Movies: Alan Bridges

  • 1985
    The Shooting Party

    The Shooting Party (1985)

    The Shooting Party

    6.61985HD

    1913, shortly before the outbreak of WWI. A group of aristocrats gathers at the estate of Sir Randolph Nettleby for a weekend shoot. As the terminal decrepitude of a dying class is reflected in the social interactions and hypocrisy of its members, on...

    The Shooting Party
  • 1983
    The Return of the Soldier

    The Return of the Soldier (1983)

    The Return of the Soldier

    6.21983HD

    The horrors of World War I have robbed returning veteran Chris Baldry of his memory. The traumatized soldier doesn't even recognize his own wife, Kitty, or remember their years together. While Baldry attempts to cope with the unfamiliar surroundings ...

    The Return of the Soldier
  • 1973
    The Hireling

    The Hireling (1973)

    The Hireling

    5.71973HD

    Based on the novel by L. P. Hartley, The Hireling is a dissection of antiquated but hardly dormant British class distinctions as a lonely socialite and her chauffeur become more than friends....

    The Hireling
  • 1965
    Invasion

    Invasion (1965)

    Invasion

    6.11965HD

    Routine tests on a traffic accident victim lead to shocking discoveries when the man's blood is found to be unidentifiable and x-rays reveal a disc embedded in his brain. His fabulous tale of being an escaped prisoner from an alien spaceship takes a ...

    Invasion
  • 1974
    Brief Encounter

    Brief Encounter (1974)

    Brief Encounter

    4.91974HD

    Two strangers, both married to others, meet in a railway station and soon find themselves in a brief but intense affair....

    Brief Encounter
  • 1975
    Out of Season

    Out of Season (1975)

    Out of Season

    5.31975HD

    Middle-aged Ann and her teenage daughter Joanna manage a failing hotel on an island off the British coast. One day, the hotel receives an unexpected guest, a man named Joe....

    Out of Season
  • 1980
    Rain on the Roof

    Rain on the Roof (1980)

    Rain on the Roof

    5.81980HD

    Another of Dennis Potter's "visitation dramas": Adultery by John disturbs Janet, so she flirts with the simple, mistreated Billy during the middle of giving him a reading lesson. Unfortunately, it triggers aggressive behavior in Billy which he direct...

    Rain on the Roof
  • 1978
    Little Girl in Blue Velvet

    Little Girl in Blue Velvet (1978)

    Little Girl in Blue Velvet

    4.51978HD

    An ageing surgeon falls in love with a thirteen-year-old girl....

    Little Girl in Blue Velvet
  • 1971
    Traitor

    Traitor (1971)

    Traitor

    7.51971HD

    Western journalists visit Moscow to interview Adrian Harris, a former controller in British intelligence who was also a double agent for the USSR. Harris believes in both Communism and Englishness, believing himself to have betrayed his class, but no...

    Traitor
  • 1977
    Age of Innocence

    Age of Innocence (1977)

    Age of Innocence

    41977HD

    A British schoolteacher finds trouble in a conservative Canadian town....

    Age of Innocence
  • 1969
    Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar (1969)

    Julius Caesar

    81969HD

    The play by William Shakespeare....

    Julius Caesar
  • 1970
    The Lie

    The Lie (1970)

    The Lie

    61970HD

    Ingmar Bergman play looking at the cool and brittle relationship between a successful architect (Frank Finlay) and his academic wife (Gemma Jones). Commissioned by the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation on behalf of European members participating in ‘T...

    The Lie
  • 1985
    Displaced Person

    Displaced Person (1985)

    Displaced Person

    91985HD

    Displaced Person is a 1985 Emmy award winning drama based on a short story by Kurt Vonnegut. It was directed by Alan Bridges and adapted by Fred Barron from a story in the Welcome to the Monkey House collection....

    Displaced Person
  • 1981
    Very Like a Whale

    Very Like a Whale (1981)

    Very Like a Whale

    31981HD

    Theme of a powerful and respected man tearing his life to bits....

    Very Like a Whale
  • 1978
    Saturday, Sunday, Monday

    Saturday, Sunday, Monday (1978)

    Saturday, Sunday, Monday

    01978HD

    One Saturday evening Rosa Priore is preparing a magnificent Sunday lunch for her family and their friends. By Sunday afternoon her life and marriage are in ruins....

    Saturday, Sunday, Monday
  • 1990
    The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

    The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1990)

    The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

    01990HD

    Adapted from the Beatrix Potter story tells the story of the pignap of Little Pig Robinson by Captain Barnabus Butcher who fools Robinson into believing he is being taken on a trip to visit the land of the Bong tree; the truth of the matter is more s...

    The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
  • 1964
    Act of Murder

    Act of Murder (1964)

    Act of Murder

    01964HD

    A dangerous psychological game plays out between a man and the husband of the lover who spurned him....

    Act of Murder
  • 1971
    The Wild Duck

    The Wild Duck (1971)

    The Wild Duck

    01971HD

    A devestating, yet bracing look at a family whose proximity to each other belies the decay of their relationships, The Wild Duck is just as modern today as it was when first staged. When Gregors Werle comes to stay with the Ekdals, his idealist natur...

    The Wild Duck
  • 1972
    Shelley

    Shelley (1972)

    Shelley

    01972HD

    TV Movie directed by Alan Bridges...

    Shelley
  • 1969
    Blood of the Lamb

    Blood of the Lamb (1969)

    Blood of the Lamb

    01969HD

    A student architect and his black girlfriend set out from South Africa to Britain. On the voyage, the student shares a cabin with an enigmatic Austrian....

    Blood of the Lamb