Gift Horse
Compton Bennett’s war drama The Gift Horse follows the fortunes of ageing destroyer The Ballantrae and her crew from the time they come together in 1940 until the climactic raid…
Brief Ecstasy
A remarkable story of love lost and found, as a young couple are separated by circumstance, and plunged into emotional turmoil by a reunion…
Elizabeth of Ladymead
Four generations of a British family live through their experiences in the Crimean War, Boer War, WWI and WWII.
The Dark Eyes of London
Insurance agent-physician collects on policies of men murdered by a disfigured resident of the home for the blind where he acts as doctor-on-call.
The Holly and the Ivy
An English clergyman’s neglect of his grown children, in his zeal to tend to his parishioners, comes to the surface at a Christmas family gathering.
Rome Express
The theft of a famous painting leads to murder and many suspects on a plush train speeding from Paris to Rome.
Take My Life
When her husband is wrongly accused of murder, an opera singer sets out to find the real culprit.
The Intruder
When Ex Colonel Merton discovers a burglar ransacking his home, he is shocked to find out that the thief is a former soldier from his tank regiment. When the thief…
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Through the Allied Bombing offensive of World War II the people was frequently advised that “A raid happened last night on …, One (or more) of Our Aircraft Is Missing”….