Bryan Forbes Movies

  • 1958
    The Key

    The Key

    The Key

    61958HD

    In wartime England, circa 1941, poorly-armed tugs are sent into "U-Boat Alley" to rescue damaged Allied ships. An American named David Ross arrives to...

    The Key
  • 1954
    The Million Pound Note

    The Million Pound Note

    The Million Pound Note

    6.8071954HD

    An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a...

    The Million Pound Note
  • 1955
    The Colditz Story

    The Colditz Story

    The Colditz Story

    6.6041955HD

    Allied prisoners of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an "escape-proof" German P.O.W. camp housed in a Medieval...

    The Colditz Story
  • 1953
    Appointment in London

    Appointment in London

    Appointment in London

    6.21953HD

    Wing-commander Tim Mason leads a squadron of Lancaster bombers on almost nightly raids from England. Having flown eighty-seven missions he will shortl...

    Appointment in London
  • 1995
    Empire of the Censors

    Empire of the Censors

    Empire of the Censors

    3.51995HD

    The history of film and video censorship in Great Britain.

    Empire of the Censors
  • 1953
    Sea Devils

    Sea Devils

    Sea Devils

    5.81953HD

    Gilliatt, a fisherman-turned-smuggler on the isle of Guernsey, agrees to transport a beautiful woman to the French coast in the year 1800. She tells h...

    Sea Devils
  • 1969
    Hitchcock at the N.F.T.

    Hitchcock at the N.F.T.

    Hitchcock at the N.F.T.

    71969HD

    In his 70th year, Alfred Hitchcock came to the National Film Theatre in London to talk to fellow director Bryan Forbes and to answer questions from an...

    Hitchcock at the N.F.T.
  • 1954
    Up to His Neck

    Up to His Neck

    Up to His Neck

    01954HD

    A maritime farce set in the South Seas. A strong supporting cast includes Brian Rix, Anthony Newley & Harry Fowler.

    Up to His Neck
  • 1964
    A Shot in the Dark

    A Shot in the Dark

    A Shot in the Dark

    7.2161964HD

    Inspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic ser...

    A Shot in the Dark
  • 1959
    Yesterday's Enemy

    Yesterday's Enemy

    Yesterday's Enemy

    7.11959HD

    Set during the Burma Campaign of World War 2, this is the story of courage and endurance of the soldiers struggling at close quarters against the enem...

    Yesterday's Enemy
  • 1955
    Passage Home

    Passage Home

    Passage Home

    5.61955HD

    Set in 1931, the film takes place aboard a merchant ship, briefly harboured in South America. A young woman (Diane Cilento) boards the ship as a passe...

    Passage Home
  • 1984
    December Flower

    December Flower

    December Flower

    01984HD

    Newly widowed Etta visits her beloved Aunt M and discovers her bedridden and listless. Etta's struggle to restore her aunt's dignity and cheer brings...

    December Flower
  • 1965
    King Rat

    King Rat

    King Rat

    71965HD

    When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison....

    King Rat
  • 1956
    Now and Forever

    Now and Forever

    Now and Forever

    71956HD

    A rich young society girl falls in love with a car mechanic. Her family is appalled and stops her seeing him. The girl attempts to commit suicide and...

    Now and Forever
  • 1956
    It's Great to be Young!

    It's Great to be Young!

    It's Great to be Young!

    6.21956HD

    IT’S GREAT TO A YOUNG stars John Mills as Dingle an easygoing high school teacher. When autocratic new headmaster Frome (Cecil Parker) begins imposing...

    It's Great to be Young!
  • 1956
    The Baby and the Battleship

    The Baby and the Battleship

    The Baby and the Battleship

    61956HD

    After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable to ret...

    The Baby and the Battleship
  • 1949
    The Small Back Room

    The Small Back Room

    The Small Back Room

    6.61949HD

    At the height of World War II, the Germans begin dropping a new type of booby-trapped bomb on England. Highly skilled but haunted bomb disposal office...

    The Small Back Room
  • 2001
    The Stepford Life

    The Stepford Life

    The Stepford Life

    62001HD

    A documentary about the making of The Stepford Wives (1975).

    The Stepford Life
  • 1973
    Elton John and Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye Norma Jean and Other Things

    Elton John and Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye Norma Jean and Other Things

    Elton John and Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye Norma Jean and Other Things

    101973HD

    A documentary detailing the production of Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" LP featuring footage from the recording session in France, intervie...

    Elton John and Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye Norma Jean and Other Things
  • 1972
    I Am a Dancer

    I Am a Dancer

    I Am a Dancer

    61972HD

    Documentary about the dancer Rudolf Nureyev.

    I Am a Dancer