Bryan Forbes Movies

  • 1964
    Seance on a Wet Afternoon

    Seance on a Wet Afternoon

    Seance on a Wet Afternoon

    7.31964HD

    Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance...

    Seance on a Wet Afternoon
  • 1984
    The Naked Face

    The Naked Face

    The Naked Face

    5.61984HD

    Chicago psychiatrist Judd Stevens is suspected of murdering one of his patients when the man turns up stabbed to death in the middle of the city....

    The Naked Face
  • 1955
    The Cockleshell Heroes

    The Cockleshell Heroes

    The Cockleshell Heroes

    5.91955HD

    During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.

    The Cockleshell Heroes
  • 1959
    Danger Within

    Danger Within

    Danger Within

    6.31959HD

    Drama set in an Italian prisoner of war camp during World War 2, where a group of British soldiers find their plans for escape thwarted by a...

    Danger Within
  • 1953
    Wheel of Fate

    Wheel of Fate

    Wheel of Fate

    5.51953HD

    Two brothers work in their invalid father's repair garage. Johnny is the quiet, reliable one while Ted is younger and wilder. The brothers feud over...

    Wheel of Fate
  • 1955
    The Colditz Story

    The Colditz Story

    The Colditz Story

    6.81955HD

    The Germans believed that no man could escape from Colditz Castle, set as it was in the heart of the Reich, 400 miles from any neutral frontier. This...

    The Colditz Story
  • 1965
    King Rat

    King Rat

    King Rat

    7.11965HD

    When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi...

    King Rat
  • 1961
    Whistle Down the Wind

    Whistle Down the Wind

    Whistle Down the Wind

    7.21961HD

    When an injured wife-murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the farmer’s three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second...

    Whistle Down the Wind
  • 1962
    The L-Shaped Room

    The L-Shaped Room

    The L-Shaped Room

    6.81962HD

    Jane is young, French, pregnant and unmarried. Bucking convention, she is uninterested in settling with her baby's father or getting an abortion....

    The L-Shaped Room
  • 1962
    Only Two Can Play

    Only Two Can Play

    Only Two Can Play

    5.91962HD

    John Lewis is bored of his job and his wife. Then Liz, wife of a local councillor, sets her sights on him. But this is risky stuff in a Welsh valleys...

    Only Two Can Play
  • 1956
    The Baby and the Battleship

    The Baby and the Battleship

    The Baby and the Battleship

    6.41956HD

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

    The Baby and the Battleship
  • 1951
    Green Grow the Rushes

    Green Grow the Rushes

    Green Grow the Rushes

    61951HD

    Efforts to move Britain into the modern age don't sit well with the people of the small village of Anderia Marsh, who have claimed a right (going...

    Green Grow the Rushes
  • 1985
    Restless Natives

    Restless Natives

    Restless Natives

    6.81985HD

    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 of...

    Restless Natives
  • 1970
    The League of Gentlemen

    The League of Gentlemen

    The League of Gentlemen

    01970HD

    A contemporary remake of the 1961 film of the same name; an involuntarily-retired colonel recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a...

    The League of Gentlemen
  • 1969
    Hitchcock at the N.F.T.

    Hitchcock at the N.F.T.

    Hitchcock at the N.F.T.

    71969HD

    In his 70th year, Alfred Hitchcock came to the National Film Theatre in London to talk to fellow director Bryan Forbes and to answer questions from...

    Hitchcock at the N.F.T.
  • 1954
    An Inspector Calls

    An Inspector Calls

    An Inspector Calls

    7.21954HD

    An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious...

    An Inspector Calls
  • 1956
    Satellite in the Sky

    Satellite in the Sky

    Satellite in the Sky

    5.41956HD

    A bomb dooms the first space satellite, manned by a selfless crew, a stowaway reporter (Lois Maxwell) and a mad scientist (Donald Wolfit).

    Satellite in the Sky
  • 1954
    Up to His Neck

    Up to His Neck

    Up to His Neck

    01954HD

    A maritime farce set in the South Seas. A strong supporting cast includes Brian Rix, Anthony Newley & Harry Fowler.

    Up to His Neck
  • 2001
    The Stepford Life

    The Stepford Life

    The Stepford Life

    7.52001HD

    A documentary about the making of The Stepford Wives (1975).

    The Stepford Life
  • 1969
    The Madwoman of Chaillot

    The Madwoman of Chaillot

    The Madwoman of Chaillot

    7.31969HD

    An eccentric Parisian woman's optimistic perception of life begins to sound more rational than the traditional beliefs of others. The story is set in...

    The Madwoman of Chaillot