Basil Dearden

Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them Bill's long-lost uncle has died and left them his business—a cinema in the town of Sloughborough. Unfortunately they can't sell it for the fortune they hoped as they discover it is falling down and almost worthless.

Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project—a strategic heist—in this British classic.

Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. Dreading the end of the dream that he knows is coming, he must first listen to all the assembled guests' own bizarre tales.

The death of a young man leads to the discovery of a blackmail plot against several gay men in 1960s London.