Peggy Ashcroft

Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as The 39 Steps.

Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · With Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim

After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.

Dir. Fred Zinnemann · With Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans

With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.

Dir. Jimmy T. Murakami · With John Mills, Peggy Ashcroft, Robin Houston

Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.

Dir. David Lean · With Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft

Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artist Bob Elkin, fully aware that he's also intimately involved with middle-aged doctor Daniel Hirsh. For both Alex and Daniel, the younger man represents a break with their repressive pasts, and though both know that Bob is seeing both of them, neither is willing to let go of the youth and vitality he brings to their otherwise stable lives.

Dir. John Schlesinger · With Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Murray Head