Original Air Date: December 30, 2012 Directed by: Philippa Lowthorpe Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: With Christmas approaching, Chummy (Miranda Hart) is fretting over the Christmas pageant while Jenny Lee (Jessica Raine) tries to help a mentally lost elderly woman named Mrs. Jenkins (Sheila Reid). Kitty […]
Directed by: Olivia Newman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the book by Delia Owens. Kya Clark (Daisy Edgar-Jones), a reclusive girl living alone in a North Carolina marshland, faces those who have ostracized her when she is accused of murder. Cat Burglar (Scene […]
by Brian H Directed by: Clive Donner Synopsis: Freddie Haywood (Michael Brooke) is a pre-teen boy living in a poor district of London. He has a crush on the pretty girl Molly Wilson (Belinda Lee) who runs a small store. Molly’s boyfriend Gerry Carter (Ronald Lewis), a member of a gang, steals some jewels and […]
Directed by: Jimmy T. Murakami Synopsis: Based on the book by Raymond Briggs. Hilda (voiced by Peggy Ashcroft) and Jim Bloggs (voiced by John Mills) are an older couple who attempt to prepare for the onset of a nuclear war and then face the consequences after it starts. Cartoon Cat: In one scene Hilda is […]
by Mark Murton Directed by: Michael Relph and Basil Dearden Synopsis: Retired Colonial Serviceman Henry Phipps (Cecil Parker) takes a job as a probation officer in a run-down London borough and finds it more of a challenge than he imagined. Purr Blur: As Phipps gets to know the neighbourhood where he will be working he […]
by Brian H Directed by: Russell Rouse Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Arnie Judlow (Jack Palance) is an inmate at California’s San Quentin prison. Arnie arranges with his honest brother Bill (also Jack Palance but not a twin) to escape by having Bill sneak into […]
by Ted Davis Original Air Date: November 28, 1959 Directed by: Don Taylor This review contains a mild Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: The prolific and mysterious gunslinger known as Paladin (Richard Boone) is hired by wealthy coward John Ellsworth (Parley Baer) to […]
by Mark Murton Directed by: Alan Cullimore Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Believing himself to be dying, Charles Heywood (Valentine Dyall) hires an assassin to kill him so he can frame a former business partner who got him sent to jail for the death. Purr […]
by Ted Davis Directed by: Julien Duvivier Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Prosperous and well-fed businessman Doakes (Robert Benchley) visits his club one evening to relieve a bad case of the jitters brought on by the combination of a disturbing experience with a fortune teller […]
Review by Mark MurtonBehind the Scenes by Linda Kay Original Air Date: May 5, 1979 Directed by: Rodney Bennett Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: A musically appreciative stray cat comes between elderly husband Edward (Joseph Cotton) and his wife Louisa (Wendy Hiller). Featured Feline: As Edward […]