The Cat Knew

A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list. One of their number is so incensed by this that he lets the maimed and jealous companion of a female colleague draw him into what, technically, could be a treasonable act.

Runtime

1h 21m

Director

Roy Boulting, Brian Oulton

Cast

Tony Britton, Virginia Maskell, Ian Bannen

A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village. Now, today, there are only two sons left, one in each family. One...

Runtime

1h 31m

Director

Luis Buñuel

Cast

Columba Domínguez, Miguel Torruco, Joaquín Cordero

A generous doctor is aghast that the population of a small island is being oppressed and mistreated, but is seemingly unable to do anything about it, until the arrival of a young woman and the death of one of his friends prompts him into action.

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

Luis Buñuel

Cast

Georges Marchal, Lucia Bosè, Julien Bertheau

Major Joppolo and his men are assigned to restore order to the war-torn Italian town of Adano. He has to manage getting supplies into town without interfering with troop movements, all the while dealing with colorful citizens of the town. One of his quests is to replace the bell which orders the town's life.

Runtime

1h 43m

Director

Henry King

Cast

John Hodiak, Gene Tierney, William Bendix

Full-throttle melodrama about an ill-starred romance set against the backdrop of the siege of Sarajevo. A mother brings her teenage son to Sarajevo, where his father died in the Bosnian conflict years ago.

Runtime

2h 7m

Director

Sergio Castellitto

Cast

Penélope Cruz, Emile Hirsch, Adnan Hasković