Movies: Googie Withers

  • 1938
    The Lady Vanishes

    The Lady Vanishes (1938)

    The Lady Vanishes

    7.41938HD

    On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to fi...

    The Lady Vanishes
  • 1996
    Shine

    Shine (1996)

    Shine

    7.31996HD

    Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim....

    Shine
  • 1942
    One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

    One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)

    One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

    6.51942HD

    On its way back from a raid on the city of Stuttgart, Germany, a British bomber is shot down over Nazi-held Holland. Parachuting into Dutch farmlands under cover of darkness, the six-member crew connects with members of the local resistance, who shel...

    One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
  • 1945
    Dead of Night

    Dead of Night (1945)

    Dead of Night

    7.21945HD

    Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. Dreading the end of the dream that he knows is coming, he must first listen to all the assembled gues...

    Dead of Night
  • 1950
    Night and the City

    Night and the City (1950)

    Night and the City

    7.51950HD

    Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan....

    Night and the City
  • 1948
    Miranda

    Miranda (1948)

    Miranda

    6.21948HD

    A young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives into her request to be taken to see London. Comedy and romantic entanglements ensue....

    Miranda
  • 1994
    Country Life

    Country Life (1994)

    Country Life

    5.51994HD

    Adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" set in rural Australia in the 1920s. Jack Dickens and his niece Sally run the family farm to support brother-in-law Alexander as a (supposedly brilliant) literary critic in London. Action begins when Alexander re...

    Country Life
  • 1987
    Northanger Abbey

    Northanger Abbey (1987)

    Northanger Abbey

    5.61987HD

    A young girl, whose head is full of romantic and melodramatic notions, goes to stay with the wealthy Tilney family. Through her adventures, Catherine Morland comes to learn that marriage in the society of her day is determined not by true love but by...

    Northanger Abbey
  • 1944
    On Approval

    On Approval (1944)

    On Approval

    6.91944HD

    Two wealthy Victorian widows are courted tentatively by two impoverished British aristocrats. When one of the dowagers suggests that her beau go away with her for a month to see if they are compatible, the fireworks begin....

    On Approval
  • 1947
    It Always Rains on Sunday

    It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)

    It Always Rains on Sunday

    6.61947HD

    During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance....

    It Always Rains on Sunday
  • 1952
    The Magic Box

    The Magic Box (1952)

    The Magic Box

    6.31952HD

    Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was...

    The Magic Box
  • 1940
    Busman's Honeymoon

    Busman's Honeymoon (1940)

    Busman's Honeymoon

    5.61940HD

    When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the old house where Harriet grew up, but when they try to move in the previous owner is nowhere to be foun...

    Busman's Honeymoon
  • 1937
    The Green Cockatoo

    The Green Cockatoo (1937)

    The Green Cockatoo

    5.81937HD

    A young girl is travelling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man who has been stabbed by a member of a gang of crooks involved with greyhound racing. She becomes a suspect, but flees the scene in order to deliver a message ...

    The Green Cockatoo
  • 1944
    They Came to a City

    They Came to a City (1944)

    They Came to a City

    61944HD

    People from different walks of life mysteriously find themselves at the gate of an unknown city...

    They Came to a City
  • 1986
    Hotel du Lac

    Hotel du Lac (1986)

    Hotel du Lac

    41986HD

    Romantic novelist Edith Hope so horrifies her friends that they banish her to the solitude of a Swiss hotel. She decides to work out her exile by observing her fellow guests....

    Hotel du Lac
  • 1945
    Pink String and Sealing Wax

    Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)

    Pink String and Sealing Wax

    6.31945HD

    Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkard husband. (The title is from the way pharmacists used to wrap parcels containing poison)....

    Pink String and Sealing Wax
  • 1943
    The Silver Fleet

    The Silver Fleet (1943)

    The Silver Fleet

    61943HD

    Jaap van Leyden is in charge of a shipyard in newly occupied Holland. At first he collaborates with the Germans because it is the easiest course to follow. Later a child's rhyme reminds him of his patriotic duty, but how best to resist the Nazis with...

    The Silver Fleet
  • 1949
    Once Upon a Dream

    Once Upon a Dream (1949)

    Once Upon a Dream

    61949HD

    An officer's wife has a romantic dream about her husband's man (servant) and comes to believe it is true. Meanwhile the husband has asked his servant to help him, after the war, to suggest ways to ignite the romance he and his wife had before the war...

    Once Upon a Dream
  • 1952
    Derby Day

    Derby Day (1952)

    Derby Day

    6.51952HD

    Entertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on Derby day. It cleverly blends dramatic, romantic and comic elements, including the woman and lover who have murdered her husband, and the working class cou...

    Derby Day
  • 2002
    Forever Ealing

    Forever Ealing (2002)

    Forever Ealing

    6.82002HD

    This is a history of the England's Ealing Film Studios, from its beginnings in 1902. It follows the studio's successes through the 1930's, World War II dramas, the well-known 'Ealing comedies' with Alec Guinness, and the BBC's television productions...

    Forever Ealing