Author Archive: Retro

Four-part film on the impact a London train crash has on several passengers, focusing on the driver making his last run before a promotion, an actor leaving for America with a case containing the body of his cheating wife, an orphan girl helping a German POW escape, and a conductor composer who ends an affair because his current lover muffed a note at the last concert.

The story, set 15 years after the Crucifixion, of the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, who is depicted as a victim of circumstances.

Nautical adventure about the rich reefs off of the coast of Florida and the intense, sometimes deadly competition that arises betwen groups of divers that stake their claim. Shot on location in Tarpon Springs. AAN Cinematography.

In this thriller, a man has only a limited amount of time left to save his life.

Fascinating sequel to Admiral Ushakov.

Life of a famous writer is seen through flashbacks as he and his wife, while on safari, wait for a doctor to save his gangrenous leg. Color. Dir. Henry King.

In this melodramatic western, a California miner working near San Francisco strikes it rich in 1856. One day his friend, a newspaper editor, asks the miner to help him dispose of a corrupt politician. Trouble really begins when the politico’s girlfriend falls in love with the wealthy miner.

Film classic of life at Rugby, an exclusive British boarding school for boys.