When an Edwardian family are shipwrecked on a desert island, only practical butler Kenneth More can keep them from starvation. Lovely version of the J.M. Barrie play. Script adapt . Script adapt . Classic romantic adventure with Humphrey Bogart as the drunken skipper of a rotting river boat and Katherine Hepburn as the missionary spinster determined to destroy a German gunboat.
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A bunch of spies are parachuted into war-time Belgium in order to rescue a colleague. But one of them is a traitor. It's got a solid script by T.E.B. Clarke and a great cast which includes Simone Signoret, Jack Warner and Gordon Jackson but director Charles Crichton doesn't pull off a classic. Six brothers are accidentally enlisted in the Marines. Add in Britain's top comedy writers and director and you have a little piece of heaven for comedy film fans.