Alan Mowbray – IDLIX

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 01:57:12 +0000

A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.

The King and I

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 01:56:46 +0000

Widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna and the King have a clash of personalities as she works to teach the royal family about the English language, customs and etiquette, and rushes to prepare a party for a group of European diplomats who must change their opinions about the King.

The King’s Thief

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:11:58 +0000

An ex-soldier turned highwayman uncovers a plot to take control of England from King Charles II.

Blackbeard, the Pirate

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 13:27:30 +0000

Honest Robert Maynard finds himself serving as ship’s surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.

Androcles and the Lion

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 13:26:54 +0000

George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act—was written as a meditation on modern Christian values. Pascal’s final Shaw production is played broadly, with comic character actor Alan Young as the titular naïf. He’s ably supported by Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, and Elsa Lanchester.

Crosswinds

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 13:01:24 +0000

A sailor gets his boat stolen from him after he’s set up for a crime.

Wagon Master

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:52:25 +0000

Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terrain, the cutthroat Clegg gang, hospitable Navajo, and moral challenges on the journey.

The Jackpot

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:26:40 +0000

Bill Lawrence wins a bevy of prizes from a radio program, but ends up having to sell them in order to pay the taxes incurred.

You’re My Everything

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:47:24 +0000

In 1924, stage-struck Boston blueblood Hannah Adams picks up musical star Tim O’Connor and takes him home for dinner. One thing leads to another, and when Tim’s show rolls on to Chicago a new Mrs. O’Connor comes along as incompetent chorus girl. Hollywood beckons, and we follow the star careers of the O’Connor family in silents and talkies.

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 10:32:41 +0000

Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize Freddie into confessing, but Freddie is too stupid for the plot to work. Inspector Wellman uses Freddie to get the killer (and it isn’t the Swami).