Cloaks over Barbed Wire

Vittoria is a beautiful literary translator living in Rome. After splitting from her writer boyfriend, Riccardo, Vittoria meets Piero, a lively stockbroker, on the hectic floor of the Roman stock exchange. Though Vittoria and Piero begin a relationship, it is not one without difficulties, and their commitment to one another is tested d...

Runtime

2h 6m

Director

Michelangelo Antonioni

Cast

Alain Delon, Monica Vitti, Francisco Rabal

Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.

Runtime

2h 14m

Director

William Wyler

Cast

Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright

Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When Henry Mander is investigated for the murder of his shady business partner, Grey is one step ahead of the police to the extent that he often dictates his story in advance of its actual occurrence. He leads the police through an 'open and ...

Runtime

1h 9m

Director

Tim Whelan

Cast

Spencer Tracy, Virginia Bruce, Lionel Atwill

The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship’s first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.

Runtime

1h 55m

Director

David Lean, Noël Coward

Cast

John Mills, Bernard Miles, Celia Johnson

Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

Jules Dassin

Cast

Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford