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Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Postwar drama following the fortunes of three returning veterans as they try to reconcile their dreams with the reality of civilian life. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 6 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Crime drama starring Tom Conway. Suave investigator Tom Lawrence aka the Falcon strives to clear his name when framed for a robbery and a murder. Show more

Contributors

Tom Lawrence/The Falcon:
Tom Conway
Gwynne Gregory:
Harriet Hilliard
Marcia Brooks:
Jane Randolph
Smiley Dugan:
Edgar Kennedy

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Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Civil War western. After a long drive to deliver cattle to the Unionists, Alvarez Kelly (William Holden) is kidnapped by Confederate colonel Tom Rossiter (Richard Widmark). Show more

Contributors

Alvarez Kelly:
William Holden
Colonel Tom Rossiter:
Richard Widmark
Lt Farrow:
Donald Barry
Corporal Peterson:
Harry Carey Jr
Liz Pickering:
Janice Rule
Major Albert Stedman:
Patrick O'Neal
Captain Angus Ferguson:
Roger Carmel
Sergeant Hatcher:
Richard Rust
Captain Towers:
Arthur Franz
John Beaurider:
Duke Hobbie
McIntyre:
Howard Caine
Charity Warwick:
Victoria Shaw
General Kautz:
Barry Atwater
Lieutenant Farrow:
Don 'Red' Barry
Ely Harrison:
Mauritz Hugo
Captain Williams:
Robert Morgan
Producer:
Sol C Siegel
Composer:
John Green
Director of photography:
Joseph MacDonald

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Film noir classic, based on the novel by Raymond Chandler. Private eye Philip Marlowe (Dick Powell) is hired by an ex-con to find his girlfriend, embroiling the gumshoe in a plot. Show more

Contributors

Philip Marlowe:
Dick Powell
Velma/Mrs Grayle:
Claire Trevor
Jules Amthor:
Otto Kruger
Moose Malloy:
Mike Mazurki
Mr Grayle:
Miles Mander
Ann Grayle:
Anne Shirley
Lt Randall:
Don Douglas
Dr Sonderborg:
Ralf Harolde
Mrs Florian:
Esther Howard
Producer:
Adrian Scott

Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

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Stark, claustrophobic thriller about racial intolerance. A detective lays a trap for an anti-Semitic soldier who murdered a Jewish war veteran. Starring Robert Mitchum. Show more

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Duration: 1 hour, 37 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

World War II drama about a grieving mother-to-be who moves in with close friends to cushion the emotional blows of the war. Starring Ginger Rogers. Show more

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Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

World War II drama about the struggles of the Philippine army and resistance movement following the Japanese capture of the Bataan Peninsula. Show more

Contributors

Col Joseph Madden:
John Wayne
Capt Andres Bonifacio:
Anthony Quinn
Bertha Barnes:
Beulah Bondi
Dolici Dalgado:
Fely Franquelli
Maj Hasko:
Richard Loo
Col Coroki:
Philip Ahn
Lt Commander Waite:
Lawrence Tierney
Sgt Bernessa:
Alex Havier
Gen Homma:
Leonard Strong
Bindle Jackson:
Paul Fix

Duration: 1 hour, 38 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Film noir. A WWII pilot sets out to track down the Nazi collaborator responsible for his wife's death. He follows a trail to Argentina, where he finds a nest of Nazi sympathizers. Show more

Contributors

Madame Jarnac:
Micheline Cheirel
Senora Carmargo:
Nina Vale
Senor Carmargo:
Steven Geray
Marcel Jarnac:
Luther Adler
Perchon:
Gregory Gaye
Producer:
Adrian Scott

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Duration: 2 hours

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Classic naval drama in which the captain of a World War II minesweeper-destroyer is relieved of his command by his officers. A dramatic court martial ensues.

Contributors

Lieutenant Commander Philip Francis Queeg:
Humphrey Bogart
Lieutenant Barney Greenwald:
Jose Ferrer
Lieutenant Steve Maryk:
Van Johnson
Lieutenant Tom Keefer:
Fred Mac Murray
Ensign Willie Keith:
Robert Francis
Commander DeVriess:
Tom Tully
Lieutenant Commander Challee:
EG Marshall
Meatball:
Lee Marvin
Herself:
May Wynn
Lieutenant Junior Grade H Paynter Jr:
Arthur Franz
Captain Blakely:
Warner Anderson
Seaman 'Horrible' Lugatch:
Claude Akins
Ensign Barney Harding:
Jerry Paris
Chief Budge:
Steve Brodie
Composer:
Max Steiner
Director of photography:
Frank Planer