a matter of choice (1963)

"Didn't they teach you anything at university? Don't you know anything about psychoanalysis?"
Mike (Malcolm Gerard) and Tony (Michael Davis) accidentally cause a man's death, and inadvertently involve Lisa (Jeanne Moody), who was having an affair with the now dead man.
A look into how fate and choices make for consequences, in this interesting crime drama.

home and away (1956)

"I've done it!"
George Knowles (Jack Warner) wins the pools, but whilst they celebrate, his son returns and reveals that it is him and his best mate that have actually won.
Less a comedy than an endurance marathon, with some of the characters grating.

where there's a will (1955)

"Stopped raining you know!"
Alfie (Leslie Dwyer), from the East End of London, inherits a farm in the Scottish highlands. The rest of the family, (including George Cole and Dandy Nichols), want him to sell up, but he has other ideas, and wants to make a go of it.
Fish out of water comedy, that has its moments, but watch mainly to see Edward Woodward popping up in his first film.

rogue's yarn (1957)

"I want to be happy now John...I want it now!"
John (Derek Bond) kills his wife in order to live the good life urged on by his mistress Michele (Nicole Maurey), but does he have the perfect alibi, or can Inspector Walker (Elwyn Brook-Jones) crack the case.
Starting with the 'ingenious plot', this thriller gets ever less thrilling as it goes.

ghost ship (1952)

"Don't say I didn't warn you."
Young couple Guy and Margaret Thornton (Dermot Walsh & Hazel Court) buy an dilapidated old yacht, despite being told that its haunted. Eventually they come to believe it themselves and bring in a psychic investigator (Hugh Burden).
A lighthearted murder mystery, that is slow to start, but if you hold with it, picks up towards the end.

spin a dark web (1956)

aka Soho Incident.
"I got sick of working for a living anyway, so here I am."
Jim Bankley (Lee Patterson), a struggling boxer/telephone engineer, finds an old army friend and begs him for a job. He's introduced to the boss, and more importantly the bosses sister Bella Francesi (Faith Domergue). He's taken with her and unwittingly gets drawn into a murder investigation.
Welcome to the murky nightlife of Soho, boxing, and racing. Typical noir styling permiates this surprisingly entertaining quota quickie, which includes some great views of 50's Soho.

curse of the crimson alter (1968)

AKA The Crimson Altar. The Crimson Cult.
"It's like a house from one of those old horror films."
Robert Manning (Mark Eden) visits a remote country house, hoping to track down his brother who has dissapeared, and is invited to stay by the head of the Morley estate (Christopher Lee). Whilst there Manning starts to feel uneasy. Well you would when the Butler (Michael Gough) tells you to leave whilst you can! He then broods on the legend of Lavinia Morley (Barbara Steele), the Black Witch of Greymarsh, when Professor Marsh (Boris Karloff), an expert in all things witchcraft, reprises the story for him.
Visually startling, this intreging story draws you in but leads to a disappointing end. But sometimes the journey is the thing, not the destination.

the blood beast terror (1968)

AKA Blood Beast from Hell. The Deathshead Vampire. The Vampire-Beast Craves Blood.
"What are we going to tell 'em? They'll never believe this at the yard."
Detective Quennell (Peter Cushing) is investigating the mysterious death of a young student and approaches Dr. Carl Mallinger (Robert Flemyng), the students tutor to help. Unfortunately Mallinger knows more about the death than he's letting on, and how is his daughter Clare (Wanda Ventham) involved?
Another Hammeresque Victorian horror, which despite its fine cast, doesn't live up to the billing. Mildly diverting but nothing more than that.