Bryan Forbes

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Yesterday’s Enemy
7.1
1959

Yesterday’s Enemy

Set during the Burma Campaign of World War 2, this is the story of courage and endurance of the soldiers struggling at close quarters against the ...
The League of Gentlemen
7.2
1960

The League of Gentlemen

Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the ...
The Key
6.7
1958

The Key

In wartime England, circa 1941, poorly-armed tugs are sent into “U-Boat Alley” to rescue damaged Allied ships. An American named ...
I Was Monty’s Double
6.9
1958

I Was Monty’s Double

The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the German’s about his ...
The Baby and the Battleship
5.4
1956

The Baby and the Battleship

After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable ...
Passage Home
6.1
1955

Passage Home

Set in 1931, the film takes place aboard a merchant ship, briefly harboured in South America. A young woman (Diane Cilento) boards the ship as a ...
The Colditz Story
6.9
1955

The Colditz Story

Allied prisoners of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an “escape-proof” German P.O.W. camp ...
Sea Devils
5.6
1953

Sea Devils

Gilliatt, a fisherman-turned-smuggler on the isle of Guernsey, agrees to transport a beautiful woman to the French coast in the year 1800. She ...
Appointment in London
6.5
1953

Appointment in London

Wing-commander Tim Mason leads a squadron of Lancaster bombers on almost nightly raids from England. Having flown eighty-seven missions he will ...
The Wooden Horse
6.9
1950

The Wooden Horse

True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany
Dear Mr. Prohack
6
1949

Dear Mr. Prohack

A modern-day retelling of Arnold Bennett’s novel, in which a Treasury official with a reputation for fiscal prudence is left a great deal ...
Restless Natives
6.8
1985

Restless Natives

Two lads in Edinburgh embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. They dress up in clown masks and act as modern highwaymen, robbing coach loads ...
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