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Alice In Wonderland (1966)

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A melancholy and, in places, excruciatingly slow take on the tale with virtually all the comedic moments pared away.

Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5

Sixties live-action version of the Lewis Carroll satire.
Ben-Hur (1959)

Review preview for Ben-Hur

The film uses an unusually wide aspect ratio: 2.76:1, which accentuates the stillness of the fleets approaching before the screen erupts in the chaos of battle.

Donald Munro · 2.5 out of 5

A Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, but it's not long before he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
Billy Liar (1963)

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The fashions may have come and gone since John Schlesinger commited Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall's story of a young man torn between his family and the future to film but Billy Liar is still suprisingly light on his feet 50 years down the line.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5

A young man who finds lies easier than the truth is torn between the present and a possible future.
The Brothers (1947)

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The Brothers is a cruel tale, very much in the tone of the old stories, with moments of real brutality.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5

A young woman working as a servant on the Isle of Skye struggles with the consequences of male attention and is caught up in a doomed love affair.
Corridors Of Blood (1958)
A good doctor in Victorian London tries to help the poor but falls foul of evil men and drugs.
Great Expectations (1946)

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One of the finest book to film adaptations of all time.

Scott Macdonald · 4.5 out of 5

Classic adaptation of Dickens' novel about a orphan who finds a mystery inheritance propels him into high society.
The History Of Mr Polly (1949)
Victorian comedy about a hapless shop owner.
Thunder Rock (1942)

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Thankfully, Thunder Rock treats the question of 'why we fight' with somewhat more subtlety and ambiguity than might be expected

Keith Hennessey Brown · 4 out of 5

Michael Redgrave is a disillusioned journalist, holed up on a haunted lighthouse, in 1939.