Charles Goldner – MRQE

One Night with You

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Two strangers meet when they both miss their trains, and end up spending a penniless day and night together. An English version of ‘It Happened One Night’.

The End of the Affair

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in love with Sarah Miles, whom he interviews for a book. Sarah is married, but she and Maurice eventually give in to their mutual attraction, leading to an affair that lasts several months. Maurice’s jealousy, along with the bombing of London by the Germans, seemingly leads to the end of their relationship. However, the reasons are later revealed to be more complex.

The Master of Ballantrae

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Scottish highlander Jamie Durie falls into a life of piracy after joining the failed rebellion of Bonnie Prince Charlie against the British crown.

Give Us This Day

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Exiled from Hollywood due to the blacklist, director Edward Dmytryk briefly operated in England in the late 1940s. Though filmed in its entirety in London, Dmytryk’s Give Us This Day is set in New York during the depression. Fellow blacklistee Sam Wanamaker is starred as the head of an Italian immigrant family struggling to survive the economic crisis.

The Rocking Horse Winner

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A strange and tragic tale of a young boy who is able to predict race winners at the horse track by riding his own rocking horse to aid his parents out of their endless round of debts.

The Racers

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An Italian daredevil turns Grand Prix driver and works his way up to Le Mans with his ballerina lover.

Duel in the Jungle

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An American insurance investigator is sent to Rhodesia to investigate the mysterious death of a diamond broker who drowned whilst diving off the coast. The broker was insured for $1 million so the insurers are suspicious.

The Captain’s Paradise

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Mediterranean ferryboat captain Henry St James has things well organized – a loving and very English wife Maud in Gibraltar, and the loving if rather more hot-blooded Mistress, Nita in Tangiers. A perfect life. As long as neither woman decides to follow him to the other port.

Always a Bride

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Set against the glitz and glamour of the French Riviera, this comedy follows the misadventures of a father and daughter con artist team (Ronald Squire and Peggy Cummins) who pose as a married couple and swindle wealthy clients at the region’s swankiest resorts. But their scams take on a whole new dimension when daughter Clare falls for a British government bureaucrat (Terence Morgan) who may have a secret or two of his own. [Netflix]

South of Algiers

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Archaeologists Van Heflin and Eric Portman undertake an expedition in Tunisia in search of an ancient mask.