959
    Solomon and Sheba

    Solomon and Sheba (1959)

    Solomon and Sheba

    6.41959HD

    Near death, King David has a vision that his poet son, Solomon, should succeed him, rather than hot-headed Adonijah. Furious, Adonijah departs the court, swearing he will become king. Other rulers are concerned that Solomon's benevolent rule and inte...

    Solomon and Sheba
  • 1954
    Lease of Life

    Lease of Life (1954)

    Lease of Life

    7.41954HD

    The parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life so far and what he can still do to help the community....

    Lease of Life
  • 1999
    Simon Magus

    Simon Magus (1999)

    Simon Magus

    7.31999HD

    Simon is an outcast from his Jewish community because he claims that the devil talks to him and he has the ability to put curses on crops. When Dovid asks the 'Squire' to sell him some land so he can build a railway station, a ruthless businessman fr...

    Simon Magus
  • 1979
    The Lady Vanishes

    The Lady Vanishes (1979)

    The Lady Vanishes

    61979HD

    On the eve of World War II, zany heiress Amanda Kelly travels by train to Switzerland. While passing through Germany, she meets a sweet elderly lady, who suddenly vanishes. Distraught, she questions her fellow passengers who claim that the woman was ...

    The Lady Vanishes
  • 1994
    The Whipping Boy

    The Whipping Boy (1994)

    The Whipping Boy

    6.31994HD

    A bored little prince makes a poor rat hunter his whipping boy but after his pranks at the royal court almost causes a war with the neighbor king he runs away with the whipping boy to escape from his first spanking. After being in the real world his ...

    The Whipping Boy
  • 1991
    The Black Velvet Gown

    The Black Velvet Gown (1991)

    The Black Velvet Gown

    5.41991HD

    In the 1830's in northern England, Riah Millican, a widow with three children, takes a job as housekeeper to a reclusive former teacher, Percival Miller. Miller makes Riah the gift of a black velvet gown, and even educates her children. But when Riah...

    The Black Velvet Gown
  • 1958
    A Night to Remember

    A Night to Remember (1958)

    A Night to Remember

    7.61958HD

    The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, th...

    A Night to Remember
  • 1953
    Street Corner

    Street Corner (1953)

    Street Corner

    5.81953HD

    A pseudo-documentary focusing on the daily work and routine of women police officers built around three different storylines....

    Street Corner
  • 1983
    Screamtime

    Screamtime (1983)

    Screamtime

    4.31983HD

    Compilation of three short horror films: "That's The Way To Do It", "Dreamhouse" and "Do You Believe In Fairies?" plus some new linking material....

    Screamtime
  • 1993
    Leon the Pig Farmer

    Leon the Pig Farmer (1993)

    Leon the Pig Farmer

    5.31993HD

    An irreverent comedy is set in motion when Leon Geller, a sensitive Jewish boy from London, accidentally learns that his is the product of artificial insemination....

    Leon the Pig Farmer
  • 1971
    The Road Builder

    The Road Builder (1971)

    The Road Builder

    6.31971HD

    The dreary existence of middle-aged spinster Maura Prince takes an unexpected turn with the arrival of young handyman Billy Jarvis, but there is more to Billy than meets the eye....

    The Road Builder
  • 1967
    Half a Sixpence

    Half a Sixpence (1967)

    Half a Sixpence

    61967HD

    "If I had the money, I'd buy me a banjo!" says struggling sales clerk Arthur Kipps. Soon he'll inherit enough to buy a whole bloomin' orchestra. But can his newfound wealth buy happiness?...

    Half a Sixpence
  • 1953
    Time Bomb

    Time Bomb (1953)

    Time Bomb

    5.21953HD

    When a saboteur places an explosive device on a train full of sea mines, the authorities call for bomb expert Peter Lyncort to diffuse the situation, unaware that he has explosive problems of his own....

    Time Bomb
  • 1963
    The Three Lives of Thomasina

    The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963)

    The Three Lives of Thomasina

    6.81963HD

    Thomasina is the pet cat of Mary McDhui, the daughter of Scottish veterinarian Andrew McDhui. When Thomasina falls ill, McDhui declares that the pet should be put down. But when Mary and her father try to bury the cat, Lori MacGregor (Susan Hampshire...

    The Three Lives of Thomasina
  • 1956
    A Town Like Alice

    A Town Like Alice (1956)

    A Town Like Alice

    6.31956HD

    In 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labor camps, but they have no plan on what to do with the women and children of the British....

    A Town Like Alice
  • 1992
    The Bogie Man

    The Bogie Man (1992)

    The Bogie Man

    61992HD

    A mental patient who believes he is Humphrey Bogart escapes from his institution and sets up in business as a private eye. Based on the the comic book series created by writers John Wagner and Alan Grant....

    The Bogie Man
  • 1969
    Run a Crooked Mile

    Run a Crooked Mile (1969)

    Run a Crooked Mile

    81969HD

    A man witnesses a murder in a secluded mansion. When he reports it, there's no evidence of the murder, or that anyone was there. Two years later he wakes up in a hospital room after a polo accident to find he's had amnesia, is now married, and living...

    Run a Crooked Mile
  • 1990
    Survival of the Fittest

    Survival of the Fittest (1990)

    Survival of the Fittest

    01990HD

    Molly Cowper is a wilful 80-year-old widow who firmly believes the world is there for her convenience. Her mild-mannered son Geoffrey does his best to help her keep her independence, but Molly keeps trampling on people....

    Survival of the Fittest
  • 1989
    Back Home

    Back Home (1989)

    Back Home

    51989HD

    During World War II, young Rusty was sent to America for safety. It's now five years later and the spunky redhead returns to her native England. From the family she hardly remembers to snobby classmates and rule-filled boarding schools, Rusty must ad...

    Back Home
  • 1957
    Lucky Jim

    Lucky Jim (1957)

    Lucky Jim

    5.51957HD

    Jim Dixon feels anything but lucky. At the university he has to do the bidding of absent-minded and boring Professor Welch to have any hope of keeping his job. Worse, he has managed to get entangled with unexciting but neurotic Margaret Peel, a frien...

    Lucky Jim