The Prince and the Pauper (1962)
Adventure
Two boys, one a prince and one a poor boy, change places.
Starring: Sean Scully, Guy Williams, Jane Asher, Paul Rogers, Donald Houston
Director: Don Chaffey
The 300 Spartans (1962)
Adventure | Drama | History | War
Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of them his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now thought to have numbered 250,000. The actual heroism of those who stood (and ultimately died) with Leonidas helped shape the course of Western Civilization, allowing the Greek city states time to organize an army which repelled the Persians. Set in 480 BC.
Starring: Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, Diane Baker, David Farrar, Donald Houston, Robert Brown
Director: Rudolph Maté
Room at the Top (1959)
Drama | Romance
The English factory town is dreary but Joe Lampton has landed a job with a future. To have something to do at night he joins a theatrical group. His boss's daughter Susan is playing ingenue roles on stage and in real life. She is attracted to Joe and Joe thinks about how much faster he will get ahead if he is the boss's son-in-law. This plan is complicated by his strong desire to be with an older woman who also belongs to the theatrical group. She is French and unhappily married. Joe believes he can get away with seeing both women.
Starring: Simone Signoret, Laurence Harvey, Heather Sears, Donald Wolfit, Donald Houston, Hermione Baddeley, Allan Cuthbertson
Director: Jack Clayton
