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Starring Anthony Quinn, Yoko Tani

An Eskimo from the far north unintentionally kills a friendly missionary while he is at a trading post selling fox skins.
Anthony Quinn gives a remarkable performance as the Eskimo, Inuk, in this Nicholas Ray film based on Hans Ruesch's novel "Top of the World".
Location filming in the arctic around Hudson Bay and Ray's legendary eye for detailed, almost documentary reporting, give an uncannily accurate picture of the harsh reality of Eskimo life.

Contributors

Based on the novel "Top of the World" by:
Hans Ruesch
Director:
Nicholas Ray
Inuk:
Anthony Quinn
Asiak:
Yoko Tani
Trooper:
Carlo Justini
Powtee:
Marie Yang
Anarvik:
Andy Ho
Imina:
Kaida Horiuchi
Lulik:
Yvonne Shima
Ittimangnerk:
Lee Montague
Proprietor of trading post:
Francis de Wolff
Missionary:
Marco Guglielmi
Kidok:
Anthony Chin
Hiko:
Anna May Wong
Undik:
Michael Chow
Pilot:
Ed Devereau

by Michael Hastings
A second chance to see Kenneth Haigh Barbara Leigh-Hunt and Keith Buckley in 6: Conquest and Death

His expeditions were like a red-hot poker drawn across a blanket. With a dedicated ruthlessness, Henry Stanley set out to solve the problems surrounding the source of the Nile thut had obsessed Victorian England for so long.
Meanwhile, Richard Burton's wife Isabel prepared herself to commit one of the great literary crimes of the 19th century.

Contributors

Writer:
Michael Hastings
Narrator:
James Mason
Director:
Richard Marquand
Richard Burton:
Kenneth Haigh
Isabel Burton:
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Henry Stanley:
Keith Buckley

Dancing helicopters and musical tanks - it's amazing what the armed services get up to in this unique display combining the skills of Navy, Army and RAF
The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, Premier Regiment of the British Army
The Red Arrows
Royal Artillery Motor Cycle Team
The Red Devils and Black Knights free-fall parachutists in close-up
Perfect, Pure and Innocent, the Army's pop group
The Acrobats, airmen in the air
The Blue Eagles with Edward a helicopter ballet
A Musical Drive of Armour, 2nd Royal Tank Regiment
Mast Manning, a traditional finale by the juniors of HMS Ganges
Music played by the Band of HM Coldstream Guards
Conducted by Major Trevor L. Sharpe, MBE

Contributors

Commentator:
Harry Carpenter
Musicians:
The Band of HM Coldstream Guards
Conductor:
Major Trevor L. Sharpe, MBE
Producer:
Ken Griffin

A series about human beings selecting human beings: narrated and produced by Roger Mills

George Ferris is a BSc (Econ), his brother Ronnie delivers goods door-to-door. Examinations have 'chosen' one, 'rejected' the other. One has a career, the other a job. But who got the best of the deal?

Contributors

Narrator/Producer:
Roger Mills
Subject:
George Ferris
Subject:
Ronnie Ferris
Director:
Alan Bell

Introduced by Sheridan Morley
Two young actresses talk about their careers - Jenny Agutter and Marlene Jobert
Philip Jenkinson with your vintage film requests.

Contributors

Presenter:
Sheridan Morley
Presenter:
Philip Jenkinson
Interviewee:
Jenny Agutter
Interviewee:
Marlene Jobert
Producer:
Barry Brown
Editor:
Rowan Ayers

Starring Charles Laughton, W.C. Fields, Gary Cooper, George Raft

Eight people, chosen at random by an eccentric millionaire to inherit his fortune, each devise an unusual and sometimes hilarious way of spending their share.

Contributors

Director:
Ernst Lubitsch
Director:
Norman Taurog
Director:
Stephen Roberts
Director:
Norman McLeod
Director:
James Cruze
Director:
William A. Seiter
Director:
H. Bruce Humberstone
Steve Gallagher:
Gary Cooper
Eddy Jackson:
George Raft
Violet Smith:
Wynne Gibson
Phineas Lambert:
Charles Laughton
Mulligan:
Jack Oakie
Mary Walker:
May Robson
Henry Peabody:
Charles Ruggles
Emily La Rue:
Alison Skipworth
Rollo:
W.C. Fields

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