Michael Forlong Movies
- 1962
Dr. Paul Vernon (Tony Britton) is a gynecologist who is estranged from his wife in this situation comedy of errors. He gets drunk at a party, picks up a pretty French girl and takes her home for a night of pleasure. The perplexed physician wakes up to find the French femme has spent the night in the other room. He then decides to offer her a job as his housekeeper. Things go smoothly until wife Lisa (Anne Heywood) shows up and announces she is pregnant. To complicate matters, the French maid is also with child. The noble doctor devises a plan to have his wife claim both children, keeping the single maid from shame. Lisa agrees to pretend she will give birth to twins. The plan goes haywire when the doctor discovers both women are pregnant with twins. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tony Britton, Anne Heywood, (more)
- 1961
One of the many "B"-grade British comedies meant to fill the lower half of a double-billing, Over the Odds is about bookkeeper George Summers (Glenn Melvyn), who has opted to marry one more time after his first wife left him. Unfortunately, his ex-wife's harridan mother-in-law (Marjorie Rhodes) did not leave with her daughter. Now the new wife and the old mother-in-law are at loggerheads -- not a recipe for the beginning of a successful marriage. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Marjorie Rhodes, Glenn Melvyn, (more)
- 1961
In this fast-paced actioner, an aging race-car driver finds that he is losing his competitive edge. He tries racing under the sponsorship of an American tire company. He soon falls in love with the sponsor's daughter who pleads with him to stop driving. Adding more pressure to the man's life is his younger brother who swore to his mother that he would not drive until his older brother retires. The older brother still wants to prove himself, and so enters a 1,000-mile Italian race. When his mechanic-navigator is killed, the aging driver quits and the younger brother finally gets to drive. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bill Travers, Ed Begley, Sr., (more)
- 1958
One of the most significant moments in the history of British warfare (in both the best and worst sense) is given reverent but reserved treatment in Dunkirk. The film takes place during the 1940 evacuation of Allied troops across the English channel. One party of British soldiers becomes detached from the rest of the retreating Allies. John Mills plays an inexperienced lance corporal who resists an increase in rank, but when the chips are down performs with courage and authority in organizing the lost troop and shepherding them to Dunkirk. Running 135 minutes in its original release (much of the footage comprised of newsreel shots), Dunkirk was based on two novels: Eleston Trever's The Big Pick-Up and Lt. Col. Ewan Hunter and Maj. J. S. Bradford's Dunkirk. The above time pertains to the original British theatrical version; the film was reedited and shortened to 113 minutes for U.S. release. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Mills, Bernard Lee, (more)
- 1956
This 69-minute "docudrama" was based on The Shetland Bus, a novel by David Howarth. The film recounts the daring exploits of a group of Norwegian patriots, operating under the aegis of the British Navy in the Shetland Islands during WW II. In the dead of winter, these hardy souls regularly crossed the North Sea in flimsy fishing boats, the better to provide arms and supplies to the Norwegian underground. Most of the "actors" in this film were the actual participants in this dangerous mission. Surprisingly, this most unusual wartime drama has been dismissed as "standard" and "predictable" by some observers. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Leif Larsen, Michael Aldridge, (more)
