Elmer Gantry is a man on a mission, a mission from God, but behind the raging sermons of fire and brimstone there lurks a man whose conscience has long ago deserted him. A hustler par excellence Elmer has no qualms about what he takes and who he may hurt, but when an old flame re-enters his life the carefully constructed world he has created starts to dramatically fall apart. Elmer Gantry is a powerhouse performance from Burt Lancaster who deservedly won an Oscar in a role of awesome intensit find out more...

School For Scoundrels, adapted from the well known series of books by Stephen Potter; a bunch of failures enrol in the School Of One-Upmanship, ie learning the art of getting the better of people and coming out with smarter one-liners, and emerge as successful utter bounders. "The Green Man" has Alastair Sim as an innocuous clockmaker with an unusual sideline - as a professional hitman!