Butterfly

When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.

Runtime

2h 4m

Director

Edward Dmytryk

Cast

Humphrey Bogart, Robert Francis, Van Johnson

Recently widowed well-to-do Laura Henderson purchases the Windmill Theatre in London as a post-widowhood hobby. After starting an innovative continuous variety review, which is copied by other theaters, they begin to lose money. Mrs Henderson suggests they add risqué burlesque acts similar to the Moulin Rouge in Paris.

Runtime

1h 43m

Director

Stephen Frears

Cast

Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Will Young

It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous Corporal Steiner. Stransky is the only man who believes that the Third Reich is still vastly superior...

Runtime

2h 13m

Director

Sam Peckinpah

Cast

James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason

Starting in late May 1944, during the German retreat on the Eastern Front, Captain Stransky (Helmut Griem) orders Sergeant Steiner (Richard Burton) to blow up a railway tunnel to prevent Russian forces from using it. Steiner's platoon fails in its mission by coming up against a Russian tank. Steiner then takes a furlough to Paris just ...

Runtime

1h 33m

Director

Andrew V. McLaglen

Cast

Richard Burton, Rod Steiger, Helmut Griem

With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.

Runtime

1h 24m

Director

Jimmy T. Murakami

Cast

John Mills, Peggy Ashcroft, Robin Houston