Released Date:
1942-06-27
Languages:
English, Dutch, German, Latin, French
Countries:
UK
Runtime:
82 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.1 (1247 Reviews)
Emeric Pressburger (by)
Michael Powell (written by: for The Archers)
Emeric Pressburger (written by: for The Archers)
During the Allied Bombing offensive of World War II the public was often informed that "A raid took place last night over ..., One (or often more) of Our Aircraft Is Missing". Behind these sombre words hid tales of death, destruction and derring-do. This is the story of one such bomber crew who were shot down and the brave Dutch patriots who helped them home.
Released Date:
1944-04-01
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA, UK
Runtime:
75 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (155 Reviews)
The Archive of World War Two is a series of original archive documentaries filmed under actual battle conditions by service and newsreel cameramen attached to American, British, French, Russian and enemy forces. NTSC - Black & White - 74 minutes
Released Date:
1956-06-01
Languages:
English, French, Arabic
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
120 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (38400 Reviews)
Director:
Alfred HitchcockGenres:
ThrillerJohn Michael Hayes (screenplay)
Charles Bennett (based on a story by)
D.B. Wyndham-Lewis (based on a story by)
While attending a medical conference in Paris, American physician Dr. Ben McKenna, his wife, retired musical theater actress and singer Jo McKenna nèe Conway, and their adolescent son Hank McKenna decide to take a side trip to among other places Marrekesh, French Morocco. With a knife plunged into his back, Frenchman Louis Bernard, who the family met earlier in their bus ride into Marrakesh and who is now masquerading as an Arab, approaches Ben, cryptically whispering into Ben's ears that there will be an attempted assassination in London of a statesman, this news whispered just before Bernard dies. Ben is reluctant to provide any information of this news to the authorities because concurrently Hank is kidnapped by British couple, Edward and Lucy Drayton, who also befriended the McKennas in Marrakesh and who probably have taken Hank out of the country back to England. Whoever the unknown people the Draytons are working for have threatened to kill Hank if Ben divulges any information told to him by Bernard. With what little information they have on hand, Ben and Jo head to London to try and thwart the assassination attempt and more importantly find an alive and safe Hank. Scotland Yard is aware of some pieces to the puzzle, including the fact that Bernard was a French secret service agent and that there will be an assassination attempt on someone. They and the McKennas will have to work together as they hit a diplomatic roadblock, one that may be overcome with a special Jo Conway song.
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