Early 20th century England: while toasting his daughter Catherine's engagement, Arthur Winslow learns the royal naval academy expelled his 14-year-old son, Ronnie, for stealing five shillings. Father asks son if it is true; when the lad denies it, Arthur risks fortune, health, domestic peace, and Catherine's prospects to pursue justice.

A loan shark gives ex-con Nick a period of 24 hours in order to pay back the money he owes. Up again...

Wealthy but arrogant writer Jean Hervey comes home one day to find that his wife, Gabrielle, has lef...

An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with...

Jake is a writer. He is married to Maggie, but his marriage is in trouble. He cannot stop thinking a...

A burned-out British police detective finally snaps while interrogating a suspected child molester.

There's little wonder in the working-class lives of Bill, Eileen, and their three grown daughters. T...

After his young son dies from the negligence at a hospital, Harry Fertig takes matters into his own ...

Set in modern upper-crust Manhattan, an exploration of love and commitment as seen through the eyes ...

A boy's Bar Mitzvah looks set to be a disaster when it coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final.

Brothers Treat and Philip have only had each other since they were kids, when a small-time criminal ...

In London, barrister Anthony Keane takes the case of Maddalena Paradine, a beautiful woman accused o...

The story of how the radical Huey P. Newton developed the Black Panther Party based on his 10-point ...

When a priest hears a murderer’s confession, he becomes bound by his vow of silence—even as circumst...

In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's ...

A fog-shrouded house provides the setting for a weekend party prank gone wrong and the resulting mur...

In 1846, Anthony Hope sails into London with the mysterious Sweeney Todd, a once-naive barber whose ...

The aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra.

Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter ...

A woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after his pa...

Bhalwan Singh is desperate to stand against the British Empire, but he is not sure how to do it. Whi...