Ivor Barnard

When a steamer needs to be repaired, six people are stranded en route to Africa where they are secretly trying to buy land with uranium deposits.

Beat the Devil -- In this sly satire on British imperialist pretensions, Billy Dannreuther (Humphrey Bogart) receives a confidential tip regarding uranium mines in Kenya.

The Malta Story

The Malta Story

When he must detour while en route to Egypt, Royal Air Force pilot and reconnaissance photographer Peter Ross (Alec Guinness) finds himself at the center of the Axis' infamous Siege of Malta in the Mediterranean theater of World War II. Aided by the beautiful Maltese volunteer Maria (Muriel Pavlow), Ross battles against the odds to obtain recon on the Nazi squadrons in the area and help defend the people of the small but critical island nation.

John Huston directs the legendary Humphrey Bogart in this tongue-in-cheek parody of spy films from the 1940s -- with a script written by the equally legendary Truman Capote. When their steamer goes belly up and strands them in Italy, four criminals (Robert Morley, Peter Lorre, Ivor Barnard and Marco Tulli) try to con a stranger (Bogart) into buying them land that's packed with uranium. Gina Lollobrigida and Jennifer Jones co-star.

In this sly satire on British imperialist pretensions, Billy Dannreuther (Humphrey Bogart) receives a confidential tip regarding uranium mines in Kenya.

In this sly satire on British imperialist pretensions, Billy Dannreuther (Humphrey Bogart) receives a confidential tip regarding uranium mines in Kenya.

Oscar Wilde's delicious, penetrating wit shines through in this 1952 film adaptation of his famous play. Skillfully directed by Anthony Asquith, Wilde's turn-of-the-century social satire is a delightful, charming story of words and misunderstandings. Michael Redgrave and Michael Denison star as two men who escape social obligations by pretending to be someone they're not, often when its most inconvenient for the other. Joan Greenwood co-stars.

Oscar Wilde’s comic jewel sparkles in Anthony Asquith’s film adaptation of The Importance of Being Earnest. Featuring brilliantly polished performances by Michael Redgrave, Joan Greenwood, and Dame Edith Evans, the enduringly hilarious story of two young women who think themselves engaged to the same nonexistent man is given the grand Technicolor treatment. Seldom has a classic stage comedy been so engagingly transferred to the screen.

The distinguished David Lean directed this adaptation of Dickens's novel about an uncultured boy thrust into high society by a mysterious benefactor. As a young boy, Pip (Anthony Wager) pines for the unattainable Estella (Jean Simmons), at the behest of Miss Havisham (Martita Hunt). Grown up Pip (John Mills) gets life lessons from roommate Herbert Pocket (Alec Guinness), but even Herbert can't prepare Pip for heartache.

In this Oscar-nominated film adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play, the aging Caesar (Claude Rains) comes to Alexandria to tutor young Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh) in the ways of rule, allowing her to wrestle the throne away from her brother, Ptolemy. But as time progresses, Caesar's feelings for Cleopatra turn romantic and he vows to marry her. Stewart Granger co-stars in this epic drama directed by Gabriel Pascal.